# 2005 Women's Australian Hockey League

The 2005 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 13th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 25 February – 10 April 2005.
QLD Scorchers won the tournament for the second time after defeating WA Diamonds 3–1 in the final. NSW Arrows finished in third place after defeating Adelaide Suns 4–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.

## Participating teams

* Canberra Strikers
* NSW Arrows
* Territory Pearls
* QLD Scorchers
* Adelaide Suns
* Tassie Van Demons
* Azuma Vipers
* WA Diamonds

## Competition format

The 2005 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.
Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.
The first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures based on aggregate scores to determine point allocation.

### Point allocation

Points :
| W | D | L |
| 3 | 1 | 0 |
In the event of a draw, a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point. If a shootout occurred in both instances of a two-legged fixture, a bonus point was awarded to the winner of each shoot-out.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | WA Diamonds | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 11 | +27 | 17 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | QLD Scorchers | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 14 | +35 | 16 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | NSW Arrows | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 14 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 4 | Adelaide Suns | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 13 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 5 | Canberra Strikers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 11 | |
| 6 | Azuma Vipers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 10 | |
| 7 | Tassie Van Demons | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 45 | −38 | 2 | |
| 8 | Territory Pearls | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 48 | −44 | 2 | |

#### Fixtures

* 25 February 2005 18:00 (AWST)
| WA Diamonds | 1–0 | Adelaide Suns |
| Murray 78' | Report | |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 25 February 2005 18:30 (AEDT)
| Tassie Van Demons | 0–4 | QLD Scorchers |
| | Report | Bain 19' Pamenter 41' Faulkner 63', 70' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 26 February 2005 13:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Van Demons | 0–5 | QLD Scorchers |
| | Report | Holmes 18', 32' Faulkner 49', 69' Donnelly 66' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 26 February 2005 15:00 (AEDT)
| Azuma Vipers | 3–0 | NSW Arrows |
| Trost 18' Durajski 29' Gillon 32' | Report | |
* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 26 February 2005 17:00 (ACST)
| Territory Pearls | 1–4 | Canberra Strikers |
| Paterson 46' | Report | Urquhart 6' Staunton 22' Arrold 26' Jennings 64' |
* Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 26 February 2005 17:00 (AWST)
| WA Diamonds | 2–1 | Adelaide Suns |
| Murray 47' Munro 53' | Report | Cibich 38' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 27 February 2005 14:00 (AEDT)
| Azuma Vipers | 2–3 | NSW Arrows |
| Chau 32' Gillon 68' | Report | Twitt 3' Harris 23' Burke 42' |
* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 27 February 2005 16:00 (ACST)
| Territory Pearls | 0–2 | Canberra Strikers |
| | Report | Arrold 7' Urquhart 40' |
* Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 5 March 2005 12:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Suns | 6–1 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Cibich 11' Patrick 15' Anderson 24' Harrison 30' Cargill 46' Pickett 67' | Report | Carr 17' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
* 5 March 2005 13:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Arrows | 1–1 | WA Diamonds |
| White-Muik 55' | Report | Murray 20' |
| Penalties |||
| | 4–1 | |
* Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
* 5 March 2005 16:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Strikers | 2–1 | Azuma Vipers |
| Arrold 12' Taylor 32' | Report | Bond 41' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 5 March 2005 16:00 (AEST)
| QLD Scorchers | 10–1 | Territory Pearls |
| Skirving 12', 38' Pamenter 19', 35' Donnelly 43' Korner 46', 54' Faulkner 49' Lennon 56' Bain 70' | Report | Marriner 44' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
* 6 March 2005 14:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Strikers | 1–2 | Azuma Vipers |
| Gallagher 65' | Report | Johnston 11' Gillon 31' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 6 March 2005 14:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Suns | 4–1 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Lee 14' Shakes 33', 39', 50' | Report | McLeod 61' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
* 6 March 2005 14:00 (AEST)
| QLD Scorchers | 5–0 | Territory Pearls |
| Pamenter 2' Lennon 8' Meyer 23' Blyth 27' Bain 46' | Report | |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
* 6 March 2005 15:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Arrows | 1–1 | WA Diamonds |
| Burke 58' | Report | Mansell 10' |
| Penalties |||
| | 5–4 | |
* Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
* 12 March 2005 17:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Strikers | 1–1 | NSW Arrows |
| Staunton 59' | Report | Johnson 39' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–1 | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 12 March 2005 17:00 (AEDT)
| Azuma Vipers | 2–0 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Johnston 27' Durajski 61' | Report | |
* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 12 March 2005 19:00 (ACST)
| Territory Pearls | 0–2 | Adelaide Suns |
| | Report | Wood 37' Ramsey 63' |
* Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 12 March 2005 19:00 (AWST)
| WA Diamonds | 1–2 | QLD Scorchers |
| Buswell 16' | Report | Attard 39' Faulkner 65' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 13 March 2005 12:00 (AEDT)
| Azuma Vipers | 4–1 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Merrett 6' Gillon 10', 44' Johnston 22' | Report | Douglas 47' |
* Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
* 13 March 2005 12:00 (AEDT)
| Canberra Strikers | 3–2 | NSW Arrows |
| Arrold 23' Taylor 30' Gallagher 76' | Report | Gosper 20' Harris 43' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 13 March 2005 15:00 (AWST)
| WA Diamonds | 4–3 | QLD Scorchers |
| Liddelow 9' Murray 31', 55' Mansell 46' | Report | Allen 19' Holmes 28', 51' |
* Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth
* 13 March 2005 15:00 (ACST)
| Territory Pearls | 1–4 | Adelaide Suns |
| L. Smith 64' | Report | Shakes 13' Rowe 22' Pickett 40' Marles 46' |
* Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin
* 19 March 2005 15:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Arrows | 6–1 | Territory Pearls |
| Burke 10' Hamahona 19', 34', 64' Rivers 36' Twitt 50' | Report | Bergin 20' |
* Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
* 19 March 2005 17:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Van Demons | 1–5 | WA Diamonds |
| White 58' | Report | McGurk 3' Smithson 23' Buckley 33', 60' Dwyer 58' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 19 March 2005 17:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Suns | 1–1 | Canberra Strikers |
| Marles 30' | Report | Taylor 60' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–1 | |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
* 19 March 2005 19:00 (AEST)
| QLD Scorchers | 5–1 | Azuma Vipers |
| Boland 7', 29' Holmes 31', 33' Blyth 63' | Report | Trost 45' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
* 20 March 2005 12:00 (AEDT)
| Tassie Van Demons | 0–7 | WA Diamonds |
| | Report | Kelly 9' Mansell 14' Buckley 34', 54' Taylor 57' Liddelow 62' Murray 65' |
* Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart
* 20 March 2005 15:00 (AEDT)
| NSW Arrows | 6–0 | Territory Pearls |
| White-Muik 3', 61' Sanders 5' Simpson 25', 54' Hamahona 62' | Report | |
* Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
* 20 March 2005 15:00 (ACDT)
| Adelaide Suns | 4–2 | Canberra Strikers |
| Patrick 15', 51' Marles 26' Rowe 52' | Report | Desmet 43' Gallagher 49' |
* Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
* 20 March 2005 16:00 (AEST)
| QLD Scorchers | 5–2 | Azuma Vipers |
| Faulkner 7' Lennon 8' Holmes 26' Alcorn 31', 50' | Report | Trost 42' Johnston 57' |
* Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
* 4 April 2005 10:00 (AEST)
| Canberra Strikers | 1–3 | QLD Scorchers |
| Staunton 66' | Report | Faulkner 3' Blyth 22' Hudson 44' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 4 April 2005 12:00 (AEST)
| NSW Arrows | 3–0 | Adelaide Suns |
| Harris 39' Sanders 49' Simpson 56' | Report | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 4 April 2005 14:00 (AEST)
| Territory Pearls | 0–0 |
| | Report |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–1 |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 4 April 2005 16:00 (AEST)
| Azuma Vipers | 1–2 | WA Diamonds |
| Johnston 28' | Report | Mansell 36' Murray 66' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 5 April 2005 10:00 (AEST)
| NSW Arrows | 3–2 | QLD Scorchers |
| James 14' Hamahona 15' Twitt 39' | Report | Holmes 34' Skirving 68' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 5 April 2005 12:00 (AEST)
| WA Diamonds | 7–0 | Territory Pearls |
| Buckley 9' Smithson 20', 26', 68' Murray 32' Liddelow 54' Buswell 66' | Report | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 5 April 2005 14:00 (AEST)
| Adelaide Suns | 1–0 | Azuma Vipers |
| Rowe 9' | Report | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 5 April 2005 16:00 (AEST)
| Tassie Van Demons | 2–7 | Canberra Strikers |
| McLeod 24', 43' | Report | Arrold 9' Staunton 27' Gallagher 41', 49' Smyth 45' Stewart 52', 65' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 7 April 2005 10:00 (AEST)
| Territory Pearls | 0–2 | Azuma Vipers |
| | Report | N. Smith 18' Trost 41' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 7 April 2005 12:00 (AEST)
| QLD Scorchers | 5–1 | Adelaide Suns |
| Hudson 24' Alcorn 30' Korner 62', 66', 69' | Report | Patrick 40' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 7 April 2005 14:00 (AEST)
| NSW Arrows | 1–1 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Brooks 70' | Report | Scott 70' |
| Penalties |||
| | 5–3 | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 7 April 2005 16:00 (AEST)
| Canberra Strikers | 1–7 | WA Diamonds |
| Smyth 50' | Report | Hall 5' Halliday 32' Kelly 43' Liddelow 45' Buckley 56', 69' Mansell 70' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

### Classification round
#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 9 April 2005 | 9 April 2005 |
| Canberra Strikers | 7 |
| Canberra Strikers | 7 | 10 April 2005 | 10 April 2005 |
| Tassie Van Demons | 0 | 10 April 2005 | 10 April 2005 |
| Tassie Van Demons | 0 | Canberra Strikers (pen.) | 2 (4) |
| 9 April 2005 | 9 April 2005 | | Canberra Strikers (pen.) | 2 (4) |
| 9 April 2005 | 9 April 2005 | Azuma Vipers | 2 (2) |
| Azuma Vipers | 3 | Azuma Vipers | 2 (2) |
| Territory Pearls | 1 | | |
| Territory Pearls | 1 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 10 April 2005 | 10 April 2005 |
| | | Tassie Van Demons | 0 |
| | | Territory Pearls | 1 |

##### Crossover

* 9 April 2005 10:00
| Azuma Vipers | 3–1 | Territory Pearls |
| Gillon 46', 70' Trost 59' | Report | Paterson 5' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 9 April 2005 12:30
| Canberra Strikers | 7–0 | Tassie Van Demons |
| Taylor 15' Smyth 25', 35' Desmet 29' Gallagher 41', 62' Jennings 64' | Report | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 10 April 2005 10:00
| Tassie Van Demons | 0–1 | Territory Pearls |
| | Report | Paterson 6' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 10 April 2005 12:30
| Canberra Strikers | 2–2 | Azuma Vipers |
| Stewart 21' Desmet 47' | Report | N. Smith 31', 67' |
| Penalties |||
| | 4–2 | |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 9 April 2005 | 9 April 2005 |
| WA Diamonds | 5 |
| WA Diamonds | 5 | 10 April 2005 | 10 April 2005 |
| Adelaide Suns | 1 | 10 April 2005 | 10 April 2005 |
| Adelaide Suns | 1 | WA Diamonds | 1 |
| 9 April 2005 | 9 April 2005 | | WA Diamonds | 1 |
| 9 April 2005 | 9 April 2005 | QLD Scorchers | 3 |
| QLD Scorchers | 5 | QLD Scorchers | 3 |
| NSW Arrows | 1 | | |
| NSW Arrows | 1 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 10 April 2005 | 10 April 2005 |
| | | Adelaide Suns | 0 |
| | | NSW Arrows | 4 |

##### Semi-finals

* 9 April 2005 15:00
| QLD Scorchers | 5–1 | NSW Arrows |
| Hudson 31' Holmes 42', 49' Faulkner 52' Bennett 60' | Report | James 3' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra
* 9 April 2005 17:30
| WA Diamonds | 5–1 | Adelaide Suns |
| Walker 32' Liddelow 36' Munro 40' Smithson 52' Murray 68' | Report | Pickett 17' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

#### Third and fourth place

* 10 April 2005 15:00
| Adelaide Suns | 0–4 | NSW Arrows |
| | Report | Gosper 37' Hamahona 42', 45' Brooks 64' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

##### Final

* 10 April 2005 17:30
| WA Diamonds | 1–3 | QLD Scorchers |
| Halliday 62' | Report | Alcorn 6' Hudson 12' Korner 54' |
* Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Player of the Final | Play the Whistle |
| Rachel Imison | Renae Holmes | Madonna Blyth | Adelaide Suns |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | QLD Scorchers | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 16 | +41 | 22 | Gold Medal |
| | WA Diamonds | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 15 | +29 | 20 | Silver Medal |
| | NSW Arrows | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 17 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Adelaide Suns | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 13 | |
| 5 | Canberra Strikers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 16 | |
| 6 | Azuma Vipers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 14 | |
| 7 | Territory Pearls | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 51 | −45 | 5 | |
| 8 | Tassie Van Demons | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 53 | −46 | 2 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 230 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 4.42 goals per match.
10 goals
* Renae Holmes
9 goals
* Suzanne Faulkner
* Breanna Murray
7 goals
* Peta Gallagher
* Piki Hamahona
* Amanda Gillon
* Jemma Buckley
6 goals
* Amy Korner
5 goals
* Nicole Arrold
* Tiffany Johnston
* Renee Trost
* Shelly Liddelow
* Kia Mansell
* Sian Smithson
4 goals
* Emma Smyth
* Tonina Staunton
* Sarah Taylor
* Wendy Alcorn
* Nicole Hudson
* Lisa Pamenter
* Jessica Shakes
* Donna-Lee Patrick
3 goals
* Laura Desmet
* Toni Stewart
* Hannah Burke
* Susannah Harris
* Molly Simpson
* Melanie Twitt
* Nicole White-Muik
* Emma Paterson
* Shannon Bain
* Madonna Blyth
* Carly Lennon
* Angela Skirving
* Mignon Marles
* Bronte Pickett
* Melody Rowe
* Sofie McLeod
* Ngaire Smith
2 goals
* Danielle Jennings
* Kyralee Urquhart
* Belinda Brooks
* Jennifer Gosper
* Kellie-Lee James
* Rebecca Sanders
* Danette Boland
* Phoebe Donnelly
* Jessica Cibich
* Denise Durajski
* Shayni Buswell
* Emily Halliday
* Rheannin Kelly
* Hope Munro
1 goal
* Fiona Johnson
* Megan Rivers
* Teri Bergin
* Angela Marriner
* Leah Smith
* Renee Allen
* Teneal Attard
* Jane Bennett
* Emma Meyer
* Rebecca Anderson
* Heather Cargill
* Sarah Harrison
* Emma Lee
* Alison Ramsey
* Kylie Wood
* Isabel Carr
* Abby Douglas
* Victoria Scott
* Charlotte White
* Carla Bond
* Kary Chau
* Leah Merrett
* Stephanie Dwyer
* Mia Hall
* Kobie McGurk
* Jayde Taylor
* Kim Walker
Source: Clearing House