# 2013 Women's Ford National Hockey League

The 2013 Women's Ford National Hockey League was the 15th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in 8 cities across New Zealand, from 10 to 25 August.
Midlands won the title for the first time, defeating Capital 5–0 in the final. Auckland finished in third place after winning the bronze medal match 4–0 over Canterbury.

## Participating teams

The following eight teams competed for the title:
* –– Auckland
* –– Canterbury
* –– Capital
* –– Central
* –– Midlands
* –– Northland
* –– North Harbour
* –– Southern

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | –– Auckland | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 25 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | –– Canterbury | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 22 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | –– Midlands | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 18 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 4 | –– Capital | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 17 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 5 | –– North Harbour | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 12 | |
| 6 | –– Northland | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 8 | |
| 7 | –– Central | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 6 | |
| 8 | –– Southern | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 25 | −22 | 1 | |

#### Fixtures

* 10 August 2013 11:00
| Southern –– | 0–5 | –– Canterbury |
| | Report | Wetherall 16' B. Blackwood 19', 45' G. Blackwood 38' McCann 50' |
* Aorangi Park, Timaru
* 10 August 2013 11:00
| Central –– | 1–4 | –– Capital |
| Redwood 56' | Report | Roberts 17' O'Callaghan 28', 48' Smith 54' |
* Donnelly Park, Levin
* 10 August 2013 12:00
| North Harbour –– | 1–3 | –– Midlands |
| Webster 24' | Report | Gloyn 27' Ashton 38' Kwek 66' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 10 August 2013 13:00
| Auckland –– | 4–3 | –– Northland |
| Glynn 12', 64', 65' Rowsell 19' | Report | N. Evans 2', 5' Cartwright 62' |
* Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 11 August 2013 13:00
| Midlands –– | 2–2 | –– Auckland |
| Long 18' Ashton 20' | Report | Glynn 30' S. Harrison 38' |
| Penalties |||
| | 2–1 | |
* Tauranga Hockey Association, Tauranga
* 11 August 2013 13:00
| Northland –– | 2–0 | –– North Harbour |
| N. Evans 12' C. Harrison 17' | Report | |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei
* 11 August 2013 13:00
| Canterbury –– | 1–0 | –– Central |
| Cocks 18' | Report | |
* Canterbury Hockey Association, Christchurch
* 11 August 2013 14:30
| Capital –– | 6–0 | –– Southern |
| Groen 1' Welten 23' Simmonds 25' O'Callaghan 33' Hadfield 46' Roberts 62' | Report | |
* National Hockey Stadium, Wellington
* 17 August 2013 10:30
| Central –– | 2–0 | –– Northland |
| Curtis 17', 24' | Report | |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 17 August 2013 12:30
| Midlands –– | 0–1 | –– Capital |
| | Report | O'Callaghan 37' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 17 August 2013 14:30
| Auckland –– | 4–2 | –– Canterbury |
| Forgesson 6', 16' Simpson 23' Hunt 60' | Report | Masefield 35' Wetherall 39' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 17 August 2013 16:30
| Southern –– | 0–2 | –– North Harbour |
| | Report | Goad 67' H. Evans 69' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 18 August 2013 11:00
| Capital –– | 2–3 | –– Auckland |
| Welten 11' O'Callaghan 50' | Report | Thompson 4' S. Harrison 26' Forgesson 47' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 18 August 2013 13:00
| Canterbury –– | 2–1 | –– Northland |
| McCann 27' Fremaux 67' | Report | 1' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 18 August 2013 15:00
| Southern –– | 0–6 | –– Midlands |
| | Report | Neil 8' 20' Ashton 31', 58' Gloyn 36' Long 56' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 18 August 2013 17:00
| North Harbour –– | 6–1 | –– Central |
| Goad 12' Borren 18' H. Evans 49' Taylor 50' Dennison 52' Webster 61' | Report | Olivieri 43' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 19 August 2013 11:30
| Canterbury –– | 3–1 | –– Midlands |
| G. Blackwood 33' Merry 40' Reid 41' | Report | Ashton 9' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 19 August 2013 13:30
| Northland –– | 3–2 | –– Southern |
| C. Michelsen 24' C. Harrison 30' MacAlister 34' | Report | Spratt 44' P. Symes 52' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 19 August 2013 15:30
| Auckland –– | 4–1 | –– Central |
| Forgesson 3' Nana 15' Woolf 62' Glynn 65' | Report | K. Anderson 16' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 19 August 2013 17:30
| North Harbour –– | 2–1 | –– Capital |
| Borren 18' Webster 29' | Report | J. Anderson 55' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 21 August 2013 12:00
| Midlands –– | 3–1 | –– Central |
| Ashton 22', 29' Charlton 44' | Report | Fey 60' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 21 August 2013 14:00
| Auckland –– | 2–0 | –– Southern |
| Hunt 33', 50' | Report | |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 21 August 2013 16:00
| Canterbury –– | 3–2 | –– North Harbour |
| G. Blackwood 10', 68' 34' | Report | Webster 35+' 53' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 21 August 2013 18:00
| Northland –– | 1–6 | –– Capital |
| C. Michelsen 39' | Report | J. Anderson 5' O'Callaghan 7', 48' Smith 40' Welten 42' Roberts 70+' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 22 August 2013 11:30
| Central –– | 1–1 | –– Southern |
| Fey 32' | Report | Henley 8' |
| Penalties |||
| | 2–1 | |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 22 August 2013 13:30
| Capital –– | 1–1 | –– Canterbury |
| Smith 1' | Report | Burnside 54' |
| Penalties |||
| | 2–4 | |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 22 August 2013 15:30
| Midlands –– | 3–2 | –– Northland |
| Flynn 43' Ashton 45' Kwek 59' | Report | C. Harrison 12' Nichol 34' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 22 August 2013 17:30
| North Harbour –– | 0–1 | –– Auckland |
| | Report | Glynn 51' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland

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

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 24 August 2013 | 24 August 2013 |
| –– North Harbour | 2 |
| –– North Harbour | 2 | 25 August 2013 | 25 August 2013 |
| –– Southern | 0 | 25 August 2013 | 25 August 2013 |
| –– Southern | 0 | –– North Harbour | 3 |
| 24 August 2013 | 24 August 2013 | | –– North Harbour | 3 |
| 24 August 2013 | 24 August 2013 | –– Central | 0 |
| –– Northland | 2 | –– Central | 0 |
| –– Central | 3 | | |
| –– Central | 3 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 25 August 2013 | 25 August 2013 |
| | | –– Southern | 0 |
| | | –– Northland | 4 |

##### Crossover

* 24 August 2013 11:40
| North Harbour –– | 2–0 | –– Southern |
| McCaw 51' Taylor 56' | Report | |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 24 August 2013 16:00
| Northland –– | 2–3 | –– Central |
| C. Michelsen 13', 66' | Report | Sharland 25', 43' Naylor 38' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 25 August 2013 08:15
| Southern –– | 0–4 | –– Northland |
| | Report | Morgan 26' N. Evans 27' Nichol 33' MacAlister 41' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 25 August 2013 08:00
| North Harbour –– | 3–0 | –– Central |
| Goad 2', 14' Hall 11' | Report | |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 August 2013 | 24 August 2013 |
| –– Auckland | 2 |
| –– Auckland | 2 | 25 August 2013 | 25 August 2013 |
| –– Capital | 3 | 25 August 2013 | 25 August 2013 |
| –– Capital | 3 | –– Capital | 0 |
| 24 August 2013 | 24 August 2013 | | –– Capital | 0 |
| 24 August 2013 | 24 August 2013 | –– Midlands | 5 |
| –– Canterbury | 1 | –– Midlands | 5 |
| –– Midlands | 2 | | |
| –– Midlands | 2 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 25 August 2013 | 25 August 2013 |
| | | –– Auckland | 4 |
| | | –– Canterbury | 0 |

##### Semi-finals

* 24 August 2013 10:00
| Canterbury –– | 1–2 | –– Midlands |
| McGregor 17' | Report | Ashton 14' Long 62' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland
* 24 August 2013 14:20
| Auckland –– | 2–3 | –– Capital |
| Wilson 13' Sutherland 31' | Report | Welten 4' Simmonds 21' Punt 53' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland

##### Third and Fourth place

* 25 August 2013 10:00
| Auckland –– | 4–0 | –– Canterbury |
| S. Harrison 19', 58' Wilson 38' Forgesson 63' | Report | |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland

##### Final

* 25 August 2013 12:30
| Capital –– | 0–5 | –– Midlands |
| | Report | Ashton 3' Flynn 10', 48' Gloyn 23', 34' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorers |
| –– Samantha Charlton | –– Renee Ashton |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | –– Midlands | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 26 | Gold Medal |
| | –– Capital | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 21 | Silver Medal |
| | –– Auckland | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 29 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | –– Canterbury | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 22 | |
| 5 | –– North Harbour | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 20 | |
| 6 | –– Central | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 10 | |
| 7 | –– Northland | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 12 | |
| 8 | –– Southern | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 31 | −28 | 1 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 142 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.
10 goals
* –– Renee Ashton
7 goals
* –– Katrina O'Callaghan
6 goals
* –– Katie Glynn
5 goals
* –– Krystal Forgesson
4 goals
* –– Samantha Harrison
* –– Georgina Blackwood
* –– Carlijn Welten
* –– Shiloh Gloyn
* –– Naomi Evans
* –– Carli Michelsen
* –– Erin Goad
* –– Petrea Webster
3 goals
* –– Alexandra Hunt
* –– Aniwaka Roberts
* –– Kelsey Smith
* –– Gemma Flynn
* –– Katie Long
* –– Charlotte Harrison
2 goals
* –– Monique Wilson
* –– Bridget Blackwood
* –– Rachel McCann
* –– Anna Wetherall
* –– Jenna Anderson
* –– Madeleine Simmonds
* –– Michaela Curtis
* –– Ashlea Fey
* –– Kayla Sharland
* –– Su Arn Kwek
* –– Jessica MacAlister
* –– Jodie Nichol
* –– Michelle Borren
* –– Holly Evans
* –– Tori Taylor
1 goal
* –– Shareena Nana
* –– Jan Rowsell
* –– Melissa Simpson
* –– Danielle Sutherland
* –– Elizabeth Thompson
* –– Rhianne Woolf
* –– Tenille Burnside
* –– Sophie Cocks
* –– Sian Fremaux
* –– Libby Masefield
* –– Carissa McGregor
* –– Olivia Merry
* –– Cassandra Reid
* –– Elsemiek Groen
* –– Sarah Hadfield
* –– Anita Punt
* –– Kristy Anderson
* –– Emily Naylor
* –– Kandice Olivieri
* –– Elizabeth Redwood
* –– Samantha Charlton
* –– Imogen Neil
* –– Jenna Cartwright
* –– Alyse Morgan
* –– Rhiannon Dennison
* –– Tara Hall
* –– Kate McCaw
* –– Charlotte Henley
* –– Emma Spratt
* –– Philippa Symes
1 own goal
* –– North Harbour (against Canterbury)
* –– Southern (against Midlands)
2 own goals
* –– Canterbury (against Northland and North Harbour)