# 2015 Women's Ford National Hockey League

The 2015 Women's Ford National Hockey League was the 17th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in 9 cities across New Zealand, from 29 August to 20 September.
Auckland won the title for the sixth time, defeating Northland 6–0 in the final. Midlands finished in third place after winning the third place match 7–4 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 | –– Canterbury | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 19 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | –– Midlands | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 18 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | –– Auckland | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 18 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 4 | –– Northland | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 17 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 5 | –– Central | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 15 | |
| 6 | –– North Harbour | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 14 | |
| 7 | –– Capital | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 5 | |
| 8 | –– Southern | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 37 | −32 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

* 29 August 2015 12:00
| North Harbour –– | 2–1 | –– Northland |
| Webster 2' Green 20' | Report | MacAlister 26' |
* North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)
* 29 August 2015 12:00
| Midlands –– | 2–3 | –– Auckland |
| McCaw 7' Tanner 18' | Report | King 14' C. Harrison 20' Wilson 47' |
* Rosa Birch Park, Pukekohe Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 29 August 2015 12:00
| Central –– | 3–2 | –– Capital |
| Paewai 15', 38' Waddell 47' | Report | Ashton 28' O'Callaghan 29' |
* Hockey Manawatu Inc, Palmerston North Umpires: Lucy Townend (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)
* 29 August 2015 12:00
| Canterbury –– | 4–0 | –– Southern |
| Symes 1' Steele 10' G. Blackwood 14' Kiddle 47' | Report | |
* Canterbury Hockey Association, Christchurch Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)
* 6 September 2015 12:00
| Auckland –– | 0–3 | –– Northland |
| | Report | C. Michelsen 6' Thorpe 43', 59' |
* Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium, Auckland Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)
* 6 September 2015 12:00
| Midlands –– | 3–1 | –– Central |
| Tanner 5' McCaw 12' Robinson 56' | Report | Whitelock 28' |
* Taupo Hockey Club, Taupō Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)
* 6 September 2015 12:00
| Capital –– | 0–4 | –– Canterbury |
| | Report | G. Blackwood 11' Fremaux 48' Storey 52' Steele 56' |
* National Hockey Stadium, Wellington Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Lucy Townend (NZL)
* 6 September 2015 12:00
| Southern –– | 1–5 | –– North Harbour |
| Inglis 45' | Report | Pearce 20', 34' Henry 24' Goad 33' Symons 47' |
* Otago Hockey Association, Dunedin Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)
* 12 September 2015 10:30
| Canterbury –– | 2–1 | –– Central |
| McCann 32' Cocks 33' | Report | Pollock 57' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 12 September 2015 12:30
| Capital –– | 5–0 | –– Southern |
| Ashton 8' Hawes 35' Eastman 45' Devine 58' Smith 59' | Report | |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)
* 12 September 2015 14:30
| Northland –– | 2–1 | –– Midlands |
| S. Michelsen 24' Thorpe 54' | Report | Kernaghan 41' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Karen Bennett (NZL)
* 12 September 2015 16:30
| North Harbour –– | 0–1 | –– Auckland |
| | Report | S. Harrison 25' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Lucy Townend (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)
* 13 September 2015 11:00
| Canterbury –– | 3–4 | –– Midlands |
| B. Blackwood 18' Storey 21' Steele 26' | Report | Kernaghan 19', 35' McCaw 29' Charlton 56' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Lucy Townend (NZL)
* 13 September 2015 13:00
| North Harbour –– | 3–1 | –– Capital |
| Judge 6' Henry 12' Pearce 22' | Report | Punt 48' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)
* 13 September 2015 15:00
| Auckland –– | 2–2 | –– Central |
| Forgesson 15' Glynn 46' | Report | Whitelock 49', 50' |
| Penalties |||
| Sutherland S. Harrison King C. Harrison | 3–2 | Whitelock Pollock Gaddum Herbert Norman |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)
* 13 September 2015 13:00
| Northland –– | 5–3 | –– Southern |
| S. Michelsen 9', 27' Haughn 19', 21' Polovnikoff 40' | Report | Cowan 5' Irwin 49' Wickens 47' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 14 September 2015 12:30
| Central –– | 3–0 | –– North Harbour |
| Curtis 36' Herbert 40', 51' | Report | |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)
* 14 September 2015 14:30
| Southern –– | 1–8 | –– Midlands |
| Nicholson 9' | Report | Gloyn 4' FitzSimons 6' McCaw 37', 56' Tanner 53' Charlton 56' O'Donnell 57' Robinson 59' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)
* 14 September 2015 16:30
| Northland –– | 4–2 | –– Capital |
| McQuinn 28' Gunson 33' Neal 35' C. Michelsen 44' | Report | Eastman 39' Smith 54' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Julena Phillips (NZL) Karen Bennett (NZL)
* 14 September 2015 18:30
| Auckland –– | 0–0 | –– Canterbury |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Sutherland S. Harrison King C. Harrison | 4–2 | Fremaux Merry McCann Tinning |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Lucy Townend (NZL)
* 16 September 2015 13:00
| Southern –– | 0–5 | –– Central |
| | Report | Curtis 6', 51' Norman 15' Whitelock 37' Herbert 59' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)
* 16 September 2015 15:00
| Midlands –– | 2–2 | –– North Harbour |
| Kernaghan 28' Jaques 57' | Report | Pearce 40' Webster 55' |
| Penalties |||
| Charlton S. O'Donnell McCaw Jaques Hepi —— Charlton | 5–4 | Hyatt-Brown Goad Henry Dickins Pearce —— Goad |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Lucy Townend (NZL)
* 16 September 2015 17:00
| Capital –– | 2–2 | –– Auckland |
| Punt 13' O'Callaghan 16' | Report | McDonnell 11' C. Harrison 45' |
| Penalties |||
| Reidy De Klijn Hawes Roberts | 1–3 | Sutherland S. Harrison King |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)
* 16 September 2015 19:00
| Northland –– | 1–2 | –– Canterbury |
| Haughn 54' | Report | Cocks 42', 49' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)
* 17 September 2015 12:30
| Midlands –– | 7–1 | –– Capital |
| McCaw 2', 18', 31' Gloyn 14', 52' FitzSimons 25' O'Donnell 26' | Report | Smith 21' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)
* 17 September 2015 14:30
| Auckland –– | 5–0 | –– Southern |
| C. Harrison 2' Glynn 7' Forgesson 12' Sutherland 20', 60' | Report | |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Julena Phillips (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)
* 17 September 2015 16:30
| Central –– | 0–0 | –– Northland |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Herbert Pollock Curtis Van Woerkom Ridd | 1–0 | Gunson Neal Jurisich Hennig C. Michelsen |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Lucy Townend (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)
* 17 September 2015 18:30
| Canterbury –– | 3–3 | –– North Harbour |
| Fremaux 32', 37' G. Blackwood 43' | Report | Pearce 17', 25' Burnside 55' |
| Penalties |||
| Storey Merry Tinning Hayward Grant | 3–2 | Green Pearce Henry Symons Goad |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Lucy Townend (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

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

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 19 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 |
| –– Central | 5 |
| –– Central | 5 | 20 September 2015 | 20 September 2015 |
| –– Southern | 1 | 20 September 2015 | 20 September 2015 |
| –– Southern | 1 | –– Central | 0 |
| 19 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 | | –– Central | 0 |
| 19 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 | –– North Harbour | 5 |
| –– North Harbour (pen.) | 2 (2) | –– North Harbour | 5 |
| –– Capital | 2 (1) | | |
| –– Capital | 2 (1) | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 20 September 2015 | 20 September 2015 |
| | | –– Southern | 0 |
| | | –– Capital | 5 |

##### Crossover

* 19 September 2015 10:00
| North Harbour –– | 2–2 | –– Capital |
| Dickins 24' Winterbottom 41' | Report | Reidy 28' Punt 58' |
| Penalties |||
| Symons Judge Pearce Hira Henry | 2–1 | Reidy Punt De Klijn Hawes O'Callaghan |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)
* 19 September 2015 12:00
| Central –– | 5–1 | –– Southern |
| Norman 7', 54' Herbert 12' Paewai 16' Curtis 52' | Report | Holland 4' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 20 September 2015 09:00
| Southern –– | 0–5 | –– Capital |
| | Report | Devine 19' Smith 26' Hawes 27' Ashton 28', 41' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 20 September 2015 09:15
| Central –– | 0–5 | –– North Harbour |
| | Report | Conway 4' Pearce 30', 51' Blake 37' Goad 40' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 19 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 |
| –– Canterbury | 2 |
| –– Canterbury | 2 | 20 September 2015 | 20 September 2015 |
| –– Northland | 4 | 20 September 2015 | 20 September 2015 |
| –– Northland | 4 | –– Northland | 0 |
| 19 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 | | –– Northland | 0 |
| 19 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 | –– Auckland | 6 |
| –– Midlands | 2 | –– Auckland | 6 |
| –– Auckland | 3 | | |
| –– Auckland | 3 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 20 September 2015 | 20 September 2015 |
| | | –– Canterbury | 4 |
| | | –– Midlands | 7 |

##### Semi-finals

* 19 September 2015 10:30
| Canterbury –– | 2–4 | –– Northland |
| Merry 7' Denning 31' | Report | Haughn 22' Polovnikoff 26' McQuinn 40' Thorpe 48' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)
* 19 September 2015 12:30
| Midlands –– | 2–3 | –– Auckland |
| McCaw 5' Charlton 53' | Report | Forgesson 24' King 39' S. Harrison 52' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Karen Bennett (NZL)

##### Third and fourth place

* 20 September 2015 09:00
| Canterbury –– | 4–7 | –– Midlands |
| Merry 9', 60+' Tinning 44' Storey 50' | Report | Palmer 5' Charlton 6', 8', 45+' Gloyn 28' McCaw 33' Robinson 51' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Lucy Townend (NZL)

##### Final

* 20 September 2015 13:00
| Northland –– | 0–6 | –– Auckland |
| | Report | Thompson 4' Glynn 12' King 25' Ritchie 36' S. Harrison 42' Wilson 56' |
* Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer |
| –– Brooke Neal | –– Gemma McCaw |

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | –– Auckland | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 26 | Gold Medal |
| | –– Northland | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 21 | Silver Medal |
| | –– Midlands | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 22 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | –– Canterbury | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 19 | |
| 5 | –– North Harbour | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 20 | |
| 6 | –– Central | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 19 | |
| 7 | –– Capital | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 10 | |
| 8 | –– Southern | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 47 | −41 | 0 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 170 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4.72 goals per match.
10 goals
* –– Gemma McCaw
8 goals
* –– Kirsten Pearce
6 goals
* –– Samantha Charlton
4 goals
* –– Renee Ashton
* –– Kelsey Smith
* –– Michaela Curtis
* –– Rebecca Herbert
* –– Kayla Whitelock
* –– Shiloh Gloyn
* –– Kate Kernaghan
* –– Hannah Haughn
* –– Anna Thorpe
3 goals
* –– Krystal Forgesson
* –– Katie Glynn
* –– Samantha Harrison
* –– Charlotte Harrison
* –– Julia King
* –– Georgina Blackwood
* –– Sophie Cocks
* –– Sian Fremaux
* –– Olivia Merry
* –– Phoebe Steele
* –– Jennifer Storey
* –– Anita Punt
* –– Pippa Norman
* –– Caryn Paewai
* –– Amy Robinson
* –– Kimberley Tanner
* –– Stacey Michelsen
2 goals
* –– Danielle Sutherland
* –– Monique Wilson
* –– Sophie Devine
* –– Charlotte Eastman
* –– Freya Hawes
* –– Katrina O'Callaghan
* –– Natasha FitzSimons
* –– Nicola O'Donnell
* –– Jasmin McQuinn
* –– Carli Michelsen
* –– Samantha Polovnikoff
* –– Erin Goad
* –– Kathryn Henry
* –– Petrea Webster
1 goal
* –– Nicola McDonnell
* –– Deanna Ritchie
* –– Elizabeth Thompson
* –– Bridget Blackwood
* –– Kate Denning
* –– Bridget Kiddle
* –– Rachel McCann
* –– Charlotte Symes
* –– Catherine Tinning
* –– Felicity Reidy
* –– Cathryn Pollock
* –– Casey-Mae Waddell
* –– Alia Jaques
* –– Arnica Palmer
* –– Elizabeth Gunson
* –– Jessica MacAlister
* –– Brooke Neal
* –– Jessica Blake
* –– Tenille Burnside
* –– Alexandra Conway
* –– Stephanie Dickins
* –– Kimberley Green
* –– Amie Judge
* –– Katy Symons
* –– Courtney Winterbottom
* –– Millie Cowan
* –– Dayna Holland
* –– Polly Inglis
* –– Alexandra Irwin
* –– Kelly Nicholson
* –– Sophie Wickens
Source: Hockey New Zealand