# 2018 Women's Ford National Hockey League

The 2018 Women's Ford National Hockey League was the 20th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in Wellington, New Zealand between 9–23 September.
North Harbour won the title for the 4th time, defeating Central 2–0 in the final. Midlands finished in third place after winning the third place match 1–0 over Auckland.

## 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 | –– North Harbour | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 19 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | –– Central | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 16 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | –– Midlands | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 16 | Advanced to Third-place match |
| 4 | –– Auckland | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 15 | Advanced to Third-place match |
| 5 | –– Canterbury | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 15 | |
| 6 | –– Capital | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 12 | |
| 7 | –– Northland | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 9 | |
| 8 | –– Southern | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

* 9 September 2018 14:00
| Northland –– | 0–4 | –– North Harbour |
| | Report | Winterbottom 8' Tice 27' Pearce 34', 41' |
* Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Kirsten Stuckey (NZL)
* 9 September 2018 14:00
| Auckland –– | 1–1 | –– Midlands |
| Smith 50' | Report | Davey 15' |
| Penalties |||
| Tuilotolava Lench Inglis Steele | 2–4 | Lukin Davey Scharf Jaques |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 9 September 2018 14:00
| Central –– | 4–0 | –– Capital |
| Cotter 1', 3', 56' Shannon 44' | Report | |
* Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)
* 9 September 2018 14:00
| Canterbury –– | 9–1 | –– Southern |
| Wium 12', 26', 42', 48' MacLachlan 13' Willis 27' Fremaux 37' Butt 53' Cox 57' | Report | Shirley 47' |
* Umpires: Katrina Turner (NZL) Karen Bennett (NZL)
* 15 September 2018 10:30
| Northland –– | 4–0 | –– Southern |
| Alexander 40', 56' Cooper 43' Smith 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Rachel Murphy (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)
* 15 September 2018 12:30
| Capital –– | 2–2 | –– Canterbury |
| Simmonds 19' Smith 37' | Report | Butt 34', 46' |
| Penalties |||
| MacAdre Simmonds Eastman | 0–3 | Fremaux Willis Tinning |
* Umpires: Lani Jackman (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)
* 15 September 2018 14:30
| Central –– | 1–2 | –– Midlands |
| Cotter 26' | Report | FitzSimons 8' Morton 11' |
* Umpires: Katrina Turner (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)
* 15 September 2018 16:00
| North Harbour –– | 4–1 | –– Auckland |
| Pearson 18' Pearce 44', 45', 48' | Report | Doar 23' |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Lucy Lawlor (NZL)
* 16 September 2018 10:30
| Canterbury –– | 2–2 | –– Northland |
| Willis 44' Grant 60' | Report | Taseska 3' Smith 58' |
| Penalties |||
| Fremaux Willis Tinning Grant Wium —— Fremaux | 3–4 | McDonnell Taseska Heywood Gunson Jones —— Gunson |
* Umpires: Lucy Lawlor (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 16 September 2018 12:15
| Southern –– | 0–1 | –– Central |
| | Report | Ralph 51' |
* Umpires: Rachel Murphy (NZL) Katrina Turner (NZL)
* 16 September 2018 14:30
| Auckland –– | 2–2 | –– Capital |
| Ghalesha 30' Lench 33' | Report | Cooper 21' MacAdre 43' |
| Penalties |||
| Tuilotolava Willis Lench | 1–4 | Reidy Van Woerkom Hull MacAdre |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)
* 16 September 2018 16:15
| Midlands –– | 0–3 | –– North Harbour |
| | Report | Pearson 39', 44' Pearce 45' |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)
* 17 September 2018 13:00
| Northland –– | 2–3 | –– Auckland |
| McDonnell 47', 50' | Report | Steele 18' Lench 31' Dowe 60' |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Rachel Murphy (NZL)
* 17 September 2018 15:00
| North Harbour –– | 0–0 | –– Central |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Elliot Pearce Webster Tice Pearson —— Webster Elliot | 2–3 | Ralph Shannon Norman Rainey Crowley —— Norman Rainey |
* Umpires: Katrina Turner (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)
* 17 September 2018 17:00
| Midlands –– | 0–2 | –– Canterbury |
| | Report | Cox 38' Anderson 60' |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Lucy Lawlor (NZL)
* 17 September 2018 19:00
| Southern –– | 1–3 | –– Capital |
| McNaughtan 41' | Report | McLean 19' Seeley 56' Simmonds 60' |
* Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 19 September 2018 13:00
| Southern –– | 0–5 | –– Midlands |
| | Report | Jaques 19', 59' Morton 30' Robinson 41', 59' |
* Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Rachel Murphy (NZL)
* 19 September 2018 15:15
| Capital –– | 2–2 | –– Northland |
| McLean 18' Hull 24' | Report | Taseska 129' Gunson 60+' |
| Penalties |||
| Reidy Van Woerkom MacAdre Hull Smith | 1–2 | Heywood Taseska Doar McDonnell Gunson |
* Umpires: Katrina Turner (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 19 September 2018 17:15
| Auckland –– | 3–2 | –– Central |
| Ritchie 18' Doar 24' Ghalesha 58' | Report | Cotter 35', 36' |
* Umpires: Lucy Lawlor (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)
* 19 September 2018 19:15
| North Harbour –– | 0–0 | –– Canterbury |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Elliot Hyatt-Brown Webster Dickins Winterbottom | 4–3 | Willis Wium Tinning MacLachlan Grant |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)
* 20 September 2018 13:15
| Midlands –– | 2–2 | –– Northland |
| Morton 51' Davies 55' | Report | Laybourn 6' Alexander 15' |
| Penalties |||
| Davey Lukin Keddell Jaques Scharf | 2–1 | Gunson McDonnell Jones Doar Taseska |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Katrina Turner (NZL)
* 20 September 2018 15:15
| Auckland –– | 4–1 | –– Southern |
| Ritchie 6', 24', 34' Steele 57' | Report | Jopp 31' |
* Umpires: Lucy Lawlor (NZL) Rachel Murphy (NZL)
* 20 September 2018 17:15
| Central –– | 2–2 | –– Canterbury |
| Damons 2' Ralph 14' | Report | Wium 12' Fremaux 60' |
| Penalties |||
| Ralph Shannon Norman Rainey | 2–0 | Willis Wium Tinning MacLachlan |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 20 September 2018 19:15
| Capital –– | 2–0 | –– North Harbour |
| MacAdre 11' Eastman 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)
* 22 September 2018 10:00
| Northland –– | 0–4 | –– Central |
| | Report | Norman 5' Walraven 19' Cotter 36' Shannon 57' |
* Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Rachel Murphy (NZL)
* 22 September 2018 12:00
| Canterbury –– | 1–1 | –– Auckland |
| Butt 26' | Report | Smith 43' |
| Penalties |||
| Fremaux Wium Tinning Willis | 3–2 | Tuilotolava Ghalesha Ritchie Steele Dowe |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)
* 22 September 2018 14:15
| Midlands –– | 3–0 | –– Capital |
| Morton 13' Tanner 17' FitzSimons 29' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)
* 22 September 2018 16:15
| North Harbour –– | 6–1 | –– Southern |
| Hyatt-Brown 4' Dickins 36', 58' Pearson 39' Webster 45' Winterbottom 57' | Report | Carey 32' |
* Umpires: Lucy Lawlor (NZL) Katrina Turner (NZL)

### Classification round
#### Seventh and eighth place

* 23 September 2018 09:15
| Northland –– | 2–1 | –– Southern |
| Doar 15' Jones 43' | Report | Peyroux 32' |
* Umpires: Katrina Turner (NZL) Rachel Murphy (NZL)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 23 September 2018 09:30
| Canterbury –– | 3–2 | –– Capital |
| Fremaux 5' MacLachlan 36' Willis 45' | Report | Reidy 18' Eastman 53' |
* Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Lucy Lawlor (NZL)

#### Third and fourth place

* 23 September 2018 09:45
| Midlands –– | 1–0 | –– Auckland |
| Scharf 13' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lani Jackman (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)

#### Final

* 23 September 2018 13:45
| North Harbour –– | 2–0 | –– Central |
| Winterbottom 26' Pearce 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | –– North Harbour | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 23 | Gold Medal |
| | –– Central | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 16 | Silver Medal |
| | –– Midlands | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 20 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | –– Auckland | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 15 | |
| 5 | –– Canterbury | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 19 | |
| 6 | –– Capital | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 12 | |
| 7 | –– Northland | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 13 | |
| 8 | –– Southern | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 34 | −29 | 0 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 115 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.59 goals per match.
7 goals
* –– Kaitlin Cotter
* –– Kirsten Pearce
5 goals
* –– Emily Wium
4 goals
* –– Deanna Ritchie
* –– Leah Butt
* –– Georgia Morton
* –– Holly Pearson
3 goals
* –– Sian Fremaux
* –– Margot Willis
* –– Anna Alexander
* –– Courtney Winterbottom
2 goals
* –– Katie Doar
* –– Tyler Lench
* –– Ghalesha Singh
* –– Belinda Smith
* –– Phoebe Steele
* –– Hayley Cox
* –– Euleena MacLachlan
* –– Charlotte Eastman
* –– Estelle MacAdre
* –– Maddison McLean
* –– Madeleine Simmonds
* –– Hope Ralph
* –– Olivia Shannon
* –– Natasha FitzSimons
* –– Alia Jaques
* –– Amy Robinson
* –– Nicola McDonnell
* –– Gabrielle Smith
* –– Tina Taseska
* –– Stephanie Dickins
1 goal
* –– Maddison Dowe
* –– Jessica Anderson
* –– Jordan Grant
* –– Sara Cooper
* –– Megan Hull
* –– Felicity Reidy
* –– Grace Seeley
* –– Kelsey Smith
* –– Sulette Damons
* –– Pippa Norman
* –– Nicole Walraven
* –– Tarryn Davey
* –– Frances Davies
* –– Viola Scharf
* –– Kim Tanner
* –– Anna Cooper
* –– Madison Doar
* –– Elizabeth Gunson
* –– Danielle Jones
* –– Alana Laybourn
* –– Ella Hyatt-Brown
* –– Elena Tice
* –– Petrea Webster
* –– Tinesha Carey
* –– Tessa Jopp
* –– Emily McNaughtan
* –– Claudia Peyroux
* –– Lydia Shirley