The 2024 Women's South Island League is the third season of the second level of women's football in New Zealand, and the second season under the name Women's South Island League.
Cashmere Technical were the 2023 Women's South Island champions, with Dunedin City Royals were runners-up. Cashmere Technical are the South Island Qualifying League champions and Dunedin City Royals are the Southern Qualifying League champions.
Qualifying Leagues South Island Qualifying League
The South Island Qualifying League is open to teams in the northern half of the South Island. The season starts on 6 April, and finishes on 25 May, being a single round. The league is to determine the top three teams in Mainland's federation, with the fourth-placed team playing in a playoff against the third-placed team in Southern Qualifying, who go on to play the top two teams from Southern Football. The bottom three or four teams will play in the Canterbury Women's Premiership, starting after this league finishes. They will be joined by the top three teams of Canterbury Women's Premiership Qualifying League.
Due to a flight cancelation, Selwyn United were unable to fly up to Nelson to play Nelson Suburbs, extending the season date by a week.
South Island Qualifying League teams Seven team are competing in this league - six from the previous season and one new combined team. The new combined team is Nomads-Waimakariri United, who replace FC Nomads United. The six returning teams are Cashmere Technical, Coastal Spirit SAS, Halswell United, Nelson Suburbs, Selwyn United, and University of Canterbury. Nomads-Waimakariri United are a combined team of Nomads United and Waimakariri United, replacing the combined Nomads United/FC Twenty 11 team from the previous season. Halswell United are competing as a single club, rather than as the previously combined team of Halswell United and Christchurch United.
Team Home ground Location Competition Cashmere Technical Garrick Memorial Park Woolston, Christchurch 2nd South Island Qualifying League Coastal Spirit SAS English Park St Albans, Christchurch 1st South Island Qualifying League Halswell United Halswell Domain Halswell, Christchurch 7th South Island Qualifying League Nelson Suburbs Saxton Field Stoke, Nelson 4th South Island Qualifying League Nomads-Waimakariri United Kendall Park Kaiapoi, Canterbury 5th South Island Qualifying League Selwyn United Foster Park Rollerston, Canterbury 6th South Island Qualifying League University of Canterbury English Park St Albans, Christchurch 3rd South Island Qualifying League
South Island Qualifying League table
South Island Qualifying League results table
South Island Qualifying League top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1Aimee PhillipsCashmere Technical122Anna McPhieCashmere Technical93Katie HarrisUniversity of Canterbury74Gillian MorganNelson Suburbs4Laura NewmanCoastal Spirit SASLara WallCashmere Technical7Rachel BrodieHalswell United3Melanie CameronCoastal Spirit SASMargarida DiasCashmere TechnicalEmily LauerNelson SuburbsSamantha WhyteCoastal Spirit SAS
South Island Qualifying League hat-tricks Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date1 Katie Harris University of Canterbury Selwyn United Away 0–8 Aimee Phillips Cashmere Technical NW United Away 0–74Aimee PhillipsCashmere TechnicalHalswell UnitedHome14–1Anna McPhieLaura NewmanCoastal Spirit SASSelwyn UnitedHome6–0
South Island Qualifying League own goals RoundPlayerClubTimeGoalResultOpponentDate1Ashley McLeanSelwyn UnitedHome27' 0–2 0–8University of Canterbury2Stella DallimoreNelson SuburbsHome87' 2–3 2–3NW United6Pip CoakleyAway86' 5–0 5–0Cashmere Technical
SF Women's Southern Qualifying League
The SF Women's Southern Qualifying League is open to teams in the southern half of the South Island. The season starts on 6 April, and finishes on 25 May, being a single round. The league is to determine the top two teams in Southern's federation, who go on to play the top three teams from Mainland Football, with the third placed team playing in a playoff against the fourth placed team in the South Island Qualifying League. The bottom 3–4 teams will play in the ODT Women's Southern Championship.
Southern Qualifying League teams Six teams are competing in the league - five teams from last year and one promoted team. The promoted team is Queens Park. They will be joined by the previous season's Dunedin City Royals, Green Island, Northern, Otago University, and Roslyn-Wakari. There are two team not returning, Mosgiel and Queenstown Rovers.
Team Home ground Location Competition Dunedin City Royals Logan Park Dunedin North, Dunedin 1st ODT Women's Southern Premiership Green Island Sunnyvale Park Green Island, Dunedin 5th ODT Women's Southern Premiership Northern Forrester Park Normanby, Dunedin 7th ODT Women's Southern Premiership Otago University Logan Park Dunedin North, Dunedin 3rd ODT Women's Southern Premiership Queens Park Surrey Park Glengarry, Invercargill 1st Kolk Cup Premier Roslyn-Wakari Ellis Park Glenross, Dunedin 2nd ODT Women's Southern Premiership
Southern Qualifying League table
Southern Qualifying League results table
SF Women's Southern Qualifying League top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1Abbey NeilsonRoslyn Wakari62Charlotte SummersDunedin City Royals53Emma BlackRoslyn Wakari4Nieve CollinDunedin City Royals5Tyler AndrewsQueens Park3Hannah HargestRoslyn WakariGeorgia KennedyDunedin City RoyalsHannah MacKay-WrightDunedin City RoyalsCharli MarvinOtago UniversityZara PratleyRoslyn WakariRebecca WalkerQueens Park
SF Women's Southern Qualifying League hat-tricks Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date 1 Hannah Hargest Roslyn Wakari Queens Park Away 0–4 3 Emma Black Roslyn Wakari Northern Away 0–8 5 Charlotte Summers Dunedin City Royals Northern Away 0–10 7 Abbey Neilson Roslyn Wakari Green Island Home 10–0
SF Women's Southern Qualifying League own-goals RoundPlayerClubTimeGoalResultOpponentDate4Katrina YoungNorthernAway40' 3–1 4–1Green Island6Ashlynn ScherpQueens ParkAway22' 1–0 4–0Dunedin City Royals7Kyla PorteousGreen IslandAway85' 10–0 10–0Roslyn Wakari
South Island League play-offs The South Island League play-offs was a one legged match that took place on 8 June 2024.
Overview
Matches
South Island League The South Island League is the culmination of the two regional leagues, each of which provide teams to the Women's South Island League. The top three teams in the South Island Qualifying League and top two teams from the SF Women's Southern Qualifying League qualify for entry into the South Island League, along with the winner of a playoff between the next placed team in each regional league.
Qualified Teams This year, Cashmere Technical, Coastal Spirit SAS, Dunedin City Royals, Nelson Suburbs and Otago University are back in the league. Joining them will be Roslyn Wakari from Southern Football after not making the qualification in 2023, with each team has a home and away tie against each other. University of Canterbury from Mainland Football did not qualify after qualifying in 2023. AssociationTeamPosition inRegional LeagueAppPrevious bestMainland Football Cashmere Technical1st2nd 1st Coastal Spirit SAS2nd2nd 3rd Nelson Suburbs3rd2nd 6th Southern Football Dunedin City Royals1st2nd 2nd Otago University2nd2nd 4th Playoff winners Roslyn-Wakari3rd1stDebut
South Island League table
South Island League results table
South Island League scoring
South Island League top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1Anna McPhieCashmere Technical92Melanie CameronCoastal Spirit SAS8Margarida DiasCashmere Technical4Annalie LongoCashmere Technical7Lara Wall6Rose MortonDunedin City Royals67Emma KenchCashmere Technical48Whitney HepburnCoastal Spirit SAS3Georgia KennedyDunedin City RoyalsHolly LyonCoastal Spirit SASHannah Mackay-WrightDunedin City RoyalsAynsley MartinOtago UniversityBritney-Lee NicholsonCoastal Spirit SASRaegan PotterDunedin City RoyalsShontelle SmithBel van NoordenCoastal Spirit SAS
South Island League hat-tricks Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date3 Emma Kench Cashmere Technical Nelson Suburbs Home 10–1 5 Whitney Hepburn Coastal Spirit SAS Roslyn Wakari Away 1–6 7 Annalie Longo Cashmere Technical Roslyn Wakari Away 0–11 Lara Wall
South Island League own-goals RoundPlayerClubTimeGoalResultOpponentDate2Freya des FountainRoslyn WakariAway28'4–010–0Cashmere Technical4Amelie East GilesRoslyn WakariAway45+1'1–11–1Otago University4Yui IshikawaRoslyn WakariHome70'0–90–11Cashmere Technical10Gabrielle WaltonNelson SuburbsAway22'1–05–0Otago University
References
External links New Zealand Football official website Southern Football official website Mainland Football official website