| Competition: | South Island Championship |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Dates: | 16 July 2022 - 7 August 2022 |
| Winners: | Coastal Spirit |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Total Goals: | 39 |
| League Topscorer: | Isla McPherson (4 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Cashmere Technical 9–1 Roslyn-Wakari (24 July 2022) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Roslyn-Wakari 0–7 Coastal Spirit (24 July 2022) |
| Highest Scoring: | Cashmere Technical 9–1 Roslyn-Wakari (31 July 2022) |
| Longest Wins: | Coastal Spirit (3 matches) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Coastal Spirit (3 matches) |
| Longest Winless: | Roslyn-Wakari (3 matches) |
| Longest Losses: | Roslyn-Wakari (3 matches) |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 Women's South Island Championship, known now as Women's South Island League, was the inaugural season of the 2nd level women's football in New Zealand.
Coastal Spirit were the Mainland Women's Premiership champions and Dunedin City Royals were the ODT Women's Premiership champions.[1] [2]
The South Island Championship is the culmination of two regional federations, each of which provide teams to the Women's South Island Championship. The top two teams in the Women's Premier League and top two teams from the Women's Southern Premiership qualify for entry into the South Island League.
There are four team competing in the Premier League, down from the previous season's six. The teams which were relegated at the end of the previous season were Waimakariri United and Ferrymead Bays.
| Team | Home ground | Location | 2021 Season[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashmere Technical | Garrick Memorial Park | Woolston, Christchurch | 2nd | |
| Coastal Spirit | St Albans, Christchurch | 1st | ||
| Nomads United | Tulett Park | Casebrook, Christchurch | 6th | |
| University of Canterbury | St Albans, Christchurch | 3rd |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Melanie Cameron | align=left | Coastal Spirit | 15 |
| 2 | align=left | Nicola Dominikovich | align=left | Cashmere Technical | 8 |
| 3 | align=left | Frankie Morrow | align=left | Total University of Canterbury Coastal Spirit | 7 5 2 |
| 4 | align=left | Jonelle Arthur | align=left | Cashmere Technical | 5 |
| align=left | Lauren Dabner | align=left rowspan=2 | Coastal Spirit | ||
| align=left | Rebecca Lake | ||||
| 7 | align=left | Jess Dyer | align=left rowspan=2 | Cashmere Technical | 4 |
| align=left | Emmer Kench | ||||
| align=left | align=left | Coastal Spirit |
| Round | Player | For | Against | Home/Away | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melanie Cameron | Coastal Spirit | Nomads United | Away | 0–8 | ||
| Emma Kench | Cashmere Technical | University of Canterbury | Home | 7–3 | |||
| 4 | Melanie Cameron | Coastal Spirit | Nomads United | Home | 5–1 | ||
| 6 | Melanie Cameron | Coastal Spirit | Cashmere Technical | Away | 1–7 | ||
| 7 | Nicola Dominikovich | Cashmere Technical | University of Canterbury | Home | 5–0 | ||
| 8 | Jess Dyer | Cashmere Technical | Nomads United | Home | 7–1 |
Seven teams competed in the league: five from the previous season, and two new teams, Dunedin City Royals and Northern. Dunedin City Royals were formed as an amalgamation of Dunedin Technical and Caversham, and replaced Dunedin Technical in the league.
| Team | Home ground | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunedin North, Dunedin | |||
| Memorial Park Ground | Mosgiel | ||
| Normanby, Dunedin | |||
| Dunedin North, Dunedin | |||
| Queenstown Events Centre | Frankton, Queenstown | ||
| Ellis Park | Glenross, Dunedin |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Amy Hislop | align=left | Otago University | 19 | |
| align=left | Jasmine Prince | align=left | Roslyn-Wakari | |||
| 3 | align=left | Chelsea Whittaker | align=left | Dunedin City Royals | 18 | |
| 4 | align=left | Jessica Fuller | align=left | Otago University | 14 | |
| 5 | align=left | Margarida Dias | align=left rowspan=2 | Dunedin City Royals | 13 | |
| align=left | Emily Morison | |||||
| 7 | align=left | Nieve Collin | align=left | Dunedin City Royals | 11 | |
| align=left | Holly White | align=left | Roslyn-Wakari | |||
| 9 | align=left | Shontelle Smite | align=left | Dunedin City Royals | 9 | |
| 10 | align=left | Danielle Anderson | align=left | Queenstown | 8 |
| Round | Player | For | Against | Home/Away | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea Whittaker | Dunedin City Royals | Green Island | Home | 6–0 | ||
| Jasmine Prince | Roslyn-Wakari | Northern | Away | 0–10 | |||
| Holly White | |||||||
| 2 | Amy Hislop | Otago University | Mosgiel | Home | 11–0 | ||
| 3 | Amy Hislop | Otago University | Northern | Away | 0–10 | ||
| 4 | Emily Morison | Dunedin City Royals | Northern | Away | 1–12 | ||
| Chelsea Whittaker | |||||||
| 5 | Jasmine Prince | Roslyn-Wakari | Mosgiel | Home | 12–0 | ||
| 6 | Margarida Dias | Dunedin City Royals | Mosgiel | Away | 0–15 | ||
| Nieve Collin | |||||||
| Emily Morison | |||||||
| 7 | Chelsea Whittaker | Dunedin City Royals | Queenstown | Home | 7–0 | ||
| Amy Hislop | Otago University | Green Island | Away | 2–7 | |||
| 8 | Jasmine Prince | Roslyn-Wakari | Northern | Home | 6–1 | ||
| 9 | Jessica Fuller | Otago University | Mosgiel | Away | 0–10 | ||
| 10 | Holly White | Roslyn-Wakari | Otago University | Home | 4–0 | ||
| 11 | Shontelle Smith | Dunedin City Royals | Northern | Home | 10–0 | ||
| Nieve Collin | |||||||
| 12 | Danielle Anderson | Queenstown | Mosgiel | Home | 3–0 | ||
| 13 | Lauren Murry | Queenstown | Northern | Away | 0–6 | ||
| 14 | Danielle Anderson | Queenstown | Otago University | Home | 3–1 |
| Round | Player | Club | Against | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Laura Wallis | Queenstown | Roslyn-Wakari | |
| Gracie Va'afusuaga | Green Island | Mosgiel | ||
| 4 | Claire Jones | Queenstown | Otago University | |
| 7 | A. Parlane | Otago University | Green Island | |
| Lauren Paterson | Green Island | Otago University | ||
| 8 | Lili Clouston-Cain | Green Island | Dunedin City Royals | |
| 14 | Player Unknown | Northern | Green Island |
| Association | Team | Position in regional league | App | Previous best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainland Football | Coastal Spirit | 1st | 1st | Debut |
| Cashmere Technical | 2nd | 1st | Debut | |
| Southern Football | Dunedin City Royals | 1st | 1st | Debut |
| Roslyn-Wakari | 2nd | 1st | Debut | |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Isla McPherson | align=left | Coastal Spirit | 4 |
| 2 | align=left | Jonelle Arthur | align=left | Cashmere Technical | 3 |
| align=left | Mel Cameron | align=left | Coastal Spirit | ||
| align=left | align=left | Cashmere Technical | |||
| 5 | align=left | Leigh Alexander | align=left | Cashmere Technical | 2 |
| align=left | Lauren Dabner | align=left | Coastal Spirit | ||
| align=left | Marga Dias | align=left | Dunedin City Royals | ||
| align=left | Lisa Evans | align=left | Cashmere Technical | ||
| align=left | Whitney Hepburn | align=left | Coastal Spirit | ||
| align=left | Kate Loye | align=left | Cashmere Technical | ||
| align=left | Laura Newman | align=left | Coastal Spirit | ||
| align=left | Bel van Noorden | align=left | Coastal Spirit | ||
| align=left | Chelsea Whittaker | align=left | Dunedin City Royals | ||
| 14 | align=left | Geena Horne | align=left | Coastal Spirit | 1 |
| align=left | Darsha Keogan | align=left | Coastal Spirit | ||
| align=left | Hannah McKay-Wright | align=left | Dunedin City Royals | ||
| align=left | Amelia Newlands | align=left | Roslyn-Wakari | ||
| align=left | Zara Pratley | align=left | Roslyn-Wakari | ||
| align=left | Shontelle Smith | align=left | Dunedin City Royals | ||
| align=left | Holly White | align=left | Roslyn-Wakari |