2023 Women's South Island League (New Zealand) Explained

Competition:	South Island League
Season:	2023
Dates:	10 June 2023 - 2 September 2023
Winners:	Cashmere Technical
Matches:	29
Total Goals:	131
League Topscorer:	Britney-Lee Nicholson (15 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Coastal Spirit 8–0 Nelson Suburbs (19 August 2023)
Biggest Away Win:	Otago University 0–6 Cashmere Technical (1 July 2023)
Highest Scoring:	Coastal Spirit 8–0 Nelson Suburbs (19 August 2023)
Longest Wins:	Cashmere Technical (6 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:	Cashmere Technical (10 matches)
Longest Winless:	Nelson Suburbs (10 matches)
Longest Losses:	Nelson Suburbs (8 matches)
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024
Updated:	2 September 2023

The 2023 Women's South Island League, is the 2nd season of the 2nd level women's football in New Zealand and the 1st season under the name Women's South Island League.

Coastal Spirit are the South Island Qualifying League, known as Mainland Women's Premiership, champions and the 2022 Women's South Island Championship champions and Dunedin City Royals are the FS Women's Premiership champions, Women's South Island League Playoff winners and 2022 Women's South Island Championship runners up.^[1] ^[2]

The South Island League is the culmination of two regional federations, each of which provide teams to the Women's South Island League. The top four 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.

Qualifying League

South Island Qualifying League

Competition:	South Island Qualifying League
Season:	2023
Dates:	1 April 2023 - 28 May 2023
Winners:	Coastal Spirit
Matches:	28
Total Goals:	112
League Topscorer:	Britney-Lee Nicholson (15 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Coastal Spirit 12–0 Haswell Christchurch United (29 April 2023)
Biggest Away Win:	Selwyn United 0–20 Coastal Spirit (6 May 2023)
Highest Scoring:	Selwyn United 0–20 Coastal Spirit (6 May 2023)
Longest Wins:	Coastal Spirit (5 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:	Coastal Spirit (6 matches)
Longest Winless:	Halswell Christchurch United (5 matches)
Longest Losses:	Halswell Christchurch United (6 matches)
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024
Updated:	Completed

The season started on 1 April, and finished on 28 May, being a single round. The league determined the top four teams in Mainland's federation, who went on to play the top two teams from Southern Football. The bottom three teams played in the Canterbury Women's Premiership, starting after this league finished, and were joined by the top three teams of Canterbury Women's Championship Division 1.

Team

The four teams from the 2022 league - Cashmere Technical, Coastal Spirit, FC Nomads United and University of Canterbury - were joined by Halswell Christchurch United, Nelson Suburbs, and Selwyn United. Halswell Christchurch United were a combined team of Halswell United and Christchurch United; similarly FC Nomads United was a combined team from Nomads United and FC Twenty 11.

Team	Home ground	Competition
	Garrick Memorial Park	2nd Mainland Women's Premier League
		1st Mainland Women's Premier League


	Tulett Park	4th Mainland Women's Premier League
	Foster Park
University of Canterbury		3rd Mainland Women's Premier League

Table

League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	align=left	Britney-Lee Nicholson	align=left	Coastal Spirit	15
2	align=left	Melanie Cameron	align=left	Coastal Spirit	6
3	align=left		align=left	Cashmere Technical	5
3	align=left	Whitney Hepburn	align=left	Coastal Spirit	5
5	align=left	Charlotte Mortlock	align=left	Cashmere Technical	4
	align=left	Jasmine Barney	Nelson Suburbs
	align=left	Laura Newman	Coastal Spirit
	align=left	Lauren Dabner	Coastal Spirit
	align=left	Nicola Dominikovich	align=left	Cashmere Technical
10	align=left	Leanna Ryan	align=left rowspan=2	Cashmere Technical	3

League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result
1^[3]		Cashmere Technical	Selwyn United	Away	0–12
Charlotte Mortlock		Cashmere Technical	Selwyn United
4^[4]	Laura Newman	Coastal Spirit	Halswell Christchurch United	Home	12–0
Britney-Lee Nicholson		Coastal Spirit	Halswell Christchurch United
5^[5]	Melanie Cameron	Coastal Spirit	Selwyn United	Away	0–20
Britney-Lee Nicholson		Coastal Spirit	Selwyn United

Own goals

Round	Player	Club	Against
2^[6]	Jasmine Ball	University of Canterbury	Coastal Spirit
7^[7]	Leigh Bowie	Selwyn United	University of Canterbury

ODT Women's Southern Premiership

Competition:	ODT Women's Southern Premiership League
Season:	2023
Dates:	1 April 2023 - 6 May 2023
Winners:	Dunedin City Royals
Matches:	21
Total Goals:	88
League Topscorer:	Nieve Collin (6 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Queenstown 11–0 Northern (22 April 2023)
Biggest Away Win:	Green Island 0–11 Dunedin City Royals (6 May 2023)
Highest Scoring:	Queenstown 11–0 Northern (22 April 2023) Green Island 0–11 Dunedin City Royals (6 May 2023)
Longest Wins:	Dunedin City Royals (6 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:	Dunedin City Royals (6 matches)
Longest Winless:	Northern (6 matches)
Longest Losses:	Northern (6 matches)
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024
Updated:	Completed

Teams

All seven teams from the previous season competed.

Team	Home ground	Location	2022 Season
			1st ODT Women's Southern Premiership
			5th ODT Women's Southern Premiership
	Memorial Park Ground		7th ODT Women's Southern Premiership
			6th ODT Women's Southern Premiership
			3rd ODT Women's Southern Premiership
	Queenstown Events Centre		4th ODT Women's Southern Premiership
			2nd ODT Women's Southern Premiership

League

The league was a single round, with the top four teams advancing to the South Island League southern playoffs. The bottom three teams played in the ODT Women's Southern Championship, with the two teams who did not qualify for the South Island League.

Table

League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	align=left	Nieve Collin	align=left	Dunedin City Royals	6
2	align=left	Chelsea Whittaker	align=left	Dunedin City Royals	5
3	align=left	Mikayla Gray	align=left	Dunedin City Royals	4
	align=left	Keely Osborne	align=left	Queenstown
	align=left	Zara Partley	align=left rowspan=2	Roslyn-Wakari
	align=left	Holly White
7	align=left	Margarida Dias	align=left	Dunedin City Royals	3
	align=left	Madeline McCormick	align=left	Otago University
	align=left	Rose Hanna Morton	align=left	Dunedin City Royals
	align=left	Jemma Wilson	align=left	Roslyn-Wakari

League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result
1^[8]	Rose Morton	Dunedin City Royals	Mosgiel	Home	7–0
2^[9]	Margarida Dias	Dunedin City Royals	Northern	Away	0–6
3	Madeline McCormick	Otago University	Northern	Away	0–7
5	Holly White	Roslyn-Wakari	Northern	Home	8–0
7	Nieve Collin	Dunedin City Royals	Green Island	Away	0–11

Own goals

Round	Player	Club	Against
3	Laura Wallis	Queenstown	Roslyn-Wakari
7	Paige Julian	Green Island	Dunedin City Royals

South Island League Playoffs

Each team played each other once over three rounds, with the top two advancing to the South Island League, while the bottom two played in the ODT Women's Southern Championship.

Table

League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	align=left	Ruby Anderson	align=left	Dunedin City Royals	4
3	align=left	Carolyn Days	align=left	Otago University	2
	align=left	Margarida Dias	align=left	Dunedin City Royals
	align=left	Tahlia Roome	align=left	Dunedin City Royals
	align=left	Morgan Smiley	align=left	Otago University
	align=left	Jemma Wilson	align=left	Roslyn-Wakari
7	align=left	Madeline Braun	align=left rowspan=2	Queenstown	1
	align=left	Hope Donoghue
	align=left	Charlotte Marvin	align=left	Otago University
	align=left	Abbey Neilson	align=left	Queenstown
	align=left	Eloise Robinson	align=left	Otago University
	align=left	Shontell Smite	align=left rowspan=2	Dunedin City Royals
	align=left	Chelsea Whittaker

League hat-tricks

South Island League

The six teams each played every other team twice, once at home and once away.

Qualified Teams

Cashmere Technical, Coastal Spirit and Dunedin City Royals returned to the league, joined by Otago University from Southern Football, with Nelson Suburbs and University of Canterbury from Mainland Football.^[10]

Association	Team	Position in Regional League	App	Previous best
Mainland Football	Coastal Spirit	1st	1st	Debut
	Cashmere Technical	2nd	1st	Debut
	University of Canterbury	3rd	1st	Debut
	Nelson Suburbs	4th	1st	Debut
Southern Football	Dunedin City Royals	1st	1st	Debut
Southern Football	Otago University	2nd	1st	Debut

Table

League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[11]
1	align=left	Britney-Lee Nicholson	align=left	Coastal Spirit	15
2	align=left	Shontelle Smith	align=left	Dunedin City Royals	7
3	align=left		align=left	Cashmere Technical	6
3	align=left		align=left	Coastal Spirit	6
5	align=left	Nicola Dominkovich	Cashmere Technical	5
	align=left	Amy Hislop	align=left		Otago University
	align=left	Charlotte Roche	align=left		Cashmere Technical
8	align=left	Melanie Cameron	align=left	Coastal Spirit	4
	align=left	Freya Partridge-Moore	align=left	Dunedin City Royals
	align=left	Jonelle Author	align=left	Cashmere Technical
11	Multiple players		3

League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result
3^[12]		Cashmere Technical	Otago University	Away	0–6
5^[13]		Coastal Spirit	Otago University	Away	0–10
Britney-Lee Nicholson		Coastal Spirit	Otago University
7^[14]	Britney-Lee Nicholson	Coastal Spirit	Nelson Suburbs	Away	0–5
9^[15] ^[16]	Britney-Lee Nicholson	Coastal Spirit	Nelson Suburbs	Home	8–0
Freya Partridge-Moore	Dunedin City Royals	Otago University	Home	6–1
10^[17]	Britney-Lee Nicholson	Coastal Spirit	Cashmere Technical	Away	4–3

Own goals

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Qualifiers Confirmed . Mainland Football. 20 August 2023.
Web site: Weekend Preview: SL 2nd Half and New Leagues Start. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Selwyn UFC WPL v Cashmere Technical. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Coastal Spirit SASFC v Halswell Christchurch United. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Selwyn UFC WPL v Coastal Spirit SASFC. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Coastal Spirit SASFC v Universities of Canterbury Association Football Club. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Universities of Canterbury Association Football Club v Selwyn UFC WPL . . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Victory on opening day for our Premier Women!. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: 6-0 win at the Turf for our Premier Women!. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Women's South Island league. Mainland Football.
Web site: Women's South Island League. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Otago University AFC Women's Premier v Cashmere Technical. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Otago University AFC Women's Premier v Costal Spirit SASFC. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Nelson Suburbs FC v Coastal Spirit SASFC. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Coastal Spirit SASFC v Nelson Suburbs FC. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Dunedin City Royals FC Premier Women's v Otago University AFC Women's Premier. . 20 August 2023.
Web site: Cashmere Technical v Coastal Spirit SASFC. . 27 August 2023.
Web site: Dunedin City Royals FC Premier Women's v Universities of Canterbury Association Football Club. . 20 August 2023.