| Competition: | South Island League |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 22 June 2024 - 1 September 2024 |
| Matches: | 23 |
| Total Goals: | 94 |
| League Topscorer: | Melanie Cameron (7 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Cashmere Technical 10–0 Roslyn Wakari (29 June 2024) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Roslyn Wakari 0–11 Cashmere Technical (18 August 2024) |
| Highest Scoring: | (13 July 2024) Roslyn Wakari 0–11 Cashmere Technical (18 August 2024) |
| Longest Wins: | 4 match Dunedin City Royals |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 8 match Dunedin City Royals |
| Longest Winless: | 7 match Nelson Suburbs |
| Longest Losses: | 3 match Otago University |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| Updated: | 21 August 2024 |
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.
| Competition: | South Island Qualifying League |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 6 April 2024 - 3 June 2024 |
| Winners: | Cashmere Technical |
| Matches: | 21 |
| Total Goals: | 102 |
| League Topscorer: | Aimee Phillips (12 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Cashmere Technical 14–1 Halswell United (27 April 2024) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Selwyn United 0–8 University of Canterbury (6 April 2024) (25 May 2024) |
| Highest Scoring: | Cashmere Technical 14–1 Halswell United (27 April 2024) |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
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.[1] 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.[2]
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, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrick Memorial Park | 2nd South Island Qualifying League | |||
| 1st South Island Qualifying League | ||||
| Halswell Domain | 7th South Island Qualifying League | |||
| 4th South Island Qualifying League | ||||
| Kendall Park | 5th South Island Qualifying League | |||
| Foster Park | 6th South Island Qualifying League | |||
| 3rd South Island Qualifying League |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aimee Phillips | Cashmere Technical | 12 |
| 2 | Anna McPhie | Cashmere Technical | 9 |
| 3 | Katie Harris | University of Canterbury | 7 |
| 4 | Gillian Morgan | Nelson Suburbs | 4 |
| Laura Newman | Coastal Spirit | ||
| Lara Wall | Cashmere Technical | ||
| 7 | Rachel Brodie | Halswell United | 3 |
| Melanie Cameron | Coastal Spirit | ||
| Margarida Dias | Cashmere Technical | ||
| Emily Lauer | Nelson Suburbs | ||
| Samantha Whyte | Coastal Spirit |
| Round | Player | For | Against | Home/Away | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[3] [4] | Katie Harris | University of Canterbury | Selwyn United | Away | 0–8 | |
| Cashmere Technical | NW United | Away | 0–7 | |||
| 4[5] [6] | Aimee Phillips | Cashmere Technical | Halswell United | Home | 14–1 | |
| Anna McPhie | ||||||
| Laura Newman | Coastal Spirit | Selwyn United | Home | 6–0 |
| Round | Player | Club | Time | Goal | Result | Opponent | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashley McLean | Selwyn United | Home | 27' | 0–2 | 0–8 | University of Canterbury | |
| 2[7] | Stella Dallimore | Nelson Suburbs | Home | 87' | 2–3 | 2–3 | NW United | |
| 6[8] | Pip Coakley | Away | 86' | 5–0 | 5–0 | Cashmere Technical |
| Competition: | SF Women's Southern Qualifying League |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 6 April 2024 - 25 May 2024 |
| Winners: | Dunedin City Royals |
| Matches: | 12 |
| Total Goals: | 64 |
| League Topscorer: | Abbey Neilson (6 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Dunedin City Royals 10–0 Green Island (6 April 2024) Roslyn-Wakari 10–0 Green Island (25 May 2024) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Northern 0–10 Dunedin City Royals (4 May 2024) |
| Highest Scoring: | (6 April 2024) Northern 0–10 Dunedin City Royals (4 May 2024) Roslyn-Wakari 10–0 Green Island (25 May 2024) |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st ODT Women's Southern Premiership | ||||
| 5th ODT Women's Southern Premiership | ||||
| 7th ODT Women's Southern Premiership | ||||
| 3rd ODT Women's Southern Premiership | ||||
| 1st Kolk Cup Premier | ||||
| 2nd ODT Women's Southern Premiership |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbey Neilson | Roslyn Wakari | 6 |
| 2 | Charlotte Summers | Dunedin City Royals | 5 |
| 3 | Emma Black | Roslyn Wakari | 4 |
| Nieve Collin | Dunedin City Royals | ||
| 5 | Tyler Andrews | Queens Park | 3 |
| Hannah Hargest | Roslyn Wakari | ||
| Geogia Kennedy | Dunedin City Royals | ||
| Hannah MacKay-Wright | Dunedin City Royals | ||
| Charli Marvin | Otago University | ||
| Zara Pratley | Roslyn Wakari | ||
| Rebecca Walker | Queens Park |
| Round | Player | For | Against | Home/Away | Result | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[9] | Hannah Hargest | Roslyn Wakari | Queens Park | Away | 0–4 | |||
| 3[10] | Emma Black | Roslyn Wakari | Northern | Away | 0–8 | |||
| 5[11] | Charlotte Summers | Dunedin City Royals | Northern | Away | 0–10 | |||
| 7[12] | Abbey Neilson | Roslyn Wakari | Green Island | Home | 10–0 |
| Round | Player | Club | Time | Goal | Result | Opponent | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4[13] | Katrina Young | Northern | Away | 40' | 3–1 | 4–1 | Green Island | ||
| 6[14] | Ashlynn Scherp | Queens Park | Away | 22' | 1–0 | 4–0 | Dunedin City Royals | ||
| 7 | Kyla Porteous | Green Island | Away | 85' | 10–0 | 10–0 | Roslyn Wakari |
The South Island League play-offs was a one legged match that take place on 8 June 2024.
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.
This year, Cashmere Technical, Coastal Spirit, 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.
| Association | Team | Position in Regional League | App | Previous best | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainland Football | Cashmere Technical | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |
| Coastal Spirit | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | ||
| Nelson Suburbs | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | ||
| Southern Football | Dunedin City Royals | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Otago University | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | ||
| Playoff winners | Roslyn-Wakari | 3rd | 1st | Debut |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melanie Cameron | Coastal Spirit | 7 | |
| 2 | Annalie Longo | align=left rowspan=2 | Cashmere Technical | 6 |
| Anna McPhie | ||||
| Rose Morton | Dunedin City Royals | |||
| 5 | Lara Wall | Cashmere Technical | 5 | |
| 6 | Margarida Dias | align=left rowspan=2 | Cashmere Technical | 4 |
| Emma Kench | ||||
| 8 | Whitney Hepburn | align=left rowspan=3 | Coastal Spirit | 3 |
| Holly Lyon | ||||
| Bel van Noorden | ||||
| 11 | 11 players | 2 | ||
| Round | Player | For | Against | Home/Away | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3[15] | Emma Kench | Cashmere Technical | Nelson Suburbs | Home | 10–1 | |
| 5[16] | Whitney Hepburn | Coastal Spirit | Roslyn Wakari | Away | 1–6 | |
| 7[17] | Cashmere Technical | Roslyn Wakari | Away | 0–11 | ||
| Lara Wall |
| Round | Player | Club | Time | Goal | Result | Opponent | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2[18] | Freya des Fountain | Roslyn Wakari | Away | 28' | 4–0 | 10–0 | Cashmere Technical | ||
| 4[19] | Amelie East Giles | Roslyn Wakari | Away | 45+1' | 1–1 | 1–1 | Otago University | ||
| 4 | Yui Ishikawa | Roslyn Wakari | Home | 70' | 0–9 | 0–11 | Cashmere Technical |