2024 Women's Premier Hockey League

The 2024 Women's Premier Hockey League is the upcoming second season of New Zealand's national league. The tournament will be held across nine cities of New Zealand, culminating with finals at the North Harbour Hockey Centre in Auckland. Competition will commence on 2 November, culminating with finals matches on 7 December.

2024 Women's
Premier Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	2 November – 7 December
Teams	4
Venue(s)	9 (in 8 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	21 (5.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Holly Pearson (NT) (4 goals)
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Following a four-year hiatus, the league will return under new private ownership.

Competition format

Format

The 2024 Premier Hockey League will follow the same format of the inaugural season. Teams will play in a double round-robin format during the Pool Stage, followed by two Classification Matches. Following the results of the Pool Stage, the top two ranked teams will contest the final, while the bottom two ranked teams will play off for third place.

Point allocation

Match points will be distributed as follows:

• 4 points: win
• 2 points: shoot-out win
• 1 points: shoot-out loss
• 0 points: loss

Participating teams

The four teams competing in the league come from the various regions of New Zealand.

Central Falcons

Head Coach: Verity Sharland

1. Rebecca Baker
2. Kaitlin Cotter
3. Anna Crowley
4. Michaela Curtis
5. Stephanie Dickins
6. Hannah Donald
7. Emma Findlay
8. Megan Gibson (C)
9. Julia Gluyas (GK)
10. Aniwaka Haumaha
11. Jodie Kent
12. Rileigh Knapp
13. Saasha Marsters (GK)
14. Riana Pho
15. Emma Rainey
16. Hope Ralph
17. Felicity Reidy
18. Olivia Shannon
19. Kelsey Smith
20. Anna Willocks

Hauraki Mavericks

Head Coach: Danielle Cranston

1. Antonia Cortesi
2. Greer Findlay
3. Hannah Findlay
4. Isabella Gill
5. Leah Hodges
6. Julia King (C)
7. Ella Leighton
8. Victoria Methven
9. Grace O'Hanlon (GK)
10. Deanna Ritchie
11. Phoebe Steele
12. Sharnae Taylor
13. Zoe Teikamata
14. Jamee Webber
15. Katherine Winter
16. Ruby Baker
17. Jayda Pawhau (GK)
18. Lucy Russ

Northern Tridents

Head Coach: Emily Hurtz

1. Paige Blake
2. Breana Catley
3. Brodie Cochrane (GK)
4. Saffy Cribb
5. Kaea Elliott
6. Tyla Goodsell-Matthews
7. Claudia Hanham
8. Madeline Harris
9. Sophie Hildesley
10. Holly Hilton-Jones
11. Ella Hyatt-Brown
12. Emilie Logan
13. Elizabeth Norman
14. Philippa Norman (C)
15. Holly Pearson
16. Brooke Roberts (GK)
17. Georgina Shotter
18. Petrea Webster
19. Charlie Wills
20. Ruby Worrall

Southern Alpiners

Head Coach: Chris Leslie

1. Kirsten Nation (GK)
2. Brittany Wang
3. Annabelle Schneideman
4. Aleisha Davis
5. Jaimee Eades
6. Tessa Jopp (C)
7. Mezzy Surridge
8. Amelia Calder
9. Ruby Roberts
10. Sophie Nation
11. Arabella Sheild
12. Issy Story
13. Jessica Anderson
14. Tessa Reid
15. Rosanna Bedford
16. Anneka Calder
18. Jenna-Rae McIntyre
19. Pippa Croft (GK)
20. Isabella Ambrosius

Venues

Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Hamilton Mount Maunganui Napier Palmerston North Wellington
	Auckland
	Lloyd Elsmore Park National Hockey Centre
	Christchurch
	Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub
	Dunedin
	Alexander McMillan Hockey Centre
	Hamilton
	St Paul's Collegiate School
	Mount Maunganui
	Tauranga Hockey Association
	Napier
	Park Island Recreation Ground
	Palmerston North
	Massey University Hockey Turf
	Wellington
	National Hockey Stadium

Results

All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time).

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central Falcons	2	1	1	0	0	8	5	+3	6	Advanced to Final
2	Northern Tridents	2	1	0	1	0	11	5	+6	5
3	Southern Alpiners	2	0	1	0	1	1	4	−3	2
4	Hauraki Mavericks	2	0	0	1	1	1	7	−6	1

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2024. Source: Premier Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Fixtures

2 November 2024 16:00 Northern Tridents 6–0 Hauraki Mavericks Blake  4' Norman  25' Hildesley  57', 57' Webster  59', 59' Report Lloyd Elsmore Park, Auckland Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

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3 November 2024 11:00 Southern Alpiners 0–3 Central Falcons Report Smith  8', 9' Curtis  29' Alexander McMillan Hockey Centre, Dunedin Umpires: Lani Nichol (NZL) Katrina Turner (NZL)

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9 November 2024 14:00 Central Falcons 5–5 Northern Tridents Willocks  18', 28' Curtis  28', 28' Shannon  43' Report Pearson  2', 2', 56', 56' Webster  54' Penalties Willocks Shannon Pho Gibson Willocks 2–1 Catley Harris Hildesley Pearson Blake Park Island Recreation Ground, Napier Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Kelly-Anne Foskin (NZL)

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10 November 2024 13:00 Southern Alpiners 1–1 Hauraki Mavericks Story  2' Report Gill  28' Penalties Surridge McIntyre Wang Jopp Ambrosius 3–1 Gill Cortesi Winter Leighton Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub, Christchurch Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Rachel Williams (ENG)

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16 November 2024 14:00 Central Falcons v Southern Alpiners Report National Hockey Stadium, Wellington

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17 November 2024 13:00 Hauraki Mavericks v Northern Tridents Report Tauranga Hockey Association, Mount Maunganui

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23 November 2024 16:00 Northern Tridents v Central Falcons Report National Hockey Centre, Auckland

23 November 2024 16:30 Hauraki Mavericks v Southern Alpiners Report St Paul's Collegiate School, Hamilton

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24 November 2024 15:00 Northern Tridents v Southern Alpiners Report National Hockey Centre, Auckland

24 November 2024 15:30 Hauraki Mavericks v Central Falcons Report St Paul's Collegiate School, Hamilton

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30 November 2024 16:00 Central Falcons v Hauraki Mavericks Report Massey University Hockey Turf, Palmerston North

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1 December 2024 13:00 Southern Alpiners v Northern Tridents Report Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub, Christchurch

Classification round

Third and fourth place

7 December 2024 13:15 3rd Pool v 4th Pool Report National Hockey Centre, Auckland

Final

7 December 2024 17:15 1st Pool v 2nd Pool Report National Hockey Centre, Auckland

Goalscorers

There have been 21 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match (as of 10 November 2024).

4 goals

• Holly Pearson (NT)

3 goals

• Michaela Curtis (CF)
• Petrea Webster (NT)

2 goals

• Kelsey Smith (CF)
• Anna Willocks (CF)
• Sophie Hildesley (NT)

1 goal

• Olivia Shannon (CF)
• Isabella Gill (HM)
• Paige Blake (NT)
• Philippa Norman (NT)
• Isabella Story (SA)

Source: Hockey New Zealand

External links

• Hockey New Zealand