2019 Women's Varsity Hockey (South Africa)
| Tournament details | |||
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| Dates | 3 May 2019–20 May 2019 | ||
| Venue(s) | UCT Hockey NWU Astro | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | NWU | ||
| Runner-up | Maties | ||
| Third place | Tuks | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 33 | ||
| Goals scored | 193 (5.85 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Simoné Gouws (Kovsie) (14 goals) | ||
| Best player | Onthatile Zulu (Tuks) | ||
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The 2019 Women's Hockey Varsity Hockey will be the 9th edition of the Varsity Hockey, the annual tournament women's field hockey championship of South Africa.
In addition to the Power Play rule seen in previous seasons of Varsity Hockey, whereby each team can select to implement a two-minute period where goals count two and the opposition must bench two players, field goals will now count two.[1][2]
Venues
[edit]Following is a list of all venues and host cities.
| Cape Town | Potchefstroom | |
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| UCT Hockey | NWU Astro | |
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Results
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Maties | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 16 | Semi-Final |
| 2 | NWU (H) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 15 | |
| 3 | Kovsie | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 14 | |
| 4 | Tuks | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 12 | |
| 5 | UJ (E) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 12 | |
| 6 | Ikeys | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 10 | |
| 7 | WITS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 5 | |
| 8 | Madibaz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 54 | −45 | 0 |
Fixtures
[edit]All times are local (UTC+2).
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Seven place game
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Fifth place game
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Knockout stage
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 13 May - NWU Astro | ||||||
| Maties | 7 | |||||
| 20 May – NWU Astro | ||||||
| Tuks | 5 | |||||
| Maties | 0(1) | |||||
| 13 May – NWU Astro | ||||||
| NWU | 0(2) | |||||
| Kovsie | 4 | |||||
| NWU | 5 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Final
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Final standings
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| Pos | Team |
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| 1 | NWU (H) |
| 2 | Maties |
| 3 | Kovsie |
| 4 | Tuks |
| 5 | Ikeys |
| 6 | UJ |
| 7 | WITS |
| 8 | Madibaz |
Goalscorers
[edit]There have been 193 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 5.85 goals per match.
14 goals
12 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
- Lezaan Janse van Vuren (Wits)
- Andrea Leader (Ikeys)
- Stephanie Botha (Maties)
- Paige Phillips (Maties)
- Casey-Jean Botha (Kovsie)
- Ashleigh Datnow (Wits)
- Caitlin Gouws (Madibaz)
- Ammaarah Hendricks (Maties)
- Lizanne Jacobs (Kovsie)
- Kelsey Minnaar (NWU)
- Candice Silent (NWU)
- Nompilo Thenjwayo (Wits)
- Francesca Vercelotti (Ikeys)
3 goals
2 goals
- Megan Anderson (Tuks)
- Dinisha Coopoosamy (UJ)
- Aaliah Dollie (Ikeys)
- Courtney du Preez (NWU)
- Michelle Dykman (Wits)
- Kia-Leigh Erasmus (Kovsie)
- Chante Ferreira (NWU)
- Kanyisa Gwata (Madibaz)
- Lisa Hawker (UJ)
- Jess Hutchinson (Ikeys)
- Aneme Jacobs (Tuks)
- Rebecca Kaps (Maties)
- Tenika Kriel (UJ)
- Sare Laubscher (NWU)
- Sherine Ledwaba (NWU)
- Modjadji Maake (Ikeys)
- Charné Maddocks (NWU)
- Thato May (UJ)
- Michelle Ngoetjane (Kovsie)
- Zhanique Sissing (Madibaz)
- Jamie Southgate (Maties)
- Gabriella Terblanche (UJ)
- Ashleigh Thomas (Tuks)
- Caitlin van Goeverden (Madibaz)
1 goal
Source: SAHA
Awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer |
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| Onthatile Zulu (Tuks)[3] | Simoné Gouws (Kovsie)[4] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Varsity Hockey bends the rules to double the thrill". Varsity Sport. 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Players' thoughts on Varsity Hockey's Power Play". Varsity Sports. 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Proteas next for Varsity Hockey star". Varsity Sport. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "South African Hockey Association: Varsity Hockey 2019 Statistics". saha.altiusrt.com.