2017 Women's Premier Hockey League (South Africa)

The 2017 Women's Premier Hockey League was the second edition of South Africa's national league. The tournament was held in Johannesburg at the Randburg Astro. The tournament started on 25 November and culminated on 12 December 2017.^[2]

2017 Women's
Premier Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Johannesburg
Dates	25 November – 12 December
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Randburg Astro
Final positions
Champions	––  Orange River Rafters (1st title)
Runner-up	––  St. Lucia Lakers
Third place	––  Blyde River Bunters
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	52 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)	––  Sulette Damons  ––  Tiffany Jones (4 goals)
Best player	––  Kristen Paton
Best young player	––  Ongeziwe Mali[1]
Best goalkeeper	––  Nicole La Fleur[1]
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The Orange River Rafters won the tournament for the first time, defeating the St. Lucia Lakers 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out after the final finished as a 0–0 draw.^[3][4]

Competition format

Format

The 2017 Premier Hockey League followed a single round-robin format, followed by a classification round.

During the pool stage teams played each other once. The top four ranked teams qualified for the Classification Round. Team 1 played Team 4, while Team 2 played Team 3 in the two semi-finals. The two victorious teams moved onto the Final, while the losing teams competed for third place.

Point allocation

Match points will be distributed as follows:

• 4 points: win by 3+ goals
• 3 points: win and shoot-out win
• 1 point: shoot-out loss
• 0 points: loss

Participating teams

The following teams competed for the title:

•  ––  Blyde River Bunters
•  ––  Madikwe Rangers
•  ––  Namaqualand Daisies
•  ––  Orange River Rafters
•  ––  St. Lucia Lakers
•  ––  Wineland Wings

Results

Pool stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	––  Blyde River Bunters	5	3	1	0	1	7	5	+2	12	Semi-finals
2	––  St. Lucia Lakers	5	2	1	1	1	11	8	+3	11
3	––  Namaqualand Daisies	5	2	1	1	1	7	7	0	10
4	––  Orange River Rafters	5	2	0	0	3	11	12	−1	7
5	––  Madikwe Rangers	5	0	2	1	2	3	5	−2	7
6	––  Wineland Wings	5	1	0	2	2	8	10	−2	5

Source: South African Hockey Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Fixtures

25 November 2017 10:00 Namaqualand Daisies  ––  0–0  ––  Blyde River Bunters Report Penalties Southgate Gouws Fourie Paton C. Botha 1–2 Smith Verster Terblanche Esteves M. Marais Umpires: Chantelle Britz (RSA) Andrea Nicholson (RSA)

25 November 2017 14:00 St. Lucia Lakers  ––  4–1  ––  Orange River Rafters T. Jones  8' Wood  15' Baleni  59' Mashau  60' Report Mahlangu  35' Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Claire Cowan (RSA)

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26 November 2017 08:00 Madikwe Rangers  ––  1–1  ––  Wineland Wings Du Plessis  38' Report Rhodes  19' Penalties Deetlefs Du Plessis Coston 2–0 Johnson Glasby Malan Sivertsen Umpires: Claire Cowan (RSA) Lizé Strydom (RSA)

26 November 2017 12:00 Orange River Rafters  ––  3–4  ––  Namaqualand Daisies Small  41' Louw  51' Mallett  59' Report Fourie  22' Adams  26' Mali  45' Paton  59' Umpires: Andrea Nicholson (RSA) Wanri Venter (RSA)

26 November 2017 16:00 Blyde River Bunters  ––  3–1  ––  St. Lucia Lakers Segaole  15', 29' Luüs  55' Report T. Jones  19' Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Chantelle Britz (RSA)

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2 December 2017 08:00 St. Lucia Lakers  ––  3–1  ––  Namaqualand Daisies Botes  38' Reed  48', 58' Report Pearce  45' Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Claire Cowan (RSA)

2 December 2017 12:00 Madikwe Rangers  ––  1–2  ––  Orange River Rafters Van Jaarsveldt  23' Report Damons  3', 23' Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

2 December 2017 16:00 Wineland Wings  ––  1–3  ––  Blyde River Bunters Davids  2' Report Evans  9' Esteves  39', 46' Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Wanri Venter (RSA)

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3 December 2017 10:00 Namaqualand Daisies  ––  2–1  ––  Wineland Wings Maddocks  49' S. Botha  60' Report McNulty  58' Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Melissa Taylor (RSA)

3 December 2017 14:00 Blyde River Bunters  ––  1–0  ––  Madikwe Rangers Evans  50' Report Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Claire Cowan (RSA)

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9 December 2017 10:00 St. Lucia Lakers  ––  1–1  ––  Madikwe Rangers Anderson  24' Report De Jager  35' Penalties Botes S. Jones Reed Shuker 1–3 Coston Du Plessis Van Jaarsveldt Da Rocha Umpires: Lizé Strydom (RSA) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

9 December 2017 14:00 Orange River Rafters  ––  2–3  ––  Wineland Wings Klaasen  23' Chamberlain  41' Report Richards  6' Mayne  15' Glasby  59' Umpires: Chantelle Britz (RSA) Andrea Nicholson (RSA)

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10 December 2017 08:00 Wineland Wings  ––  2–2  ––  St. Lucia Lakers Glasby  2' Malan  28' Report Christie  45' T. Jones  46' Penalties Richards Glasby Malan Johnson Mayne 1–2 Botes S. Jones Bobbs Hubach Baxter Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Andrea Nicholson (RSA)

10 December 2017 12:00 Blyde River Bunters  ––  0–3  ––  Orange River Rafters Report Damons  6' Scheepers  11' Hartel  53' Umpires: Lizé Strydom (RSA) Chantelle Britz (RSA)

10 December 2017 16:00 Madikwe Rangers  ––  0–0  ––  Namaqualand Daisies Report Penalties Coston Du Plessis Van Jaarsveldt Da Rocha 1–3 Gouws Bartsch Pearce Paton Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

Classification round

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 December 2017
	––  Blyde River Bunters	0
					12 December 2017
	––  Orange River Rafters	2
					––  Orange River Rafters (pen.)	0 (3)
	11 December 2017
					––  St. Lucia Lakers	0 (2)
	––  St. Lucia Lakers	2
	––  Namaqualand Daisies	0
					Third place
					12 December 2017
					––  Blyde River Bunters	1
					––  Namaqualand Daisies	0

Semi-finals

11 December 2017 12:00 St. Lucia Lakers  ––  2–0  ––  Namaqualand Daisies Botes  6' T. Jones  37' Report Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Lizé Strydom (RSA)

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11 December 2017 16:00 Blyde River Bunters  ––  0–2  ––  Orange River Rafters Report Small  36' Damons  48' Umpires: Melissa Taylor (RSA) Lyndal Robertson (RSA)

Third and fourth place

12 December 2017 13:00 Blyde River Bunters  ––  1–0  ––  Namaqualand Daisies Verster  45' Report Umpires: Lyndal Robertson (RSA) Melissa Taylor (RSA)

Final

12 December 2017 17:00 Orange River Rafters  ––  0–0  ––  St. Lucia Lakers Report Penalties Greaves Small Chamberlain Damons Scheepers —— Chamberlain Small 3–2 Reed S. Jones T. Jones Bobbs Baxter —— Reed S. Jones Umpires: Lizé Strydom (RSA) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer(s)	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
––  Kristen Paton	2 Players (see list below)	––  Nicole la Fleur	––  Ongeziwe Mali

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final standing
	––  Orange River Rafters	7	3	1	0	3	13	12	+1	13	Gold Medal
	––  St. Lucia Lakers	7	3	1	2	1	13	8	+5	15	Silver Medal
	––  Blyde River Bunters	7	4	1	0	2	8	7	+1	15	Bronze Medal
4	––  Namaqualand Daisies	7	2	1	1	3	7	10	−3	10
5	––  Madikwe Rangers	5	0	2	1	2	3	5	−2	7
6	––  Wineland Wings	5	1	0	2	2	8	10	−2	5

Source: South African Hockey Association

Goalscorers

There were 52 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2.74 goals per match.

4 goals

•  ––  Sulette Damons
•  ––  Tiffany Jones

2 goals

•  ––  Natalie Esteves
•  ––  Celia Evans
•  ––  Thati Segaole
•  ––  Donna Small
•  ––  Kara-Lee Botes
•  ––  Kelly Reed
•  ––  Tarryn Glasby

1 goal

•  ––  Anél Luüs
•  ––  Izelle Verster
•  ––  Louise de Jager
•  ––  Lilian du Plessis
•  ––  Sylvia van Jaarsveldt
•  ––  Kirsty Adams
•  ––  Stephanie Botha
•  ––  Teagan Fourie
•  ––  Charné Maddocks
•  ––  Ongeziwe Mali
•  ––  Kristen Paton
•  ––  Hannah Pearce
•  ––  Dirkie Chamberlain
•  ––  Chané Hartel
•  ––  Luche Klaasen
•  ––  Marié Louw
•  ––  Lerato Mahlangu
•  ––  Taryn Mallett
•  ––  Jackie Scheepers
•  ––  Megan Anderson
•  ––  Ayanga Baleni
•  ––  Erin Christie
•  ––  Pollert Mashau
•  ––  Bianca Wood
•  ––  Illse Davids
•  ––  Liné Malan
•  ––  Jade Mayne
•  ––  Catherine McNulty
•  ––  Danielle Rhodes
•  ––  Kaila Richards

References

1. "National coach hails quality of Premier Hockey League - South African Hockey Association". www.sahockey.co.za. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
2. "PHL Women 2017". saha.altiusrt.com. South African Hockey Association. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
3. "Rafters, Cavemen crowned 2017 PHL champions". iol.co.za. Independent Online. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
4. "Orange River Rafters crowned PHL champions". ofm.co.za. OFM. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

External links

• South African Hockey Association
• PHL Women at the South African Hockey Association