2019 Women's Varsity Hockey (South Africa)

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.

Tournament details
Dates	3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)–20 May 2019 (2019-05-20)
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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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

Following is a list of all venues and host cities.

Cape Town Potchefstroom	Cape Town	Potchefstroom
	UCT Hockey	NWU Astro

Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: SA Hockey
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host

Fixtures

All times are local (UTC+2).

3 May 2019 13:30 Maties 2-0 Tuks Louwrens  39' Report UCT

3 May 2019 15:15 UJ 1-1 Kovsie Kruger  47' Report Louw  24' Penalties Paton Hawker Kruger Gerber Harmse Hawker Paton 3-4 Hartel Simmons Gouws Louw Louw Louw Gouws UCT

3 May 2019 17:00 Madibaz 2-6 NWU Gwata  34' Report Ferreira  26' Minnaar  42', 58' UCT

3 May 2019 18:45 Ikeys 5-1 Wits Leader  20' Koenig  38' Maake  45' Report Janse van Vuren  40' UCT

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4 May 2019 13:30 Kovsie 2-4 Maties Louw  9' Report Cullinan  4' Pote  37', 54' Phillips  45' UCT

4 May 2019 15:15 Wits 1-4 NWU Janse van Vuren  17' Report Pretorius  44', 48' Laubscher  50' UCT

4 May 2019 17:00 Tuks 3-4 UJ Zulu  8' Esteves  24', 32' Report Terblanche  9' Coopoosamy  22' UCT

4 May 2019 18:45 Ikeys 5-4 Madibaz Hutchinson  35' Dollie  51' Leader  54'} Report Sissing  32' Gouws  56' UCT

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5 May 2019 13:30 Maties 7-0 UJ Kotze  3' Louwrens  37' Pote  40' Hendricks  41' Report UCT

5 May 2019 15:15 Madibaz 0-7 Wits Report Janse van Vuren  24' Thenjwayo  44' Dykman  51' Datnow  52' UCT

5 May 2019 17:00 NWU 1-4 Kovsie De Bruyn-Smith  23' Report Botha  11' Gouws  29' UCT

5 May 2019 18:45 Ikeys 4-2 Tuks Vercelotti  50' Koenig  52' Report Marokoane  46' UCT

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6 May 2019 12:00 Kovsie 16-2 Madibaz Gouws  7', 22' Jacobs  32' Louw  36', 40' Ngoetjane  42' Botha  48' Erasmus  60' Report van Goeverden  40' UCT

6 May 2019 13:45 NWU 0-3 Tuks Jacobs  41' Esteves  52' Report UCT

6 May 2019 17:00 Wits 1-2 UJ Veto  23' Report Hawker  27' UCT

6 May 2019 18:45 Ikeys 0-2 Maties Report Phillips  58' UCT

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10 May 2019 13:30 Kovsie 7-0 Wits Gouws  36' Ralikontsane  40' Louw  55' Report NWU Astro

10 May 2019 15:15 Ikeys 2-2 UJ Vercelotti  60' Report May  43' Penalties Koenig Hutchinson Ewing Tullis Winter 1-2 Terblanche Nkoe Hawker Gerber NWU Astro

10 May 2019 17:00 Tuks 9-0 Madibaz Marais  18', 38', 52', 55' Esteves  44' Report NWU Astro

10 May 2019 18:45 NWU 2-1 Maties Silent  28' Report Phillips  39' NWU Astro

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11 May 2019 12:30 UJ 3-0 Madibaz Paton  47' Kriel  55' Report NWU Astro

11 May 2019 14:15 Kovsie 6-7 Tuks Gouws  3', 35' Louw  46', 48' Report Anderson  11' Esteves  13' Marokoane  14' Marais  33', 37' NWU Astro

11 May 2019 16:00 Wits 2-2 Maties Thenjwayo  38' Report Botha  40' Penalties Bone Quinn Dykman Thenjwayo Veto 2-3 Pote Bartsch Botha Kaps Stevens NWU Astro

11 May 2019 17:45 NWU 6-0 Ikeys Maddocks  32' Silent  33' Ledwaba  53' Report NWU Astro

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12 May 2019 12:00 Kovsie 3-4 Ikeys Louw  11' Jacobs  40' Motsa  44' Report Leader  8' Koenig  20' NWU Astro

12 May 2019 13:45 Maties 7-0 Madibaz Kaps  13' Botha  43' Southgate  54' Kotze  60' Report NWU Astro

12 May 2019 17:00 Wits 0-3 Tuks Report Marokoane  41' Marais  58' NWU Astro

12 May 2019 18:45 NWU 2-0 UJ Pretorius  36', 38' Reports NWU Astro

Seven place game

13 May 2019 13:30 Wits 3-2 Madibaz Janse van Vuren  42' Datnow  48' Report Gouws  51' NWU Astro

Fifth place game

13 May 2019 15:15 UJ 0-1 Ikeys Report Leader  18' NWU Astro

Knockout stage

	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

13 May 2019 17:00 Maties 7-5 Tuks Louwrens  2', 17' Hendricks  21' Botha 42' Report Esteves  41' Zulu  42' Thomas  48' NWU Astro

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13 May 2019 18:45 Kovsie 4-5 NWU Ralikontsane  26', 55' Report Du Preez  15' Pretorius  19', 60' NWU Astro

Final

20 May 2019 18:45 Maties 0-0 NWU Report Penalties Pote Botha Phillips Bartsch Stevens 1-2 Adams Pretorius Laubscher Smit NWU Astro

Final standings

Pos	Team
1	NWU (H)
2	Maties
3	Kovsie
4	Tuks
5	Ikeys
6	UJ
7	WITS
8	Madibaz

Source: SA Hockey
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There have been 193 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 5.85 goals per match.

14 goals

• Simoné Gouws (Kovsie)

12 goals

• Antonet Louw (Kovsie)

10 goals

• Marizen Marais (Tuks)

8 goals

• Lee-Ann Louwrens (Maties)

7 goals

• Natalie Esteves (Tuks)
• Carli Pretorius (NWU)

6 goals

• Nicole Koenig (Ikeys)
• Maikemisetso Marokoane (Tuks)
• Aimee-Leigh Pote (Maties)

5 goals

• Refilwe Ralikontsane (Kovsie)

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

• Lida Kotze (Maties)
• Onthatile Zulu (Tuks)

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

• Lenta Cullinan (Maties)
• Jessica De Bruyn-Smith (NWU)
• Jivanka Kruger (UJ)
• S'Thabile Motsa (Kovsie)
• Kristen Paton (UJ)
• Nomnikelo Veto (Wits)

Source: SAHA

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Player of the tournament	Goalkeeper of the tournament	Top goalscorer
Onthatile Zulu (Tuks)[3]		Simoné Gouws (Kovsie)[4]