It took just five minutes for the defending champions to show their scoring mettle, with Grace Animah hitting a long drive from behind the box into the net.

Skipper Deborah Afriyie made it 2-0 a minute to the break before adding the third goal on the 63rd minute.

Twelve minutes from the end, Cecilia Acquah pulled one back for Halifax Queens before Animah grabbed her brace and her side’s fourth goal to seal victory for the defending champions.

In the second game on the day, which had Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Mr Kurt Edwin Simon Okraku, performing the official ceremonial kick-off to start the 2025/26 league season, Army Ladies put up a spirited display to defeat their host Epiphany Warriors 2-1 at the same venue.

The goals came from Vera Bema and Linda Achiaa on the 14th and 83rd minutes, with Faustina Tiwaa pulling one back on the 70th-minute mark.

In other games in the Southern Zone, debutants Oaks FC played out a goalless draw game with visiting Hasaacas Ladies at the Kpobiman Complex, with Jonina Ladies thrashing Soccer Intellectuals 4-0 at the Antie Aku Astro Turf.

In the Northern Zone, Northern Ladies lost 1-0 to Prison Ladies through a 78th-minute strike from Doreen Obeng at the Aliu Mahama Stadium in Tamale.

Ashtown Ladies beat Kumasi Sports Academy Ladies 1-0 at the Otumfuo Park, Dichemso. Dreamz Ladies FC won 3-1 over Tamale Super FC at the Bantama Astro Turf, while Fosu Royal Ladies FC defeated Northern City FC, formerly Pearl Pia Ladies, 5-2 at the Techiman Urban Park.