England Hockey Awards
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Saturday 11 May 2019 was the England Hockey Awards 2019. Hockey lovers from across the country will gather to celebrate the achievements of clubs, volunteers, officials, coaches and players over the past year.
Once again the evening was hosted at the Athena in Leicester with over 300 people attending. Once again incredible clubs, volunteers and players were presented with awards for their achievements. There were plenty of stars in tow for a fantastic evening celebrating the amazing world of hockey. We celebrated the achievements of everyone within our sport and handed out 15 awards in 13 categories.
The winners are:
Notts Sport Club of the Year 2018/19 - London Wayfarers HC
Celixir Coach of the Year 2018/19 - Kathryn Redd
Lifetime Achievement 2018/19 - Miranda Smith
Vitality Rising Star 2018/19 - Helen Windsor & Jeevan Chagger
Investec Women’s Team of the Year 2018/19 - Rugby & East Warwickshire 1st XI
Howden Men’s Team of the Year 2018/19 - Stratford-upon-Avon 1st XI
Official of the Year 2018/19 - Simon Dye
Unsung Club Hero 2018/19 - Chandra Arora
Vitality Hockey Maker of the Year 2018/19 - Annie Thomas & Emma Longbottom
Men’s Senior Performance Player 2018/19 - Barry Middleton
Men’s Emerging Performance Player 2018/19 - Tom Sorsby
Investec Women’s Senior Performance Player 2018/19 - Lily Owsley
Investec Women’s Emerging Performance Player 2018/19 - Miriam Pritchard
Unfortunately Chandra Arora was unable to attend the event but Hollie Pearne-Webb collected his awards and had some amazing words for all the unsung club heroes.
"We are in this position because of all the hard work you guys have done, we've all had them in our own hockey clubs. All the performance squads, both men and women just want to say thank you so much for everything you give to our sport because our sport would not be the same sport it is without you guys."