- President’s Report – Cathy Churchill
- Junior Presentation photos
- Senior Presentation photos
- Team photos, bonus photo gallery etc…
Competition results and Awards
Competition winners: (The year of the Hotshot!)
- C grade – Hotshots (Runners-up Warriors)
- A competition which changed its format through the season, we hope you all enjoyed it!
- Thankyou to Vince Northwood, Richard Brown, Emily Kabayama, Mark Williams
- B Grade – Hotshots (Runners-up Barracudas)
- It looked like the winners were decided quite early in the season, but in the last 2 weeks everything changed. On finals day, the “underdogs” got up in both games!
- Thankyou to Lindsay Brown, Hamish Stein, Dan Pitts, Danielle Fisher, Jane Casement, Charlie Williams
- A Grade – Hotshots (Runners-up Primemovers)
- Hotshots have been working towards this for years, and showed strong form throughout.
- Thankyou to Cathy Churchill, Roxy Gwynn-Kabayama, Mark Williams, Ian McLeod
- Seniors – Hotshots (Runners-up Warriors)
- A drawn final that went through 2 lots of extra time, then to a shootout, with the underdogs getting up in the last moments!
Senior Awards:
- 50 games – Sean O’Rourke, Juliet O’Rourke, Peter Freeman, Shaun Simon, Danielle Fisher, Kate Collins
- 100 Games – Jamie Astill, Geoff Churchill
- Best and Fairest: (points awarded by umpires each week)
- Barracudas: Grace Cathcart
- Hotshots: Hamish Stein
- Primemovers: Luke Van Esch
- Warriors: Charlie Astley
- Overall B&F winner: Hamish Stein
- Hunter Representative players were awarded with a tag for their plaque – a long list of juniors and seniors – over a third of our Club players also played in a Rep team, mostly for Hunter but some for Newcastle – a pretty amazing statistic for such a small Club!!
- Umpires thanks: Ian McLeod, Lindsay Brown, Cathy Churchill, Scott Rainbow
- BIG thankyou to Cathy Owen, our new Canteen Manager
- BIG thankyou to Sean O’Rourke for looking after our goalie gear, and for coaching and encouraging our goalies of all ages.
Major Awards:
- Metta Henderson Award for Contribution to Junior Hockey (as voted by Exec and Junior coaches)
- Mark Williams
- Mark has helped out across all of our Junior Competitions, with organising, umpiring and coaching, and also with our Maitland Carnival teams, and is a great encourager of our players moving up to Representative level.
- Mark Williams
- Jeff Young Shield for Clubperson of the Year (as voted by Exec, Comp organisers, Senior captains)
- Cathy Churchill and Juliet O’Rourke
- In addition to their huge contribution to the day-to-day running of our Club, Cathy and Juliet have also been running weekly coaching clinics in a number of our local Primary Schools, bringing Hockey to a much wider audience.
- Cathy Churchill and Juliet O’Rourke
And a BIG thankyou to Vince Northwood, for organising and managing our Junior and Senior trophies, awards and Presentations