Stacey Michelsen and Blair Tarrant take top award honours

Vantage Black Sticks stars Stacey Michelsen and Blair Tarrant have taken supreme honours at the annual Hockey New Zealand awards dinner.

The awards recognised high performance athletes as well as various members of the community for their outstanding contributions to hockey during the 2017 calendar year.

Vantage Black Sticks captain Stacey Michelsen was named Womens Player of the Year while fellow captain Blair Tarrant took out Mens Player of the Year.

Central midfielder Hayden Phillips won Mens Under 21 Player of the Year while Midlands defender Frances Davies accepted Womens Under 21 Player of the Year.

The Players Player of the Year was selected by other squad members to acknowledge contributions both on and off the turf, with Arun Panchia and Stacey Michelsen taking out the awards.

Along with community awards, the evening was highlighted by the acceptance presentation to Ramesh Patel who was voted in as a Life Member of Hockey New Zealand at last years AGM.

North Harbours Merv Huxford was honoured with the Pakistan Trophy to acknowledge his outstanding contribution to hockey.

LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Ramesh Patel

PAKISTAN TROPHY

Merv Huxford

HIGH PERFORMANCE AWARDS

Womens Player of the Year - Stacey Michelsen

Mens Player of the Year - Blair Tarrant

Womens Under 21 Player of the Year - Frances Davies

Mens Under 21 Player of the Year - Hayden Phillips

Womens Players Player of the Year - Stacey Michelsen

Mens Players Player of the Year - Arun Panchia

COMMUNITY AWARDS

Administrator of the Year - Lyndal Marshall

Volunteer of the Year - John Turner

Performance Coach of the Year - TBC

Community Coach of the Year - Cathy Baker

Community Umpire of the Year - Anton Paulin

Mens Most Promising Umpire of the Year - Gareth Williams

Womens Most Promising Umpire of the Year - Rachel Murphy

Mens Umpire of the Year - Simon Taylor

Womens Umpire of the Year - Amber Church

BRONZE SERVICE AWARDS

Lindsey Jones

SILVER SERVICE AWARDS

Buck Rogers

GOLD SERVICE AWARDS

Kathy Norman

Natasha Hey

Lee Munt

Gary Wilson

Jannette Wilson

Lorna Johnson

Alex Duley

Gavin Hawke

Colin French



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