2022 Annual Award Winners

Hockey Queensland is proud to announce the winners of the Hockey Queensland Annual Awards for 2022.

For the first time in many years, Hockey Queensland was able to bring together the commmunity at the Annual Awards Dinner held at The Pavilion Function & Conference in Albion on Friday 21st October 2022. 

Over 120 guests were in attendance from across Queensland including hockey superstars such as Jamie Dwyer, Steph Kershaw, Rosie Malone, Amy Korner, Emma Stewart, Kelly Free, Troy Elder and more! 

Hockey Queensland also used the opportunity to announce and present the 2020 and 2022 Hockey Queensland Hall of Fame recipients. 

The Annual Awards were in two categories – Achievement and Community.

The Hockey Queensland Achievement Awards celebrate those in hockey who had outstanding success in their field for 2022. These awards were voted on and decided by the relevant committees.

The Hockey Queensland Community Awards aim to celebrate those in our community that ‘go above and beyond’, without whom we wouldn’t be able to take the field each week.

Nominations for these awards were submitted by Associations, and voted on by the community. Winners were decided by the community votes and the HQ Awards panel.

Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you for your dedication to hockey.

CLICK HERE for list of achievements for each winner.

CLICK HERE for event Photo Album 

2022 Hall of Fame Inductees

Jamie Dwyer (Rockhampton)

Troy Elder (Bundaberg)

Teneal Attard (Townsville) 

Madonna Blyth (Brisbane)

2020 Hall of Fame Inductees

Hope Brown
Liam De Young
Rob Hammond 
Kelly Free (nee Thomas) 
Amy Kickbusch (nee Korner) 
Emma Stewart (Nee Meyer)
Jason Wilson

Community Awards
Award Winner (Association)

Association Of The Year
Townsville Hockey Association

Volunteer Of The Year
Karen Fry (Cairns)

Initiative Of The Year
Junior Kickers (Ipswich)

Association Coach Of The Year
Jodie Kenny (Sunshine Coast)

Community Coach Of The Year
Patrick O’Neill (Townsville)

Association Umpire Of The Year
Hailey Kendall (Bundaberg)

Association Technical Official Of The Year
Georgia Crisp (Townsville)

#TeamQLD – Individual Award
Sarah Monk (Warwick)

#TeamQLD – Team/Club/Association Award
Ipswich Hockey Association 


Achievement Awards
Female Player of the Year
Stephanie Kershaw

Male Player of the Year
Daniel Beale

Female Rookie of the Year
Hannah Cullum-Sanders

Male Rookie of the Year
Noah Fahy

Outstanding Achievement Award
Peter Searston

High Performance Coach of the Year
Lisa Morgan

Pathway Coach of the Year
Darren Smith & Kylie McArthur

Umpire of the Year
Aleisha Neumann

Most Promising Umpire of the Year
Melanie Blanchard

Umpire Coach/Manager of the Year
David Black

Nix - Thomas Technical Official of the Year
Jennie Reynolds