Annual Awards Night 2024
Published Wed 16 Oct 2024
Hockey Queensland was proud to present the winners of the Annual Awards for 2024 on Saturday night 
The community came together at the Annual Awards Dinner held at Voco Hotel in Brisbane on Saturday 12th October 2024.
The 2023 Hockey One League Champions, the Brisbane Blaze, were awarded their Championship rings. At the 2024 Annual General Meeting earlier in the year, two awards were bestowed on our members. The first is the 2024 Distinguished Service Award awarded to Denis Tierney. The next is a Life Membership awarded to outgoing Hockey Queensland President Steve Stewart. Hockey Queensland were thrilled to be able to present these at the event.
Thank you to Brisbane Blaze member Morgan Mathison for assisting with the trophy presentation.
Awards
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 2024. 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 all Community Finalists Information
Achievement Awards
Poligras Female Player of the Year
Steph Kershaw
Sealy Male Player of the Year
Corey Weyer
Chemist Warehouse Female Rookie of the Year
Karissa van der Wath
Chemist Warehouse Male Rookie of the Year
Will Mathison
Wanderers High Performance Coach of the Year
Nikki Taylor
AdWrap It Pathway Coach of the Year
Amy Ryan
Just Hockey Umpire of the Year
Steven Rogers
Just Hockey Most Promising Umpire of the Year
Cortney Claridge
Just Hockey Umpire Coach/Manager of the Year
David Black
TidyHQ Nix - Thomas Technical Official of the Year
Brent Brown
The Point Indoor Female Player of the Year
Jessica Moffat
The Point Indoor Male Player of the Year
Cooper Cabot
HR Plus Indoor Coach of the Year
Troy Rossiter
Just Hockey Indoor Umpire of the Year
Deb O’Connell
Community Awards
Award Winner (Association)
TidyHQ Association Of The Year
Toowoomba Hockey Association
Sealy Volunteer Of The Year
Kylie Meaney (Redlands)
Wanderers Initiative Of The Year
Belong in Hockey (Toowoomba Hockey Association)
HR Plus Association Coach Of The Year
Sara Rogers (Ipswich)
Poligras Community Coach Of The Year
Cody Rintala (Townsville)
Just Hockey Association Umpire Of The Year
Grant Cole (Mackay)
AdWrap It Association Technical Official Of The Year
Tracey Doyle (Ipswich)
Aspire #TeamQLD – Individual Award
Karen Fry (Cairns)
Aspire TeamQLD – Team/Club/Association Award
Townsville Hockey
