Jan “PB” Hadfield AM receives Hockey Australia Life Membership

Hockey Queensland is thrilled to announce that Jan “PB” Hadfield AM has been awarded Hockey Australia Life Membership for 2019.

Jan Hadfield retired in 2016, after 32 years of international umpiring duties stretching across three Olympic Games 1988, 2004, 2008 and four World Cups 1990, 2002, 2006 and 2010 – an exceptional contribution to hockey worldwide!

In 2018, Jan became a Member (AM) in the General Division for significant service to hockey as an international umpire, and to professional development of officials.

Jan was awarded her Australian Umpire’s Badge in 1977 and was consistently rated as the number one women ‘s umpire in Australia and has generously shared her talents with Australian, Queensland and local hockey groups throughout her illustrious career. Jan was first appointed as an international umpire by FIH in 1984 and awarded World Cup and Olympic rating (International Grade 1 Umpire) in 1987.

She was awarded Hockey Australia’s Official of the Year (female) in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007

In 2006 Jan was awarded the most prestigious Guust Lathouwers Memorial Trophy by the International Hockey Federation for outstanding service to the development and promotion of umpiring worldwide.

Jan also put her talents into sports administration as a Director on the Hockey Queensland Board and in her earlier days represented Queensland as a Player.

Jan is the most successful club coach in the history of Brisbane Women’s Hockey Association as Coach of St Andrews Ladies Hockey Club Division 1.

Her valued contribution as an umpire, coach and administrator is recognised through her Life Memberships of St Andrews Ladies Hockey Club, Brisbane Women’s Hockey Association and Hockey Queensland (HQ), and in 1997 was awarded HQ’s Distinguished Service Award. Additionally, she was awarded Service to Sport in 2017 from the Queensland Government Sports Awards

Jan has generously shared her talents with umpires from local to international level throughout her illustrious career and continues to play a key role on Hockey Queensland’s High Performance Committee.

Hockey Umpiring Achievements
1975 Awarded Queensland State “A” Umpire’s Badge (highest state qualification)
1977 Awarded ” AA” Umpire’s Badge (Highest Australian qualification)
1984 Appointed as an international umpire by the International Hockey Federation {FIH)
1987 Awarded World Cup and Olympic rating {International Grade 1 Umpire) by FIH

International Umpiring Appointments
1984 The “America’s Cup” (Boston, USA)
1985 Four Nations Tournament (Holland) and vs Scotland & Great Britain (Glasgow)
1985 Test Series Australia vs England (Australia)
1985 Test Series Australia vs West Germany {Australia)
1986 Six Nations Tournament (Sydney)
1987 BMW Tournament (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
1987 Australian Women’s Hockey Team Tour (Korea)
1987 Australian Women’s Hockey Under 21 & AIS Tour (Korea)
1987 First Champions Trophy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
1988 Six Nations Bi-Centenary Tournament (Padova, Italy)
1988 Summer Games of the XXIV Olympiad (Seoul, Korea)
1989 Five Test Series Australia vs New Zealand
1989 Second Champions Trophy (Frankfurt, Germany)
1990 World Cup (Sydney)
1990 European Championships (Frankfurt, Germany)
1991 3rd Women’s European Nations Cup (Brussels, Belgium)
1991 Olympic Qualifying Tournament (New Zealand)

Service to international hockey through Federation of International Hockey (FIH)
1998 Appointed International Umpire Manager
Member of the World Panel of the FIH Umpiring Committee

International Umpire Manager Appointments
1999 Umpire Manager – Asian Games (Bangkok, Thailand)
2000 Umpire Manager – Champions Trophy (Amsterdam, Netherlands )
2001 Umpire Manager – Six Nations (Korea)
2002 Umpire Manager – Women’s Champions Challenge (Johannesburg, South Africa)
2002 Umpire Manager – World Cup {Perth)
2004 Umpire Manager – Olympic Qualifier (Auckland , New Zealand)
2004 Umpire Manager – Olympic Games (Athens, Greece)
2004 Umpire Manager – Pan Am Cup (Bridgetown, Barbados)
2004 Umpire Manager – Champions Challenge (Melbourne)
2004 Umpire Manager – Champions Trophy {Canberra)
2005 Umpire Manager – Junior World Cup (Santiago, Chile)
2006 Umpire Manager – World Cup (Madrid, Spain)
2006 Umpire Manager – Commonwealth Games (Melbourne)
2007 Umpire Manager – Champions Trophy (Amsterdam)
2008 Umpire Manager – Olympic Qualifier (Victoria, Canada)
2008 Umpire Manager – Olympic Games (Beijing, China)
2009 Umpire Manager – Champions Challenge (Cape Town, South Africa)
2009 Umpire Manager – 3rd Pan Am Cup (Bermuda)
2010 Umpire Manager – World Cup (Rosario, Argentina )
2010 Umpire Manager – Champions Trophy (Nottingham, England)
2010 Conduct Umpiring Seminar – (Shanghai, China)
2011 Conduct Umpiring Seminar – (Dalian, China)
2012 Umpire Manager – Olympic Qualifier 2 (Kakamigahara, Japan)
2013 Umpire Manager – Hockey World League (London, England )
2014 Umpire Manager- 6 Nations Invitational Tournament (Hastings, New Zealand)

Service to Australian umpiring through the Australian Hockey Association (HA Inc)
1984-current Women’s Championships Umpiring Panel
1984 -current National Umpire Manager
1984 – 2000 Australian Women’s Hockey Association Umpires Committee
1998 – 2000 National Umpiring Officer
2003 – 2009 Australian Officiating Commission
2009 – 2015 Australian Officiating Committee
2010 – 2011 National Officiating Manager

Awards & Recognition
1985 Life Membership St Andrews Ladies Hockey Club
1997 Hockey Queensland Distinguished Service Award
2003 Brisbane Women ‘s Hockey Association Long Service Award ( 20 years)
2003/04 Australian Hockey Official of the Year (Female)
2006/07 Australian Hockey Official of the Year ( Female)
2006 Federation of International Hockey {FIH) Award – Guust Lathouwers Memorial Trophy (awarded every two years for outstanding service to the development and promotion of umpiring)
2008 Life Membership Brisbane Women ‘s Hockey Association
2011 Life Membership Hockey Queensland
2017 Service to Sport recipient – Queensland Government Annual Sport Awards (QSport / Sports Federation of Queensland )
2018 A Member (AM) in the General Division for significant service to hockey as an international umpire, and to professional development of officials
2019 Life Membership of Hockey Australia

Brisbane Women’s Hockey Association – Coach, Selector
1978 – 01 Club Division 1 (St Andrews) – Most successful Team Coach in Brisbane ever
1984, 1988-1993 BWHA Coach State Championships (1)
1984-1985 BWHA Coach South East Queensland Championships
1985 BWHA Coach Brisbane v AIS
2004 – 2017 BWHA Umpires Coach on Div 1, 2 3 Games fixtures each week.
1996 – 1998 BWHA Senior Selector
1997 BWHA North Brisbane Swifts Coach
2008 BWHA Life Membership
1974-78 Represented Queensland Seniors & Brisbane 1