Tracey Belbin OAM Announced as HA Award Of Merit Recipient

Congratulations to former Hockeyroo Tracey Belbin OAM on being announced as a receipient of a HA Award of Merit, which is given for dedicated and sustained commitment to the development of hockey in Australia, and devoted and successful service to hockey and the promotion of the values which underpin the sport. 

AWARD OF MERIT - Tracey Belbin OAM (QLD)

Tracey had an outstanding playing, coaching and administrative career at regional, state, national and international level.

Already a HA Hall of Fame inductee, Tracey was part of the Hockeyroos’ 1988 Olympic gold medal winning team in a decade long international playing career.

However, it is what she has done since that warrants her Award of Merit. She has been involved in a coaching capacity for the national teams of Australia, South Africa and the USA.

She was a Director on the Hockey Australia Board and continues to identify and coach talented aspiring hockey players in Mackay.

She represented Australia for 10 years in the National Women’s Hockey Team, winning a Gold Medal at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.

She went on to a variety of roles including:

Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport    Advisor    2018 – Present 
Queensland Health    Change and Training Officer    2017 – 2018
Hockey Australia    Board of Directors    2016 – 2019
Hockey Queensland    Program Manager    2016 – 2017
Queensland Catholic Education    Secondary Teacher    2016
Queensland Independent Schools    Secondary Teacher    2015 – 2016
Australian Sports Commission    Regional Coordinator    2007 – 2014
NSW Institute of Sport    Head Coach    2003 – 2007
USA Field Hockey Association    National Coach    1999 – 2000
Queensland Academy of Sport    Head Coach    1998 – 1999
ACT Academy of Sport    Head Coach    1997 – 1998
South African Hockey Association    National Assistant Coach    1995 – 1996
 
She has always improved her qualifications and a few of these are:

• Hockey Australia – Level 3 Coaching Accreditation
• FIH – Coaching course (Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2004)
• Housing and Public Works (HPW) SBS Gender Course
• HPW SBS LGBTIQ+ Course
• HPW SBS Indigenous Course
• QG COVID-safe workplace training
• HPW Workplace Behaviour

Her sporting history, representative career both on and off the field, and acknowledgement of her awards as recipient is exemplary, as are other areas in which she has played a very large part:

• 2021    Hockey Queensland Team 100 (A people’s choice team voted on to celebrate Hockey in Queensland for 100 years)
• 2020    Mackay Airport Hall of Fame
• 2016    Elected Director on Hockey Australia Board
• 2014    Ambassador for Central Queensland University Hercules Program
• 2010    Mackay Sports Expo Annual Event
• 2009    Queensland Sport Hall of Fame
• 2008    Hockey Queensland Distinguished Player Award
• 2002    Hockey Queensland Hall of Fame
• 2000    Hockey Queensland Team of the Century
• 1996-2007    High Performance Coach – International & National
• 1994    Australian Delegate for the International Olympic Academy – Greece
• 1994    Mackay Sporting Hall of Fame
• 1992 & 1988    Olympic Games Australian Team
• 1990 & 1986    Australian Team World Cup
• 1990 & 1988    Named in the World X1
• 1989    Awarded OAM
• 1987-1993    Australian Team to Champions Trophy

Read more from Hockey Australia