Gloucestershire Hockey
Gloucestershire Sports Awards
Cheltenham Hockey Club continue to celebrate a record breaking season, picking up two awards at the Gloucestershire Echo Sports Awards. CHC was crowned club of the year for its outstanding contribution to sport in the local area. If that wasn't enough, Roy Taylor was rewarded for his 40 year service to CHC (as player and umpire) by being awarded Official of the Year.
Gloucestershire Hockey Association Awards
Congratulations to the CHC hockey players who have been recognised at the Gloucestershire Hockey Association Awards.
2008-2009 Winners
On Wednesday 20th May 2009, former England and GB Olympic hockey goal keeper Simon Mason presented Cheltenham with FOUR awards at the Gloucestershire Hockey Association Awards. At the event, special mention was made of Helen Gregory from Cheltenham who has recently won the England Hockey Young Leader Challenge.
Having presented the awards, Simon addressed the evening audience and said what a pleasure it was to hear about the people who are involved in grass roots hockey and he reminisced about his early hockey career which began in Gloucestershire.
Club of the Year: Cheltenham
Ladies U18 Player: Siân Evans
Mens Senior Player: Peter Duffy
Umpire of the Year: Roy Taylor
2007-2008 Winners
Ladies U18 Player: Corrie Farrell
Ladies Senior Player: Angie Pearce
Umpire of the Year: Shaun Cullimore
2006-2007 Winners
Men's U18 Player: Oliver Clayton
Men's Senior Player: Will Pearce
County Hockey Players
The following players played for Gloucestershire in pool three in the 2008 Men's Senior County Championships in Wakefield:
Tom Cole
James Foster
Jonny Bryan also played for Lincolnshire in pool two in Timperley.
Gemma Stevens played for Gloucestershire in pool three in the 2008 Womenss Senior County Championships in Cokethorpe School, Oxford.


