120+ names: Discover every Gold Coast Hockey awardee by club, plus major GCHA winners
Big names and rising stars litter the list of over 120 athletes who finished their 2024 club hockey season with a trophy in hand. Discover every award-winner by club, plus the major awards handed out by GCHA:
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Big names and rising stars litter the list of over 120 athletes who finished their 2024 club hockey season with a trophy in hand.
Labrador Hockey and Hockey Burleigh were the top represented clubs across Gola Coast Hockey Association, with eight and five awardees respectively claiming either Player of the Year or Best and Fairest titles.
Fifteen-year-old prodigy Aurora Kovacevich was one of the many talents to snatch a major award - Player of the Year for under-16 females - while under-21s Jillaroo Camryn Mathison took out the same award in under-18s.
Nicolaas Smith wrapped up his season with both the Hockey Burleigh MVP and GCHA BnF awards, as Alanasia Malone claimed the Hockey Burleigh Player’s Player award to go with her GCHA BnF accolade.
In the Division 3 Men’s competition, Lachlan Caddy was Allstars Hockey’s lone BnF representative.
As were Jill Campbell, Roosters Hockey Club (Masters Female) and Chris Pittaway, Capri Hockey Club (Master’s Male) for Player of the Year recipients.
Scroll through the list below to view every name etched into club history:
Player of the Year
Under 14 Female: Charli Bradley, Hockey Burleigh
Under 14 Male: Jenson Merrell, Labrador Hockey
Under 16 Female: Aurora Kovacevich, Labrador Hockey
Under 16 Male: Daniel Evans, Labrador Hockey
Under 18 Female: Camryn Mathison, Hockey Burleigh
Under 18 Male: Hudson Keeble, Mudgeeraba Hockey
Senior Female: Karina Curtis, Labrador Hockey
Senior Male: Jun Sugio, Hockey Burleigh
Masters Female: Jill Campbell, Roosters Hockey Club
Masters Male: Chris Pittaway, Capri Hockey Club
BEST AND FAIREST:
Div1 Women: Alanasia Malone / Kelly Reed, Hockey Burleigh & Labrador Hockey
Div1 Men: Nicolaas Smith, Hockey Burleigh
Div2 Women: Natalia Ford-Garcia, Labrador Hockey
Div2 Men: Jaspal Singh, Labrador Hockey
Div3 Men: Lachlan Caddy, Allstars Hockey
Div4 Women: Natasha Cotton, Labrador Hockey
Note: Roosters and Allstars were contacted
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