Issued: 13-April-2003

Oxfordshire Hockey Association held their second end-of-season Presentation Evening at Oxford Brookes Sports Centre during the evening of Saturday 12th April 2003.

Frank Cordrey, the OHA president opened the proceedings thanking all the volunteer coaches and managers for their time but also recognised the very important role that each of the parents provides in giving positive support to their own children and the squad as a whole.

Mark Scarth (Oxfordshire's Active Sports Activator) overviewed some of the Active Sports work of the year and said that the successful Player Development Centres were again in place this year to provide the county hopefuls with eight weeks quality coaching prior to selection of the county squads.

Mark then presented Nick Malden with the Active Sports Volunteer of the Year award in recognition of the huge amount of time and effort which Nick has put into Oxfordshire County and Rover Oxford Club activities throughout this and previous seasons.

Each manager and coach briefly summarised the efforts and results of the season and presented each member of their squad with their County Badge (and Colours where achieved) as well as the Players' "Player of the Year"' award which had been voted for by each squad member. The Players' "Player of the Year" award for each age group were received by the following:

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