October 2010

England's Barry Middleton (pictured right in action for GB) and Ashley Jackson are among the nominees for awards from the International Hockey Federation (FIH). GB and England skipper Middleton is nominated for men's player of the year, Jackson for the men's young player of the year award which he also pocketed last year.
The annual prizes recognise the finest hockey players in the game as voted for by athletes representing the world's best international teams.
The shortlist for the men’s player contains two of the greatest hockey players of their generation. Brilliant Dutch attacker Teun de Nooijer is joined by HC Bloemendaal team-mate and World Cup-winning Australian Jamie Dwyer, with both men aiming to win the coveted award for a what would be a record fourth time.

The European Hockey Federation has renewed its partnership with agreement with AzPetrol for a further four years.
The President of the EHF, Martin Gotheridge, travelled to Baku, Azerbaijan to sign the new contract
and said “I cannot over estimate our gratitude to AzPetrol for continuing to support the European
Hockey Federation. The Umpire Development Project over the past years would simply not have been
possible without the funding from AzPetrol or indeed the dedication of the umpires in the programme

The Board of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond (KNHB) has decided not to renew the contract of Herman Kruis, head coach of the Dutch women’s team. The defending Olympic and European champions won silver in both the World Cup in September and the Champions Trophy in July – losing both finals to Argentina.
A release from KNHB (translated) reads:

Julie Longden has been appointed as EHB Development Officer – North West. Julie comes to the role having worked within consultancy for the last 10 years. She has vast amount of experience in developing and delivering projects, project management and working with a range of clients from both the public and private sector. She is also an active member of Didsbury Northern HC