GRAYS HOCKEY NEWS
December 2008 Archive
Grays dominate the FIH WorldHockey All Star Teams 2008
Thu 11 December 2008
The WorldHockey All Star Teams was announced in Los Angeles on the 22nd November. A number of Grays players were unveiled in both the Mens and Ladies teams once again echoing Grays dominance at the international level. The highlight of the announcement was 10 out of the 18 players featured in the Ladies team used Grays Sticks.
Men
- Pol Amat (Spain)
- Santi Freixa (Spain)
- Barry Middleton (Great Britain)
- Eddie Ockenden (Australia)
- Jong Ho Seo (Korea)
Ladies
- Kaori Chiba (Japan)
- Baorong Fu (China)
- Natascha Keller (Germany)
- Seon Ok Lee (Korea)
- Yibo Ma (China)
- Maartje Paumen (Netherlands)
- Maria Jesus Rosa, goalkeeper (Spain)
- Qingling Song (China)
- Melanie Wells (Australia)
Grays Athletes Win WorldHockey Awards
Thu 11 December 2008
WorldHockey Men's Player of the Year Award - Pol Amat, Spain
Pol Amat was named the 2008 World Hockey Player of the Year. Pol, the first Spanish winner, received the prestigious award at the FIH Congress Dinner last week in Los Angeles. Pol was the driving force behind the Spanish Men's Team performances throughout 2008, climaxing in a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics.
WorldHockey Young Player of the Year Awards
Ladies - Maartje Paumen, Holland Men's - Eddie Ockenden, Australia
Both the World Hockey Young Players of the Year Awards went to two Grays Players - Maartje Paumen of The Netherlands and Eddie Ockenden of Australia. Maartje won Gold at the Beijing games scoring 11 goals in the process, a new Olympic record. Eddie performed consistently well at the both the Olympic games the Champions Trophy.
