News Item: Your votes needed - National Governing Body of the Year nominations for England Hockey
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Thursday 21 April 2016 - 09:55:04

Your votes needed - National Governing Body of the Year nominations for England Hockey
www.englandhockey.co.uk 18.04.2016



England Hockey have been nominated not once but twice for national Governing Body of the Year. Firstly for the Women’s Sport Trust Awards, alongside our women’s team, who are up for the Sport Role Model award. Secondly we are nominated in the BT Sport Industry Awards 2016.
We need you to help us win! Get voting for the women's team and for us on the Women's Sport Trust website now!



Here are a few key facts why we have been nominated for these prestigious awards; 

• The England Hockey Women’s Team swept to glory in the Unibet EuroHockey Championships in 2015, winning a first gold medal in 24 years by beating World and Olympic Champions Holland in front of a packed home crowd.
• Captain Kate Richardson-Walsh received her MBE in 2015, and has also become our most-capped female hockey player after chalking up her incredible 335th appearance.
• At only 21, Lily Owsley was named Rising Star by the FIH, the game's international federation.
• Many of the team dedicate time outside of playing to help assist in the education and development of others through sport, be this as mentors for charities or by running workshops and practical sessions with students - for example Alex Danson is a mentor for the Youth Sports Trust and Living For Sport.
• Staged Unibet EuroHockey Championships at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in front of record crowds last summer.
• We deliberately placed the women’s finals in the most prestigious final time slot (traditionally given to the men) and as a result the broadcast saw a TV audience of 1.5m.
• Hosting the Hockey Champions Trophy this year, live on BT Sport.
• Also hosting World League semi-finals 2017 and Women’s World Cup in 2018.
• Karen Brown voted as FIH’s Female Coach of the Year 2015.
• Wendy Russell voted Sports Coach UK Disability Coach of the year 2015.
• Hockey used the successes, profile and role models to drive an engagement programme that has seen a 65% increase in under 16s participation.
• England Hockey has also encouraged 12,000 women back to the game with its highly successful Back to Hockey programme with the support of 300 clubs around the country.
• Hockey is a truly dual gender sport and the NGB is totally committed to driving the profile of women’s sport and growing female participation.

We need you to help us win! Get voting for the women's team and for us on the Women's Sport Trust website now!
For more information about BT Sport Industry Awards click here.

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