The progression of Australian hockey's next generation of stars has been bolstered with Kookaburras great Mark Knowles to take on the role of Hockey Australia's National Athlete Pathway Program (NAPP) Technical Lead.
After a season like no other, players and teams across the country have navigated their way through their senior competitions to claim Grand Final victory. Congratulations to all the clubs on their successes and the associations for keeping hockey going during tough times.
Selected in the 1960 Olympic team, John McBryde made his international debut against Pakistan, the titans of world hockey, on day one of the Rome Olympics.
The late Charlie Morley will go down as one of Australian hockey's unique characters and a national coach who nurtured some of the country's best hockey talent.
The late Jean Wynne (nee Pearce) was a brilliant centre-half-back with superb anticipation, excellent vision and uncanny skill in distributing the ball accurately to her forwards.
Lorraine (Laurie) Packham was a fast, agile and skillful left winger who was an all Australian representative for nine consecutive years and captain in 1966 and 1967.