Congratulations to Dan Inns from Canterbury who is this months Stickys Volunteer. Thanks for all the hard work and effort that you put in.
Name: Daniel Inns
Name: Yvonne Lee (Photo unavailable)
Age: Mid 40's
Team: Play as sub for St Andrews womens team, Southern Women's 40's Masters Team
What areas does this person volunteer in?
Coach - Primary 11's club team Mackenzie/Cave
Coach - Hatch Cup rep team
Board member - Hockey Sth Canty
South Canty Hockey Turf Trust - Member (getting second turf for Timaru and relaying carpet on first.)
How many hours a week does this person volunteer and in what roles?
Yvonne does countless hours for Hockey SC and if she actually told us the figure she told me her husband, Ben would wonder when she actually found time to run the farm too!!
How long have you been doing what you have been doing??
Played hockey since 6yrs old, coaching and admin since early 20's
Why does the volunteer deserve to win this award?
Yvonne is a worthy recipient of this title as she is committed to making Hockey SC, a successful association with top quality facilities and one that supports their players through to the highest level that they can.
She makes finding money to get to tournaments that little bit less frustrating, and is always willing to offer a helping hand when it might be needed, and that includes playing the occasional rep game too.
John Godfrey - Northland HockeyA Brief Profile:
John Godfrey is a stall wart of the Hikurangi Hockey Club and the Northland Hockey Association. He has been involved with the Northland Hockey Association for the past 26 years. Over this time John has volunteered his services in many area’s within the hockey community. John a plumber has given his time usually free of charge and will drop everything when the call comes for the use of his knowledge and services. John started like most hockey coaches with being the parent of a hockey player. John’s involvement has not stopped once his children have left the hockey scene. He is at present coaching 2 teams, a Whangarei Girls High School collegiate team and a Hikurangi JMC team. Not only does John coach but he is also an active umpire and it is not often that you do not see Johns car in the car park on a Thursday night if not all weekend. The NHA would like to thank John for all his efforts over the past 26 years and without the continued efforts of volunteers like John all associations would fall apart.
Congratulations to this months winners, Tim Simpson from Bay of Plenty and Veronica Dungey from Otago. Hockey New Zealand thanks you both for all the hard work and effort you put in to volunteering in the hockey community.
Name: Tim Simpson (Photo unavailable)
Nickname: Timpson
Age: 20
Teams: Coaches Taupo Nui a Tia Girls 2nd XI and plays for Taupo Senior Men
Club: Taupo
Association: Bay of Plenty
What areas does this person volunteer in?
Tim is the coach of the Taupo Nui a Tia Girls 2nd XI, secretary of the Taupo Hockey Club and umpires the local secondary school competition. He recently umpired at the U16 Boys Championship Tournament in Rotorua and will be the umpire manager at the Kate Trolove Cup in Taupo
How many hours a week does this person volunteer and in what role(s)?
Tim spends 4hrs per week coaching his school team, 3 or more hours per week umpiring and 1hr per week at club exec meetings. Plus he is always on hand at club working bees for 4-5hrs every month.
How long has this person been volunteering for?
Tim has been involved with the Taupo Club and umpiring for the past 3 yrs. He has been coaching for 1 yr.
Why does this volunteer deserve to win this award?
Tim has a huge passion for the sport of hockey. He is always keen to help out and learn from those who work with him. Tim will most likely continue in many different roles into the future. His youth gives him much needed energy and drive.
Name: Veronica Dungey Nickname: Roni (pronounced 'Ronny')
Age: 45
Teams: Ministicks & all representative teams
Club: -
Association: Otago
What areas does this person volunteer in?
Besides the below ares Roni is a general 'troubleshooter' who covers everyone's backs from the CEO to the Admin Officer to the RDM
• Representative delegate on the 'Board'
• Oversees all representative managers
• Organises all uniforms for 20 rep teams
• Manager of U18s, U21s in 2008
• Oversees 'Ministicks' programmes
• Many 'unofficial roles'
How many hours a week does this person volunteer and in what role(s)?
20 – 30 hours most weeks
How long has this person been volunteering for?
9 years
Why does this volunteer deserve to win this award?
Roni is an essential driving force in Otago Hockey. She is always positive, incredibly diligent, anticipates impending issues, excels in any task she takes on and almost lives at the turf. Without her Otago Hockey would be in dire straits.
This Months Volunteers were nominated from North Harbour Hockey Association and Hockey Southland. Congratulations to Colin Chester from North Harbour and Alex Irwin from Southland. Thank you both for your hard work and effort you put into volunteering in your Associations.
Name: Colin Chester
Nickname: Colin
Age: 55
Teams: Masters 55+ (player) Womens Senior One (Coach)
Club: Hisbiscus Dairy Flat Hockey Club
Association: North Harbour Hockey
What areas does this person volunteer in?
Colin is chairman of the voluteers committee for North Habour Hockey Association. He leads a dedicated team that assist on a rostered basis with the busy weekend duties including general cleaning, watering of the pitches, light setting and match report gathering. The group is also dedicated to completing specific project work such as building / signage cleaning and maintenance, erection of bench seating at specific sites, turf grooming and completion of decking adjacent to Crown 2. Colin has also organised a voluteers emergency response unit to deal with unforseen circumstances that arise.
He currently coaches the Hibiscus Dairy Flat Hockey Clubs Senior One women's team, putting tremendous effort and time into this group of girls. After a slow start the team is now registering more frequent success and responding well under his guidence and compassionate manner.
Colin played for the North Harbour Masters 55+ team at the 2008 National Tournament. He is a well liked and respected member of the team.
Through his Chester Plumping business he has actively supported North Harbour through sponsorhip and provides his time free of charge to assist with plumbing maintenance as required. Chesters plumbing proudly sponsor the 'Big Screen' located in the lounge for all members enjoyment.
Colin was a committed member of the voluteers crew during the successful OQT tournament
How many hours a week does this person volunteer and in what role(s)?
Volunteers Committee - variable 2-4hours
Coaching - 10 hours
Other (plumbing / general assistance) - variable 2-4 hours
How long has this person been volunteering for?
10 years
Why does this volunteer deserve to win this award?
Colin is passionate about hockey, passionate about people and passionate about the hockey community. He takes great pride and joy in his contribution to North Harbour Hockey, playing and representing his province, coaching the senior one girls, leading the volunteers committee and continuing sponsorship through his company Chesters Plumbing Limited. We, 'North Harbour', are truly greatful for his contributions and thoroughly believe that he should be recognised as volunteer of the month. We are simply delighted to have a guy like Colin Chester amongst our members!
Name: Alex Irwin Nickname: -
Age: 18
Teams: Southland Women & U18, Southern U21
Club: Mataura
Association: Southland
What areas does this person volunteer in?
She coaches the Mataura Senior Resrve Women's team, She Volunteers at Have a Go Days, Coaches and Umpires at the U16 Regional Coachng Clinic, also helps with school visits on occasions.
How many hours a week does this person volunteer and in what role(s)?
Variable hours up to approxmately 10 hours a week.
How long has this person been volunteering for?
approx 7 years. .
Why does this volunteer deserve to win this award?
Because she loves hockey and nevers says no to helping out a team or player develop their hockey.
Congratulations to The Volunteer of the Month Winners for June. They are Nic Porter from Wellington and Angela Wallace from Auckland. Hockey New Zealand greatly appreciates the time and effort that Nic and Angie give to their associations. We congratulate them on their commitment to their roles and have sent them both a prize pack to thank them for their efforts. Below are their profiles submitted by their Association.
Name: Nic Porter
Nickname: n/a
Age: 33
Teams: P1 Women
Club: Victoria University
Association: Wellington
What areas does this person volunteer in?
Nic was our specialist Goal Keeper coach at our new Pathways Programme. This was the first such GK specific training to be held in Wellington, and Nic with his Level 1 for both HNZ and the UK was the drving force behind the programme being a huge success. Nic was also the Goal Keeper coach at the U13, U16 and U18 Capital Regional Coaching Clinics held during the holidays.
When Nic isnt manager of the Wellington branch of Just Hockey he coaches the Victoria University Premier One Womens team in the Wellington competition.
How many hours a week does this person volunteer and in what role(s)?
On top of the 40 plus hours a week at Just Hockey Nic spends around 15-20 hours on volunteer coaching of various teams and individual players in Wellington.
How long has this person been volunteering for?
Nic has been in Wellington for two and a half years and has been a Representative coach at U15 level and also coached the Wellington National Womens (B) team last year.
Why does this volunteer deserve to win this award?
Nic derserves this award because of the time he gives up for others to reach their potenial. He has been institutional in the improvement of Goal Keepers in the Wellington region and he does it all with a smile.
Name: Angela Wallace Nickname: Angie
Age: N/A
Teams: Junior teams
Club: Howick Pakuranga
Association: Auckland
What areas does this person volunteer in?
Angie is the Secretary for the HowickPakuranga Juniors - covering 24 teams in total. She has held this role since 2001.
Angie also is the Manager of the Howick Pakuranga 11 Gold team which plays in the Top Junior 11 aside grade in Auckland.
How many hours a week does this person volunteer and in what role?
As secretary she spends about 5 hours per week managing the 24 teams. Prior to the season starting this can require more time, but eases off once things are running smoothly.
In her role as Manager, time revolves around team practices and games, about 3 hours per week.
How long has this person been volunteering for?
Angie was elected onto the Howick Pakuranga committee in 2000.
Since this time she has attended regular club meetings, and since 2001 has taken on the role of Junior Secretary for the club, responsible for 24 teams.
During this time Angie was also Manager of 2 teams - that her children played in.
Why does this volunteer deserve to win this award?
Angie is an organised and motivated volunteer who is friendly and approachable. She assists, whenever possible, with other hockey activities at Auckland hockey.
Angie has a dedicated 8 years to the Junior club making it a well run and organised club.