Sunday, August 20, 2006

CLEWLOW AND DELMEE RECEIVE WRITERS' AWARDS

Further to our brief report on the internationals at Cannock yesterday, England women's Mel Clewlow and Dutch men's star Jeroem Delmee were presented with awards by representatives of the hockey press. Mel Clewlow, whose penalty corner striking has been a major factor in recent sucesses for England and her club, was awarded the Marjorie Pollard salver. Traditionally this was given to the top player at the Wembley International but with the demise of this annual event this award now goes to the top woman player at an international match selected by the Hockey Writers' Club. A similar award, in memory of the Daily Telegraph's Chris Moore, was awarded to Jeroem Delmee of the Netherlands.