During the Welcoming Ceremony at the recent Australian Masters Championships in Perth on Wednesday 27 September, Nicola Ogden was presented with the Australian Masters Service Award for recognition of significant, outstanding, and sustained contribution to Australian Masters hockey at the national or international level underpinned by the ‘One Masters’ tenets of participation, performance, passion, and partnerships.
Nicola has also made significant contribution to master’s Hockey within Western Australia as a player, manager, and official person at a Western Australian master’s local and at her Club level at Melville City Hockey Club.
Western Australian master’s Manager:
2005, 2007, 2010 - WA master’s Women’s teams
2006 - WA master’s Men’s team
Western Australian women’s master’s selector:
2023, 2022, 2018, 2017.
Australian Masters Assistant Technical Officer / Tournament Director / Technical Delegate
2019 Assistant Technical Officer -Bunbury/Busselton WA (Men)
2017 September - October - Director Tournament Director - Nationals Masters Championships - Hobart, Tasmania
2016 September - October - Assistant Tournament Director - National Masters Championships (Men) - Adelaide SA
2014 September - October - Technical Officer - Perth WA (Men)
World Masters / Trans-Tasman Championships / World Cup - Assistant Technical Officer / Technical Officer / Technical Delegate: 2023 and before
2019 July - Technical Delegate master’s European Cup - Rotterdam - 35, 40, 45 age groups - Women and Men - Rotterdam, Netherlands
2019 June - Assistant Technical Officer Grand Master’s European Cup - 60, 65, 70, 75 age groups - Women and Men - Brasschaat, Belgium
2019 April - Technical Officer Trans-Tasman Championships - Women and Men - Gold Coast, Queensland
2018 September-October - Assistant Technical Officer - Men - Lismore and Ballina, NSW
2018 June - Assistant Technical Delegate - Grand master’s World Cup - Women and Men - Barcelona, Spain
2017 - Technical Officer - Trans Tasman - Women and Men - Whangarie New Zealand
2017 August - Technical Officer / Judge - Masters’ European Cup - Women and Men - Tilburg Netherlands
2016 Assistant Tournament Director - World Cup - Women and Men - Canberra ACT
Awards
2022–Life Membership Hockey WA.
2000-Melville City Hockey Club - Club person of the year.
2018-Hockey WA - Service to Officiating.
2011-Hockey WA - Volunteer of the Year.
200-Life Member of Melville City Hockey Club
Official positions:
Current 2023–2017 - Nicola is the chair of the Hockey WA Officiating Advisory Group
Nicola is a current international, national, and state level technical official.
March 2023 - She officiated at the women’s Australia vs China match in Bunbury.
2023 Technical Officer for Hockey Australia and Hockey WA.
She judges at the FIH Pro League and International test matches.
2022-Tournament Director Men’s National Masters Championships, Gold Coast 2022
2022-Hockey Australia Level 3 Technical Officer qualification.
2019- Member World master’s Hockey Development Committee (WMH)
2019- Member International master’s Hockey Association Officiating Committee (IMHA)
2018 at the Commonwealth Games, she took on a role within the technology team.
2018- 1996 Melville City Hockey Club Administration-
Vice President-Women, Vice President-Juniors, Secretary, Bar Manager, Coach, Manager for senior and junior teams for many years
2002-Volunteer receptionist / enquiries / desk operator Women’s World Cup, Perth
Nicola has led World Grand Masters, Trans-Tasman Masters, master’s Hockey World cups in Europe and Australia.
She has held other positions - Technical Officer / Assistant Technical Officer / Technical Delegate / Assistant Tournament Director / Volunteer Hockey Division Tokyo (2020) Olympics / Liaison Officer / Technical Judge / Manager:
At Local Hockey WA games, WA State level, Hockey Australia Championships level, World Hockey games held in Australia, Asia and Europe, Australian Indoor Championships, Underage Championships in Australia,
Nicola has been involved in all areas and age groups in Official capacity for many years.
Club Hockey
Nicola has been playing hockey for over 48 years for Harlequin Wanneroo, Towns-Northam, Murdoch University and Melville City Hockey clubs.
Nicola has played mid-week master’s Hockey for Melville City master’s hockey club, being involved in many successful teams.
Nicola over her hockey career has been involved in coaching junior and senior hockey teams, having some success.
Encouragement of New master’s players
Nicola does a lot of behind the scenes work with organizing club masters’ teams, supporting ‘new’ master’s Players, and anything that needs to be done to support master’s hockey at a club level but also for master’s hockey in Western Australia, and at National master’s level.
Congratulations, Nicola for winning the Australian Masters Service Award.