04-Feb-2012
The News
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Netherlands captain Maartje Paumen has been honoured by her fellow international hockey players by being named as the women’s FIH Player of the Year for 2011, with New Zealand’s Stacey Michelsen claiming the Young Player award.
The winners were presented with their prizes at the Argentina FIH Champions Trophy in Rosario by FIH President Leandro Negre, with the ceremony taking place shortly after the two players went head-to-head in the crucial Quarter Final match between their respective nations.
Maartje Paumen has long been recognised as one of the world’s finest penalty
corner flickers, but in 2011 she firmly established herself as both an exceptional
midfielder and inspirational captain as the Netherlands re-claimed their place at the top of the FIH World Rankings. |
