21/05/2026
🏆 FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR PANEL 🏆
Geraldine Heaney - Gold Medalist and member of the
Originally hailing from Lurgan, Geraldine moved to Canada as a child and went on to become one of the all time greats and won an Olympic gold medal in 2002. She was later inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and IIHF Hall of Fame and was quoted as saying; "There are so many young girls playing hockey now, it's amazing. I really feel we need to promote the game worldwide, not just in Canada, and inducting women now should help that." As a pioneer of womens hockey we are honoured to have her as part of this panel.
Kate Morrison - Trustee and Senior Women Manager with Inline Hockey Ireland
Kate has been around hockey her whole life, as a player, as a manager, as a wife, as a parent and as an administrator. Kate has lived it and seen it as a female hockey player in Ireland and knows the importance of encouraging and promoting the female players.
Alex Mabley - Team Ireland Player and Junior Coach with
Growing up in Montreal it would have been hard for Alex not to find hockey and that passion was rejuvenated when she found inline hockey in Cork. Alex went on to represent Ireland at the 2024 World Skate Games and is a consistent contributor to coaching young players in Cork.
