Over 380 of Irish Hockey's population gathered in the Burlington hotel for the ESB Irish Hockey Awards.
The evening was not only attended by Ireland's top Hockey players, but, RTE's Darragh Maloney (MC for the night), Bernard Dunne (guest speaker for the evening) and the minister for the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Mary Hanafin were also in attendance on the evening.
The evening saw four new inductees to the hall of fame and a total of fifteen awards presented. However the top two player awards of the night were the player's player of the year awards. This years ESB women's players player of the year was vice captain & defender Bridget Cleland while Michael Watt scooped the Samurai Men's player's player of the year in recognition explosive attacking ability.
The ESB senior club Female player of the year was awarded to Karen Bateman from Cork Harlequins while the Capitan of Monkstown, Gareth Watkins, was presented the Samurai Senior Male Club player of the Year Award. ESB U18 female Player of the year Award was deservedly collected by St Andrews & Hermes' Chloe Watkins while Shane O'Donoghue from High School and Glenanne picked up the Samurai Male U18 Male player of the year award.
The night saw a particularly large attendance from Railway Union Ladies Hockey Club Members, who were celebrating receiving the ESB Club of the Year award and the fact that their Coach Mick McKinnon picked up the O'Driscoll O'Neil Coach of the year Award.
Botanic also came out in their droves and were rewarded when they were announced as the Trilogy Technologies Youth Club of the Year Award.
There were plenty of more winners on the night, full list below.
School club of the Year: St. Andrews College, Dublin.
DVD Centre developing club of the Year Award: North Kildare
Trilogy Technologies Youth Club of the Year Award: Botanic
Local Lotto Volunteer of the year award: Ciaran Delaney (Knocknacarra)
Dixon Rose Umpire of the Year award: Kieran Bolger
O'Driscoll O'Neil U18 Coach of the Year Award: David Egner (Cork Harlequins)
O'Driscoll O'Neil Coach of the Year: Mick McKinnon (Railway Union)
ESB Club of the Year: Railway Union Ladies Hockey Club
ESB U18 Female Player of the Year: Chloe Watkins (St Andrews, Hermes, Ireland)
Samurai U18 Male Player of the Year: Shane O'Donoghue (High School, Glenanne, Ireland)
ESB Senior Women's Club Player of the Year: Karen Bateman (Cork Harlequins)
Samurai Senior Men's Club Player of the Year: Gareth Watkins (Monkstown)
ESB Players Player of the Year Awards: Bridget Cleland (Ireland)
Samurai Players Player of the Year Award: Michael Watt (Ireland)
President's Awards: John Smyth
2010 Hall of Fame Inductees: Margaret Gleghorne (Ulster); Mary Geaney (Munster); Eddie Cummins (Munster) and Billy McConnell (Ulster)
Source: Irish Hockey Association