We were so pleased to celebrate Des Meads’ 50 years of service to Waikato Hockey on Saturday. An incredible achievement, and a story that is well worth sharing.
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Des’ 50 Year Story
Des helped amalgamate the separate Waikato women’s and men’s hockey groups into Waikato Hockey Association (WHA) in 1989, to share the same club room, playing grounds and resources for the benefit of all players and served as the inaugural President.
He led fundraising efforts to turn the WHA into a world-class facility, successfully raising $2.5 million in the early 1990s, which included the regions first synthetic field. He has served as Chair and member of the Waikato Hockey Charitable Trust since its inception in 1989, managing the funds of the WHA and maintaining the international quality hockey facility at Innes Common in Hamilton.
He has played, umpired, and coached many hockey throughout his years and is a life member of WHA and of the Fraser Tech Club.
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On behalf of all that have played at our facility – Past, present, and future, and from all our community at Waikato Hockey – Des, Thank you.
