Ireland's Craig Fulton named coach of the year

Great Britain assistant coach Karen Brown won the women’s Coach of the Year while Ireland’s South African coach Craig Fulton picked up the men’s Coach of the Year.

Fulton gained widespread praise for leading Ireland to the Olympic Games for the first time in over 100 years.

They qualified for Rio following their success at the FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Final in Antwerp, Belgium last summer.

During his playing career, Fulton won 191 national caps for South Africa during which he competed at the 1996 Atlanta and 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Following his retirement he has taken on several coaching roles within club and international hockey.

In addition to roles as assistant coach for Ireland men and South Africa men and women, Fulton enjoyed a successful spell with Irish club Pembroke, where he guided them to the Irish Hockey League and Irish Senior Cup double as well as the EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy in 2009.