Ice hockey

Stowe received the player of the year, most improved player and players' player of the year awards before a well attended function.

Seven other players picked up two awards apiece. Callum Davies (U12), Matthew Williamson, Joshua Lalande and Danny Lamb (U14), Jeremy Lundin (U16 and seniors) and Richard Danskin and Sean Alderson (seniors).

Coach Alderson was named Chiefs' most improved player and was awarded the Sunderland Club Trophy for his services during the past season to the club.

Keith Munroe received the Terry McClelland award for services to the club over the past season.

Full list

Sunderland Scorpions

Player of the Year: Mark Watson

Forward of the Year: Dale Sharp

Defenceman of the Year: Lee Gill

Most Improved Player: Connor Shanks

Beginner of the Year: Nathaniel Charlton

Coaches award: Adam Perrie

Under-12 Sunderland Cherokees

Player of the Year: Callum Davies

Forward of the Year: Callum Davies

Defenceman of the year: Daniel Bamling

Most Improved Play: Ashleigh Holland

Dedication and sportsmanship: Matthew

Read

Coaches award: Adam Perrie

Under-14 A Sunderland Commanches

Player of the Year: Thomas Murdy

Forward of the Year: Nathan Salem

Defenceman of the Year: Danny Lamb

Most Improved Player: Martin Hall

Dedication and Sportmanship: Ross

Cameron

Players' player: Danny Lamb

Under-14 B Sunderland Mohicans

Player of the Year: Matthew Williamson

Forward of the Year: Joshua Lalande

Defenceman of the Year: Matthew Williamson

Most Improved Player: Callum Ross

Dedication and sportsmanship: Daniel Coffey

Players' player: Joshua Lalande

Under-16 Sunderland Arrows

Player of the Year: Callum Hewitt

Forward of the Year: Dean Holland

Defenceman of the Year: Jeremy Lundin

Most Improved Player: Karl Nelson

Dedication and Sportmanship: Richard

Lawson

Players' player: Richard Westgarth

Under-19 Sunderland Tomahawks

Player of the Year: Mark Lee

Forward of the Year: Johnny Heslop

Defenceman of the Year: Lee Davis

Most Improved Player: Shane Hewitt

Dedication and Sportmanship - John Wilson

Players' player: Darren Shanks

Women - Sunderland Scorpions

Player of the Year: Helen Stowe

Forward of the Year: Claire Oldfield

Defenceman of the Year: Ben Hutchinson

Most Improved Player: Helen Stowe

Most Improved Young Player: Gemma Rolt

Players' player: Helen Stowe

Top points scorer: Lynsey Emmerson

Brenda McClelland Award: Clare Forster

Coaches award: Gemma Watt

Most Valuable Player: Teresa Lewis.

Seniors - Sunderland Chief

Player of the Year: Richard Danskin

Forward of the Year: Michael Atkinson

Defenceman of the Year: Adam Alderson

Most Improved Player: Sean Alderson

Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Lundin

Players' player: Richard Danskin

Top points scorer: Kristian Lloyd

Sunderland Ice Hockey Club returned from the first ever Aberdeen Linx Tournament winning four of the five events. The only level that they failed to win was the U19 final where they lost 1-0 to Kilmarnock. Just three teams at U19 level with Aberdeen making up the trio and in the round robin played each other twice. Tomahawks defeated Aberdeen 4-0 and 5-0o with Johnny Heslop scoring five of the goals and suffering a 0-1 loss and a 2-1 win over Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock's winning goal in the final came in the 13 minute.

North Ayr, Kilmarnock and Aberdeen were opponents in U16 where Arrows were held to draws by Aberdeen (1-1) and North Ayr (0-0). Dean Holland and Callum Pattison hit the target against Kilmarnock for a 2-0 win and a place in the final against North Ayr.

Short-handed strikes from Callum Pattison and Jeremy Lundin put Arrows 2-0 ahead at 11.54. Holland and Pattison were on hand to double the lead inside a minute in the final period for a 4-0 victory.

Murrayfield and Aberdeen faced Commanches in the U14 event where the games against each team in the round robin. Murrayfield lost to a Danny Lamb goal in their first meeting and held Commanches to a 0-0 tie in the other.

Grant Sharp recorded a hat-trick in the 7-1 win over Aberdeen and Richard Emerson hit the one reply as Aberdeen won 3-1 in the second game.

Aberdeen faced Commanches for the third time in the final and the hosts took an eighth minutes lead. Sharp equalised on a short-handed play at 12.12 and a Nathan Salem brace at 15.02 and 17.56 gave Commanches victory.

Cherokees were unbeaten in theU12 event defeating Aberdeen (5-0), Kilmarnock (7-0), Perth (7-0) to reach the final. Jack Watkins and Michael Elder each bagged a brace against Aberdeen. Elder did again in the Kilmarnock victory where Callum Davies hit a hat-trick. The goals continued to flow against Perth where Watkins struck three and Davies another double.

Aberdeen met Cherokees in the final and conceded four goals in each period as the Wearsiders eased to an 8-0 victory. Davies found the net on four occasions. Cherokees outshot Aberdeen 29-1. Netminder Mark Watson performed well and did not concede a goal in his four games from 14 shots.

At U10 event only Sunderland and Aberdeen competed and the six round robin matches were played as fun games and sides were mixed together. A final was played which Apaches cruised past Aberdeen by 11-0.

Luke Shanks and Dale Sharp had a hand in the opening six goals in the first 18 minutes. Stephanie Emerson (2), Connor Shanks, Lee Gill and Sharp completed the scoring.

Results: U19: Aberdeen 0, Sunderland 4; Kilmarnock 5, Aberdeen 0; Sunderland 0, Kilmarnock 1; Kilmarnock 1, Sunderland 2; Aberdeen 0, Kilmarnock 8; Sunderland 5, Aberdeen 0.

Final: Kilmarnock 1, Sunderland 0.

U16: Aberdeen 1, Sunderland 1; Kilmarnock 1, North Ayr 3; Kilmarnock 0, Aberdeen 1; North Ayr 0, Sunderland 0; Sunderland 2, Kilmarnock 0; Aberdeen 0, North Ayr 0.

Final: North Ayr 0, Sunderland 4.

U14: Sunderland 1, Murrayfield 0; Aberdeen 1, Sunderland 7; Murrayfield 0, Sunderland 0; Murrayfield 1, Aberdeen 3; Aberdeen 1, Murrayfield 3; Sunderland 1, Aberdeen 3.

Final: Aberdeen 1, Sunderland 3.

U12: Aberdeen 0, Sunderland 5; Kilmarnock 2, Perth 3; Sunderland 7, Kilmarnock 0; Perth 0, Aberdeen 3; Sunderland 7, Perth 0; Aberdeen 1, Kilmarnock 2.

Final: Sunderland 0, Aberdeen 0.

U10: Final - Sunderland 11, Aberdeen 0.

Apaches (U10): Luke Shanks 4+3, Dale Sharp 3+1, Stephanie Emmerson 2+0, Lee Gill 1+2, Connor Shanks 1+1.

Cherokees (U12): Callum Davies 9+8, Jack Watkins 6+3, Michael Elder 5+5, Emma Hall 3+2, Graham Robson 2+3, Ashleigh Holland 2+1, James Hamilton, Lee Gill 0+2.

Commanches (U14): Grant Sharp 4+1, Nathan Salem 3+0, Richard Emerson 2+0, Danny Lamb 1+1, Ross Hanlon, Joshua Lalande 1+0, Martin Hall, Daniel Coffey 0+1.

Arrows (U16): Callum Pattison 3+1, Dean Holland 2+1, Jeremy Lundin 2+0, Danny Lamb 0+2, Nathan Salem 0+1.

Tomahawks (U19): Johnny Heslop 6+0, David Michie 2+1, David Brown 1+1, Shane Hewitt, Dean Holland 1+0, Jeremy Lundin 0+3, Daniel Lathan, Karl Nelson 0+1.

Fairplay Trophies: U10 - Sunderland; U12 - Kilmarnock; UI4 - Murrayfield; U16 - North Ayr; U19 - Kilmarnock.

Whitley Bay Islanders hosted Nottingham Shoguns in a recreational match at Hillheads on Sunday.

Islanders came out on top with a 10-6 victory, but had to come from behind for a deserved win.

Nottingham went ahead on 03.48 with an Andrew McPhilbin strike. It took Islanders less than two minutes to equalise through Terry Wilkinson. Two goals in the 13th minute from Becky Kasner and Wilkinson put Whitley 3-1 ahead.

The middle period saw Whitley run riot by adding five goals to stretch their advantage to 8-1. Wilkinson hit his hat-trick marker and further goals in the period came from Kasner, David Cowey, Steven Stocks and Alan Ormond.

Shoguns pulled two goals back in the opening two minutes of the final period. Kasner added her hat-trick marker at 44.04 and Nottingham cut the deficit further with three goals in eight minutes. Stocks competed the scoring at 53.47 with his second goal and took Islanders into double figures.

Islanders: Becky Kasner 3+2, Terry Wilkinson 3+1, Steven Stocks 2+0, Alan Ormond, David Cowey 1+0, Stu Davis 0+3, David Farren 0+2, Tom Coulson, Tom Glazzard 0+1.

At the recent AGM of the junior section of the English Ice Hockey Association it was decided that the leagues will be renamed division one and two replacing division A and B leagues.

The play-off format too has been changed. In previous seasons the bottom two teams in the A league and the top two sides from the B league would be in play-offs with the leading two after the mini league being in the A league for the following season and the bottom two to play in B league. From this season 2004-2005 the bottom team in division one would be automatically relegated and the winners of division two gain automatic promotion. Teams finishing second bottom in division one and runners-up in division two would be in the play-offs.

Billingham Falcons, who faced relegation from U14 North Division One and Whitley Arrows who faced relegation from U12 North Division One have been handed reprieves. This is because some clubs in the Northern Conference are putting extra teams in the second division and the second division should not have more teams in it than the first.

Billingham Ice Hockey Club are holding their annual presentation night tomorrow at the Billingham Social Club at 7.30pm.