Ratcliffe, Ogilvie headline Hockey WA’s Night of Champions

As anticipation builds for the 2025 Stiles Electrical Premier League Finals, the Perth hockey community gathered at Optus Stadium to honour the season’s standout performers at the Hockey WA Annual Awards.

On Friday 12 September, players, coaches and officials traded their uniforms for formal wear in a celebration of excellence and dedication, with the night’s top honours going to Westside Wolves’ Madi Ratcliffe and UWA’s Flynn Ogilvie.

After spending 2024 in Europe, Ratcliffe made a triumphant return to the Stiles Electrical Premier League for the Westside Wolves, claiming both the Charlesworth Medal and the Jackie Pereira Women’s Top Goal Scorer award.

Her 25-goal haul across 18 games earned her 39 votes, securing her second Charlesworth Medal (after a joint win in 2021 with YMCC’s Hayley Padgett) and breaking her own 2022 scoring record of 17 goals.

Ratcliffe said she felt privileged to achieve both accolades for a second time.

"The competition here in Perth is extremely strong with heaps of talent so I feel pretty privileged to have won," she said.

Ratcliffe now joins elite company – Lee Capes OAM (1992) and Lisa Eglington (2009) – as one of only three players to win both the Charlesworth Medal and the Jackie Pereira Women’s Top Goal Scorer award in the same season.

Upon finding out about the achievement, Ratcliffe said it was pretty cool to be in such company.

"It's pretty cool, I actually didn't know that before tonight," she said.

"It's also nice to join another Wolves girl in Lisa so it's a really cool stat to feel honoured and proud of."

Ogilvie dominated the vote count for the Olympians’ Medal with 37 votes over 19 games, including a seven-game streak of top polling.

Ogilvie becomes the sixth UWA player to win the Olympians’ Medal, joining Steve Hayward, Ric Charlesworth, Michael Nobbs, Tom Wickham and Chris Bausor.

While Ogilvie fell ill and could not accept the medal in person, he said it was a big privilege to win the Olympians' Medal.

"I was very shocked when I was told I was winning the Olympians' Medal," he said in a video message.

"I think the competition this year has been very strong, very tight and it's just been a fun competition to be a part of.

"I was very excited to play a full club season - I hadn't been able to do that for about 10 or 11 years."

Hale’s Liam Flynn continued his goal-scoring dominance, securing a record seventh Eric Pearce Men’s Top Goal Scorer award with 38 goals for the regular season.

Youth talent shone brightly with UWA’s Saysha Pillay winning the Rechelle Hawkes Women’s Youth Player of the Year award, and Westside Wolves’ Pat Andrew taking home the Paul Gaudoin Men’s Youth Player of the Year.

Pillay, a member of the 2025 Jillaroos and a rising Perth Thundersticks star, joins past UWA winners Angie Skirving and Pippa Morgan, while Andrew, who is set to represent the Burras at the Sultan of Johor Cup and is gearing up for his first season with the Thundersticks, becomes only the second Wolves player to win the award after Dane Gavranich in 2020.

North Coast Raiders’Monique Formilan was named Fairest & Best Women’s Goalkeeper, joining club alumni Carla Hunter and Ashlee Wells, while the Fairest & Best Men’s Goalkeeper award saw joint winners again.

Melville’s Hunter Banyard claimed his second title following his previous joint win in 2023, while Whitford’s Dom Cain earned his first.

North Coast Raiders’ Monique Formilan was named the Fairest & Best Women’s Goalkeeper, becoming the third player from club to win the award after Carla Hunter and Ashlee Wells.

This marks the third time the Fairest & Best Men’s Goalkeeper award has been shared, with previous occurrences in 2014 – Mike Smith & James Richardson, and 2023 – Banyard & Ben Rennie.

Victoria Park Xavier’s Katy Clarke was named the Premier Divison 2 Women’s Player of the Year following her solid season across 17 games, while Westside Wolves’ Ryan Armstrong-Boase earned the Premier Division 2 Men’s Player of the Year for his consistent performance across 21 games.

For the first time, the Hockey WA Annual Awards shined a spotlight on the incredible work of the Stiles Electrical Premier League’s dedicated officials with the inaugural Golden Whistle awards.

Casey Donaldson was named the Premier Division One Women’s Golden Whistle award winner, while Tom Keating claimed the Premier Division One Men’s Golden Whistle award.