CAPTAIN JANINE THOMAS

Captain Janine Thomas had a fantastic surprise at the start of the 2006/07 Season by hearing that she had won the South Wales League Player`s Player of the Year 2005/2006 beating off stiff competition from all the other divisional winners including Welsh Internationals past and present. Janine is the Captain of Dowlais Ladies Hockey Club this forthcoming season and is an inspirational member of the team who started her hockey career with the club founded by one of the coaching team Linda Treharne. Due to International success Janine transfered to Swansea Ladies Hockey Club at a young age to improve her game with a team in a higher devision and after many years of success for her country has returned to Dowlais her local side based in Merthyr Tydfil.
Last season Dowlais had achieved their best success to date when they won devision 1 of the South Wales Hockey League and were promoted to the Premiership 2 devision.