title: Alan Weeks Trophy
text: # Alan Weeks Trophy
  
  The Alan Weeks Trophy is awarded to the Best British Defenceman in the British Ice Hockey Leagues as voted by Ice Hockey Journalists UK.
  
  The award is named after Alan Weeks who was a BBC Commentator for 45 years and Chairman of the Brighton Tigers ice hockey club from 1946 until 1965.
  
  The trophy was first awarded in 1989 when it was won by Paul Hand of the Murrayfield Racers.
  
  ## Past winners
  
  | Season | Winner | Team | League |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2009–10 | Jonathan Weaver | Coventry Blaze | EIHL |
  | 2008–09 | Jonathan Weaver | Coventry Blaze | EIHL |
  | 2007–08 | Jonathan Weaver | Coventry Blaze | EIHL |
  | 2006–07 | Jonathan Weaver | Newcastle Vipers | EIHL |
  | 2005–06 | Jonathan Weaver | Newcastle Vipers | EIHL |
  | 2004–05 | Danny Meyers | Bracknell Bees | BNL |
  | 2003–04 | Leigh Jamieson | Belfast Giants | EIHL |
  | 2002–03 | Neil Liddiard | Basingstoke Bison | BNL |
  | 2001–02 | Neil Liddiard | Basingstoke Bison | BNL |
  | 2000–01 | Paul Dixon | Guildford Flames | BNL |
  | 1999–00 | Stephen Cooper | Nottingham Panthers | BISL |
  | 1998–99 | Stephen Cooper | Newcastle Riverkings | BISL |
  | 1997–98 | Stephen Cooper | Manchester Storm | BISL |
  | 1996–97 | Jason Stone | Cardiff Devils | BISL |
  | 1995–96 | Stephen Cooper | Cardiff Devils | BHL |
  | 1994–95 | Graham Waghorn | Nottingham Panthers | BHL |
  | 1993–94 | Stephen Cooper | Cardiff Devils | BHL |
  | 1992–93 | Stephen Cooper | Cardiff Devils | BHL |
  | 1991–92 | Stephen Cooper | Durham Wasps | BHL |
  | 1990–91 | Stephen Cooper | Durham Wasps | BHL |
  | 1989–90 | Stephen Cooper | Cardiff Devils | BHL |
  | 1988–89 | Paul Hand | Murrayfield Racers | BHL |
  