A HOCKEY umpire and the editor of a financial magazine were among Buckinghamshire residents rewarded in the Queen's birthday honours list.

Janet Walford, 60, from Maplefield Lane, Little Chalfont, has been editor of Money Management magazine for 20 years. She was given an OBE for services to journalism and the financial services.

Mrs Walford said she planned to receive her award at Buckingham Palace with her husband John Harrison and her mum.

She said: "Someone had said they would put me up for it, but I assumed nothing would happen because people in my role don't normally get these things. I was blown away.

"I find everything about financial industry incredibly fascinating and I like to get under the skin and understand it."

Philip Pimlott, 50, who lives in Beech Avenue, Lane End, was given an MBE for services to the NHS. The father-of-three, Scott, 12, Emily, nine and Luke, seven, is Berkshire divisional director of emergency services for the South Central Ambulance NHS Trust. He has worked his way up after joining the Royal Berkshire Ambulance Trust 21 years ago.

He said: "It came out of the blue really, I haven't got a clue who nominated me. I worked my way up to operations director in Berkshire, but I also have responsibility for the fleet for the whole of the area which is quite large.

"My family are over the moon and all my children want to do is meet the Queen."

Umpire Jean Hawes, who has lived in High Wycombe all her life, has been awarded the MBE for her services to hockey.

The 75-year-old has served Wycombe Rye Ladies Hockey Club for 59 years since joining as a player in 1948.

She said: "You don't do these things for the awards but it was a very nice surprise when the letter came."

She joined the club as a teenager and only quit playing when she was 58. She is now treasurer, president and an umpire for the club's third team.

Other Bucks residents who received honours included Dr Heather Couper, from Loosely Row, who received a CBE for services to science.

Dr Michael Rogers was awarded an MBE for services to disabled people. Dr Rogers, who lives in Aylesbury, is a spinal injuries research advisor at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

Former Hughenden Valley parish and district councillor Cliff Prout was given an MBE for services to the environment and Brenda Wickham, 82, from Chalfont St Peter, received an MBE for her work on public rights of way.

Martin Stokoe, from Princes Risborough, got an MBE for services to the NHS.