THE Gauteng MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Lebogang Maile, announced the finalists of the Gauteng Sport Awards at a glittering star studded event in Sandton tonight, setting the tone for the forthcoming glamorous ceremony to honour Gauteng’s sporting stars at the end of this month.
MEC Maile presented a diverse list of accomplished sport personalities in the 14 of the 15 categories, including the prestigious Sport Personality of the Year category, which will be voted for by the public.
The MEC also announced National Lotteries, Emperors Palace and Ekurhuleni municipality as the sponsors who have put their weight behind this year’s edition of the awards which will reward excellence from 1 January to 31 December 2012.
“The journey to celebrating our sporting icons is reaching its peak, we would like to congratulate all the sportsmen and women who have been selected, all finalist are great achievers in their own right and are already winners by making it this far. We also thank the adjudication panel for the good work they have done during the adjudication process which dealt with more than one hundred and ninety nominations,” said MEC Maile.
The Gauteng Sports Awards will be held at the Emperors Palace on the 29th of June 2013 and will be broadcast live on SABC 1 from 8pm to 10pm.
Finalists were announced as follows:
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Coach of the Year |
Paul Geoffrey Neville Jackson Roger James Barrow Igor Evgenevich Omeltchenko |
Rowing Rowing Aquatics |
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Technical Official of the Year |
Charmaine Glynis Ho John Wright Michelle Joubert |
Archery Hockey Hockey |
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Sport Man of the Year |
Cameron van der Burgh Theunis De Bruin Tertius Loots |
Aquatics Korfball Archery |
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Sport Fan of the Year |
Thulani Ngcobo Constance Pinky Moseme Itumelemg Mashele |
Soccer Soccer Soccer |
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Team of the Year |
The Golden Four Gauteng North Lifesaving Team
Bizhub Highveld Lions |
Rowing Aquatics
Cricket |
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Sport Woman of the Year |
Caster Semenya Bridget Hartley Bonakele Sibiya |
Athletics Canoeing Rugby |
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CATEGORY |
FINALISTS |
SPORTING CODE |
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Most Promising Player |
Danelle Wentzel Kirsten Beckett Dylan Compton |
Archery Gymnastics Ice Hockey |
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Disabled Sport Woman of the Year |
Kgothatso Montjane
Bonita Blankenberg
Masego Goodness Mokhine |
Wheelchair Tennis
Motorsport
Wheelchair Basketball |
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Disabled Sport Team of the Year |
Gauteng North Wheelchair Basketball South African Wheelchair Rugby Kwa Tema Disability Sports Club |
Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair Rugby
Athletics |
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Sports Personality of the Year |
Cameron van der Burgh Caster Semenya Samkelo Radebe |
Aquatics Athletics Athletics |
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Administrator of the Year |
Anna Addinall Karen Losh Fran Hilton Smith |
Wrestling Wheelchair Tennis Women Football |
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Disabled Sport Man of the Year |
Lucas Sithole Andrea Dalle Ave Tadgh George Slattery |
Wheelchair Basketball Athletics Aquatics |
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Most Promising Team of the Year |
AmaTuks Vodacom Blue Bulls U21 Team FNB UP- Tuks 1 |
Football Rugby Rugby |
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Journalist of the Year |
Kwena Moabelo Kgomotso Sethusha Zacharia Nale |
SABC Sport Times Media Sedibeng Ster |