Border Rugby women’s captain in the mix for sportswoman of the year.
IT’S SA Sports Awards time again – razzmatazz, a host of sports stars and some gobsmacking oversights.
Daryl Impey is the only South African to have ever worn the coveted yellow jersey at the Tour de France, but his feat paled into insignificance at the nominations announcement in Midrand yesterday.
The cyclist was one of a few high-octane omissions when the finalists were announced at a breakfast function broadcast live on SABC.
Make no mistake, there are several deserving nominations for the awards ceremony that will be held at Sun City on November 17.
Chad le Clos, who won a rare 100m and 200m butterfly double at the world championships in Barcelona, is one of five contenders for the Sports Star trophy, the only award that is voted for by the public.
Le Clos is up against cricket star Hashim Amla, Bafana Bafana captain Itumeleng Khune, disabled tennis player Lucas Sithole and athlete Mapaseka Makhanya.
Khune and Amla are also in the Sportsman of the Year category, up against world champion swimmer Cameron van der Burgh; and Makhanya faces off against golfer Lee-Anne Pace and Springbok Women’s rugby captain Mandisa Williams for Sportswoman of the Year.
The Border stalwart, Williams, led the the national side to qualify for the IRB Women’s World Cup in France next year with a 63-3 thrashing of Uganda in their once-off qualifier in East London recently.
Williams also largely contributed to Border winning their first ever Women’s Inter Provincial title this season.
Sithole is also vying for Sportsman of the Year with a Disability against distance racer Ernst van Dyk and visually impaired athlete Hilton Langenhoven.
Graham Hill, mentor of Le Clos, gets a second crack at Coach of the Year after losing out to Banyana’s Joseph Mkhonza last year. His rivals are Heyneke Meyer of the Springboks and Holger Losch (tennis).
Team of the Year will be contested by the Proteas, the Springboks and Kaizer Chiefs.
And Tiso Blackstar’s Ramatsiyi Moholoa is in the running for Journalist of the Year, against Jonathan Cook and Cheryl Roberts.
But organisers failed to nominate Impey and mountain biker Greg Minnaar, the reigning downhill racing world champion.
Johan Cronje, who won SA’s only medal at the world athletics championships in Moscow, and broke the national 1500m record twice this year, was also unable to get a look-in.
For the R65-million that has been budgeted for these awards, you would think they might have got it absolutely right.
SA sport stars nominated
IT’S SA Sports Awards time again – razzmatazz, a host of sports stars and some gobsmacking oversights.
Daryl Impey is the only South African to have ever worn the coveted yellow jersey at the Tour de France, but his feat paled into insignificance at the nominations announcement in Midrand yesterday.
The cyclist was one of a few high-octane omissions when the finalists were announced at a breakfast function broadcast live on SABC.
Make no mistake, there are several deserving nominations for the awards ceremony that will be held at Sun City on November 17.
Chad le Clos, who won a rare 100m and 200m butterfly double at the world championships in Barcelona, is one of five contenders for the Sports Star trophy, the only award that is voted for by the public.
Le Clos is up against cricket star Hashim Amla, Bafana Bafana captain Itumeleng Khune, disabled tennis player Lucas Sithole and athlete Mapaseka Makhanya.
Khune and Amla are also in the Sportsman of the Year category, up against world champion swimmer Cameron van der Burgh; and Makhanya faces off against golfer Lee-Anne Pace and Springbok Women’s rugby captain Mandisa Williams for Sportswoman of the Year.
The Border stalwart, Williams, led the the national side to qualify for the IRB Women’s World Cup in France next year with a 63-3 thrashing of Uganda in their once-off qualifier in East London recently.
Williams also largely contributed to Border winning their first ever Women’s Inter Provincial title this season.
Sithole is also vying for Sportsman of the Year with a Disability against distance racer Ernst van Dyk and visually impaired athlete Hilton Langenhoven.
Graham Hill, mentor of Le Clos, gets a second crack at Coach of the Year after losing out to Banyana’s Joseph Mkhonza last year. His rivals are Heyneke Meyer of the Springboks and Holger Losch (tennis).
Team of the Year will be contested by the Proteas, the Springboks and Kaizer Chiefs.
And Tiso Blackstar’s Ramatsiyi Moholoa is in the running for Journalist of the Year, against Jonathan Cook and Cheryl Roberts.
But organisers failed to nominate Impey and mountain biker Greg Minnaar, the reigning downhill racing world champion.
Johan Cronje, who won SA’s only medal at the world athletics championships in Moscow, and broke the national 1500m record twice this year, was also unable to get a look-in.
For the R65-million that has been budgeted for these awards, you would think they might have got it absolutely right.
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