The University of Johannesburg (UJ) gave recognition to the sports stars at their annual sports gala award ceremony
The ceremony, hosted at the Johannesburg Country Club, was a night of glitz, glamour and recognition of sports excellence.
The keynote speaker was Paralympic gold medalist, Samkelo Radebe, who shared the story of how he became an amputee and how it did not hold him back from being a star on and off the athletics track.
He reminded all those nominated that whether they won anything or not, they are successful as they have performed to the best of their abilities.
Here is the full list of winners on the night:
Sportswomen’s awards:
Gold – Alexa Pienaar, Squash
Silver – Thato Letsoso, Football
Bronze – Patience Ntshingila, Athletics
Sportsmen’s awards:
Gold – Ruswahl Dean Samaai, Athletics
Silver – Andrea Dalle Ave, SSD Athletics
Bronze –Brynn Cleak, Hockey and Sheldon Thomas, Para-Athletics
Student-athletes of the year awards:
Gold – Alexa Pienaar
Silver – Kyle Maree, Squash
Bronze – Anel Oosthuizen, Racewalking and Wian Conradie, Rugby
Club sportspersons of the year awards:
Gold – Kyle Blignaut, Shotput/Discuss
Silver – Morne Brendon, Athletics
Bronze – Alyssa Conley, Athletics
Age category sportswomen’s awards:
Gold – Kristen Paton, Hockey
Silver – Phia Gerber, Hockey
Bronze – Jennifer Preece, Squash
Age category sportsmen’s awards:
Gold – Tyson Dlungwana, Hockey
Silver – Willem Massyn, Rugby
Bronze – Reinhart Nothnagel, Rugby
Coaches commendations:
Garreth Ewing, Hockey
Jabulile Baloyi, Football
Karabo Mogudi, Football
Mike Bester, Squash
Nqobile Gama, Media
Pierre Blignaut, Athletics
Reneliwe Aphane, Athletics
Club commendations, in recognition of their success this year:
UJ Hockey club
UJ Rowing club
FNB UJ Rugby club
UJ Squash club
Tweets from the awards
https://twitter.com/andileworking/status/918531589298118657
Ruswahl Dean Samaai, Sportsman of the Year
https://twitter.com/andileworking/status/918564773402423299
Alexa Pienaar, Sportswoman of the year
https://twitter.com/andileworking/status/918564226976841728
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