School sport awards to honour excellence
JOBURG - Gauteng government wants to re-mntroduce the School Sport Awards as part of its efforts to reignite a sporting culture in schools.
Gauteng Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation MEC Lebogang Maile has promised to make sure that excellence in school sports is properly recognised with the re-establishment of the Gauteng School Sport Awards.
The awards will be launched on 9 December at Wits University, in co-operation with the Gauteng Department of Education. The provincial school sport awards were last held in 2002. “In line with our renewed commitment to school sport in general, these awards will be used as a tool to promote, reward and celebrate excellence at school sport level. Some of our celebrated champion athletes such as Olympians Chad Le Clos, Khotso Mokoena and Cameron van der Burg; footballers Siphiwe Tshabalala, Senzo Meyiwa and others; as well as wheelchair tennis star Lucas Sithole, are among the abundant talent that started shining from school level, and are an example of the future stars that the awards will seek to honour and recognise in schools.”
At the launch, Maile is expected to brief media and introduce the categories to be awarded as well as the nomination procedure, which will include awards for both primary and secondary school levels.
Nominations for the School Sport Awards will open on the day of the launch and close on 24 January next year. Finalists will be announced on 7 February, with the main awards event scheduled for 21 February.
