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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR NORTH WEST SPORTS AWARDS

 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR NORTH WEST SPORTS AWARDS


The North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation (Acsr) has made a call for nominations for the North West Sports Awards. The nominations close on February 13 (18:00).

The annual North West Sports Awards have been created to recognise and honour individuals and teams who have excelled both on and off the field. The period covered for the current nominations is from April 1 to December 31, 2022.

The awards are organised by the Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation and the North West Sports Confederation.

“The Provincial Sports Awards are a national mandate and we are recognising sports men and women for their efforts in keeping the passion  for sport alive in the hearts of the millions in the province,” said Acsr spokesperson, Shuping Sebolecwe.

The 16 categories cut across the sports and recreation codes from all the districts of the province, namely Bojanala, Ngaka Modiri Molema, Dr Kenneth Kaunda, and Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati.

The categories include MEC’s Award and Premier’s Awards.

The Awards recognize males and females, people with disabilities, provincial, national, international participants, provicial federations, recreation bodies, schools, indigenous games groups, sports legends and community sport builders.

The Sports Awards Categories are:

·         Sports Star of the year

·         Sportsman of the year

·         Sportswoman of the year

·         Sports Team of the Year

·         Sports Volunteer of the Year

·         Rural School Team of the Year

·         Indigenous Games Team of the Year

·         Technical Official of the Year

·         Community-based Sport and Recreaction Programme of the year

·         Journalist of the Year(Print and Electronic Media Personnel)

·         Sports Administrator of the Year

·         Sportsman of the Year with Disability

·         Sportswoman of the Year with a Disability

·         Young Athlete of the year

·         School Team of the Year

·         Provincial Federation of the Year

Nomination forms and the rule book are available from the Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation social media platforms for download : Facebook page (North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation), Twitter and Instagram pages ( @ArtsSportNwpg). Hard copies are also available in all the Acsr Department Offices (Head Office and Service Points across the Province).

All the nominations must be submitted to nwsportsawards@mca-auditors.com

For more information please contact: Mr Thebe Sekoto Chairperson of the NW Sport Confederation at 079 430 5883/ thebesekoto@gmail.com

 

For Media Enquiries Contact:

Mr Shuping Sebolecwe

Director Communication and Marketing

Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation

ssebolecwe@nwpg.gov.za

083 302 6318/ 018 388 2763

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