Finalists for revived Gauteng School Sport Awards announced
The stage is now set for the School Sport Awards to be held this Friday, with the list of the finalists now made public.
The awards will be held under the theme celebrating Today’s Stars, Tomorrow’s Champions.
The Gauteng School Sport Awards are being reintroduced this year after they were last held in 2002. Moroka Swallows midfield maestro Lerato Chabangu was one of the winners at the last awards, he went on to play for several PSL teams and has represented the national football team.
Another noteworthy recipient of the award is long jump and triple jump star Khotso Mokoena, who was honoured as Secondary Sports Boy of the Year in 2002. Mokoena went on to win a Silver Medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing among several other international achievements.
Gauteng Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation MEC Lebogang Maile has endorsed the awards as an important mechanism to identify, recognise and honour developing talent, and to encourage youth at primary and secondary schools to participate in various sporting codes.
The finalists for the 2014 School Sport Awards are as follows:
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Coach of the year |
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Selwyn January |
Orchards |
Rugby |
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Nkosilathi Moyo |
Troyeville |
Volleyball |
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Tadhg Slattery |
Hope |
Aquatics |
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Technical official of the year |
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Magriet Bothma |
Roodepark |
Athletics |
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Susan Forsman |
Garsfontein |
Netball |
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John Mkhabela |
Isipho Sethu |
Basketball |
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Administrator of the year |
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Vicky Magu |
Chess |
Chess |
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Capson Mangoele |
Itireleng |
GSSA – ii |
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Di Wolley |
Florida |
Netball |
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Team of the year |
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Football CP Boys 19 |
Selected Team |
GSSA – PD |
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TableTennis Boys 18 |
Selected Team |
TableTennis |
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Volleyball Boys 13 |
Troyeville |
Volleyball |
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Primary school of the year |
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Skeen |
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Troyeville |
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Wierdapark |
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LSEN school of the year |
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Ekurhuleni School for the Deaf |
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Hope School |
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Isipho Sethu Special School |
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Secondary school of the year |
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Kempton Park |
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Prestige College |
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Rosina Sedibane |
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Code of the year |
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Chess |
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Netball |
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Volleyball |
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Primary school male athlete of the year |
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Marthinus Prinsloo |
Wierdapark |
Chess |
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Koketso Kekana |
Skeen |
Basketball |
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Dalane Dube |
Troyeville |
Volleyball |
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Primary school female athlete of the year |
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Mpho Seabi |
Diodi |
Football |
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Elani Smith |
Wierdapark |
Chess |
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Jamie-Leigh Venter |
Roodekrans |
Netball |
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LSEN School male athlete of the year |
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Silas Daniels |
Itireleng |
Athletics |
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Thulane Mabuza |
Hope |
Aquatics |
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Onkarabile Pheko |
Hope |
Basketball |
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LSEN School female athlete of the year |
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Mary Dzimba |
Isipho Sethu |
Athletics |
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Lethukuthula Nkosi |
Ekurhuleni School for the Deaf |
Football |
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Kedibone Mateya |
Kwa Thema |
Football |
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Secondary school male athlete of the year |
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Creel Chavalala |
Lenz Public |
Athletics |
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Ryan Coetzee |
Afrikaans Seuns |
Aquatics |
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Phakamani Mahlambi |
School of Excellence |
Football |
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Secondary school female athlete of the year |
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Lauren Bothma |
St Dunstans College |
Netball |
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Tebogo Mamathu |
Monument |
Athletics |
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Tshepang Tlale |
Prestige College |
Chess |
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The MEC has pledged to raise the Gauteng School Sport Awards into one of the major events of the year, consistent with the annual celebration of the province’s sporting excellence in the form of the Gauteng Sport Awards.
Members of the media are cordially invited to the awards ceremony as diarised below:
Event: Gauteng School Sport Awards
Date: Friday, 21 February 2014
Venue: Birchwood Hotel, Ekurhuleni
Time: 16h00
For media enquiries contact:
Nomazwe Ntlokwana
Cell: 083 507 8068
Tel: 011 355 2578
E-mail: nomazwen@gpg.gov.za
