Local tennis official wins top award again
Pretoria’s Mpho Makhoba won the Gauteng Sports Awards title as Technical Official of the Year for a second year in a row.
For Attridgeville resident, Mpho Makhoba, winning the coveted 2016 Gauteng Sports Awards Technical Official of the year is a true honour.
The softly spoken yet firm and decisive Makhoba, who is the Assistant Officiating Manager at Tennis South Africa (TSA), has certainly made her mark in tennis circles, not only in the country but the continent.
Makhoba recently became the first African female to be awarded a silver officiating badge by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) as Chief of Umpires.
“It’s nice to know that people are noticing what you are doing and appreciate your work. Winning this award for the second time means a lot to me. It gives me the drive to want to do more and share the experience I have accumulated over the past years with other officials,” said Makhoba.
“I love tennis with all my heart and to be able to help put tennis out there to the nation humbles me” she added.
The glamorous Gauteng Sports Awards ceremony, which were held at Tsogo Sun’s Silverstar Casino in Mogale City last Sunday evening, were hosted by the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation. The awards is a bid to reward the Province’s sports stars, technical officials and administrators for their efforts in keeping the passion of sport alive in the hearts of millions of South Africans through their efforts in local and international sports events. The main aim is to recognise and honour individuals and teams who have excelled both on and off the field on an annual basis which will culminate to the National Awards.
Makhoba was selected for the second year running for the award by the judges, which was compiled out of all the countries top referees and umpires. She competed with technical official nominees from different sports codes who, through their sustainable high standards of officiating, have rendered services at a national and international level.
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