Pretoria is often called the City of Champions and last week’s second annual Tshwane Women in Sports Awards, hosted by the Tshwane Sports Confederation (TSC), proved that this statement is no perception.

The event was held in celebration of the remarkable achievements and unmatched potential of women and girls in sport within the boundaries of the Tshwane Metro for the period 01 August 2020 to 31 August 2021.

Winston Meyer, President of the TSC, said women in Tshwane play a leading and critical role within sports federations, NGOs and NPOs at all levels, from grassroots to elite professional level.

Meyer emphasized that with the awards to the women involved in the administration, coaching and development of sports, the TSC wants to recognize their selfless sacrifices to enrich the lives of others through sport.

Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker was named Sportswoman of the Year. The Gauteng Jaguars Netball team was named Sports Team of the Year. The award as Sportswoman of the Year with a disability went to athlete Simone Kruger and another athlete, schoolgirl Precious Molepo, was named Most Promising Athlete of the Year.

The award as School Sport Athlete of the Year was allocated to TuksSchool pupil, Viwe Jingqi.

The Most Promising Team of the Year is Tuks’ second Netball team, while the accolade for best Community Sport and Recreation Programme is shared by Altus Sport and the Faith & Hope Foundation.

The athletics coach, Irma Reyneke, was named Coach of the Year for an Individual Sport, while netball legend, Jenny van Dyk, is the Coach of the Year for a Team Sport.

International hockey referee, Michelle Joubert, was named Technical Official of the Year, Blue Bulls marketing official, Dannel Kruger, is Administrator of the Year and Zeldine Fourie is the Sports Journalist of the Year.

Well known hockey administrator, Kokkie Sieling, is the Sports Personality of the Year and Spar was named Sponsor of the Year. Dimakatso Mathebe got the accolade as Volunteer of the Year.

A special presidential award for outstanding sports administrators was also made to seven different women, one of whom was awarded a posthumous. It was awarded to the netball legend, Lynnette Ferreira, who passed away a few days before the awards night.

Other recipients of the presidential award were Helen van der Walt (gymnastics), Kokkie Sieling (hockey), Rosina Sibande (athlete and legendary sports administrator), Riana Bezuidenhout (Netball), Faith Sibeko (sports administrator) and Linda de Jager (swimming).

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