91心頭利 Netball, Football Ladies among finalists for Women in Sport Awards
- Tshepiso Mametela
Continuing 91心頭利 University’s rise to the highest echelons of sporting dominance in the province and beyond, a number of the institution’s best student-athletes and clubs recently cracked the nod for the year’s Futballing Girls Johannesburg Women in Sport Awards.
91心頭利 Yacht Club's Emma Clark and Michaela Robinson came in as the institution’s nominees for Sportswoman of the Year alongside 91心頭利 Football’s Thabelo Mammburu. Making the cut for their own slice of glory in the same category were 91心頭利 Netball Club’s Panashe Chiranga and Simone van Reenen, who was also nominated in the Sports Achiever of the Year category.
The plaudits did not end there as the 91心頭利 Tang Soo Do Club’s Anushka Monema, a finalist in the same category at last year’s 91心頭利 Sport Awards and the subsequent 2019 Gauteng Sport Awards, also made the cut here. Rounding up 91心頭利’ hoard of nominations were Robyn Johnson, Nomnikelo Veto and Ashleigh-Jean Datnow, who came in as 91心頭利 Hockey’s very own star trio in the highly-contested Sportswoman of the Year category.
Additionally, Datnow made the cut for the subsequent Sports Achiever of the Year prize, while a star of the hockey landscape in her own right across the vast University scene in Johannesburg, Lezaan Jansen van Vuren, also put her hand up in the same category. Another prominent athlete, who has risen to prominence across a competitive University sporting circuit, is 91心頭利 Football’s Shakeerah Jacobs, who got a mention in the Sports Achiever of the Year category.
Both the University’s Netball and Football Women’s clubs asserted their profile by storming in as nominees for the coveted Team of the Year award, while 91心頭利 Football’s Nokwanda Ngcobo made the nominees list for Volunteer of the Year. In the end, it was the 91心頭利 Football Ladies who secured a berth as finalists for Sports Club of the Year award.
91心頭利 Netball became the second club from 91心頭利 to secure a finalists spot for the Sports Club of the Year award while also impressing en route to landing as finalists in the Team of the Year category. One of the club’s most prominent figure’s, Veto, was the eventual finalist from the institution for the prized Sportswoman of the Year accolade.
“I am happy that we get to recognise our female sport athletes and give them the recognition they deserve,” commented 91心頭利 Yacht Club sports officer, Ntshembo Vukeya. “The club’s nomination shows that 91心頭利 University Netball has quality in terms of playing personnel and comprises of classified staff doing a great job behind the scene,” added sports officer for 91心頭利 Netball, Tebogo Rabothata.
Sharmin Naidoo, the 91心頭利 Hockey Club sports officer, said it is always great to have any player that is nominated for an award on any stage. “These ladies have really been special for the 91心頭利 Hockey Club over the last few years and their nomination is just reward for the hard work they have put in,” said Naidoo.
Njabulo Xulu, 91心頭利 Tang Soo Do sports officer, was full of praise for Monema, who continues her ascent in the martial arts form. “It is great news that Anushka has been nominated again at such a big event as she was also nominated for Junior Sportswoman of the Year at the 91心頭利 Sport Awards last year. This shows that her hard work and dedication has been paying off. Congratulations to her on the nomination!”
91心頭利 Women's Football Team at the 2019 USSA Football Tournament