Hail, queens Limba and Helalia
Namibian Sun sport reporter Limba Mupetami won the Namibian sports journalist of the year award ahead of The Namibian's Sheefeni Nicodemus and Nampa's Herson Kapanga.
ADOLF KAURE
Namibia's top athletes were celebrated as they gathered for the 2018 Namibia Sports Awards held on Saturday at the Dome in Swakopmund.
Helalia Johannes won the MTC sportswoman of the year award for a second successive year. The marathon runner fended off competition from indoor hockey player Magreth Mengo and water-skier Natasha Rottcher for the prize. Johannes was jubilant. “I am feeling so excited and the joy is just flowing. I have been working so hard because I was lacking something that I wanted. Today I got it and I am so very happy. “I dedicate this victory to my family, my training partners and to my coach. This is a trophy for my family because they are always behind and they always support me. I cannot do it alone,” said Johannes. The MTC sportsman of the year award was won by boxer Jonas Junias Jonas. Jonas, who won a gold medal for Namibia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Australia, got the prize ahead of cyclist Tristan de Lange and golfer Likius Nande. Nande scooped the night's most coveted award, the MTC sports star of the year, though.
“I want to thank God for winning this award. I have prayed and fasted for this award. I would also like to thank my fellow nominees for giving me being such tough competition as well as for the editorial team of the Namibian Sun, Festus Nakatana and Ashley Smith, for never being satisfied with my first drafted story. Thank you for pushing me to be the journalist I have now become,” said Mupetami.
The rest of the winners on the night were as follows:
NamPower sportsman with a disability – Ananias Shikongo
NamPower sportswoman with a disability – Lahja Ishitile, Sylvia Shivolo and Johanna Benson
MTC junior sportsman of the year – Lance Potgieter
MTC junior sportswoman of the year – Carane van Zyl
Tafel Lager team of the year – rugby senior team
NamPower junior sportsman with a disability – Alfredo Bernado
NamPower junior sportswoman with a disability – Beata Hausiku
Standard Bank development programme of the year – Kids on the Bike
NAMDIA coach of the year – Tobias Nashilongo
Umpire/Referee of the year – Patrick Esterhuizen
Namibia Sports Commission sports excellence – Albertus Tsamaseb
Lifetime achievement awards – Rusten Mogane, Isaak Kahatjipara, Hannes von Holtz, Leonard Martin
and Calle Scheifer
Namibia's top athletes were celebrated as they gathered for the 2018 Namibia Sports Awards held on Saturday at the Dome in Swakopmund.
Helalia Johannes won the MTC sportswoman of the year award for a second successive year. The marathon runner fended off competition from indoor hockey player Magreth Mengo and water-skier Natasha Rottcher for the prize. Johannes was jubilant. “I am feeling so excited and the joy is just flowing. I have been working so hard because I was lacking something that I wanted. Today I got it and I am so very happy. “I dedicate this victory to my family, my training partners and to my coach. This is a trophy for my family because they are always behind and they always support me. I cannot do it alone,” said Johannes. The MTC sportsman of the year award was won by boxer Jonas Junias Jonas. Jonas, who won a gold medal for Namibia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Australia, got the prize ahead of cyclist Tristan de Lange and golfer Likius Nande. Nande scooped the night's most coveted award, the MTC sports star of the year, though.
“I want to thank God for winning this award. I have prayed and fasted for this award. I would also like to thank my fellow nominees for giving me being such tough competition as well as for the editorial team of the Namibian Sun, Festus Nakatana and Ashley Smith, for never being satisfied with my first drafted story. Thank you for pushing me to be the journalist I have now become,” said Mupetami.
The rest of the winners on the night were as follows:
NamPower sportsman with a disability – Ananias Shikongo
NamPower sportswoman with a disability – Lahja Ishitile, Sylvia Shivolo and Johanna Benson
MTC junior sportsman of the year – Lance Potgieter
MTC junior sportswoman of the year – Carane van Zyl
Tafel Lager team of the year – rugby senior team
NamPower junior sportsman with a disability – Alfredo Bernado
NamPower junior sportswoman with a disability – Beata Hausiku
Standard Bank development programme of the year – Kids on the Bike
NAMDIA coach of the year – Tobias Nashilongo
Umpire/Referee of the year – Patrick Esterhuizen
Namibia Sports Commission sports excellence – Albertus Tsamaseb
Lifetime achievement awards – Rusten Mogane, Isaak Kahatjipara, Hannes von Holtz, Leonard Martin
and Calle Scheifer
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