Gauteng Women in Sports Awards creates role models in communities
The awards were established in 2018 in Ekurhuleni and have since expanded to various districts in Gauteng.
The previous winners of the Gauteng Women in Sports Awards. Picture:Futballing Girls NPO.
JOHANNESBURG – It is time for Gauteng Women in Sports Awards - which present you with an opportunity to nominate your favourites.
The categories include but are not limited to the coach of the year, sportswoman of the year with disability, sports journalist of the year, team of the year and administrator of the year.
Nominations opened on 1 August and will close on 31 August.
Futballing Girls NPO - which is behind the awards seeks to celebrate the hard work of all in the sporting community.
“Recognition plays such a huge role in motivation and inspiration. With our awards we want to create awareness and role models in communities for female sport over and above the recognition,” said Futballing Girls founder, Moonira Ramathula.
The awards were established in 2018, in Ekurhuleni and have since expanded to various districts in Gauteng.
These include West Rand, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, Tshwane and Sedibeng.
According to Ramathula the ceremony grew to all five regions in the province by January 2021 and eventually materialised into the first provincial awards in March 2021.
"We have had over 1800 nominations, to date, since inception. From the awards, we have had the opportunity to develop a SETA-accredited leadership training course for finalists in our administrator abs volunteer categories," she said.
"We have also implanted other workshops for women in sport including personal branding workshops for athletes,” added Ramathula.
Futballing Girls has partnered with Vision View for this year's installment of the awards ceremony.
The latter will provide the coverage of the awards on its platform.
This collaboration is also a gateway to recognise and highlight career options for young women who are passionate about sport in Gauteng, said Ramathula.
The career opportunities include women behind the scenes in the media space, producers, camera woman, videographers, engineers and photographers.
"It’s also a way to identify these talents within the communities."
Ramathula has continually been vocal about the importance of gender equality in sports emphasising that the federations must have equal opportunities and equal pay in competitions.
“Our awards are deeply rooted within the communities, as we believe girls are better inspired by someone from their own community, and we use our awards to encourage girls to participate in sports this takes them away from the social ills that plague our communities."
She added that they hoped to address the stereotypes associated with girls partaking in sports.
The categories include: 1. Coach of the year 2. Administrator of the year 3. Technical of the year 4. Team of the year 5. School sport athlete of the year 6. School team of the year 7. Sportswoman of the year with disability 8. Sportswoman of the year 9. School sportswoman of the year with disability 10. Sponsor of the year 11. Vision view media official of the year 12. Volunteer of the year 13. Sports radio presenter of the year 14. Sports journalist of the year 15. Project of the year (NPO/NPC/NGO)