Caption: (L-R) Minister Tkatchenko, Assad Vala, Stan
Joyce
By MATTHEW VARI
Sunday, February 16, 2014 (Sunday Chronicle, PNG)
SOUTH
Pacific (SP) Brewery continued its affiliation with sports in the country with
the launch of the 22nd SP Sports Awards, held at the Brewkettle in
Port Moresby last week.
Present at
the launching was Minister for Sports Justin Tkatchenko, SP Brewery General
Manager (GM) Stan Joyce, and various sporting body heads and representative.
The launch
signaled the opening of nominations for the various awards categories that
will be awarded to sportsmen and women.
SP GM Stan
Joyce, emphasised the importance of rewarding sports men and women in the
country for their efforts in their various sporting codes to motivate them,
making special mention of media and its role in promoting the efforts of sports
people in the country.
“This
actually kicks off 22 years consecutively of the awards without fail we’ve come
together every year to recognise our elite athletes,” he said.
“The
continuity of these awards is due to the partnerships we’ve had with sporting
associations, in particular with our friends in the media.”
“Thank you
for your coverage and we recognise that with a category included in the awards
dedicated to rewarding the media.”
“Without the
media sports is not the same as people rely on you to get the information
across, they rely on you to interpret what is going on in the sporting world.”
This year’s
awards will see SP allocating a total prize money for the various awards at
K43,000 to recognise elite athletes.
Sports
Minister Justin Tkatchenko, thanked SP for its contribution to sports in the
country.
“It’s a pleasure
to be here once again to launch the sports awards for the twenty-second time,
which is a great legacy that SP is doing to recognise our sporting talents and
champions of PNG,” he said.
“This
couldn’t happen of course without SP Brewery and their sponsorship and the
other sponsors that come on board.”
“We have to
recognise sporting achievements in PNG and through the awards we are able to do
that by giving those hard working men and women the recognition they deserve.”
He added
that the continuation of the awards contributed to shining champions of
tomorrow- making them even bigger.
“It helps
makes them better than now as we look forward to them shining in the Pacific
Games in 2015 which will be a fantastic year.”
“This
country can produce absolutely wonderful talent. It all comes to
administration, finance, backing, and support.”
“It will be
interesting to see who our winners will be this year.”
2013 SP
Sports Awards Male Athlete of the Year Assad
Vala, gave his testament of what the awards mean to sporting men and women in
the country.
“I’ve been
lucky enough to experience a couple of significant highlights in my cricketing
career playing against some of the best cricketers around, but I must say the
2013 awards was one of my biggest highlights.”
“The sports
awards are truly appreciated and so I would like to encourage everyone out
there to nominate now.”
“I’d like
to thank the PNG public for getting behind their sporting
heroes and supporting this wonderful event- also SP Brewery, and other support
sponsors for their continued support.
The awards
will take place on May 24 at the crown plaza- with the forms to nominate
various sporting persons available at the SP Brewery Office in Gordon, PNG
Olympic Committee Office, in the newspapers, and the PNG Olympic Committee
Website.
Supporting
sponsors of the event include Air Niugini, City Pharmacy, Crown Plaza, EMTV,
FM100, Theodist, Post Courier and Grafiti Signs.
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