122 nominees for annual awards

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The National, Monday 22nd April 2013

 By KYMLIE KARANI

THE 2013 SP Sports Awards nominations have ended with a massive response from the public seeing 122 nominees compared to last year’s 70.

The Sports Photo of the Year award collected the most with 18 nominees followed by Sport Team of the Year award with 13 nominees.

The extended deadline for the nomination process closed last Friday and the two extra weeks saw an inundation of nominations from the.

The organising committee said it was very happy with the response from the public.

“We are glad to see so many worthy members of PNG’s sporting community be recognised through this SP Sport Awards,” organising committee chairman, Andrew Lepani, pictured, said.

Lepani said the nominations would now be handed over to the selection panel for reviewing and they had the unenviable task of selecting the top three finalists for each of the categories and the eventual winner.

The nominations will be now collated and shared with the selection panel for deliberation before the announcement of the finalists on May 2. 

The organising committee announced the involvement of Security Services of Deloitte who have come on board this year to help in the selection process. The role of Deloitte will be one of oversight, similar to the role played by organisations with global awards like the Oscars and Grammys.

The winners of this year’s 21st SP Sports Awards will be announced on the presentation night on May 25. The guest speaker for the awards night will be named on Wed­nesday.