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Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Sports Reporter
THE 2016 Annual National Sports Awards have been postponed to next month due to “tight schedules” of some of the guests that had been invited.

However, indications are that the African Union Sports Council Region Five Under-20 Games that start in Angola next week could have been the main reason.

The awards, meant to honour and celebrate outstanding achievements by the sports persons in terms of the SRC Act Chapter 25:15 of 1991 (section 19P), were initially slotted for December 14 in the capital but will                                                                                                                                  now be held on January 20, 2017, according to a communiqué released by the Sports and Recreation Commission communications officer Tirivashe Nheweyembwa.

“The postponement was necessitated by a number of reasons such as the non availability of some of the guests that were targeted to grace the occasion and most of the National Sport Associations had indicated that their athletes and officials were not going to be available during the initially set date.

After consulting with the stakeholders involved with the organisation of the ANSA ceremony, we decided to defer the hosting of the ceremony from 14 December 2016 to 20 January 2017 in Harare,” reads the communique.

According to the SRC director of business development and marketing Daniel Kuwengwa all the other preparations and processes remain unchanged apart from the unveiling of the nominees which will now take place on January 13 next year.

“On behalf of the SRC board management and staff I would like to thank all stakeholders especially Delta Corporation for their understanding and hopefully the ceremony will be a huge success”, Kuwengwa said.

World Boxing Council international welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi is the reigning Zimbabwe Sports Person of the Year.

The full list of 2015 winners

1. Junior Sports Woman of the Year

Rebekah Oberholzer — BMX (Gold)

Daniella Cara Du Toit — Rowing (Silver)

Enrita Ncube — Athletics (Bronze)

2. Junior Sportsman of the Year

Kyle Cameron Hinde — Rowing (Gold)

Drew Michael Williams — Triathlon (Silver)

Raphael Mukondiwa — Karate (Bronze)

3. Junior Sports Woman of the Year with a Disability

Patricia Bhebhe — Athletics (Gold)

Ashley Matanhire — Athletics (Silver)

Talent Kasera — Athletics (Bronze)

4. Junior Sportsman of the Year with a Disability

Munyaradzi Musariri — Golf (Gold)

Lovemore Chimufombo — Athletics (Silver)

Batanayi Muroyiwa — Athletics (Bronze)

5. Sports Woman of the Year

Cara Black — Tennis (Gold)

Yollander Mubaiwa — Golf (Silver)

Rutendo Nyahora — Athletics (Bronze)

6. Sports Man of the Year

Charles Manyuchi — Boxing (Gold)

Scott Vincent — Golf (Silver)

Winston Nyanhete — Karate (Bronze)

7. Sports Woman of the year with a Disability

Thandiwe Ndlovu — Wheelchair Racing (Gold)

Margret Bangajena — Wheelchair Racing (Silver)

Magadaline Madzivire — Wheelchair Racing (Bronze)

8. Sportsman of the year with a Disability

Viren Mehta — Golf (Gold)

Elford Moyo — Wheelchair Racing (Silver)

Samson Muroyiwa — Wheelchair Racing (Bronze)

9. Junior Sports person of the Year

Rebekah Oberholzer — BMX

10. Sports Person of the Year

Charles Manyuchi — (Boxing)

11. Team of the year

Zimbabwe Davis Cup Team — Tennis

12. Coach of the Year

Tshuma Philip — Junior Golf Team

13. Technical Official of the Year

Rick Fulton — (Gold)

Muchenu — (Silver)

Patrick Mukondiwa — (bronze)

14. Sports Administration of the Year

Zimbabwe Karate Union

15. Sport Development of the Year

National Darts Association of Zimbabwe

16. Women in Sport Award

Joanne Lyn Swanepoel — Rowing

17. Special Acknowledgement Award

17.1 Provincial

Raji Modi

Glo Petroleum

17.2 National

Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ)

NetOne,

Dairiboard Zimbabwe

Nestle Zimbabwe.

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