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| Tšepang Sello leads the nominees for the inaugural Lesotho Annaul Sport Awards |
The final nominees for the first-ever
Lesotho Annual Sport Awards have been announced and middle distance runners
Tšepang Sello and Badboy Toka headline the finalists with three nominations
each.
Sello and Toka are followed by cyclists
Teboho Khantsi and Phetetso Monese, footballer Boitumelo Rabale, dancesport star
Itumeleng Maseatile and middle distance prodigy Manqabang Tsibela who have two
nominations each.
The Lesotho Annual Sport Awards will be
held on March 18 at Avani Maseru and the ACE-The Sufferfest Lesotho MTB teammates
Khantsi and Monese will go head-to-head for Sportsman of the Year along with
Toka while the Sportswoman accolade will be contested by Sello, Rabale and Maseatile.
The main prize of the ceremony will be
the Sports Star of the Year where five athletes have been nominated in a competitive
line-up.
The nominees include the 19 year-old
Sello who competed at the Rio Olympics last August. Sello is also nominated for
the Junior Female Sportsperson award.
Also nominated for the Sports Star of
the Year is Rabale who captained the Bloemfontein Celtic women’s side to the
national title in South Africa in 2016 and Monese who last year became the
first Lesotho cyclist to qualify for the Olympic Games.
The other nominees are Toka who won gold
in the 3000 and 5000 metres at the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5
Under-20 Games in Angola in December. Another strong contender is Tsibela who was
one of the stars of those Region 5 Games scooping two gold medals in the 1500
and 3000 metres. Tsibela also won gold in the 3000 metres at the COSSASA games
last May. Khantsi and Maseatile round out the nominees for the Sports Star of
the Year which will be voted for by the public. SMS lines are already open and
each SMS costs M2.
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| Historic Olympian, Phetetso Monese |
In other categories, surprise Vodacom
Premier League title contenders Kick4Life have been nominated for the Sports Team
of the Year alongside Bokamoso basketball club and the 2016 COSSASA Under-13
football team.
The National Federation of the Year award
will be contested by the Lesotho Cricket Association (LCA), Federation of
Dancesport Lesotho (FEDALE) and the Lesotho Basketball Association (LBA)
The Sports School of the Year is between
Lerotholi Polytechnic, Leqele Primary School and Leqele High School.
The nominees were announced on Wednesday
at the Lesotho Sport and Recreation Commission’s headquarters in Maseru.
Lesotho
Annual Sport Awards Nominees
Categories:
Junior
Female Sportsperson of the Year:
Matšeliso Toloane (Netball)
Tšepang Sello (Athletics)
Manqabang Tsibela (LEPSSA)
Junior
Male Sportsperson of the Year:
Ntai Sethunya (Dancesport)
Badboy Toka (Athletics)
Tšepang Sehlabi (Dancesport)
Sportsman
of the Year:
Teboho Khantsi (Cycling)
Toka Badboy (Athletics)
Phetetso Monese (Cycling)
Sportswoman
of the Year:
Boitumelo Rabale (Football)
Tšepang Sello (Athletics)
Itumeleng Maseatile (Dancesport)
Sportswoman
of the Year with Disability:
Lomile Makobane
Mpati Phakoe
Litšitso Khotlele
Sportsman
of the Year with Disability:
Khotso Mojaki
Bolae Lekoetje
Rethabile Mphou
Newcomer
of the Year:
Mahahapa Masilo (Basketball)
Tanki Mechele (Athletics)
Manqabang Tsibela (LEPSSA)
Administrator
of the Year:
Abiel Lekulo (Netball)
Thabo Ntsane (LEPSSA)
Sekhoane Moshabesha (Basketball)
Volunteer
of the Year:
Retšelisitsoe Goodman (‘Nelese Regional
Sport Development)
Fako Masupha (Lesotho Basketball
Association)
Moorosi Makhofola (Community Sports
Development)
National
Federation of the Year:
Lesotho Cricket Association (Cricket)
Federation of Dancesport Lesotho
(Dancesport)
Lesotho Basketball Association
(Basketball)
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| Bloemfontein Celtic captain Boitumelo Rabale |
Sports
School of the Year:
Lerotholi Polytechnic
Leqele Primary School
Leqele High School
Sports
Team of the Year:
COSSASA U13 Football Team (Lesotho
Primary School Sports Association)
Bokamoso Development Program (Lesotho
Basketball Association)
Kick4Life (Lesotho Football Association)
Coach
of the Year:
Selloane Tšoaeli (National Paralympic
Committee of Lesotho)
Sefali Sefali (Lesotho Primary School
Sports Association & LAAA)
Sibusiso Keketsi (Lesotho Basketball
Association)
Umpire/Referee
of the Year:
Chakatsa Lephole (Netball)
Moshoeshoe Molapo (Taekwondo)
Abiel Lekulo (Netball)
Sport
Legacy Award:
Chaplin Sechele (Pioneer - LABA)
Tšitso Marumo (Athlete)
Bishop Molatoli (Coach)
Nkalimeng Makhube (Pioneer - Women in
Sport Committee)
Pitso Mosothoane (Coach and
Administrator)
Limpho Mokhochane (Administrator)
Sports
Star of the Year:
Teboho Khantsi (Cycling)
Badboy Toka (Athletics)
Phetetso Monese (Cycling)
Boitumelo Rabale (Football)
Tšepang Sello (Athletics)
Itumeleng Maseatile (Dancesport)
The Sports Star of the Year will be
voted by the public and SMS lines are already open and each SMS costs M2. For
one vote, SMS the nominee’s code to 31019 and for 15 votes to 31012:
Sports
Star of the Year:
Teboho Khantsi SRY1
Badboy Toka SRY2
Phetetso Monese SRY3
Boitumelo Rabale SRY4
Tšepang Sello SRY5
Itumeleng Maseatile SRY6
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