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Fans Hail Investec SA in Bumper Weekend

By on 11 February, 2013 in Canoeing, Cricket, gsport, Hockey, Newsroom, Surfing, Surfski, Swimming

It was a bumper weekend of international sport in SA, read on to catch up on all the SA women’s sport action published on gsport over the weekend.

Muditambi "Thambi" Ravele emphasises the work required to promote women's sport during her acceptance speech, after being unveiled as the 2012 Hall of Fame inductee at the 2012 SPAR gsport Awards. Ravele was honoured for her lifelong involvement as a South African icon in women's sport, and in particular in recognition of her significant and ongoing involvement as an administrator and activist for the development of women's sport in South Africa. Photo: Reg Caldecott / gsport4girls

Welcome to the Hall of Fame Ntambi Ravele!

By on 25 November, 2012 in Awards, Features, gsport, Leading Ladies, Netball, Newsroom

2012 SPAR gsport Awards Hall of Fame inductee Ntambi Ravele has made a lasting impact on women’s sport in SA since first being appointed as a sport administrator in 1995, and this pioneering former teacher has taken a firm interest in advancing women’s participation in sport ever since.

Volunteer of the Year category for the 2012 SPAR gsport Awards, Durban-based cycling volunteer Anelda Swart

Anelda Shares Her SPAR gsport Awards Experience

By on 24 November, 2012 in Awards, Features, gsport, Newsroom, Personal Accounts

Volunteer of the Year nominee Anelda Swart takes us on an inspiring Personal Account journey of how being nominated at the 2012 SPAR gsport Awards changed her life. Read all about her red carpet experience at the prestigious Wanderers Club.

All winners unveiled at the 2012 SPAR gsport Awards are asked to return to the stage once again (from left) Personal Account Writer Award winner, Chervon Chetty; 2012 SPAR Athlete of the Year winner, Caster Semenya; 2012 Style Star winner, Lalla Hirayama; inaugural SPAR Recognition Award recipient, Bruce Davidson; 2012 Coach of the Year, Elize Kotze; 2012 Woman of the Year winner, Venessa Clack; 2012 Up and Coming Athlete Award winner, Thato Makhafola; inaugural gsport Hall of Famer, Penny Heyns; 2012 Volunteer of the Year Award winner; Anela Mahamba; 2012 Woman in Media, Tarryn Steenekamp; 2012 Hall of Fame inductee; Muditambi Ravele; 2012 Athlete of the Year with a Disability, Natalie du Toit; 2012 Sponsor of the Year, SASOL representative Dumisani Mbokane, and Sports Federation of the Year winner, SA Hockey Association CEO, Marissa Langeni, pictured at the Wanderers Club, in Illovo, Johannesburg, on Tuesday, 20 November, 2012. Photo: Reg Caldecott/gsport4girls

Semenya Wins SPAR gsport Athlete Award

By on 20 November, 2012 in Awards, Feature Articles, Features, gsport, gStar, Leading Ladies, Newsroom, Style Star, Woman in Media, Woman of the Month

The biggest women’s sport winners of 2012 were announced at a star-studded gathering at the prestigious Wanderers Club in Johannesburg, where Olympic silver medallist Caster Semenya was named SPAR Athlete of the Year.

South Africa's Bridgitte Hartley leads public voting for the SPAR gsport Athlete of the Year Award. Hartley is pictured on her way to winning the bronze medal for the 500m K1 canoe at the London 2012 Olympic Games, on 9 August, 2012. Photo: Wessel Oosthuizen / SA Sports Picture Agency

Voting in Full Swing

By on 13 November, 2012 in Awards, gsport, Newsroom

More than 100 000 votes cast in the first five days of voting for the SPAR gsport Awards. Winners will be announced on 20 November 2012.

SA women's hockey striker Pietie Coetzee, receives the 2011 gsport gSTAR Award from the initiative’s 2009 gsport Hall of Famer, Desiree Ellis, at the 2011 gsport Awards at the Wanderers Club in Illovo, Johannesburg, on Monday, 1 August. Online voting has opened at the gsport website to decide which of Olympic rower Bridgitte Hartley, SA's most capped athlete, hockey star Marsha Marescia, or Olympic 800m star, Caster Semenya, will walk away with the 2012 accolade. Photo: Reg Caldecott/gsport4girls

2012 SPAR gsport Awards Voting Opens

By on 7 November, 2012 in Awards, gsport, Newsroom

SPAR gsport Awards judges, Dr. Sherylle Calder, Jane Bramley, Hazel Gumede and Uyanda Mbuli are delighted with the quality of finalists for this year’s awards, as online voting opens to choose overall winners.

The esteemed judges have unveiled the finalists in each category for the 2012 SPAR gsport Awards, and friends, fans and family of the 2012 SPAR gsport Awards finalists are urged to organise wide support for their candidates, to give them every chance of being honoured this year. Pictured are the 2011 gsport Award winners with (from left) are gsport Founder, Kass Naidoo; Tasha Mentasti (representing Surfing SA for the 2011 Sports Federation of the Year Award); 2011 gsport Volunteer Award recipient, Masalang Mshayisa; 2011 gSTAR, test goals world record holder Pietie Coetzee; Style Star winner, Shashi Naidoo; the 2011 Hall of Fame inductee, Dorothy Tsotsobe; Woman in Media winner, Melissa Reddy; 2011 Woman of the Year Award winner, and visual performance guru, Dr. Sherylle Calder; Big Five sponsor representative, Helena Melis; and Belinda Nel, Sponsorship Manager for SPAR, receiving the inaugural gsport Sponsor of the Year Award; at the Wanderers Club in Illovo, Johannesburg, on Monday, 1 August, 2011. Photo: Reg Caldecott/gsport4girls

Big Guns Headline gsport Awards Short List

By on 5 November, 2012 in Awards, gsport, gStar, Leading Ladies, Newsroom, Style Star, Woman in Media, Woman of the Month

Our esteemed judges have unveiled the finalists in each category for the 2012 SPAR gsport Awards, and friends, fans and family of the 2012 SPAR gsport Awards finalists are urged to organise wide support for their candidates, to give them every chance of being honoured this year.