Deserving
past and present sports personalities are going to be awarded and celebrated by
the Sports Journalists’ Association of The Gambia (SJAG).
The
Association will hold the 9th edition of the National Sports Awards and Gala
Night on Friday, 27th April 2018 at the Djembeh Hotel.
The
awards have over the years been attended by hundreds of people from within and
outside the country.
Speaking
during a press briefing on Tuesday ahead of the event, Alieu Ceesay, Secretary
General of SJAG said preparations are at an advanced stage and they are looking
forward to a successful event.
The
Awards night, according to SG Alieu Ceesay, deserves the support of all
Gambians.
Ceesay
said the nomination for the different categories was open and Sports
journalists can send in the names of their nominees.
Musa
Sise, President of SJAG who also doubles as Chairman of the Awards Committee
said the Association is awarding the Best local based athlete, foreign based
athlete, coach of the year, referee of the year, team of the year, Sports
personality of the year, female coach of the year and female athlete of the
year.
According
to him, there would be SJAG President’s Award to deserving individuals, awards
to veterans and a special award to wrestling as a sport.
Namory
Trawally, Treasurer of SJAG explained that D0.5M is the budget for the awards,
while calling on institutions and companies to come on board and support SJAG.
Kaddy Cham, Assistant Treasurer, in her closing remarks commended the media personnel that turned up to attend the briefing.
At
a press briefing on Tuesday ahead of the event, the Association’s Secretary
General Alieu Ceesay said preparations are at an advance stage and they are
looking forward to a successful event.
He
said the Awards night deserves the support of all Gambians, saying nomination
for the different categories is open and Sports journalists can send in the
names of their nominees.
Musa
Sise, President of the Association, who also doubles as chairman of the Awards
Committee said they will be awarding the best local-based athlete, best
foreign-based athlete, best coach of the year, best referee of the year, best
team of the year, sports personality of the year, best female coach of the year
and best female athlete of the year.
According
to him, there would be SJAG President’s Award to deserving individuals, awards
to veterans and a special award to wrestling as a sport.
Namory
Trawally, treasurer of the Association explains that D0.5M is the budget for
the awards, while calling on institutions and companies to come on board and
support SJAG.