The 2022 MTC NSC NASA Nominees Announced
By: Joviita Kandjumbwa
Images: Contributed
The harbour town of Luderitz will host this year’s MTC NSC Namibia Annual Sports on the 19th of November at the Luderitz Waterfront Auditorium.
The nominees for this year’s awards were unveiled last night during a special programme on NBC TV.
13 women have been nominated in the various categories, with the big winner of last year’s Namibia Annual Sports Awards, Christine Mboma scooping two nominations for MTC NASA Sportswoman of the year and MTC NASA Junior Sportswoman of the year.
Commonwealth Bronze medalist and marathon runner Helalia Johannes has also been nominated in two categories, the MTC Sportswoman of the year and MTC NASA Star of the year, respectively.
While Cricket Namibia and the Namibia Rugby Union have been nominated in the NASA National federation of the year category.
Speaking at the occasion Chief administrator of the Namibia Sports Commission Freddy Mwiya emphasized on the importance of taking the awards to all the 14 regions.
“Namibia is comprised of 14 regions with countless towns and Luderitz is one of the historical places in Namibian history, we at the Commission are indeed proud that this year we will make history with our little contribution and civil duty to position Luderitz and market it to the entire globe using sports tourism as a vehicle not only to market Luderitz but the land of the brave to the entire globe.” He said.
Tickets will be available to the public for N$ 500 and corporate tables well cost N$ 20 000. Tickets can be bought using the Standard Bank PayPulse or at the sports commission +264 61 246 105.
And the nominees are:
MTC NASA SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
Athletic Namibia: Christine Mboma
Athletic Namibia: Helalia Johannes
Namibia Karate Federation: Pronk Suzelle
MTC NASA JUNIOR SPORTWOMAN OF THE YEAR
Namibia Equestrian Federation: Jenna Gilchrist
Athletic Namibia: Mboma Christine
Athletic Namibia: Tuane Silver
NAMPOWER NASA SPORTWOMAN OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY
Namibia National Paralympic C: Ishitile Lahja
Namibia National Paralympic C: Johanna Benson
Namibia National Paralympic C: Mushongo Kamuti
NAMPOWER NASA JUNIOR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY
Namibia National Paralympic C: Kambai Kavemumuine
Namibia National Paralympic C: Lahja Ipinge
Special Olympics Namibia: Lize Meyer
DEBMARINE NAMIBIA NASA SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR
Special Olympic Namibia Unified Junior Sport Team
NASA UMPIREE/ REFEREE OF THE YEAR
Namibia Football Association: Vistoria Shangula
NASA NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE YEAR
Cricket Namibia Cricket Namibia
Namibia Rugby Union Namibia Rugby Union
NASA SPORT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR – BROADCASTING
Namibia Broadcasting Corporation: Matheus Hileni