National Sports Awards format and criteria to be reviewed and improved

perts and operatives, as well as experienced sports administrators and aficionados. The group will be meeting next week to commence the process, which will be thorough to ensure any inadequacies are remedied.

cess is not only transparent but can stand up to the highest level of scrutiny and examination on the local and international scene. The importance of the selection criteria must be reflected. That narrative must never be called into question.”

“Ultimately, this assessment process is about possi- bly enhancing and amending the rules that are employed for selection, if deficiencies are recognised. Some areas for analysis have already been earmarked by the panel, and discourse will occur on the way forward if amendments are required. There is no point in waiting until next year to undertake

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Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport

Charles Ramson Jr.

THE National Sports Awards returned this year to much fanfare after an elongated hiatus due to the covid-19 pandemic.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has decided to build on what they have and hence, a ‘review exercise’ will be implemented to analyse the overall criterion utilised for selection of the recipients of the National Sports Awards.

Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, stated that the assessment procedure will be undertaken by a high caliber panel comprising media ex-

Director of Sport

Steve Ninvalle

According to Ninvalle, “The panel, which is of the highest competence, and is littered with media experts and sports enthusiasts, will be meeting next week to analyse the entirety of the selection criteria and will make recommendations, if shortcomings are identified, for possible amendments.”

“The objective is to ensure that the selection pro-