The 29-year-old, who won two gold medals at the Indonesian SEA Games last year – women’s 50m rifle three-position and 10m air rifle events – sparked the gold rush for the nation in Jakarta and Palembang. Malaysia ended the games with a record breaking 59 gold medals (one will be withdrawn following Yunus Lasaleh's positive doping test).
National Under-23 football coach Ong Kim Swee, architect of the SEA Games gold medal victory, (right) takes home the Outdo Yourself Award
Nur Suryani, who took home RM10,000 and a crystal trophy, said:
“I honestly didn’t expect to win this award as the other candidates were all very strong,” she said. “This is one of the best moments of my career and I will treasure the award.”
She was among the five shortlisted nominees for the prestigious SAM-100PLUS Athlete of the Year 2011 award. The other four nominated athletes were world squash champion Datuk Nicol David, world No. 1 shuttler Datuk Lee Chong Wei, Fatehah Mustapa (cycling) and Jacqueline Jenelee (bowling).
Several other award winners were revealed earlier this week with the Jakarta SEA Games football champions - the Malaysian Under-23 football team – winning the SAM-100Plus “Out-Do Yourself” Award.
World and Asian junior badminton champion Zulfadli Zulkifli was named “Best Young Athlete” while Asian snooker champion Sam Chong and the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress (MTBC) earned the nod for the “Comeback Athlete”" and “Most Dynamic Association” awards respectively.
Meanwhile, The Malay Mail’s Haresh Deol was named Best Sports Journalist besides also picking up the Best Special Report prize.
There were five other awards given for reporting with Aziman Rosdi (Harian Metro) winning the Best Sports Report (print), Wan Norbazly Wan Azmi (Astro Arena) taking home the Best Sports Report (electronic), Muhammad Dayne Azmin Ghazali (Utusan Malaysia) pocketing the Best Sports Commentary (print), Mohd Fadzrie Hazis (Astro Awani) earning the Best Sports Commentary (electronic) and The Star’s S. S. Kanesan adjudged the best photographer.
Haresh took home RM7,000 for winning the grand prize while the other winners each earned RM3,000.
SAM-100PLUS Awards 2011
LIST OF WINNERS
Athlete Of The year: Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi (Shooting) RM10,000
Young Athlete Of The Year: Zulfadli Zulkifli (Badminton) RM3,000
Out-Do Yourself: National Under-23 team (Football)
Comeback Athlete Of The Year: Sam Chong (Snooker)
Most Dynamic Sports Association: Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress
Best Sports Journalist: Haresh Deol (The Malay Mail) RM7,000
Best Sports Report (Print): Aziman Rosdi (Harian Metro) RM3,000
Best Sports Report (Electronic): Wan Norbazly Wan Azmi (Astro Arena) RM3,000
Best Sports Commentary (Print): Muhammad Dayne Azmin Ghazali (Utusan Malaysia) RM3,000
Best Sports Commentary (Electronic): Mohd Fadzrie Hazis (Astro Awani) RM3,000
Best Special Report: Haresh Deol (The Malay Mail) RM3,000
Best Sports Photographer: S.S. Kanesan (The Star) RM3,000
Berita Harian's Nasir Ahmad, my mentor...probably feeling out of place being surrounded by Gen Y...for he covered Diego Maradona way back in 1982 hahahaha
Gen Y journos waiting for the outcome...Tahniah
Congrats to those who won and those nominated
Tahniah to coach Ong and Gang
2 comments:
Congrats to the winners.
Perhaps u and Haresh wd be the best combination to lead TV sports program.
Well-done and congrats.
Keep-up the good work. At the same time, learn the inside of an athletes mind and body. It will give you a better understanding about the person and the sport.
Good luck and all the Best...
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