Saturday 05 March

Indeed it was night with stars with over 550 athletes, officials and guests attending the inaugural Fiji Sports Awards presented in partnership with Fiji Sports Council and FASANOC.

The guest speaker for the awards night was Australian Olympic Swimmer Adam Pine, who has started representing his country since he was 17 years old, Adam has gone on to represent Australia at the World Championships, four Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games, Australian National Championships, Pan-Pacific Games as well as the World Short Course Championships in three continents while the Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama was the Chief Guest of the awards night.

A total of 96 nominations were received for the 11 award categories with 5 media nominations for the Sports Personality of the year award.
The winners for the award categories were:
Fiji Coach of the Year – Jone Delai (Athletics Fiji)
Fiji Administrator of the Year – Laisiasa Puamau (Basketball Fiji)
Fiji Technical Official of the Year – Della Shaw (Weightlifting Fiji)
Fiji Sports Organization of the Year – Netball Fiji
Fiji Sports Photograph of the Year – Jai Prasad (Fiji Times)
Fiji Sports Team of the Year - Netball Team to 2010 Pacific Series
Fiji Sports Volunteer Recognition Award of the Year – Christopher Lal (Fiji Table Tennis Association)
Fiji Young Male Athlete of the Year – Chesley Yee
Fiji Young Female Athlete of the Year - Sainimere Abariga (Fiji Powerlifting Federation)
Fiji Sportsman of the Year – Pita Lenoa (Fiji Karate Federation)
Fiji Sportswoman of the Year – Matila Waqanidrola (Fiji Netball Association)
Sports Personality of the Year – Jasmine Rafiq (Fiji Karate Federation)

Photo : Chief Guest Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama and Guest Speaker Adam Pine.

 Source: FASANOC website: https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3653-0-0-0&sID=35619&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=15035660&sectionID=35619