Jeep Team’s multiple-world champion paddler, Hank McGregor, has been shortlisted for KwaZulu-Natal’s prestigious ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ Award.
McGregor is also a finalist in the KZN Sportsman of the Year Award, alongside Le Clos and Schoeman.
McGregor is one of 11 candidates up for the inaugural ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ award, the winner of which will be decided by public vote and announced at the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal Sports Awards ceremony in Durban on 14 November 2015.
The ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ Award is a new category in the KZN Sports Awards. It is also the only category decided by public vote, allowing the public to become part of the awards process by voting for their favourite sports star.
Shortlisted candidates are those athletes who are finalists in the awards’ main categories: Sportsman of the Year; Sportswoman of the Year; Sportsman of the Year with a Disability; and Sportswoman of the Year with a Disability.
The 10 other ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ Award nominees are: Chad le Clos (swimming), Henri Schoeman (triathlon), Alani Ferreira (swimming), Jennifer Higgins (swimming), Kevin Paul (swimming), Tyrone Pillay (Athletics), Aaron Putz (swimming), Bridgitte Hartley (canoeing), Bongiwe Msomi (netball) and Tayla Kinsey (rugby).
Said McGregor, “It’s an honour to have been shortlisted for two KZN Sports Awards alongside our province’s great athletes across all sporting codes. This year has been epic. Thank you to all the people who have supported me along the way – my wife Pippa, my parents, my training partners, my friends in South Africa and around the world, my sponsors and fans – without you I wouldn’t be here.”
To vote for McGregor to become KZN’s Sports Personality of the Year, SMS ‘KZNAWARDS MCGREGOR’ to 33258. Voting closes at noon on 14 November 2015.
