The municipality of The Hague has announced the nominees for the Hague Sports Awards. The awards will be presented on Monday, December 16 during the Hague Sports Gala in the Zuiderpark Sports Campus. You can vote on the website Haagssportgala.nl.
Four Olympic medalists have been nominated in the Sportswoman of the Year category: hockey players Luna Fokke and Pien Dicke, sailor Marit Bouwmeester and rower Marloes Oldenburg. For the men, hockey player Duco Telgenkamp, rower Lennart van Lierop and windsurfer Luuc van Opzeeland have a chance to win a prize. DKC (badminton), Haag 88 (wheelchair hockey) and Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz (sailing) have a chance to win the prize in the Sports Team of the Year category.
The award for Hague Sports Talent of the Year goes to one of these athletes: hockey players Isis van Loon, Sofie ter Kuile and Jip Dicke, football player Louise van Oosten, athlete Raiza van der Krogt or sailor Roos Wind. Maikel Polanen, Jaap Zielhuis and Kaj Böcker have been nominated as Coach of the Year. Coen van Bunge (hockey), Evelien Berndsen (judo) and Henk Ruijl (football) have a chance to win the title Referee of the Year.
This year, a new category has been added to the Hague Sports Awards: Sports Volunteer of the Year. The contenders are Dorine Dielen (HDM), Frans Clasener (SV Loosduinen) and Irene Dekker (Rugby Academy ZuidWest).
Great sports year
Sports councilor Hilbert Bredemeijer: “What a great sporting year it was for The Hague! Gold Olympic medals, world and European titles, national championships: our athletes from The Hague have achieved fantastic performances. They are rightly honored during the Hague Sports Gala. The nominees are examples for the city and a source of inspiration to also take up sports. I am curious to see who will walk away with the honorary titles.”
In addition to the sports prizes, the Richard Krajicek Prize will be awarded again this year. Throughout the year, the Krajicek Foundation Scholarshippers have organized various sports activities to get the neighborhoods of The Hague moving, both literally and figuratively. The best initiative will receive a nice cash prize, which will be used to improve the playground in the neighborhood.
