The Sports Writers Association of Ghana nominees (SWAG ) for the 2023 Awards have been revealed. The prestigious Awards will take place on Friday, January 12, 2024, at 7 p.m. at the Accra International Conference Centre.
The Awards ceremony will commend sports personalities across several categories both current and former as well as local and foreign for their contributions and efforts in sports.
Since its founding in 1975, the SWAG Awards has been Ghana’s most prestigious and oldest sports awards.
SWAG SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
• Kudus Mohammed – Football
• James Dadzie – Athletics
FOOTBALL OF THE YEAR – FOREIGN
• Kudus Mohammed
• Ernest Nuamah
• Joseph Painstil
• Osman Bukari
FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR – HOME BASED
• Jonathan Sowah
• Vicent Atinga
• Abednego Tetteh
FEMALE FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR – FOREIGN
• Anastashia Achiaa
• Princella Adubea
• Blessing Shine Agbomadzi
• Maafia Nyame
FEMALE FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR – HOME BASED
• Mary Amponsah
• Comfort Yeboah
• Stella Nyamekye
COACH OF THE YEAR
• Karim Zito – Dreams FC
• Augustine Evans Adotey – Medeama SC
• Nana Joe Adarkwa – Ampen Darkoa
• Stephen Richard Obeng – Black Challenge
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – MALE
• William Amponsah
• James Dadzie
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – FEMALE
•Rose Yeboah Amoanimaa
NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
•Golden Arms – Armwrestling
•Black Challenge – Amputee Football
•Black Sticks Men – Hockey
CLUB OF THE YEAR
•Medeama SC – Football
•Ampen Darkoa – Football
•Dreams FC – Football
ARMWRESTLER OF THE YEAR
•Grace Mintah
PARA-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
•Haruna Tahiru
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – TABLE TENNIS (FEMALE)
•Joanita Borteye – Table Tennis
SWIMMER OF THE YEAR
•Zaira Forson
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – HOCKEY
•Charles Abbiw
•Haruna Tahiru
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – TABLE TENNIS (FEMALE).
•Joanita Borteye – Table Tennis
PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MALE)– TENNIS
•Abraham Asaba
TOP 5 FEDERATIONS (In no order)
•Ghana Cycling Federation
•Ghana Cricket Association
•Ghana Table Tennis Federation
•Ghana Armwrestling Federation
•Ghana Football Association
•Ghana Tennis Federation
•Ghana Boxing Authority
•Ghana Athletics
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
•K Hlodzie – Handball
•Rtd Andy Sam – Football
MERITORIOUS AWARDS
•Moses Armah – Medeama SC
•Herbert Mensah – Ghana Rugby Football Union
•Samson Deen – National Paralympic Committee
•Nana Opoku Fosu Gyeabour II – Ampen Darkoa Ladies
•Emmanuel Frimpong
•Nii Otoo Larkyne – Golden Arms
•Osei Boakye-Yiadom – Royal Ladies
•Reverend Emmanuel Djanie Niiquaye
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR
•Mawuko Afadzinu – Ghana Table Tennis Association
DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR
•Evelyn Dzato
PROSPECT OF THE YEAR
•Blessed Naa Abeka Nunoo – Armwrestling
DEDICATION AND VALOR
•Cudjoe Fianoo – Ghalca
•Agatha Hagan – Hockey
•Joseph Addo – Football
SPECIAL AWARDS
•Royal Ladies – Hockey
•Baseball Youth Team
•Fencing Cadet Junior Team
CORPORATE AWARDS
•SES HD Plus Ghana Limited
•Adamus/Nguvu Holdings
•Malta Guinness
LONG SERVICE AWARD
•Rosalind Koram
ah Amoh
•Maurice Quansah
•George Kuntu Blankson
•Barima Boadaa Otuo Acheampong
•Sammy Heywood Okine
SWAG President Award
SWAG Top Journalist Award
SWAG President Award
The SWAG Awards, an occasion and event to celebrate sports excellence, is the longest running award scheme in Ghana that rewards top performing Sports Men and Women consistently since 1975 and recognizes the efforts of persons involved in Sports development.
This year’s edition is scheduled to take place at the Acra International Conference Center on Friday, January 12, 2024 at 7:00PM.
Credit: swagghana.com
