Badminton starts dominate sports reporters' awards
Badminton starts dominate sports reporters' awards
JAKARTA (JP): Badminton stars dominate the list of nominees
for the 1996 Anugerah Awards run by the Jakarta Chapter of the
Sports Journalists Association.
The association announced yesterday that the Anugerah Awards
would be presented to the best male and female athletes, the best
coach, best team and best sports motivator at the Gran Melia
Hotel on April 3.
The presentation ceremony is to be broadcast by the national
network ANteve on April 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Ricky A Subagja and Rexy Mainaky, gold medalists at the
Atlanta Olympics, head the list for best athlete honors in the
men's division. The other candidates are badminton doubles Denny
Kantono/Antonius, Utut Adianto (chess), Ade Rai (bodybuilding),
Sutrisno (powerlifting) and Hengky Lasut/Eddy Manoppo (bridge).
In the women's division, the nominees are badminton players
Mia Audina and Susi Susanti, swimmers Catherine Surya and Elsa
Manora Nasution, Sri Indriyani (weightlifting), Upi Darmayana
Tamin (chess) and Yayuk Basuki (tennis).
The Thomas and Uber Cups teams have been nominated in the Best
Team category. The men's bridge and women chess teams have also
been nominated for the award.
Badminton coaches Christian Hadinata and Atik Jauhari were
selected as the Best Coaches, along with Retno Kustiah, a women's
badminton coach and Imron Rosadi, a heavyweight boxing coach from
Lampung.
Candidates for the Best Sports Motivator are Soerjadi,
chairman of the Badminton Association of Indonesia, Wiranto,
chairman of the Indonesian Bridge Association and Akbar Tanjung,
chairman of the Indonesian Chess Association.
The association is also to honor one of the country's up-and-
coming stars. The nominees are Ananda Mikola (motor racing),
Kurnia Sandy (soccer), Firhan Ali (go-carting), badminton doubles
Indarti Isolina and Deyana Lomban, Johari Johan (triathlon),
Wynne Prakusya (tennis) and Jeffer Rosobin (badminton).
The awards have become an annual event for the association. In
addition to the award, the winners will receive cash totaling Rp
60 million.
The best male and female athletes will receive Rp 12.5 million
each. The best coach will receive Rp 12.5 million. The best team
will receive Rp 15 million and the best up-and-coming star will
receive sports equipment worth Rp 7.5 million.
Soraya Perucha, an ANteve spokeswoman, said the involvement of
the national TV network in the Anugerah Awards is to give greater
recognition to the sporting performances of 1996.
"We want to show the public that athletes should be honored.
For this reason, ANteve wants to publicize their activities
through the awards presentation," Perucha said.
The ceremony is to include performances by singers Melly
Manuhutu, Irma June, Hedy Yunus and Ricky Johanes. (lnt)