if people get awards for writing absolute cr@p then I should already have a Nobel prize for literature.

Viva la shark!

If he’s in the communications industry then I’m fecking Jane Austen.

have to run now…

i know they’re several months old… but what the heck… got lots of celebrating to do…

think i’ll stuff my awards into my top pocket next to my pens, colored pencils, ruler and solar-powered pencil sharpener… then go and have a drink with joffers… do you think that will impress him…?

i know one shouldn’t blow one’s own trumpet… but feel that the circumstances warrant one popping one’s own champers cork…

what say you…?

have a brill evening my tall friend…!!

what do think of all our keo awards…?

cool stuff hey…?

the team and i would just like to thank all our members for your contributions… but especially you…

you are the sharpest cookie cutter in the baking draw…

we’re honoured to have such a luminary aboard…

maybe we should invite you to our next awards evening so that i can thank you in person…

would you like that…? will fly you in and put you up a a swank hotel…

hehehe…

you are a wound up little bundle of sunshine aren’t you…

but you still throw punches like preteen girls throw feather boas…

SAB Sports Media Awards
SAB has announced the winners of its SAB Sports Media Awards 2011.

The winners of the SAB Sports Media Awards 2011 are:
PRINT:
· SAB Sports Column of the Year:
§ Mark Keohane (Business Day Sports Monthly)

· SAB Sports Feature of the Year:
§ Angus Powers (Sports Illustrated)

· SAB Sports Media Award 2011 for PRINT:
§ 2nd Runner-up: Mark Keohane (Business Day Sports Monthly)
§ 1st Runner-up: Gary Lemke (Business Day Sports Monthly)

o Winner of the SAB Sports Media Award 2011 for PRINT:
§ Angus Powers (Sports Illustrated)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
· SAB Sports Action Shot of the Year:
o Winner of the SAB Sports Action Shot of the Year:
§ Anne Laing

· SAB Sports Moment of the Year:
o Winner of the SAB Sports Moment of the Year:
§ Herman Verwey (Beeld)

· SAB Sports Media Award 2011 for PHOTOGRAPHY:
o 2nd Runner-up: Herman Verwey (City Press)
o 1st Runner-up: Adrian de Kock

· Winner of the SAB Sports Media Award 2011 for PHOTOGRAPHY:
§ Anne Laing

NEW MEDIA:
· SAB Sports Web Contributor of the Year: Ben Karpinski (thebounce.co.za)

· SAB Sports Blog of the Year: Mark Keohane (KEO.co.za)

· SAB Sports Media Award 2011 for NEW MEDIA:
o 2nd Runner-up: Johan Coetzee (Supersport.com)
o 1st Runner-up: Ben Karpinski (thebounce.co.za)

o Winner of the SAB Sports Media Award 2011 for NEW MEDIA:
§ Mark Keohane (KEO.co.za)

Steyn leads at 10

Loose forward??/ Coetzee heads the stats

Steyn bossing the kicking stats
2012-05-15 12:19Email | Print

Morne Steyn (Gallo)
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Cape Town – If Super Rugby statistics are going to carry any weight in Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer’s deliberations over the flyhalf spot against England next month, then incumbent Morne Steyn is only entrenching his position.

The Bulls No 10 rules the roost in just about every boot-related category in the competition after Week 12.

According to latest figures in the Sydney Morning Herald, the 27-year-old heads up five departments.

For starters, his 12-point haul in the latest victory (27-24) over the Waratahs on tour last Friday boosted him to 161 overall points in 2012, nine clear of next-placed counterpart Aaron Cruden of the Chiefs (152).

These prolific scorers are due to lock horns very shortly: the Bulls, who first play the Highlanders this Saturday, meet the Chiefs in Hamilton on May 25 in a match which may go a long way to determining who tops the overall table at the end of ordinary season.

The men from Pretoria presently head the standings, one point ahead of the Waikato outfit.

Steyn also hogs top spot for most penalty goals (32), conversions (27) and dropped goals (2).

Just as significantly, the out-of-hand authority of his kicking is reflected in the fact that he sports the most kicking metres, according to the latest stats: an impressive 4,294m.

That places him fairly narrowly ahead of compatriot Joe Pietersen (3,914m), the diminutive Stormers fullback who gets surprisingly strong distance himself on touch-finders and in-field kicks – both players are a long way ahead of anyone else in Super Rugby in that regard.

And if anyone is tempted to suggest that the figures only confirm a “robotic” characteristic to Steyn, they should bear in mind that he is clearly not doing a shabby job in mixing up his game.

That is because the Bulls currently boast 36 tries – an average of just under four per game. It is a tally matched only by the Hurricanes.

The flyhalf is obviously regarded as a vital conduit in attacking play, so it suggests Steyn is back playing more adventurously out of the “pocket” he has often been accused of occupying a little too stubbornly in the past.

Adding further to the rosy picture surrounding his current form, he has the distinction of making his 100th Super Rugby appearance when the Bulls tackle the Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday.

Another South African featuring especially prominently in the various Super Rugby stats right now is the Sharks’ dynamic No 7 Marcell Coetzee: he heads up the category for most tackles (168) – three more than Zimbabwean-born Force captain and fellow loose-forward David Pocock.

Considering that he is also a confident runner with the ball tucked beneath an arm, Coetzee could just force himself into Bok contention at blindside flank, where the national side has a problem with several injured customers at present.

Bulls wing Bjorn Basson has just slipped to second for most tries (7), behind Andre Taylor of the Hurricanes and the Chiefs’ amazing pick-and-go phenomenon near the tryline, shiny-domed loosehead Sona Taumalolo – they both boast eight.