Posted in News on May 23, 2006.
Guests at the event were ushered through the night by former Kaizer Chiefs and Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey who along with Tumisho Masha were the masters of ceremony for the evening. First up all the players and technical staff were handed appreciation awards from the club, they were handed out by director Abdool Hamid Muhammad. Guests were then kept warm the movements of award winning world famous ballroom dance specialist Michael Wentick and partner before the serious awards began rolling out.
Players of the month awards were handed out before, the various sponsors begin handing over their prizes to individual category winners, and this was followed by a tribute to the late Kaizer Chiefs legend Patrick Ace Ntoslengoe. Thereafter it became the Scara Ngobese show as he joined Brickz on stage for the final musical performance of the night. Scara was then joined by the rest of his team mates as guests to the awards were highly entertained by the Chiefs players skill on the dance floor.
Amakhosi Chairman Kaizer Motaung handed out special appreciation awards to PSL life president Leepile Taunyane; the chairman thanked him for his long-standing service to the game in the country. The second recipient on the night of a special award from the chairman was Major General Bantu Bonke Holomisa; Kaizer gave thanks to him for his long serving and undying support to the team. The General has been a Chiefs fan for many years and in the early days used to follow the team around wherever their travels took them.
Kaizer Chiefs marketing manager Jessica Motaung who was also responsible for producing and putting together the event closed off the evening, she thanked all the sponsors and Amakhosi staff for their efforts in ensuring that Chiefs once again closed off the season with silverware.
Full List of Award Winners and Nominees:
Best Dressed Player Sponsored by Damat and Tween
Nominees:
Fabian McCarthy
Thabo Mooki
Jimmy Tau
Winner: Thabo Mooki
Fair Play Award Sponsored by Hollard:
Arthur Zwane
www.kaizerchiefs.com Online player of the year Sponsored by Super Sport:
Nominees:
Cyril Nzama
David Obua
Jimmy Tau
Winner: David Obua
Amakhosi Magazine Readers Award Sponsored by Amakhosi and Amanzi Amakhosi
Nominees:
David Obua
Gert Schalkwyk
Jimmy Tau
Winner: David Obua
Top Goal Scorer Award Sponsored by Nike and Standard Bank
Winner: Louis Agyemang
Players Player of the year Award Sponsored by Nike and Standard Bank
Nominees:
Cyril Nzama
David Obua
Gert Schalkwyk
Winner: Cyril Nzama
Goal of the year Sponsored by South African Airways
Nominees:
David Obua (Goal Vs Orlando Pirates 29th October 2005)
Gert Schalkwyk (Goal Vs Bloemfontein Celtic 4th March 2006)
David Obua (Goal Vs Mamelodi Sundowns February 22nd 2006)
Winner: David Obua (Goal Vs Mamelodi Sundowns February 22nd 2006)
Discovery of the year Award Sponsored by Discovery Health
Nominees:
David Mathebula
David Obua
Ditheko Mototo
Winner: Ditheko Mototo
Most Improved Player Award Sponsored by Vodacom
Nominees:
David Mathebula
Kaizer Motaung Junior
Gert Schalkwyk
Winner: Gert Schalkwyk
Player of the year award Sponsored by Vodacom and Nissan
Nominees:
Fabian McCarthy
David Obua
Cyril Nzama
Winner: David Obua
Chairman’s special Awards
Mr Leepile Taunyane
General Bantu Bonke Holomisa
Player of the month awards:
August 2005: Thabo Mooki
September 2005: David Obua
October 2005: Jimmy Tau
November 2005: Cyril Nzama
December 2005: Emile Baron
February 2006: Gert Schalkwyk
March 2006: Gert Schalkwyk
April 2006: David Mathebula
May 2006: Patrick Mayo
