National Netball rep, Matelita Waqanidrola was last night crowned as the sportswoman of the year.

Waqanidrola who is a seasonal netball rep had an impressive season in 2010.

Pita Lenoa from Karate Fiji received the Sportsman of the year award.

In other awards, Jone Delai got the coach of the year award after guiding Suva Grammar School to last year’s Coke Games and also Lepani Naivalu to win bronze medal at the World Youth Games.

Della Shaw of weightlifting received the technical official of the year award.

Netball got the team of the year award after claiming fifth spot on the World rankings for the first time.

Laisiasa Puamau of Basketball got the Administrator of the year award while Christopher Lal of table tennis got the Volunteer of the year award.



Story by: Dhanjay Deo and Vijay Narayan