Johannesburg - Some of the country’s top sporting media will be competing to be named the SAB Sports Journalist of 2010 when the 30th SAB Sports Journalist of the Year Awards are made in Johannesburg on September 6.
 
This week the judges released the line-up of finalists for this year’s awards. They are:
 
PRINT AND INTERNET
 
PRINT AND INTERNET SPORTS FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Bareng-Batho Kortjaas (Sunday Times) for “We’ll Die With Our Boots On!”, “King of PSL Jungle – Again!” and “Modise’s Having a Field Day”.
Gary Lemke (Highbury Safika Media) for “Matter of Time”, “Little Girl Lost” and “That’s Our Boy”.
Ryan Vrede (Highbury Safika Media) for “Mind Games”, “Humbled Hero” and “Dog of War”.
 
PRINT AND INTERNET LIVE MATCH REPORT INCLUDING BREAKING NEWS
Carlos Amato (Sunday Times/The Times) for “Germans Roll In”, “End Of The Rainbow” and “Spain Reign At Last”.
Mike Greenaway (Independent Newspapers) for “Boks Now a Class Apart”, “Stormers Bulldozed in Soweto Spectacle” and “Smit’s Men Reveal Class”.
Lucky Sindane (Mail & Guardian) for “Chuene’s Trail Of Lies” and “Secret Report Reveals Chuene’s Plotting”.
 
PRINT AND INTERNET SPORTS COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
Carlos Amato (Sunday Times/The Times) for “Hands off the Beast”, “Sweat Behind Brazil’s Swagger” and “Fix the French Disconnection”.
Mark Keohane (Highbury Safika Media) for his columns.
Nkareng Matshe (Independent Newspapers) for “Parreira as Much to Blame for Bafana Mess as SAFA”,  “Now Santana Wants to Make Friends” and “Mosimane’s Detractors have Based their Vitriol on Lies”.
 
PRINT AND INTERNET SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Denvor De Wee (Media24)
Duif du Toit (Gallo Images)
Lefty Shivambu (Gallo Images)
 
PRINT AND INTERNET NEW MEDIA CONTRIBUTOR
Rob Houwing (Sport24) for “Final Fever/Dutch Stars” (Blog), “Beware the Bouquets” and “SWC Sadness”.
Andrew Lanning (Sport24) for “De Villiers Exposed Badly”, “End of Smit Experiment” and “Front Row Grunt - Q&A Shane Williams”.
Matthew Pearce (SuperSport) “Matt Pearce on tour – Rugby Diaries”.
 
PRINT AND INTERNET NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Lungani Zama (The Witness) for “Nobody’s Perfect” and “Jose Could Have Gone to Hollywood”.
 
TELEVISION
 
TELEVISION SPORTS PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
Laura Bester (SuperSport) for “Blou Train To Soweto”.
Pieter Cilliers (Blackfoot Productions/SuperSport) for “Chase the Makarapa”.
Chris Nicklin and Marion Edmunds (eTV) for “Man in the Middle”.
 
TELEVISION BEST LIVE OUTSIDE PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
Sean Everett (SuperSport) for “2009 Absa Currie Cup Final”.
Thato Monale (SuperSport) for “Bafana Human Parade”.
Richard Parker (SuperSport) for “Super 14 Final”.
 
TELEVISION SPORTS COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR
Mpumelelo Mbangwa (SuperSport).
Mathew Pearce (SuperSport).
Themba Jokozela (SABC Sport) for “South Africa vs Spain; 28 June 2009”.
 
TELEVISON SPORTS PRESENTER/PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Thomas Mlambo (SuperSport) for World Cup presentation and “Harambe”.
Robert Marawa – (SuperSport) for World Cup and Engen presentation.
Phumlani Msibi (SuperSport).
 
TELEVISION SPORTS NEWS REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Carly Weinberg (eTV) for “Chaos”.
Nontokozo Mhlongo (SABC Sport) for 2010 coverage.
Zayn Nabbi (etv) for “World Cup Legacy”.
 
TELEVISION SPORTS INSERT OF THE YEAR
Keletso Totlhanyo (SABC Sport) for “Makhaya Ntini Uncut”.
Sean Everett (SuperSport) for “Youth Day”.
Tadiswa Kambarani (SuperSport) for “Tribute to Bafana Bafana”.
 
TELEVISION NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Kabelo Mabalane (SABC Sport) for “Sports Nite”.
 
RADIO
 
RADIO SPORTS COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Abrahamson (Radio 2000) for World Cup matches live commentary.
Natalie Germanos (Radio 2000) for the test series between South Africa and England.
Brian Mofokeng (Radio 2000) for the 2010 World Cup.
 
RADIO SPORTS PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
Nduduzo Dladla (Radio Khwezi) for “Khwezi Sportszone”.
Nick Feinberg (Heart 104.9 FM) for “The Beautiful Game”.
Helen Mittwoch (SAfm) for “SAfm Sports Special”.
 
RADIO SPORTS NEWS REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Derek Alberts (702, Cape Talk, Highveld KFM) for “On Air in India”.
Nontokozo Mhlongo (various SABC stations including SAfm and Radio 2000) for “2010 Song”.
Mpumelelo “Lelo” Mzaca (Eyewitness News) for “Caster Semenya’s Green Light”,
“SAFA Elections” and “The World Cup Experience”.
 
RADIO SPORTS PRESENTER OF THE YEAR
Nickolaus Bauer (SAfm) for “SAfm Sports Special”.
Hennie Koortzen (Rippel 40.5 FM) for “Rugby Radio”.
Joas Mashimbye (Mughana Lonene FM) for coverage of the 2009 Comrades Marathon.
 
RADIO SPORTS INSERT OF THE YEAR
Terrance April (RSG) for “2010 World Cup Soccer Tournament”.
Thabiso Mosia (Kaya FM) for “Bafana Bafana All Skills” and “Bafana Bafana Bafana All Access”.
Sabelo Zulu (Ligwalagwala FM) for “2010 World Cup Team Profiles”.
 
RADIO NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Lizette Khan (SABC) for “World Cup Inserts”.
Marc Lewis (Eyewitness News) for “The 2010 Dream”.
Isaac Mbedzi (Phalaphala FM) for “Radio Soccer Commentator”.
 
JUDGES:

Print
Joe Latakgomo (awards convenor), Guy Hawthorne, Len Maseko, Clinton van der Berg, Bokkie Gerber (head judge)

Radio
Zama Masondo, Arthur Molisiwa, Koos Radebe, Jan Snyman, Pippa Green (head judge)

Television
Tex Teixeira, Robin Kempthorne, Jimi Matthews (head judge), Kass Naidoo, Joe Visagie