Sage Donnelly, Nouria Newman, Martin Litton, Juanito De Ugarte, Jessica Fox, Fabien Lefevre, Eric Jackson and Dane Jackson are all among the nominees for the World Paddle Awards (WPA).
The awards will take place in May, 2015, and winners will be announces in seven categories: Sportsman, sportswoman, lifetime achievement, media ambassador, paddlesport professional, sports junior and sports team.
The following is a press release from WPA explaining the awards and voting process:
The premier event in paddlesports and first of its kind, the World Paddle Awards (WPA) for the 2014 season will take place on Saturday 9th May 2015 in Augsburg (Germany). The objective of the awards is to celebrate excellence in paddlesports; achievements by athletes and those involved in the sport. The public online voting campaign is now open at www.worldpaddleawards.com.
The World Paddle Awards are divided into seven categories. Hundreds of suggestions have been received from the public and nearly 50 candidates have been selected for the next round of voting.
From now on the voting campaign is live on www.worldpaddleawards.com via Facebook, Twitter and Google+. The campaign will close in late January 2015. In February, the Top 3 finalists in each category will be announced with the winner revealed at the official ceremony in Augsburg on Saturday 9th May 2015.
WPA-Director Rob van Bommel (Australia) is delighted by the positive feedback from the nomination stage: “It is amazing to see how many wonderful people and achievements there are in our paddlesports-community! We believe that the World Paddle Awards is a great initiative to promote our sport globally along with its wonderful achievements.”
Karl Heinz, responsible for the organisation of the 2015 ceremony and Head of Marketing at Kanu Schwaben Augsburg, said, “It is a great honour for the traditional stronghold of Augsburg to host the premier World Paddle Awards event.”
More information on the Academy and the Awards can be found online at: www.worldpaddleawards.com.
