{"id":50469,"date":"2024-05-29T16:56:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/accolades-for-rasa-award-winner-hayley-hoy"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:15:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:15:28","slug":"accolades-for-rasa-award-winner-hayley-hoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/accolades-for-rasa-award-winner-hayley-hoy","title":{"rendered":"ACCOLADES FOR RASA AWARD WINNER HAYLEY HOY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (EOCGA) is full of praise for swimmer Hayley Hoy who won the Regional Annual Sports Awards (RASA) Junior Female Sportswoman of the year award.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hoy was crowned the Southern African region best on Saturday during the glamorous awards ceremony held in Zambia. She reached the regional awards after having been named in the same category in Eswatini National Sports Awards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to congratulate Hayley Hoy for her remarkable achievement at the RASA Awards. As an association we are extremely proud to see rewards of the programs our athletes are in paying off. The sky is the Limit Keep shining Hayley,\u201d reads the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Hoy, who has broken a number of national records in the country from a young age, was among the three other Emaswati who represented the country in the awards. Some of the RASA nominees were Sportsman of the Year \u2013 Mancoba Nhlabatsi, Journalist of the Year \u2013 Fabrice Musonera and Sportsperson of the Year \u2013 Luca Fraser.<\/p>\n<p>Also congratulating Hoy was the Eswatini Sport and Recreation Council (ESRC) and the Eswatini Swimming Association (ESA). Hoy beat athletes from Botswana and Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>The objectives of RASA are to recognize, reward and celebrate the Region\u2019s sportspersons for iconic and meritorious service in sports under the African Union Sports Council (AUSC).<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the country celebrated taekwondo star Sihlelelwe Matsebula who won the RASA junior man sports person of the year award. The awards were held here in the country at Esibayeni Lodge by the ESRC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. The Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (EOCGA) is full of praise for swimmer Hayley Hoy who won the Regional Annual Sports Awards (RASA) Junior Female Sportswoman of the year award. Hoy was crowned the Southern African region best on Saturday during the glamorous awards ceremony held in Zambia. 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