{"id":22769,"date":"2021-02-17T19:27:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T19:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=22769"},"modified":"2021-02-17T19:27:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T19:27:17","slug":"athletes-symposium-will-be-main-focus-as-sponsors-support-soya-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/athletes-symposium-will-be-main-focus-as-sponsors-support-soya-event","title":{"rendered":"Athletes\u2019 symposium will be main focus as sponsors support Soya event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The 2020 Sports Personality of the Year Awards\u00a0(Soya) gala set for Naivaisha, Nakuru County on Saturday will be a ceremony with a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Soya\u00a0will break from its tradition where the awards ceremony has been the\u00a0main\u00a0event\u00a0in favour of a\u00a0symposium\u00a0and then later an appreciation dinner where those who were able to find a way to do something despite the challenges will be honoured.<\/p>\n<p>The change has been necessitated by disruption of sporting\u00a0events\u00a0by Covid-19 that saw cancellation and postponement of various major sports including Tokyo Olympics, World\u00a0Athletics\u00a0Under-20 Championships and World Sevens Series last year.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the\u00a0event\u00a0was done at a Nairobi Hotel with a number of\u00a0sponsors\u00a0coming on board to\u00a0support\u00a0the\u00a0event.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Soya\u00a0event\u00a0received a financial boost with Communication Authority giving Sh2 million, Safaricom offering Sh1 million while County Pension Fund gave Sh300,000.<\/p>\n<p>Soya\u00a0founder Paul Tergat said: \u201cI wish to pay tribute to our partners for seeing beyond the challenges and indeed, the adversity of Covid-19 and sharing their little resources towards making the\u00a0Soya\u00a02020 recognition awards and sports\u00a0symposium\u00a0possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soya panel chairman Chris Mbaisi noted that this year\u2019s event will be different from the previous one mainly because many sports men and women were barred from sports participation due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0event\u00a0will be different from previous as we shall not be rewarding top performances in area of sport but rather recognising efforts and possibilities during the year 2020, because sports is a resilient human endeavour, we shall host a sports\u00a0symposium\u00a0and a gala night to honour a few people who made an effort to overcome adversity,\u201d Mbaisi said.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the speakers at the\u00a0symposium\u00a0will include the 2008 Beijing 800m Olympic Champion Wilfred Bungei and Wangui Kibe who will take the\u00a0athletes\u00a0on success management.<\/p>\n<p>Sports health will be handled by Ilako Kanyali while Sarah Shibutse will take the participants through the effects of doping.<\/p>\n<p>Media and Branding will be conducted by Charles Gacheru and journalist Elias Makori.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0symposium\u00a0will be held in the morning on Saturday with the dinner later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: The 2020 Sports Personality of the Year Awards\u00a0(Soya) gala set for Naivaisha, Nakuru County on Saturday will be a ceremony with a difference. 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