The Regional Director for Sports, Rui Santos, announced today in Angra do Heroísmo that the 8th Azorean Sport Gala will honour 91 sports personalities and entities.
The event will take place at the Teatro Faialense in the city of Horta on Tuesday at 9 PM.
Athletes, sports managers, referees, media, sports clubs and other identity are amongst the award-winning sports agents, which were selected by objective criteria, related to sports results, merit in the promotion of sports and sportive events (as it happens in the case of clubs and other entities) in 2008.
With regard to the “Comunicação Social” (Media) category, the choice of a media entity and a journalist to be honoured is made by the vote of the sports associations.
The Gala is preceded by a dinner offered to the award-winning sports agents and guests by the Horta City Hall and will include some musical moments.
The annual increase in the number of sports agents awarded at the Gala is, according to Rui Santos, an indicator of progress in the Azorean Sports, which is registering an increasing number of significant rankings and participations in national teams.