The joint initiative organised by the Fiji National Sports Commission (FNSC), Fiji Sports Council (FSC) and FASANOC is scheduled to be held on March 25 at the Vodafone Arena and is returning after three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Therefore, achievements from 202, 2021 and 2022 will be recognised at the event.

"The annual Fiji Sport Awards which is staged in the first quarter of each calendar year acknowledges the important role that sports plays in developing our nations," read a statement on the FASANOC website.  

"It focuses on Fiji’s sporting industry in acknowledging sport’s most unique, influential and inspirational personalities and are the only national awards dedicated to recognizing excellence in Fijian sports."

Nominations can be filed for the following categories: Coach of the Year, Administrator of the Year, Technical Official of the Year, Sports Photograph of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Sports Team of the Year, Sports Organisation of the Year, Young Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year.

The nominations close on January 27 and forms can be found on the FASANOC, FSC and FNSC websites.

A company called Fiji Tattslotto is set to continue supporting the 2022 Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year categories.

"We are more than delighted to be the major sponsor again for this year’s event, something which we proudly do every year before Covid entered our beautiful shores," said Lusiana Tamarisi, senior manager of Fiji Tattslotto.

"We personally feel there is a substantial need to give back to our nation towards the development of various sports, that we must do continually, and this is the Tattslotto way of doing that."