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Athlete of the Year
Introduction
In 1952 Sir Gerard Howe, the Chief Justice of Hong Kong and the
first patron of the Association, Lady Howe donated trophies for the male and female
Athletes of the Year to recognize the athlete's outstanding performance. These
athletes were selected by the Executive Committee. Since then the Association
expanded and more Clubs became members, such selection was entrusted to the Council
which comprised of elected officers and member clubs representatives. Late
in mid-1975, the selection responsibility was passed to the Athlete of the Year
Selection Committee which was appointed by the Council each year. The Committee
consists of 5 people who are familiar with local athletics and yet not personally
involved with athletes and clubs. As from the season of 1969-70, Junior
Awards were introduced to encourage younger athletes. In 2003, the award has extended
up to six athletes for each of the category (Junior Men, Junior Women, Senior
Men, Senior Women). Five in each category will be honered as EXCELLENT ATHLETES
and the best one will be the ATHLETE OF THE YEAR. Apart from a trophy, a cash
incentive will also be presented to each awardee as a kind of encouragement.
2009 - Athlete of Year Selection Mechanism The
Athletes of the Year are selected by a three-step mechanism: First
: The HKAAA affiliated clubs are invited to nominate no more than 3 athletes
for each category to the Selection Committee on or before 22 January 2009. Second
: The 2009 / 2010 registered coaches, judges and athletes are invited
to vote for 1 Athlete of the Year of each category at www.hkaaa.com
on 5 Feb - 26 Feb 2010. If a person is identified with more than one registration
record in HKAAA (e.g. Registeration Coach and Registration Official), he/she can
only vote ONCE in using any one of his/her identities. The voting will take 10%
of the total scores. Third : Based on the selection criteria,
members of the Selection Committee will select no more than 6 athletes in each
category as the Athletes of the Year in March 2010. The athlete with the highest
total score will become the “Athlete of the Year”. If required, interviews
for the nominees may be arranged. During the selection, members of the Selection
Committee reserve the right to decide whether the highest scorer is appropriated
to be honored as the Athlete of the Year, also have the discretion to select less
than 6 athletes in each category on the nomination list. | 
