Christmas update on public votes in each category for 2014 World Paddle Awards
Writer | Nicolaas Harding
There has been a staggering response on social media since the nominees were announced in the seven award categories in early December.
This month votes have been coming in thick and fast from the public on Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus – worth 50% of the overall weighting. The other 50% comes from the Academy who vote over two rounds. The results from Round 1 are now in and Round 2, the Academy's final vote, has commenced this week.
There are some major players at this stage, but remember everything can change as we go into the final weeks of public voting which closes late January 2015.
We are delighted to give you an update on the public votes so far.
- You have voted the most, out of the seven awards, for Sportswoman of the Year with 4,786 votes followed by 3,397 in the Junior category.
- The overall leader according to the public vote, is Freya Hoffmeister.
Here are the leaders (public vote) in each award; they are by no means the finalists at this point and the ongoing Academy vote is not yet included in the below:
- Sportsman: Hank McGregor – 728, Fabien Lefevre – 626, Maxime Gohier – 566
- Sportswoman: Freya Hoffmeister – 1,907, Lisa Carrington – 1,233, Danuta Kozak – 488
- Lifetime Achievement: Eric Jackson – 767, Dean Gardiner – 617, Ginny Coyles – 388
- Sports Team: Women's K4 Sprint Hungary – 778, Paracanoeing GBR - 521, Women's Canoe Polo Germany – 266
- Sports Junior: Emma Aastrand Jørgensen – 835, closely matched by Max Karlsson – 828, Sage Donnelly – 605
- Media Ambassador: Steve West – 837, Antony Edmonds – 177, Kayaksurf.net – 123
- Paddlesports Professional: Expand and Extend: Women and Canoeing Nepal – 497, Claire O'Hara – 240, Motionize 'Virtual Life Coach' – 188
*all public votes as of midnight GMT December 19th 2014
Some really exciting and unpredictable trends so far but everything is to play for, nothing is set in stone!
Please keep voting or if you are yet to do so, you have until the end of January 2015 and have a look at how our voting works.
A more detailed explanation of how the Academy voting works will follow in the New Year.
Happy Christmas
...and in the languages of the 2014 nominees:
Joyeux Noël
Frohe Weihnachten
Feliz Navidad
Boas Festas
Glædelig Jul
God Jul
Boldog Karácsonyt
Vesel Božič
Vesele Vianoce
メリークリスマス
क्रिसमस