Jordan’s sports Oscars under way with new procedures

Dec 11,2014 - Last updated at Dec 11,2014

AMMAN — The Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) has launched a new process for deciding which sportsmen and women will be named Black Iris Sports Awards winners for 2014, according to a statement from the JOC.

This year the system has been tweaked to ensure that the public get to vote on the very best shortlist available.

For the first time, Jordan’s National Sports Federations have been asked to nominate the athletes that have performed best in their sports.

This part of the process will close early next week and, following that, an expert panel consisting of media representatives as well as JOC officials will consider what names will be entered onto a shortlist of three for each award.

Next year the public will be asked their opinion when the shortlists will be posted to the JOC Facebook page.

Last year, this part of the process attracted almost 150,000 votes with the campaign reaching an incredible 600,000 people online.

The awards are known as Jordan’s sports Oscars with five categories — best sportsman, sportswoman, young sportsman, young sportswoman, and Paralympic athlete of the year — recognised since 2005.

It is the only award of its kind and considered the top award in sport in the Kingdom.

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