Nominations required by midnight,1 November 2024 for MSSA's Management Board Awards.

Anneke Lourens Luies was MSSA's Mind Sports Person of the Year for 2023. Who will it be in 2024?

Mind Sports South Africa's Management Board Awards are the longest running awards for gaming in South Africa. The awards take into account all the various disciplines being, board gaming, card gaming, esports, and wargaming.

It could even be argued that such awards are the longest running awards for rewarding such athletes in the world having started in 2009. Whereas the long running awards (like BAFTA) acknowledge the games themselves, MSSA's Management Board Awards acknowledge the contribution made by the very gamers/athletes themselves. 

MSSA's Management Board Awards were initiated in 2009 to reward excellence not specifically provided for in MSSA's Constitution.

When reading through the names of those previously honored, the reader is quickly reminded of MSSA's rich history. The names are not just names, these are the men and women who have made an incredible contribution to the various mind sports in South Africa and even beyond South Africa's borders.

The awards are now more representative of MSSA's membership, of the work being done, and of society as a whole.

It should be noted by the reader that the categories for Writer of the Year, Social Media Person of the Year, and Sponsor of the Year are open categories and apply to anyone that has given their 'all' to the development of boardgames, card games, esports, and wargames as a sport.

The awards now take into account the following categories:

• Mind Sports Person of the Year
• Board Gamer of the Year
• Esports Player of the Year
• Wargamer of the Year
• Team of the Year
• Volunteer of the Year
• Umpire of the Year
• Coach of the Year
• Educator of the Year
• Writer of the Year
• Social Media Person of the Year
• Sponsor of the Year

MSSA's Management Board requests all members to make submissions by midnight 1 November 2024.

The names of previous winners may be seen on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Sports_South_Africa#Management_Board_Awards

Additional reading:

• 2024 Calendar of Events
• 2024 Open Student Games - R910,735,00 to be won!
• AEC - African Esports Championships 24 (AEC24)
  
• AEC - Champions of all of Africa - Protea Female Counter Strike 2 Esports Team wins AEC24
• AEC - Forged in battle - a Counter Strike story...
• AEC - Schedule for Protea Counter Strike Team.
  
• AEC - Schedule for MSSA's Female Protea Counter Strike Team.
• AEC - Schedule for MSSA's Protea MLBB Team.
  
• AEC - South Africa enters the finals!
• AEC - South Africa's Protea PUBGM Esports Team enters centre stage.
• AEC - Through to the finals of AEC24
• AEC - Wrap up of day 1 at IESF's AEC24 - 17 August 2024
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - School
• Awards - Nominations required by midnight,1 November 2024 for MSSA's Management Board Awards.
• Elections - Do you want to be a Regional Director?
• Elections - Nominations are needed for 2024 AGM.
• Hosting official Regional Championships.
• IESF: IESF announces game titles for 16th World Esports Championships to be held in 2024.
• IESF: MSSA confirms its entry to WEC24
• IESF: Results of friendly against Belarus.
• National Team Trials: 2024 ROAD TO RIYADH - Two qualifying events left
• National Team Trials - Age restrictions
• National Team Trials: Ensuring every athlete achieves their dreams.
• National Team - Female Qualifiers
• National Team - Junior Qualifiers
• National Team - National Team Trials - 10 August 2024
• National Team: Onward and upward
• National Team - Open Qualifiers
• Office Bearers: Volunteer for a Provincial Directorship
• Office Bearers: Do you want to be a Regional Director?
• Results: 2024 Western Cape Online Championships - 17 February 2024.
• Results: 5th FREE STATE Online Championships held on 3 August 2024.
• Results: 5th GAUTENG Online Championships held on 18 May 2024.  
• Results: Combined Online Provincial Championships for Schools - 27 April 2024
• Results: Online Championships to be held on 4 May 2024.
• Results: Team ATK Oshun excels at 2024 Online Championships held on 13 April 2024 
• Sportsmanship awards - Je'nielle Cavanagh takes the award
• Sportsmanship awards: Ridah Hendricks take Western Cape Sportsmanship title
• Student Games: Superb Sochi
• Team Trials: To qualify for National Team Trials to represent South Africa.
• Titles: Esports titles selected for all MSSA's 2024 High School Championships.