23-12-2023, 12:00 AM
(18-12-2023, 10:02 PM)lookoutwales Wrote: On a similar note, BBC Wales' treatment of their own Sports Personality of the Year award has gone from its own awards night (complete with TV and radio coverage of at least some kind) to pretty much an afterthought.
The winner was announced via an embargoed press release this morning.
Notably, there was no shortlist, either - and a judging panel led by Dame Tanni Grey Thompson decided the winner.
www.bbc.co.uk
The BBC Northern Ireland award had the same treatment as the BBC Wales award, with a judging panel deciding the winner, and the award then being given ahead of time and announced on tonight's main Newsline bulletin.
www.bbc.co.uk
The only reference of a Scottish award I can see is this rather patchy Wikipedia article, which suggests the award was discontinued after 2007. Odd that NI and Wales are up for doing their own thing, but not Scotland (who argubally is the more successful sporting nation of three nations).
en.wikipedia.org