2010 was an astonishing sporting year for so many reasons, but which South African sportsperson gave the single best performance of the year?
Sport24 is seeking the nation's help in making this decision ...
During the year we asked readers to vote for their performance of the month from five nominees, with the most voted for sportsperson then taking that month's title.
And it's from these 12 nominees that the single best performance of 2010 will be chosen. Below please find the 12 monthly winners, and the reason for their nomination.
We're also giving away an awesome His and Hers set of Fossil watches to one lucky voter.
Given that it is all about a single performance, if someone is nominated twice for different performances, as is the case with Hashim Amla this year, their votes are not tallied together.
Readers can also have a little fun by voting for the more tongue in cheek Sport24 "Plonker of the year", which is based on the same system described above.
The 2010 Sport24 Awards nominees are:
Performance:
January - Mark Boucher For his gutsy 95 at the Wanderers earning the Proteas a draw against England.
February - Hashim Amla For a superlative series in India smashing 490 runs in just two Tests.
March - Ernie Els For ending a two-year winless drought with two victories on the PGA Tour.
April - Ernst van Dyk For an incredible ninth Boston Marathon in the men's wheelchair.
May - Hashim Amla For three out of four ODI man of the match awards against West Indies.
June - Siphiwe Tshabalala For his famous left-footed strike which gave Bafana took the lead against Mexico.
July - Louis Oosthuizen For his sensational win at The Open at St Andrews.
August - Francois Hougaard For successive scintillating performances at scrumhalf for the Springboks in the Tri-Nations.
September - Davy Jacobs For leading the Warriors to the Champions League T20 final, scoring 286 runs.
October - Patrick Lambie For his magnificent performance and 25 point haul in the Currie Cup final.
November - AB de Villiers For scoring the highest Test score by a South African - 278 not out against Pakistan.
December - Lee-Anne Pace For becoming the first South African to win the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit.
Plonker:
January - Jonty Rhodes For separating from his wife and moving to Cape Town with his new girlfriend.
February - The Sharks Crowd For throwing missiles at Chiefs flyhalf Stephen Donald as he teed up kicks at posts.
March - SABC For their abominable coverage of the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour
April - SAFA For failing to nail down a suitable local World Cup base for Bafana Bafana.
May - Benni McCarthy For not shedding his excess weight in the immediate lead-up to the World Cup.
June - Andries Bekker For "playing away from home" via sneaky little visits to a public park.
July - Bakkies Botha For his crude head-butt on All Blacks scrumhalf Jimmy Cowan.
August - Peter de Villiers For saying that Gary Gold was only the third best defense coach in the country.
September - The Rose Brothers For deserting the Lions at the Platinum International Sevens tournament.
October - SABC For failing to broadcast Bafana Bafana's important African Nations Cup qualifier in Freetown.
November - Peter de Villiers For some truly baffling substitutions that very nearly cost the Boks the match against Wales.
December - Jacques Kallis For those hair implants and driving his Audi R8 into a gate in Wynberg at 02:30am.
