• The Sunday Times South Africa Alan Paton Book Award 2016 Finalist
  • The Cricket Society and MCC Book Award 2016 Finalist
  • Shortlisted for Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award (South Africa) 2015
  •  John H. Daniels Fellowship recipient, National Sporting Library, Middleburg, Virginia, USA. 2013
  • Researcher of the Year Award, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011-2012
  • Research Associate, Cape Higher Education Consortium and National Research Foundation (South Africa) City of Cape Town Impact Research Plan – 2010 FIFA World Cup. 2010-2013
  • Member of Northumbria University History Department’s £285,000 AHRC-funded project to explore the English Diaspora in North America. Awarded May 2011. www.englishdiaspora.co.uk
  • Research Associate, South African Special Olympics Research Project (in association with University of Ulster) 2011
  • Bursary for PhD research. Awarded by Brunel University, London. 2002
  • Reinhard Sprenger Award for Outstanding Young Scholar in Sports History, 2002. Awarded by the ISHPES Conference, Kanazawa, Japan
  • The Gwyn Williams Award for Best All-Round Male Sports Studies Student, 2000. Awarded by the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff