The time has come for the nation to decide who will be crowned this year's BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year.
The 2012 winner will be revealed at an awards ceremony at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on Monday, 10 December and will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Wales between 19:30 and 21:30 GMT.
The winner will also be revealed on BBC Radio Cymru and online, and appear later that evening on BBC Wales Today on BBC One Wales.
Other awards to be presented are the Team of the Year, Junior Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and Unsung Hero.
A review of the sporting year will be broadcast on Friday, 21 December on BBC Two Wales at 21:00 GMT and repeated on Boxing Day.
Voting opens at 08:00 GMT on Monday, 3 December 2012 and will close at 18:00 GMT on Saturday, 8 December 2012. Please note that votes will not count after this time, although you may still be charged for the call / text.
Please also note that this vote is not connected with the UK Sports Personality of the Year and is for the Wales award only.
HOW TO VOTE
TELEPHONE VOTE :
To vote for your favourite sports personality dial 09011 987 followed by:
001 for Gareth Bale
002 for Leanda Cave
003 for Nathan Cleverly
004 for Mark Colbourne
005 for Aled Sion Davies
006 for Tom James
007 for Jade Jones
008 for Dan Lydiate
009 for Josie Pearson
010 for Geraint Thomas
Calls cost 10p from a BT landline, other networks may vary. Calls from mobiles will cost considerably more.
TEXT VOTE :
To vote for your favourite sports personality text the SURNAME listed below to 65577 :
Texts will be charged at your network operator's standard message rate. Check your network operator for exact costs.
GENERAL VOTING RULES
1. Voting will be available by telephone and text message from 0800 GMT on Monday, 3rd December 2012 and 1800 GMT on Saturday, 8th December 2012. The candidates list will be promoted across BBC Wales output from Wednesday 28th November. The numbers to call in order to vote for your candidate will be published on Monday 3rd December 2012. The winner will be announced live on BBC Radio Wales at the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year presentation on Monday night, 10 December (approx. time 20:30 GMT). The result will also appear online at the same time.
2. Voting is by telephone and text message only. Please note that you cannot vote by email, red button or via this website. Votes will be capped at 5 votes per caller per voting method.
3. Telephone and text votes will open and close as specified above. Votes received outside the specified times or exceeding the maximum set out above will not be counted, but may still be charged. Voting times may change.
4. The BBC reserves the right to cancel or suspend voting at any time.
5. The vote is open to all residents of the UK, including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Please note that BBC employees, their close relatives or anyone directly connected in any way with the production of the programme or the provision of fixed line or mobile telephony services to the programme are not eligible to vote.
6. Each phone vote costs 10ppc from a BT landline, other networks may vary. Calls from mobiles will be considerably higher.
This table is provided for indicative purpose only. Information provided by mobile network operators 28/11/2012. For up to date information it is always advisable to check direct with your network operator.
7. Voters must obtain permission from the bill payer before voting. Voters aged 12 or under should obtain parent/guardian consent before voting.
8. If you are viewing the programme through iPlayer or any other time-shifting or catch-up service you should check carefully whether the vote is open before doing so as it may have closed.
9. Make sure you dial carefully only the number or type carefully the short code / keyword combination of the person you wish to vote for.
10. You can vote up to a maximum of 5 times on your telephone or your mobile. The BBC reserves the right to disqualify votes if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it considers there has been any deliberate attempt to manipulate the result. The BBC can only guarantee that votes individually entered directly through the telephone numbers or short code / keywords promoted by the programme will count.
11. There are a number of contingencies which could occur. These may include the decision reverting to a back-up panel formed by people from the sports sector, in the event of problems with the phone or text vote or in the event of a tie. Any such use of contingencies will be declared.
12. For the purposes of verifying any claim for refunds (where offered) or investigating possible voting irregularities, the BBC may need to request the network operator to disclose the telephone number that you are voting from.
Please note that this will still be required where you have originally opted not to disclose your telephone number (caller's line identification barring). If you do not agree to this, you should not vote.
Where such investigations are required, the BBC will only ever use your telephone number for the purposes of processing refunds or investigating possible voting irregularities and will not publish or provide it to anyone without permission, except where required for enforcement of these terms. You can read more about the BBC Privacy Policy here.
13. The BBC, its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for: (i) any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any telephone network or line, system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any vote being lost or not properly registered or recorded; and (ii) any of the nominee withdrawing from the event or refusing to accept the award for any reason.
14. The voting in this programme accords with the BBC's Code of Conduct for Competitions and Voting, details of which can be found on the BBC's Standards and Guidelines website.
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