NSW Sports Awards
BACKGROUND
The NSW Sports Awards have been running since 1994, and serve to celebrate the achievements of athletes, coaches, officials, administrators and organisations on an annual basis.
Members are invited to nominate individuals, teams, and organisations within the award categories - after which an independent selection panel will determine the finalists and winners of each award.
NOMINATIONS
Conditions of entry for all award categories
Nominations must be endorsed by a Sport NSW member organisation, such as; State Sporting Organisation, State Disability Sporting Organisation, Regional Academies of Sport or Associate Member of Sport NSW (ie. local councils, industry bodies etc).
We encourage you to identify potential nominees within your organisation’s network. However, please note that only one nomination per award category can be lodged by each member with the exception of those members who represent more than one sport.
- All fields must be completed on the online nomination form and additional documents submitted will not be considered.
- Each nomination is to be accompanied by two images.
- Sport NSW retains the right to add nominations and may cancel a category if insufficient nominations are received.
- Sport NSW may use information provided within the nomination including imagery for publicity purposes and as best practice case studies. This may include traditional and social media as well as email communications for which you assign rights to Sport NSW for this purpose.
- Nominations are for achievements from 1 October to 30 September in the preceding year*
*Note: Allowance for winter sporting codes achievements post 30 September will be considered (ie Grand Finals etc)
LIST OF AWARD CATEGORIES
Please note that the Volunteer Director of the Year and Distinguished Long Service Awards are now recognised at the NSW Community Sports Awards held annually at NSW Parliament House.
JUDGING
The NSW Sports Awards Selection Panel will consist of at least four people including representatives from, but not limited to:
- Sport NSW
- Sports industry
- Office of Sport
- Media
The selection panel will short list nominees to a group of finalists and choose a winner in each category
The decisions of the Awards Selection Panel are final
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRESENTATION
Sport NSW will inform all finalists within each category and the list of finalists will be publicly available via the Sport NSW website.
The NSW Sports Awards will be presented at the NSW Champions of Sport ceremony.
Past Award Winners 1994-Present >