2017 Victorian Sport Award Nominations

Following the closing date of nominations (15 January 2018) all nominations will be sent to the appropriate State Sporting Association (SSA) to verify the eligibility of the application. This process is to confirm that each nomination meets the eligibility criteria listed below.

In addition, in some categories the SSA will be requested to confirm that further eligibility is clarified. For example, that the Victorian Coach of the Year nominee holds a current coaching accreditation.

Should a response not be received by a SSA, the nomination will be marked as ‘unverified’ for the deliberation of the relevant voting panel. Follow up of verifications post the due date will not take place.

Following the confirmation of eligibility, all nominations for the Victorian Sport Awards will be reviewed by expert voting panels. An announcement of the voting panel members will be made soon.

All nominees for the Victorian Sport Awards will be required to fulfil the following eligibility criteria.

All nomination forms will have a tick box to select that the nominee meets the following eligibility criteria.

A) To be considered as a Victorian (must “tick” requirement one, plus either requirement two or three):

• Product of Victorian Sports System: Contribution or Participation in the Victorian sports system for a minimum of seven years (three years for juniors).
• Resident in the state of Victoria: Identify their primary residence as a location geographically based in Victoria.
  
• Born in the state of Victoria.
  

B) All contributions/achievements must have been achieved in the calendar year (January to December 2017 (except for the Outstanding Contribution to Sport and Service to Victorian Community Sport and Recreation Awards).

C) All nominees must meet the expectations of the Victorian Community Sport Code of Conduct

Expert voting panels will be selected to review the nominations and assess the respective selection criteria. Finalists will be selected in each category, winners will be announced at the 2017 Victorian Sport Awards on Wednesday 14 March 2018.

Voting panel members will be announced soon.

Victorian coaches who have achieved outstanding coaching performance/s with Victorian athlete/s or teams during the 2017 year.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be an accredited Coach under the recognised National or State Sporting body
• Coach Victorian athlete(s) or a team competing at a state, national and/or international level competition
• Nominations are open to paid and unpaid coaches

Selection Criteria

Victorian sporting coaches who have made a significant contribution to their club and/or association/district. This award recognises the exceptional contribution made by a Victorian community sporting coach during 2017, either on or off the sporting field, with a focus on improving community sport through encouraging participation, fairness, integrity and making sport more welcoming, safe and inclusive.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be an accredited Coach under the recognised National or State Sporting body
• Coach Victorian athletes(s) or a team competing at club and/or association/district level

Selection Criteria

Victorian officials who have demonstrated excellence in their role as an official of their chosen sport during the 2017 year.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be an accredited Official under the recognised National or State Sporting body
• Officiate at state, national, international level
• Nominations are open to paid and unpaid officials

Selection Criteria

Victorian sporting officials (umpires/referees/judges) who have made a significant contribution to their club, and/or association/district. This award recognises the exceptional contribution made by a Victorian official in 2017 with a particular focus on improving community sport through fairness, integrity and making sport more welcoming and inclusive.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be an accredited Official under the recognised National or State Sporting body
• Officiate at club and/or association/district level
• Nominations are open to paid and unpaid officials

Selection Criteria

Victorian sports administrators who have demonstrated an outstanding level of achievement during the 2017 year at the State Sporting Association, Regional Sports Assembly or National Sporting Organisation (Victorian based). The recipient’s contribution will have provided benefit to, or had a positive impact upon, an individual sport or the industry as a whole, and their standards of excellence will have distinguished them from peers.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be employed (in a paid position) at a State Sporting Association, Regional Sports Assembly, National Sporting Organisation (Victorian based), Associations, Leagues, Regional Academies of Sport or in a Professional Sporting Team.

Selection Criteria

This award recognises the exceptional contribution made by a volunteer under the age of 35 to the Victorian sport and active recreation community in 2017.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be 35 years of age or younger as at 31 December 2017
• Not be paid for their volunteering (Note: reimbursement of expenses does not constitute payment)

Selection Criteria

This award recognises the outstanding contribution made in 2017 by a community sporting club, team or organisation who has demonstrated a strong commitment to encourage and support participation in sport and active recreation, including breaking down barriers that may be created by age, cultural diversity, ability, gender, religious belief or sexual orientation.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the club must:

• Be registered with a State Sporting Association

Selection Criteria

Victorian Masters athletes or teams (male or female) who have achieved outstanding results in respect to their performances at a national and/or international level during the 2017 year.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Have competed in masters level competition as classified by each sport

Selection Criteria

This award recognises a Victorian team who has achieved outstanding results in respect to their performances at a state, national and/or international level during the 2017 year.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Must be an officially recognised state team by their State Sporting Association; or,
• A team representing Australia, comprised solely of Victorian athletes as defined in the individual award categories (Male and Female Athletes of the Year)
  • This includes a team registered and based in a Victorian Club (i.e. The Oarsome Foursome – Australian Olympic Four, Rowing 1992 and 1996 Olympics)

Note: This award is open to men’s, women’s and mixed teams

Selection Criteria

This award recognises a Victorian junior team who has achieved outstanding results with respect to their performances at a national, international level during the 2017 year.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Must be an officially recognised state team by their State Sporting Association; or,
• A team representing Australia, comprised solely of Victorian athletes as defined in the individual award categories (Male and Female Athletes of the Year)
  • This includes a team registered and based in a Victorian Club (i.e. The Oarsome Foursome – Australian Olympic Four, Rowing 1992 and 1996 Olympics)
• Be a team with all members 21 years of age or under as at 31 December 2017

Note: This award is open to men’s, women’s and mixed teams

Selection Criteria

This award recognises Victorian junior athletes who have achieved outstanding results in respect to performance/s at a national and/or international level during the 2017 year.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Have competed in national and/or international level competition
• Be 21 years of age or under as at 31 December 2017

Selection Criteria

This award recognises a Victorian individual male athlete who has achieved outstanding results in respect to performance/s at a national, international level during the 2017 year.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Have competed in national and/or international level competition
• Identify as a male/man

Selection Criteria

This award recognises a Victorian individual female athlete who has achieved outstanding results in respect to performance/s at a national, international level during the 2017 year.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Have competed in national and/or international level competition
• Identify as a female/woman

Selection Criteria

This award recognises a Local Government Authority who has made a significant contribution to sport in 2017 through the development of a participation program or facility.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be a Local Government Authority within the state of Victoria
• Research
• Participation recruitment and retention programs
• Facility re-development, development or design
• Sport competitions

The initiatives be related to (but not limited to):

Selection Criteria

This award recognises the work of clubs, teams, groups or individuals who have succeeded in enabling more people to participate in outdoor and active recreation through a single initiative, event or longer-term initiative implemented within the past 2-3 years which has provided significant benefit during 2017.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be a community and/or active recreation club/group or individual within Victoria

Selection Criteria

This award recognises organisations who have created a program, project or campaign, or implemented a plan, within the past 2-3 years which has provided significant benefit to Victorian sport during the 2017 year.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be a State Sporting Association, Regional Sports Assembly or Vicsport Associate Member
• Participation recruitment and retention programs
• Research

The initiatives be related to (but not limited to):

Selection Criteria

This award recognises an outstanding community sporting event that has been delivered successfully and benefitted the local community in 2017.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be an organisation based in Victoria:
  • State Sporting Association
  • Regional Sport Assembly
  • Club
  • Association
  • Local Government Authority
  • National Sporting Organisation

Selection Criteria

This award recognises a member of the Victorian sport and active recreation community who has made a positive difference to the opportunities and experiences available to others over a long period of time. They could be a paid or volunteer administrator, official, umpire or coach, who has provided support, encouragement or inspiration through hard work; often through self-sacrifice and without personal gain.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Have contributed to Victorian sport over a long period – 10 years or more

Note: This award is open to paid or volunteer administrators, officials, umpires or coaches.

Selection Criteria

The Victorian Outstanding Contribution to Victorian Sport Award is presented to an individual or organisation in recognition of outstanding achievement in, or contribution to, sport in Victoria. Winners of the Outstanding Contribution to Sport Award are nominated by the Vicsport Board and selected by a panel of industry representatives and are chosen based on their significant role in the Victorian sport and active recreation sector.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be a considered as a Victorian (as per criteria on page 1)

Consideration will be considered to: