The Sussex Sports Awards 2022 will take place on Thursday 24th November 2022 at Sussex County Cricket Club.
Active Sussex are thrilled to announce the shortlist of Finalists for this year’s Sussex Sports Awards.
The awards, which celebrates individuals and organisations excelling within Sussex sport and physical activity saw a high standard of nominations; both in terms of quantity and quality. Judges have had the unenviable task of selecting just three nominees for each category, with the winner crowned at the prestigious annual event on 24 November.
Congratulations to everyone who was nominated, but particularly to our Finalists:
Active School of the Year
Little Common School, Little Common
Thomas A Beckett Junior School, Worthing
Southwater Junior Academy, Southwater
Community Engagement Award
Active Worthing Wellbeing Centre CIC
South Coast Sports
Cancer United
Health Improvement Award
Dr David Fox and Kirsten Adams, Hastings Primary Care Network
Sussex Macmillan Nurses
Lorraine Wilson, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP Inclusion & Diversity Award
Defiant Sports
Brighton Galaxy Girls’ Football Academy
Freedom Leisure Healthy Communities Brighton and Hove
Outstanding Contribution to Sport & Physical Activity Award
Jackie Wood
Eric Douglin
Loretta Lock
Sports Personality of the Year
Fabienne André, Wheelchair Racing
Will Bayley, Table Tennis
Isabelle Everest, Judo
Volunteer of the Year
Eric Douglin, World Club Basketball Tournament
Digna Baynes, Brighton Table Tennis Club
Andy Lindley, Sands United FC Brighton & Hove
You can join us at Sussex County Cricket Club on Thursday 24 November as the winners are revealed. Tickets cost £24, and include arrival drinks and canapes. For more information and to book, please visit www.ssa2022.eventbrite.com.
Nominations will be judged by a panel of judges. Each nomination will be scored on how closely the nominee’s achievements over the past year where specified, meet or exceed the criteria for each award. It is therefore important that you provide as much detail in your nomination as possible.
Nominations must be made with a supporting statement of up to 2500 characters, with key reasons for the nomination being detailed in line with the criteria. No additional supporting evidence will be accepted that is not contained on the nomination form.
Entries received after 12pm midday on Friday 21st October will not be entered for judging, and it will not be possible to shortlist the nominee. Entries should be made online but can be emailed. An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent by Active Sussex.
With the exception of the Sports Personality of the Year award, nominees must be a resident or actively involved in sports/physical activity development within the boundaries of East or West Sussex County Councils or Brighton & Hove City Council.
For the Sports Personality of the Year, nominees must be a resident, have been born/lived in, or actively involved in sport within the boundaries of East or West Sussex County Councils or Brighton & Hove City Council, or have another strong connection to Sussex deemed appropriate at the discretion of the judges. We reserve the right to withdraw nominees should the judges deem their link to Sussex to be inappropriate or tenuous.
Nominations have to relate to physical activity. Nominations for e-sports may not be eligible.
With the exception of the Outstanding Contribution to Sport and Physical Activity Award, previous winners can be nominated but all nominees’ activities should relate to the past year (October 2021-October 2022).
Those making nominations must be 16 years or over on 21st October 2022.
With the exception of the Community Engagement Award, the Inclusion & Diversity Award and the Active School of the Year Award, nominees cannot nominate themselves.
No joint nominations for individual categories will be accepted. The Health Improvement Award is open to individuals, or a small team of people, but is a personal accolade as opposed to an organisational award.
There is no limit to the number of nominations from an individual, club or organisation and individuals can be nominated in more than one category (unless stated otherwise). However, where there are multiple nominations for the same individual, club or organisation, the highest score will be counted.
Nominations are actively encouraged from disability sports for all categories.
The three highest-scoring nominations will be shortlisted as finalists in each category and invited to attend the Sussex Sports Awards 2022 on Thursday 24th November.
The judging panel will be appointed by Active Sussex, and will use a scoring system to assess applications. The panel’s decision is final.