** Winners Announcement **
Winner category 1 - Clubs
The Multicultural Sports Club (QLD)
Winner category 2 - State Associations
Wheelchair Sports NSW/ACT
Many thanks to all the 131 clubs and associations that nominated for this years Play by the Rules Awards. Its was a difficult task to decide on the two winners - there were so many fantastic nominations this year and a tribute to how community sport has reacted during these difficult times. We will highlight the work of these two winners soon and contact all nominees with a view to showcasing their work as an example of good practice here on Play by the Rules - so watch out for that.
Many thanks again and keep up the great work.
Background
The Award started in 2017 when the winner was Gymnastics Victoria for their pathways program in collaboration with Special Olympics. You can see details of their work in our Case Studies section. The 2018 winner was the GingerCloud Foundation for their great work developing their Modified Rugby Program. You can also read about their work in our Case Study on the GingerCloud Foundation.
In 2019 we expanded the Play by the Rules Award to two categories - for local clubs and for state bodies. This years winners were the Penrith Giants Junior AFL Club for their Kickability program and Netball Queensland for the Diamond Spirit program. You can hear from Julie Chard from Penrith Giants and Lee Wilson from Netball Queensland below who received their Awards at the 2019 Diversity and Inclusion in Sport Forum.
2019 Play by the Rules winner for local clubs - Penrith Giants Junior AFL Club
2019 Play by the Rules winner for state bodies - Netball Queensland
If you want to know more about the Diamond Spirit program there's an excellent video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCdw6nG2M28.
2018 Play by the Rules winner - GingerCloud Foundation
2017 Play by the Rules Award winner - Gymnastics Victoria
You can nominate your club, association or agency. So if your organisation has done some great work to make sport safer, fairer and/or more inclusive, nominate for the Play by the Rules Award and gain some national recognition. Nominations open in early August each year.
Many of the nominations are later developed as a Case Study model of good practice for Play by the Rules, so even if you do not take out the big prize you can still have your work shared and recognised nationally through Play by the Rules.
