AoC Sport Awards Applications Now Open

The AoC Sport Awards are the chance for member colleges from across the country to showcase and celebrate the achievements and inspirational work of students and staff in college sport. The awards represent the highest successes of young people in Further Education sport and physical activity, as well as highlighting the dedication of staff, who support and nurture those learners to success.

This year’s award categories are as followed:

Student Awards:

• Student Performer of the Year
• Team of the Year

• Inspirational Student of the Year
• Student Volunteer of the Year (strictly for Leadership Academy members)
• Achievement in Disability Sport

Staff Awards:

• Hall of Fame

The awards will be presented by international boccia star David Smith. David is one of the most successful British boccia players in history, winning multiple medals on the international stage, including 3 gold Paralympic medals. The presentation will be online via our social media channel on Friday 29 April 2022.

What we are looking for

Please download the full award criteria here.

It is important that when completing the nomination you try and meet all criteria points within the award category, as each point will be graded against each application. The better the nomination fits with the criteria, the greater overall score the nominee will receive and greater chance they will have at winning.

How to nominate

In order to nominate please follow this link. It is a quick and simple process, which allows both staff and students to make nominations. Please remember to refer to the criteria for each category when making nominations and you can save and continue your nomination later if you need to gather more information.

The deadline for all nominations is 17:00 on 25 March 2022. Any nominations made after this date will not be considered.

For further information about the Awards please get in touch with angus.milligan@aoc.co.uk