Major Award Nomination Criteria
Sport Yukon Major Awards Nomination Criteria
Nomination Criteria & Procedure
Categories
Nomination Year:
Award nominations are considered for an outstanding performance or series of performances from October 1, 2007 until October 27, 2008.
Who May Nominate:
Sport governing bodies, community sport and recreation associations, and other related clubs, groups, organizations or individuals that are active or affiliate members for Sport Yukon. If the sport governing body does not submit the nomination they will be contacted to determine their degree of support for the nomination.
Nominees:
Open to athletes/volunteers who make their primary home in the Yukon and are members in good standing with their associated sport governing body. Athletes who live temporarily in other provinces for training or education purposes are products of our territorial sport development system, are also eligible for nomination, as are athletes who originally came from other provinces, provided their primary residence is declared as being in the Yukon.
International Criteria:
This category is intended for athletes who have competed for Canada in major international events sanctioned by the National Sport Governing Body such as, but not limited to the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Pan-American Games or World Junior/Senior Championships.
This category does not include the Arctic Winter Games or the North American Indigenous Games.
Once an athlete has competed for Canada in this category they become ineligible for an award in the Territorial/National category unless competing in an entirely different sport.
Team Criteria:
A number of individual athletes associated together in the same event. Athletes must compete as a team and cannot compete in individual categories in the same sport.
Selection Criteria Includes:
Coach & Administrator/Executive Criteria:
Only volunteers will be considered eligible. The commitment of the athletes and the quality of facilities, equipment, etc. will also be considered.
Submission Deadline & Information:
All nominations are to be received at Sport Yukon no later than October 31, 2008.
It is important to present all pertinent qualifications, contributions and/or achievements in a letter to Sport Yukon. This may include references to secondary sports and other community involvement.
The Sport Yukon Games Committee will then screen all nominations and recommend its selections to the executive committee for ratification.
The award recipients will be announced at Sport Yukon’s Annual Awards Night on Friday - November 28, 2008 at the Westmark Whitehorse.
