Emerging Athlete of the Year Award

Nominate an athlete who broke through in 2023-24

This award recognises the outstanding achievement of an emerging athlete during 2023/24. This category is restricted to athletes who have made a break-through in 2023-24 which may include achieving selection to a Welsh or UK National Governing Body squad or team.

You can submit your nomination in a number of ways:

• Online via our Nomination Form (below)
• By sending a completed Nomination Form (Microsoft Word document) to awards@disabilitysportwales.com
• If you would like to submit your nomination as a video (for example if you'd prefer to use British Sign Language), please see Video Submission Guidance
• If you would prefer to submit your nomination as an audio file (for example you feel you communicate better with spoken language rather than written language), please see Audio Submission Guidance

Disability Sport Wales Awards Nomination Terms & Conditions apply

Download Nomination Form (Microsoft Word)

What we’re looking for:

• Evidence of achievements between 1st September 2023 – 23rd August 2024

• Evidence to demonstrate potential to achieve future international honours at Commonwealth, European or World level

• Dedication and commitment to their sport

• Evidence from their Welsh/UK National Governing Body of their potential within their sport/s.

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Process for selection from total nominees: 

• Internal Panel will shortlist to six nominees
• Six nominees will be referred for consideration to an independent Awards Panel, who will select a category winner and two other finalists
• Should your application be shortlisted, the Nominator may be required to provide further detail to the nomination at the award panel which will take place in September 2024.
• The winner will be revealed at our Celebrating Paris homecoming dinner on October 4th 2024.

Online Nomination form for the Emerging Athlete of the Year Award

Video Submission Guidance

If you would prefer to submit your nomination in a video format, for example so that you can use British Sign Language, please make sure to include the same information we require in the written form. You can use the following as a checklist to help you:

• The name of the award you are nominating for (e.g. "Emerging Athlete of the Year Award")
• The name of the athlete you are nominating
• The nominee's address, post code, contact number and email address
• The nominee's date of birth
• The sport(s) the nominee competes / competed in
• The number of years they have been / were active as an athlete
• The local, regional, and/or national teams they belong to
• Any awards / recognition they received within the past 12 months. Please give details.

• Please give detail of the key achievements of the nominee in 2024 or a season ending in 2024 (e.g. 1st September 2023 – 31^st August 2024).
• Please tell us what impact the nominee had in 2023/24.
• On average, how many hours a week do they train?
• Tell us why this athlete should win the award.

• Your full name
• A contact email address and telephone number for you, as well as your post code
• Your relationship to the nominee

Please make sure to speak or sign as clearly as you can.
 

Submitting your video:

Once you are happy with your video, you can get it to us in a number of ways:

• Send us the video via WhatsApp: +44 7341 524 476 . The audio will be received by Ffion Alexander-Jones, Disability Sport Wales Finance and Charity Officer.
   
• Upload it to a secure Cloud Storage service (e.g. Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox etc.) and share the file with awards@disabilitysportwales.com 
   
• Use a large file delivery service (e.g. WeTransfer) to send the video privately to awards@disabilitysportwales.com 

We require names, email addresses, phone numbers etc. to be included in your submission as we may need to contact you as nominator, or the nominee as part of the assessment of the Award. For this reason, your video submission will contain information that should not be publicly shared. We ask that you do not upload your nomination to public video sharing or social media websites and services like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok etc.

Audio Submission Guidance

If you would prefer to submit your nomination in an audio format, for example if you are more comfortable with spoken language than written language, please make sure to include the same information we require in the written form. You can use the following as a checklist to help you:

• The name of the award you are nominating for (e.g. "Emerging Athlete of the Year Award")
• The name of the athlete you are nominating
• The nominee's address, post code, contact number and email address
• The nominee's date of birth
• The sport(s) the nominee competes / competed in
• The number of years they have been / were active as an athlete
• The local, regional, and/or national teams they belong to
• Any awards / recognition they received within the past 12 months. Please give details.

• Please give detail of the key achievements of the nominee in 2024 or a season ending in 2024 (e.g. 1st September 2023 – 31^st August 2024).
• Please tell us what impact the nominee had in 2023/24.
• On average, how many hours a week do they train?
• Tell us why this athlete should win the award.

• Your full name
• A contact email address and telephone number for you, as well as your post code
• Your relationship to the nominee

Please make sure to speak as clearly as you can.
 

Submitting your audio recording:

Once you are happy with your recording, you can get it to us in a number of ways:

• Send the audio file as an attachment to awards@disabilitysportwales.com
   
• Send us the audio file via WhatsApp: +44 7341 524 476 . The audio will be received by Ffion Alexander-Jones, Disability Sport Wales Finance and Charity Officer.
   
• Upload it to a secure Cloud Storage service (e.g. Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox etc.) and share the file with awards@disabilitysportwales.com 
   
• Use a large file delivery service (e.g. WeTransfer) to send the file privately to awards@disabilitysportwales.com 

We require names, email addresses, phone numbers etc. to be included in your submission as we may need to contact you as nominator, or the nominee as part of the assessment of the Award. For this reason, your audio submission will contain information that should not be publicly shared. We ask that you do not upload your nomination to public audio sharing or social media websites and services like SoundCloud,  Facebook, Twitter etc.