The Australian Sailing Awards recognise the outstanding contributions and/or achievements of individuals, groups and clubs associated with the sport of sailing in each state.

The Club of the Year Award is split into two categories (Category A and Category B) in all States except Tasmania. The split is according to your club affiliation band category and allows clubs to be recognised and celebrated for their contribution to the sailing community regardless of size. Category A Clubs are bands 1- 12 and Category B Clubs are bands 13- 22. The full criteria for each classification can be found here.

The judging criteria is centred around the Australian Sailing Strategic Pillars of GROW, SUPPORT, WIN and the six Strategic Foundations of:

Future Focus
Diversity and Inclusion
Environmental sustainability
Innovation
Safety
Partnerships

Criteria:

Must be an Australian Sailing affiliated club
Clubs to be rewarded for outstanding membership growth, participation growth, events, promotion, governance, innovative and/or new initiatives with regards to Australian Sailing’s Strategic Foundations.

Nominations open: 2nd June 2025

Nominations close: 11:59pm AEST 4 August 2025

Performance Nomination period: 9th August 2024 – 3 August 2025

Click here to view the conditions of entry

Nominations will first be judged for their relevant State Awards, with the winning nominations from the State Awards then put forward as nominees to the judging panel of the National Australian Sailing Awards.

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Please ensure your submission is accurate by confirming which category your club should be entered under via the link below.

CLUB CATEGORIES

Nominating Club

Club Name

Please use the Full Name of your club, not an abbreviation

State

Is the Nominated Club in Category A or Category B?

Club Representative details

Please complete the below details for your club representative

Name

First NameLast Name

Contact Number

Email

example@example.com

Commodore/President Details

If the club representative listed above is different from the Commodore, please provide the below details for the Commodore/President.

Commodore/President Name

First NameLast Name

Commodore/President Email

example@example.com

GROW

The following questions relate to the growth of your club in all forms.

Membership

Please provide answers to the questions asked in relation to membership:

How many members did your club have in 2024-25?

What was the percentage growth in members from 2023-2024 to 2024-25?

Please describe what programs, processes or initiatives your club has implemented to GROW membership, SUPPORT current members and retain them at your club? (2,000 character limit)

0/2000

Participation

Please provide answers to the questions asked in relation to how your club promotes participation:

Please describe what programs, processes, or initiatives your club has implemented to GROW and retain participation numbers at your club? (2,000 character limit)

0/2000

Events

Please provide answers to the questions asked in relation to events run at your club:

Describe the main events hosted at your club during the 2024-25 season and any upcoming events you have planned for the next 12 months. How were these events designed to GROW and/or SUPPORT your membership base? (2,000 character limit).

0/2500

Promotion

Please provide answers to the questions asked in relation to how you promote your club to the community:

Please describe what promotional processes, campaigns, or initiatives your club has implemented to GROW community and membership engagement with your club? (2,000 character limit).

0/2500

Please upload images or documents as other evidence of how your club has promoted itself in the past year.

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SUPPORT

The following questions relate to the support provided by your club in all forms.

Workforce

Please provide answers to the questions asked in relation to volunteers/employees at your club:

Please describe what programs, processes, or initiatives your club has implemented to GROW and retain volunteer numbers at your club? (1,500 character limit)

0/1500

Does your club actively SUPPORT members to gain the Australian Sailing qualifications under the Instructor, Coach or Officials programs? If yes, how? (1,500 character limit)

0/1500

Governance

Please provide answers to the questions asked in relation to your club governance:

Please describe what policies, strategies and plans your club has implemented to ensure the ongoing development of good governance of your club? I.e., Strategic plan, Risk Management plan, Succession plan, Diversity & Inclusion policy, etc. (1,500 character limit)

0/1500

STRATEGIC FOUNDATIONS

The section below is your opportunity to focus particularly on any innovative, new or successful programs, policies or initiatives your club has implemented over the last 12 months:

Please describe how your club has achieved success under one or more of the strategic foundations: Future Focus, Diversity and Inclusion, Environmental Sustainability, Innovation, Safety and/or Partnerships. (2,000 character limit)

0/2000

Club Photo

Nominees are required to attach image(s) here to be used in the promotion of your nomination should it be selected as a finalist.

The image should be in high resolution (approximately 2MB if possible) with appropriate lighting, no filters and should not have inappropriate behaviours depicted (E.g no alcohol being consumed)

You can add multiple images by selecting the “Browse Files” button after uploading each image.

Club photo

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