Gold Coast Sports Star Awards 2024

EVENT INFORMATION

Rub shoulders with our city’s great sporting champions at the

Gold Coast’s Sport Star Awards

Sports Gold Coast Ltd and Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame present the 55th Sport Star Awards.  Celebrating the success of elite athletes, grassroots clubs and sports volunteers during 2023.

 

When:    Saturday 9 March 2024

Where:   RACV Royal Pines Resort

Time:      6:30pm pre-dinner drinks – 7:00pm awards dinner

Dress:    Black tie

TICKET PRICES

Corporate Table:  $2500

  • Table of 10
  • Three-course meal + four-hour beverage package.

Grassroots Table:  $1500

  • Table of 10
  • Three-course meal + four-hour beverage package.

Individual Tickets:  $250

  • Table of 10
  • Three-course meal + four-hour beverage package.

* All prices exclusive of GST & Booking Fees

* All tables can be donated in part or in full to grassroot sporting club representatives to attend the event. Or, you can choose to have grassroots club identities seated at your corporate table

PARTNERSHIP PACKAGES

For more information about Partnership Packages, please call Geoff Smith (0422 412 022) or Danika Goodman (0418 754 861).  Or complete a Booking Request Form.

GOLD PARTNERSHIP

Gold Package: $25k

  • 2x tables of 10 for your guests with preferred seating choices.
  • Three-course meal + four-hour beverage package.
  • Naming rights to top award.
  • On stage presentation of your award with short speech opportunity.
  • Photographs with sport stars on the red carpet.
  • 1x 60-second video of the evening, including an interview with you.
  • 12-month Sports Gold Coast Foundation Membership with acknowledgement in all media releases and articles.
  • Recognised as a major partner in all Sports Gold Coast events for 12 months.
  • 6x complimentary tickets to 3x Sports Gold Coast corporate events.
  • Acknowledgment by MC, mayor and key speakers.
  • Your logo on printed souvenir table program, media backdrop and all event branding or marketing collateral.
  • VIP invitation and acknowlegement at awards media launch.
  • First right of refusal for major sponsorship next year. 
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SILVER PARTNERSHIP

Silver Package: $15k

  • 1x table of 10 for your guests at the awards night with preferred seating choices.
  • Three-course meal + four-hour beverage package.
  • Silver sponsor recognition on the night, at the media launch, website, social media and Sports Gold Coast corporate events in 2024.
  • Photographs with sport stars on the red carpet.
  • Opportunity to present an award on stage.
  • Acknowledgement by MC, mayor and key speakers, branding in all event marketing material.
  • 2x complimentary tickets to 3 Sports Gold Coast corporate events.
  • Your logo on printed souvenir table program, media backdrop and all event branding or marketing collateral.
  • VIP invitation to media launch with public acknowledgment.
  • 12-month Sports Gold Coast ordinary membership.
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BRONZE PARTNERSHIP

Bronze Package: $5k

  • Three-course meal + four-hour beverage package.
  • Table naming rights.
  • Seating near the stage and VIP guests.
  • Sponsorship of 1x table of 10 for either your corporate guests or a local grassroots sporting club of your choice.
  • Your support acknowledged by the MC.
  • Your logo on printed souvenir table program, media backdrop and all event branding or marketing collateral.
  • 12-month Sports Gold Coast ordinary membership.
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ABOUT

SPORTS STAR AWARDS

The goal of the awards is to recognise and promote the outstanding sports achievements and sport personalities in our magnificent city.

In 1968, a small group of business and sports leaders founded the Gold Coast Branch of the Sportsmen’s Association of Australia (Queensland).  The branch named a Gold Coast sportsperson to become a finalist in the Queensland sportsman of the year for the Walter Lindrum Award (known as the Lindy Awards).

When the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame was established in 1999, the Gold Coast Sportsman’s Association, before disbanding, resolved unanimously to pass their honour board, finances and the authorisation for staging the sportsman of the year award to the committee of the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame, ensuring the continuity of the award.
The Hall of Fame has honoured the vision of the original Gold Coast Sportsman’s Assoc and continued the annual award, now renamed the Gold Coast Sport Star of the Year.
The award has continued to be a strongly supported as a city of Gold Coast award and its mainstay remains the Peter Lacy Trophy. The late Peter Lacy was not only a surf lifesaving icon in the city, but also a well-known, respected businessman.

The Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame plays a very important role in preserving the great history of Gold Coast sport and ensuring the legacy created by our past sports stars and business leaders is continued.

In 2016, Sports Gold Coast decided to support the Hall of Fame by underwriting a special Sports Star Awards night, lifting its profile with a gala event to properly honour the city’s sporting achievements and engender pride in our city.

Through our members and sponsors, Sports Gold Coast, have supported the awards by purchasing tables or sponsoring the event, which has grown from 310 attendees to 575. In 2022 we’re expecting 700.

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Award Categories

The awards also acknowledge the contribution of major sporting events which contribute to the promotion of our city, such as the Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast Marathon, V8 Supercars, etc.

 

  • Sports Star of The Year
  • Para-Sport Sports Star of The Year
  • Daphne Pirie, AO MBE Spirit of Sport Medalists
  • Gold Coast Bulletin Junior Sports Star of the Year
  • Eximm Junior Sports Volunteer
  • City Of Gold Coast Mayor’s Sports Award
  • Hot Tomato/MyGC People’s Choice Award
  • Use of Sport Technology or Innovation Award
  • Sports Photographs of the Year (professional & amateur)

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN

Calling all Photographers

The Gold Coast Sport Photographs of the Year award is your chance to earn recognition for your art.

The Gold Coast Sporting Awards gala dinner will feature the award for the second year in 2024’s event at RACV Royal Pines on 9 March. There will be both an amateur and professional award, but the image must have been taken during the 2023 calendar year.

To enter, first make sure you and your nominated photograph meet the eligibility criteria below, then complete the form and submit your photograph. The judges will advise you in February 2024 if your photograph has been shortlisted for the award. Please note that some submitted images will be published on our website and social media channels to promote the award and the gala dinner.

Attention Sports Tech Developers or Innovators

The Gold Coast Sporting Awards gala dinner will recognise the role technology and innovation play in sport at both the grassroots and elite levels, with the Gold Coast Sport Technology or Innovation Award.

The award is aimed at products and ideas adding tangible, measurable value to sports players, administrators, teams or fans. From broadcast technologies to skill enhancement apps and fan engagement initiatives, technology touches every corner of the sporting sector. Its role in our sporting lives continues to rise as athletes, players, teams, clubs, sporting bodies and supporters seek solutions, data and new ideas to support their work.