Athletics Ireland is delighted to announce that the fourth edition of the biennial European Athletics Women’s Leadership Awards will be given in 2015.
European Athletics Women’s Leadership Awards General Guidelines & Selection Criteria
Aims
The European Athletics Women’s Leadership Awards have been created to recognise and celebrate women leaders in athletics. The main aims are to highlight the invaluable contributions women make on the local and national levels and to inspire others to work for the benefit of the sport.
Ultimately, we hope the awards will help to change attitudes and increase the numbers of women serving our sport.
Awards
The awards are given by European Athletics, normally to one winner per country, based on a selection process managed by the Member Federations. The prizes associated with the awards are presented by the Member Federations at the national level. The awards are given biennially in the odd-numbered years. Athletics Ireland will award each Regional Nominee with a National Award
Award Criteria
The awards should be given for outstanding contributions to the sport by women of any age working as coaches, competition officials, club volunteers, event organisers, journalists, administrators, federation leaders, etc. The recognised contributions may be a single activity, a recent period of work or a career-long commitment.
Notification
The public announcement of the award winners will be made during the European Athletics Convention in Lausanne, Switzerland on 17 October 2015.
Presentation
A representative of all winners will be invited to receive the first award, which will be presented at a ceremony in Lausanne. European Athletics will provide the awards to be presented at the national level in Lausanne.
Application Procedure
Each Region may nominate one candidate. A National Candidate will be selected by Athletics Ireland from the nominations submitted by the Regional Boards.
Nominations must be received by Athletics Ireland by Friday 31st July at 5pm. Provincial Nominations to be emailed to moiraaston@athleticsireland.ie
Full Details can be found here.
