Scottish Cycling is delighted to announce that nominations are open for the 2020 Scottish Cycling Awards.
As with everything in 2020 the Scottish Cycling Awards will look a little different this year as they will not only celebrate the great achievements made by volunteers and riders, they will recognise those going above and beyond to help others through the Coronavirus pandemic.
The awards categories, which are open for public nominations are:
Club of the Year
Coach of the Year
HSBC UK Recreational Cycling Award
Volunteer of the Year
Rider of the Year
Innovation Award
For more details on the criteria for each award, please see below.
Awards Criteria
Club of the Year: The Scottish Cycling Club of the Year Award recognises a club that has demonstrated a commitment to development, resulting in increased participation, inclusion and diversity in its membership. (Please note that this is a club award focussing on development achievements and not a team award focusing on performance success)
Areas of consideration for this award:
- The development of committee structures and roles to improve the club
- Innovative projects that have increased participation, membership and inclusion of the club
- Adapted their activities in 2020 to engage members in different ways to support them through the Coronavirus pandemic
- Proactive and creative marketing and communication that has increased participants and recruited new members to the club
- Links with other partners and the wider community that have enabled the club to develop, whilst increasing participation, inclusion and diversity
- How the committee has worked with club members to improve the quality of provision and the overall member experience
Volunteer of the Year: The Scottish Cycling Volunteer of the Year Award celebrates the passion, contribution and commitment of Scottish Cycling volunteers, who regularly go over and above to make a difference to the cycling community.
The award is open to anyone who has volunteered in a role connected to Scottish Cycling. For example, a club volunteer, event organiser or event volunteer, official or Mountain Bike Leader can be nominated in this category. This is not an exhaustive list and nominations are encouraged across all areas of the sport.
Nominees for this award should exemplify the following criteria:
- Exceptional enthusiasm and dedication to supporting/developing cycling
- Having a significant, positive impact within their community
- Adapted their activity throughout 2020 to engage people in different ways to support them through the Coronavirus pandemic
- An individual who is an inspiration and positive influence on others
Coach of the Year: The Scottish Cycling Coach of the Year Award will be made to a coach who has made a significant impact to the development or performance of a rider(s).
Nominees for this award should exemplify the following criteria:
- Has adopted an athlete-centred approach to coaching
- Has made a significant impact to the development or performance of a rider(s)
- Has created an appropriate and effective environment to develop the rider(s) towards their goals.
- Has demonstrated innovative practice in their coaching
- Has adapted their coaching throughout 2020 to engage riders in different ways to support them through the Coronavirus pandemic
HSBC UK Recreational Cycling Award: This award celebrates the passion, contribution and commitment of HSBC UK Let’s Ride volunteers, recognising those who lead recreational rides; supporting beginners to intermediate cyclists, families, and/or women only cyclists. For example; Ride Social leaders, Breeze ride leaders, Guided ride leaders.
Nominees for this award should exemplify the following criteria:
- Exceptional dedication to supporting/developing cycling through the HSBC UK recreational programme they are involved with
- Achieving positive outcomes the relevant HSBC UK recreational programme(s)
- Adapted their activity throughout 2020 to engage people in different ways to support them through the Coronavirus pandemic
- An individual who is an inspiration and positive influence on others
Innovation Award: This one-off award seeks to recognise a person, group, club or event who has thought outside the box and done something innovative to inspire others to participate in cycling during the pandemic or used cycling in an innovative way.
Nominees for this award should exemplify the following criteria:
- An innovative project, event or activity which uses cycling during the pandemic.
- Inspiring and positive influence on others
Rider of the Year: This will be awarded to the individual whose achievement(s) represents excellence in cycling at the highest level. A rider may be nominated for a single outstanding performance, or several performances throughout the year.
Nominations will be judged on achievements from Jan 1st – Dec 31st 2020.
Nominees for this award should exemplify the following criteria:
- The result(s) achieved
- The level of the event(s) a rider has achieved in together with the quality of the competition (World, European and British). Consideration will be given to other significant factors such as the breaking of a record at World, European, British level.
- Adapted their training throughout 2020 to maximise opportunities throughout the Coronavirus pandemic
- Inspirational impact of the achievement
- Sportsmanship and integrity
Eligibility: the athlete must have been eligible to represent Scotland over the nomination period
Nominations are now being welcomed, from which a short list will be drawn up and a winner selected by our panel of expert judges. Nominations are open until 5pm on Sunday the 7 February 2021, with the shortlist announced the week of the 15 February 2021. The winner of each award will be announced on social media throughout early 2021 with awards being sent by post.
Nominations
All nominations must be received on the nomination form below, and no late nominations will be considered.
Nominations are open until 5pm on Sunday the 7 February 2021
