Sport Prize Giving Award Criteria

All awards are discussed and finalised by a panel of staff and TIC's. 

Junior Coach of the Year – Student in Year 7-10 or a student who coaches a Primary or MS team
Senior Coach of the Year – Student in Years 11-13 or a student who coaches a MS or Senior team.

This award focuses on acknowledging excellence in coaching, character and leadership in sport.
Nominees should:
1. Receive a written nomination from either a team/staff member, coach, manager or
parent.
2. Hold a coaching position at the school.
3. Be a positive role model.
4. Be well organised and work co-operatively with adults & team members
5. Demonstrate Christian character in competition and practice.
6. Be well respected by players, parents and officials.
7. Display a commitment to improving their skill level in their area of service i.e. courses,
accreditation.

Junior Official of the Year - Student in Year 7-10 or who officiates a Primary or MS team
Senior Official of the Year - Student in Years 11-13 or who officiates a MS or Senior team
This award focuses on acknowledging excellence in officiating, refereeing and umpiring.
Nominees should:
1. Hold a current qualification and show a commitment to improving that qualification.
2. External acknowledgement from competition governing body.
3. Level of officiating during the season.
4. Have feedback from coaches and players officiated during the season (internal and
external where possible).
5. Officiate for KingsWay School in their nominated code (unless this is not offered by the
school).

Sport Leadership Award
Primary School Boys' Leadership Award - Years 1-6
Primary School Girls' Leadership Award - Years 1-6
Middle School Boys' Leadership Award - Years 7-9
Middle School Girls' Leadership Award - Years 7-9
Senior School Boys' Leadership Award - Years 10 -13
Senior School Girls' Leadership Award - Years 10 -13
This award focuses on acknowledging excellence in character and leadership.
Nominees should:
1. Receive a written nomination from either a team/staff member, coach, manager or
parent.
2. Show leadership ability.
3. Be a positive role model.
4. Be well organised and work co-operatively with adults & team members
5. Demonstrate Christian character in competition and practice.
6. Demonstrate an ability to lead.
7. Be an excellent ambassador of KingsWay School
8. Represent KingsWay School in their nominated code (unless this is not offered by the
school).

Sportsmanship
Primary School Boys' Sportsmanship Award - Years 1-6
Primary School Girls' Sportsmanship Award - Years 1-6
Middle School Boys' Sportsmanship Award - Years 7-9
Middle School Girls' Sportsmanship Award - Years 7-9
Senior School Boys' Sportsmanship Award - Years 10 -13
Senior School Girls' Sportsmanship Award - Years 10 -13
This award focuses on acknowledging excellence in character.
Nominees should:
1. Receive a written nomination from either a team/staff member, coach, manager or
parent.
2. Be a positive role model.
3. Work co-operatively with adults & team members
4. Demonstrate Christian character in competition and practice.
5. Consistently demonstrate fair play.
6. Be an excellent ambassador of KingsWay School
7. Represent KingsWay School in their nominated code (unless this is not offered by the
school).

Middle School Sports Person of the Year

This award focuses on acknowledging a middle school student who demonstrates the characteristics we would like to see displayed in a KingsWay sports person.
• Display Christian Character
• Demonstrate great sportsmanship
• Be a positive role model both off and on the field.
• Work co-operatively with adults & team members
• Have a positive work ethic at training & games.
• Be part of a school team
• Shows level of responsibility for their development and the development of their team (where applicable).

 A panel of staff will look at all nominees and may also take into consideration

• Skill and team level
• Individual achievements for the calendar year

Sports Person of the Year

This award focuses on acknowledging excellence in the characteristics that we would like a KingsWay sports person to display.
• Display Christian Character
• Demonstrate great sportsmanship
• Be a positive role model both off and on the field.
• Work co-operatively with adults & team members
• Have a positive work ethic at training & games.
• Be part of a school first school team
• Shows level of responsibility for their development and the development of their team (where applicable).

A panel of staff will look at all nominees and may also take into consideration
• Skill level
• Individual achievements for the calendar year

Team of the Year
Award Description/Criteria:
Middle School
Senior School Girls' Team of the Year 
Senior School Boys' Team of the Year 
Nominees should:
1. Receive a written nomination from either a team/staff member, coach, manager or parent.
2. The team’s competition grade will be taken into consideration.
3. The team place in the top three places in their competition or place highly in tournament week competition.
4. Team players must demonstrate diligence in training and commitment during all competition.
5. Team players must demonstrate great team spirit.
6. Be excellent ambassadors for KingsWay School
A panel of staff will view all nominated teams and a decision will be made as to the winner. No discussion will be entered into by the panel with regards to the final decision. If no teams are considered to fit the above criteria then no award will be presented

Team of the Year
Award Description/Criteria:
Primary School Team of the Year - Years 1-6
Nominees should:
1. Receive a written nomination from either a team/staff member, coach, manager or parent.
2. The team’s competition grade will be taken into consideration.
3. The team place in the top three places in their competition (preferably but not a must)
4. Team players must demonstrate diligence in training and commitment during all competition.
5. Team players must demonstrate great team spirit & sportsmanship.
6. Be excellent ambassadors for KingsWay School
A panel of staff will view all nominated teams and a decision will be made as to the winner. No discussion is allowed to be entered into by the panel with regards to the final decision. If no teams are considered to fit the above criteria then no award will be presented

Liebert Spirit Cup Award
Courage, Perseverance and Spirit.
This award focuses on recognising a student who has overcome difficulty to achieve sporting success.
Nominees should:
1. Receive a written nomination from either a team/staff member, coach, manager or
parent.
2. Be a positive role model.
3. Demonstrate Christian character in competition and practice.
4. Represent KingsWay School in their nominated code (unless this is not offered by the
school).

Representative Badge Award (Local)
Local Representative
Recipients must have:
1. Selected to represent their local area and play in an intercity competition in any given code.
i.e. North Harbour versus Counties Manukau.
2. Represent KingsWay School in their nominated code (unless this is not offered by the
school).
3. Written confirmation from a sporting governing body/coach/manager.

Representative Badge Award (Regional)
Regional Representative
Recipients must have:
1. Selected to represent our region in any given code. i.e Auckland versus Wellington.
2. Written confirmation from a sporting governing body/coach/manager.

NB: Club or local representation, development squads or local festival participation
does not qualify for this award.

Representative Badge Award (National)
National Representative
Recipients must have:
1. Selected from all people representing your sporting code throughout New Zealand and representing the country at an international level in any given code.
i.e New Zealand versus South Africa
2. Written confirmation from a sporting governing body/coach/manager.
NB: Club representation does not qualify for this award

Award Victrix Ludorum and Victor Ludorum 

This award is presented on a points system. Please ensure you have let us know if your child is in a representative team this year.