Nominate Your Local Sporting Hero – Applications Open for the 36th Annual Perth and Kinross Sports Awards
The nomination stage for the 36th Annual Perth and Kinross Sports Awards is now open and organisers at Live Active Leisure (LAL) are inviting residents from across Perth and Kinross to put forward their choices for one of eleven prestigious sporting awards by Sunday 18th January 2026.
In partnership with Perth & Kinross Sports Council, LAL will honour the clubs and individuals that have played an active role in the sporting life of Perth and Kinross with entries judged on merits from 1st January to 31st December 2025. Phil Coleman, Service Manager – Physical Activity and Sport at Live Active Leisure commented:
“We’re delighted to be opening nominations once again for the annual Perth and Kinross Sports Awards. 2025 has been another fantastic year for sport, and we would encourage everyone to think about that person, or team or organisation that has really made a difference to their sporting life or their sporting community in the last year and nominate them for an award.
We know people don’t do what they do on a daily basis to be recognised at our Perth and Kinross Sports Awards, but we do know that the finalists who make it to the awards ceremony are delighted that they have been recognised by their community.”
Categories for this year’s awards are:
• Sports Personality of the Year
• Young Sports Personality of the Year
• Veteran Sports Personality of the Year
• Disability Sports Personality of the Year
• Volunteer of the Year
• Youth Leadership Award
• Coach of the Year
• School Team of the Year
• Sport for Change Award
• Chuck Hay Team Performance Award
• George Mortimer Service to Sport Award
Nominees must have been a resident in Perth and Kinross for at least 6 months during 2025 and/or been affiliated to a club in Perth and Kinross in 2025. The sport must be officially recognised by sportscotland and nominations will be judged on the entry form alone with the exception of the main Sports Personality of the Year Award.
Previous Sports Personality of the Year winners include Charlie Aldridge (mountain biking), Eve Muirhead, Holly Wilkie-Milne, Anna Watt, (curling), Laura Muir (athletics), Bradley Neil (golf), Stephen Milne (swimming), Eilidh Child (athletics), Fiona Pennie (canoeing), Wallace Booth and Gavin Dear (golf).
The Perth and Kinross Sports Awards will take place on Friday 6th March at Perth Art Gallery for a fifth year. To nominate, please click here and complete the online nomination form by midnight on Sunday 18th January 2026.
