Northern Territory Sports Awards

Updates on the 2027 NT Sports Awards, including the event date and when nominations open, will be available on this page later this year.

The Northern Territory (NT) Sports Awards recognise the achievements of athletes, coaches, sporting officials and volunteers.

Past award winners include Olympians, Commonwealth games champions and those who have excelled at the highest level in national and international competitions.

The awards recognise achievements within local Territory-based, national and international sporting competitions.

This includes 11 nominated and 3 honorary award categories.

Congratulations to the 2026 NT Sports Awards winners. If you missed the live stream, you can watch it on YouTube and find out the winners in the list below.

Honorary awards

WinnerAward
Andrew McLeod Hall of Champions
Bev Sinclair Roll of Honour
Jason Eecen Roll of Honour
Amanda Bagley Roll of Honour
Tom O’Neill-Thorne Steve Abala Role Model

Nominated awards

WinnerSportAward
Trent de WithAthletics - parkrunKaren Schneider Sports Medicine Australia Safer Sport
Tracy Village Razorbacks Women Div1 AFL NT Local Performance of the Year Award
Lachlan DunemannAFL, cricket, darts NT Regional Performance of the Year Award
Chris Ponter Cricket NT Volunteer of the Year Award
Paul CarterSwimming NT Official of the Year Award
Michelle Caden Hockey Eric Johnston Coach of the Year Award
World Aquatics Masters Swimming NT Team Swimming NT Team of the Year Award
Tom O'Neill-ThorneWheelchair basketball NT Para-athlete of the Year Award
Anne WalkerSwimming NT Masters Sportsperson of the Year Award
Skyla ChattertonMuay ThaiNT Junior Sportsperson of the Year Award
Jake WeatheraldCricketNT Sportsperson of the Year Award

Contact

For more information, email sporting.events@nt.gov.au.

Large group of award recipients posing on stage, some holding trophies, at a formal awards event.


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