Honorary awards

Submit a recommendation for the honorary awards DOCX (88.7 KB).

Recommendations can be submitted for honorary awards throughout the year. Names of people put forward will be placed into the Department’s database, assessed against the relevant category criteria and, where warranted, be recommended for further research.

Note: it does not guarantee that all names put forward will:

1. be recommended for further research
2. receive an award.

Hall of Champions

Inductees into the Hall of Champions are people who represent the NT's greatest sports people.

Along with honouring the Territory's champion athletes, the Hall of Champions aims to develop and preserve NT identity and history in sport. Team players are considered on the same basis as individuals.

Athletes must have:

• retired from representative competition for a period of five years
• been a representative of the Northern Territory at the pinnacle of their sporting careers
• achieved high levels of performance at national and/or international competitions
• served the NT as a sporting ambassador of the highest order, portraying integrity and sportsmanship.

Roll of Honour

The Roll of Honour acknowledges the vital role of coaches, administrators and officials for their invaluable contribution to sport.

They are the timekeepers, coaches, umpires, scorers, committee members, team managers, first aid and sports medicine support and more.

Steve Abala Role Model - The 'Administrator's Medal'

This award is presented to a superb athlete in any sporting field whose sporting career has been strongly connected to the NT and who is considered an ideal role model for our Territory youngsters to aspire to emulate.