Dec. 30, 2019
The Ottawa Sports Awards committee has selected the winners of its annual major awards for 2019. Ivanie Blondin’s recent successes at the Speed Skating World Cup put her over the top in a strong field of candidates for Female Athlete of the Year, which she previously won in 2014, while shotputter Tim Nedow is honoured
MoreDec. 03, 2019
The Ottawa Sports Awards is proud to announce the 2019 recipients of Lifetime Achievement Awards in coaching, officiating, and volunteering and administration, as well as the winner of the Mayor’s Cup award for outstanding contribution to local sport. The honourees will be celebrated in person at the 2019 Ottawa Sports Awards Dinner, January 29, 2020
MoreJan. 30, 2019
Athletic standouts ranging from thirteen-year-old phenoms to Olympic medallists will be honoured at tonight’s Ottawa Sports Awards as the best representatives of their sport in Ottawa for 2018. The 64 Individual Sport Award winners will come together tonight at Algonquin College, alongside members of championship teams and major award winners, to celebrate amateur sport at
MoreJan. 23, 2019
There will be a record number of athletes, coaches, volunteers, and officials in attendance at the Ottawa Sports Awards at Algonquin College on Wednesday, January 30 to celebrate the 2018 accomplishments of the City’s amateur sports community. 700 tickets have been sold or distributed to winners, and the event sold out 12 days in advance.
MoreJan. 15, 2019
The Ottawa Sports Awards committee has released the identities of its annual major award winners for 2018, including 2018 Canadian Olympic Team member Isabelle Weidemann and World Championship bronze medallist Mike Woods as the city’s Athletes of the Year. uOttawa women’s soccer head coach Steve Johnson and Cassandra Smith of The Akademy Snowboard Programs are
MoreJan. 31, 2018
The 65th Annual Ottawa Sports Awards Gala is tonight at Algonquin College, recognizing the best of Ottawa’s amateur sports community in 2017. The gala will be filled to capacity, with over 600 winners and supporters in attendance and tickets sold out. The full house will enjoy the presentations of the Lifetime and Major Awards, as
MoreJan. 17, 2018
The Ottawa Sports Awards committee has released the identities of its annual major award winners, including 2018 Canadian Olympic Team members Rachel Homan and Vincent de Haître as the city’s Athletes of the Year. Homan’s World Championship winning curling rink is also a Team of the Year winner, alongside the National Championship winning Carleton Ravens
MoreNov. 30, 2017
The Ottawa Sports Awards is proud to announce the 2017 recipients of Lifetime Achievement Awards in coaching, officiating, and volunteering, as well as the winner of the Mayor’s Cup award for outstanding contribution to local sport. The honourees will be celebrated in person at the 2017 Ottawa Sports Awards Dinner, January 31, 2018 at Algonquin
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In 1953, Lou LaBlond of the Associated Canadians Travellers (ACT) initiated the first awards dinner called the ACT Sportmens Dinner, honouring 16 amateur athletes with assistance from the Eastview Lions Club and the Eastview Recreation Centre. The event continued to be known as the ACT Awards for an amazing 50 years under the guidance of Mike Milligan and Gary Mighton. In 2003 Mike and Gary decided to step down from their key organizing roles and the Ottawa Sports Awards were renamed and revamped, but continue the tradition started in 1953.
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