The PLx Awards 2023 is a celebration of the outstanding achievements of those who contribute to making extraordinary sporting moments happen.

This year the awards are on 28 November and will feature seven categories showcasing the best and brightest in our high-performance community.

UK Sport is teaming up with Goal Click to share the stories of the high-performance individuals nominated for the PLx 2023 Awards through the eyes of those that have nominated them.

This content will be featured at the PLx 2023 awards night, showcasing the remarkable achievements and contributions of those nominated for awards. 

Award categories 

Athlete award: biggest performance turnaround or breakthrough

Our greatest learnings come from our biggest challenges, but these aren’t our goals or ambitious targets – they are the stark reality of the situations we face, compelling us to commit and innovate to reach new levels of performance.

This award recognises the athlete who has had the biggest performance turnaround or breakthrough in the last year.

 

Coach award: the coach who has had a special impact on the high-performance sport community

Coaches play a critical role in our high-performance community, developing and delivering performance, built on years of continuous refining, in an ever-shifting landscape.

 

This award recognises a current coach who has challenged themselves to achieve exceptional and inspiring performances in the last year.

 

 

Support staff award: support staff or practitioner, from any specialism, who has had a special impact on the high-performance community

 

Sustaining high-performance success is only possible if we work together as one community – using all the skills and expertise that exist in every member of the team, whatever their role.  

 

This award recognises the member of staff, from any specialism or role, who has challenged themselves to achieve exceptional and inspiring performances in the last year.

 

Innovation award: an innovation that has made a significant improvement or had an impact on our high-performance community*

 

Sustaining high-performance success relies on our ability to innovate and learn. It’s those innovations that solve problems or lead to extraordinary performances beyond expectations.

 

This award recognises and celebrates an original innovation that has had a significant impact on a high-performance sport in the last year.

*Sport, system or team award

 

Collaboration and teamwork award: best practice from a sport demonstrating impact in improving elite sport performance**

The greatest achievements in history are all stories of extraordinary collaboration and teamwork. A high-performing team working well together is a genuine game changer in any high-performance sport, but it isn’t easy.

 

This award recognises a team that has collaborated or worked together to deliver a significant impact, improving high-performance in their field. 

Individual, system or team award**

 

Social impact and/or sustainability award: sport, staff or athlete that has had a positive impact on their community

 

Success on the world stage gives us a unique platform from which to inspire positive, meaningful, and lasting change i.e., to have a social impact. Whether it’s using our voice or unique assets of our sport to promote equality, diversity and inclusion or reducing our carbon footprint – we all have a role to play.

This award recognises a sport, member of staff or athlete who has harnessed the power of their platform to contribute towards societal change

 

The spirit of high-performance award

 

In 2019 UK Sport Chair Dame Katherine Grainger said;

 

“It takes physical courage to push yourself to a great performance, but this is not as important as the other type of courage – and that’s moral courage.  That’s also harder to define; moral courage gets tested at its most in times of challenge and controversy.  None of us know right now what trials and challenges we’ll be tested with, but I’m sure we’ll be tested… and how we respond to that will be a true test of our own courage.”

 

This is the spirit of high-performance.

This award recognises a sport, member of staff, athlete or team that has risen to a challenge and done so in a way that embodies, what you interpret to be ‘the spirit of high-performance.’ 

 

Nominate now

Nominations will be open until 11.59pm Sunday 8 October 2023.

Make a nomination

 

UK Sport x Goal Click

Goal Click is a global storytelling platform, finding people from around the world to tell their own story about their sporting lives and communities through analogue and digital photography, video, and their own words.

This will be the first project of its kind for UK Sport, challenging the traditional norms of nominee introductions at award ceremonies. The content will be created collaboratively, with your photos and videos showcasing the unique, personal, and emotional stories of leaders within the high-performance community.

Upon the successful shortlisting of the individual that you have nominated, we will introduce you to Goal Click to provide guidance and support every step of the way. All you will need is your smartphone to capture video, the Paper Shoot Cameras provided by Goal Click, and access to the individual you have nominated.

PLx Awards Terms and Conditions

• You can nominate a maximum of one candidate for each award. Any additional nominations will not be considered; 
• You are not permitted to nominate yourself. Any self-nominations will not be considered; 
• Nominations will close at 11.59pm on Sunday 8 October 2023, the final closing date will be communicated soon. Any nominations received after the closing date will not be considered; 
• Following nominations closing shortlisting will take place;
• An Independent Panel will decide on the three nominees for each award, whom will then be contacted on behalf of Goal Click;
• One winner per Award from the shortlist will be chosen, with the winners being announced on the 28 November 2023;
• Selection for the winner are made at the Panel’s sole discretion.