Press Release: Fitness Australia Launches the Australian Fitness Awards 2019
Fitness Australia today announced the launch of the Australian Fitness Awards 2019. The newly formed Awards are open to everyone in the industry and seek to recognise and celebrate outstanding businesses and professionals.
The 2019 Australian Fitness Awards include seven business categories, three categories for individuals and one community award. Notably, the business awards have been redesigned to include new entrants such as Boutique Business of the Year and 24/7 Fitness Business of the Year.
The Australian Fitness Awards 2019 Award categories:
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Group Exercise Instructor of the Year
Personal Trainer of the Year
Fitness Student of the Year
BUSINESS AWARDS
PT Business of the Year
Boutique Business of the Year
24 / 7 Fitness Business of the Year
Council / Licensed Fitness Business of the Year
Independent Fitness Club of the Year
Fitness Club of the Year
Quality Accredited Business of Year
COMMUNITY AWARD
Community Excellence Award
The following two categories are selected by the Awards Committee and are not open for nomination.
AWARDS OF HONOUR
The Awards of Honour provide recognition of the important contributions of industry leaders and champions.
CHAIRMAN’S AWARD
The Chairman’s Award recognises members of Fitness Australia’s Board, Councils, Committees or Taskforce who made a significant contribution to the work of that group and to Fitness Australia.
Interim CEO of Fitness Australia, Greg Harris said “The Australian Fitness Awards provide a tremendous opportunity for businesses and professionals to be acknowledged for the contribution they make to the industry and the impact they have in their community. With a range of new categories, and the ability for individuals and businesses to nominate themselves, as well as clients and customers being able to nominate them, the stage is set to find some truly remarkable stories”
Award nominations open August 16 2018 and close by midnight on October 17 2018
Once the nomination period closes, finalists will be chosen by an independent panel of judges. All finalists will be notified by email with details of the next steps. The selection panel will then name the national award recipients in each of the 11 award categories.
The national winners of the Australian Fitness Awards will be announced in Sydney April 2019.
The Australian Fitness Awards 2019 are proudly sponsored by Les Mills, Ezidebit, Guild Insurance and Guild Super.
To find out more about Australian Fitness Awards go to awards.fitness.org.au or call 1300 211 311.
Justin is the Managing Director of Active Management, which he began January 2004. He offers coaching to businesses worldwide in everything from start up and design to marketing and sales systems. Justin also facilitates four Australian and New Zealand ‘fitness industry roundtables’ events, which allows him to see a huge cross section of business models.