WSA Sports Industry Awards 2025 with Headline Sponsors Howden

The Welsh Sports Association (WSA) Sports Industry Awards 2025 will take place on Thursday 12 June 2025 – a celebration of the best in Wales’ sport and leisure industry! We are thrilled to have Howden as the event’s headline sponsors for the very first time.

This year’s awards will once again recognise and Promote the initiatives and successes of WSA members, while also communicating best-practice models and strategies that are helping the Welsh sport and leisure sector to Develop. And for 2025, there will be a new award category alongside our original eight!

The WSA is thrilled to have partner organisation St. John’s Ambulance Cymru as drinks sponsor for the WSA Sports Industry Awards 2025 again!

The WSA Sports Industry Awards 2025 nominees are..

Best Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
Sponsored by PureCyber

Cricket Wales and Glamorgan Cricket 
Weightlifting Wales
Wye Gymnastics and Galaxy Cheerleading, nominated by Welsh Gymnastics

Best Initiative to Promote Women in Sport & Physical Activity
Sponsored by Howden

 Football Association of Wales 
MyRounders
Newport Live

Best Innovation Award
Sponsored by Hugh James

Caerphilly Sport and Leisure Services 
Genletics 
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust 

Best Commitment to the Welsh Language
Sponsored by CBS

Byw’n Iach
Cynghrair Pêl-rwyd Gwynedd ac Ynys Môn
Disability Sport Wales

Best Sustainability Initiative
Sponsored by Floodlighting and Electrical

Dragons RFC
Parkwood Leisure

Best Social Impact Initiative
Sponsored by Bute Energy

Actif Sport and Leisure
Cardiff City FC Community Foundation
Newport Live

Best Collaboration Initiative (Participation, Sponsorship or Member Engagement)
Sponsored by Sport:80

Cardiff Metropolitan University, nominated by Welsh Student Sport
GLL
The Outdoor Partnership

Most Influential Campaign (Communications, PR or Advocacy)
Sponsored by Sportscover Europe

Nofio Ysgol Caerdydd Group (Cardiff Met University, GLL, Legacy Leisure, Swim Wales and Urdd)
Disability Sport Wales
Welsh Athletics

Best Business Growth Award
Sponsored by Quill Business Solutions

Commonwealth Games Wales
Mumbles Community Association
Squash Wales

Why Apply?

Winning a WSA Sports Industry Award will showcase your organisation’s outstanding work and achievement throughout the Sport and Leisure sector in Wales. Additionally, the profile of winning an Award will also be brought to the attention of influential stakeholders within the sector such as Welsh Government, Sport Wales, Community Leisure UK, WSA Partners and the media. Moreover, your excellent work will be showcased to other WSA Members as exemplar models for the sector.

Don’t forget, x2 FREE tickets are available should you be shortlisted for an Award! 

Who Can Apply?

All member organisations of the Welsh Sports Association on or before 1st March 2024 are eligible. WSA member organisations can also apply on behalf of their own members. For more detail on our eligibility criteria, visit our terms and conditions.

What makes a winning entry?

The judging panel will need as detailed information as possible within the application guidelines. The judging panel recognise that the WSA Membership is diverse and resources differ greatly from one organisation to another. However, video entries bringing projects to life will be advantageous.

Work should have the potential to create significant impact for the sector. This impact will demonstrate a combination of positive outcomes. Impact might be achieved by the growth of the organisation applying, or by the spread of their ideas to its members or other organisations.  Applicants should also show good governance and management.