Proaction Annual Student Awards 2024
We’ve completely shaken up our annual Student of the Year awards! The awards aren’t just about mastering techniques; it’s about the journey, the sweat, and the perseverance. Our awards will showcase the remarkable individuals who embody the spirit of martial arts, demonstrating outstanding commitment and contributions to our Club community.
If you’re nominated for an award, you should be over the moon. Every nominee in each category will have been selected from the 1,500 Proaction members across all 15 clubs. This will be a very significant achievement and something that, even if you don’t receive an award on the night, you should take pride in and know that your efforts are being recognised by your instructors and peers.
We’re planning the biggest, most amazing awards ceremony that we’ve ever hosted before. We’ll have special guest, VIPs, taekwondo demos, music, entertainment as well as hearing about our incredible members. Tickets will go on sale in the coming weeks. Capacity is limited so get your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
We’ve also partnered with a Northampton-based children’s charity, Kids Aid. All proceeds from the awards ceremony will go to help them provide therapeutic support for children and young people who have suffered any form of trauma.
We want our annual awards to serve as a chance to acknowledge the achievements of our members and instructors and wider Club community.
We’ve consolidated some categories and created new ones to help us celebrate our success as a whole club rather than the fragmented location approach taken previously.
That means a nomination for any Proaction annual award is an incredible significant recognition of a student’s dedication, growth, and contributions.
Categories:
- Junior Taekwon Do Student of the Year (aged 7-13 years)
- Junior Taekwon Do Most Improved Student of the Year (aged 7-13 years)
- Adult Taekwon Do Student of the Year (aged 13 years and above)
- Adult Taekwon Do Most Improved Student of the Year (aged 13 years and above)
- Mighty Monkey Student of the Year
- Mighty Monkey Most Improved Student of the Year
- Junior Leader of the Year
- Junior Kickboxing Student of the Year
- Junior Kickboxing Most Improved Student of the Year
- Adult Kickboxing Student of the Year
- Adult Kickboxing Most Improved Student of the Year
- Taekwon Do Black Belt Student of the Year
- Kickboxing Black Belt Student of the Year
- Competition & Development Team Student of the Year
- Instructor of the Year (nominated by the instructors)
- Above and Beyond Award
- Proaction Club Award
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Member’s Choice Award – nominated and voted for by members
- Member’s Instructor of the Year Award – nominated by members and voted for by members.
Member’s Choice Award – nominated and voted for by members
The Member’s Choice Award is all about shining a spotlight on the amazing people and things happening within the Proaction community. This is your chance to tell us all about those incredible achievements, inspiring personal growth stories, and how the Club is helping people make a really positive impact in the world around them.
If you are someone, or want to nominate someone in Proaction who’s been smashing it, whether it’s your friend, your own awesome self, or another standout Club member, this is the chanceto give them a well-deserved pat on the back.
GET NOMINATING NOW !!!!
Nomination will be open from Tuesday 21st November until Thursday 21st December.
This award is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements, and incredible stories of personal growth, and the positive impact of our members within the Proaction community. We invite all Proaction members to nominate themselves, friends, or children for this award.
Nominate Friends at Proaction: We’re inviting members to nominate their Proaction friends for this award. Sharing stories of when their friends at Proaction have gone above and beyond to support them, have shown outstanding maturity, helped them through difficult times, kept them focused on their goals or other heart-warming stories that show the amazing impact of Proaction members.
Personal Nomination: Have you felt that Proaction has had a positive impact on your personal growth and development? We want you to describe the ways in which Proaction has helped your personal growth, development, and maturation throughout time with Proaction.
Highlight specific ways in which Proaction, its members or instructors have provided things like guidance, mentorship, resources, or opportunities that have positively impacted you.
Nominating your child: Have you seen an improvement in your child’s personal growth and development since joining Proaction? This could include improvements in self-confidence, emotional resilience, and overall character development. Have there been certain events, instructors or opportunities that have given your child the opportunity to shine? Have there been any lasting memories when the skills your child has learnt have help to boost their confidence or allow them to take on challenges that they would have shied away from before?
Highlight specific ways in which Proaction, its members or instructors have provided things like guidance, mentorship, resources, or opportunities that have positively impacted you.
Nomination Process:
Member’s/Parents will be invited to submit a written nomination that includes specific anecdotes, examples, and personal testimonials to illustrate their child’s progression. They should emphasize how Proaction has played a crucial role in their/their child’s personal growth journey.
Selection Process:
A panel of judges will select eight deserving entries whose story of progress, growth, and positive impact is most compelling and aligned with the spirit of Proaction’s mission. The Proaction members’ community will then be invited to vote on the story that they think deserves the award the most. The nominee with the most votes by the closing date will be the winner.
Nominations opens on Tuesday 21st Novmber and will close on Thursday 21st December.
Voting will then take place via the Praoction social media and the winners and runner up announced at the ceremony on Saturday 10th February.
Member’s Instructor of the Year Award – nominated and voted for by members
This is your chance to nominate the instructor(s) who have made the biggest impact on your journey here.
We want nominations that really hit home, ones that shout out about the amazing qualities that make an instructor stand head and shoulders above the rest. Think about those moments that made you go, “Wow, this instructor is something else!” We’re talking about real stories, real impact.
Nominate your Instructor of the Year NOW!!!!
The instructor with the most nomination will be the winner and will be announced at the awards ceremony on Saturday 10th February.
Nomination will be open from Tuesday 21st November until Thursday 21st December.
The nomination process
Our instructors will play a crucial role in identifying deserving candidates for these awards.
Instructors have first-hand knowledge and observations of students’ behaviour, commitment, and character. All of which will play a significant role in the nomination process.
The selection process will be fair, transparent, and based on merit, reflecting the values and goals of Proaction.
The judging panel
The selection process will be fair, transparent, and based on merit, reflecting the values and goals of Proaction. All entries will be review and decided upon by a panel. Judging panel will consist of Mr Tom Nicholson, Mrs Jas Nicholson and Rachel Ransby, Communications Manager.
The awards ceremony
We will be hosting an awards ceremony on Saturday 10th February 2024 at which we will announce nominees for each award (winners and highly commended).
Winners and runners up will all receive a trophy and certificate, and Proaction goodie bag. The winners will receive an overall prize that will be announced closer to the time.
Stories/case studies will be featured in the Proaction Post, on the Club website and on social media. There will also be local publicity and PR, parental consent dependent, plus winning students will be featured in the 2024 advertising campaign to be launched in September 2024.