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History
The first Sports Celebrity Dinner was held at the Empress Hotel in 1968. This inaugural event was presented by the Victoria Sports Council and the Saanich Kiwanis Club. The event would eventually become the Victoria Sports Awards and would be held every year thereafter until 2006. In 2023, the Greater Victoria Sport Awards were relaunched to celebrate the continued achievements of our local sport community.
The Victoria sports community has fond memories of this annual celebration, often held at the Harbour Towers and the Princess Mary. A debt of gratitude is owed to the volunteers who dedicated so much time and effort to keep the event going, including Pat Hall and John & Marilyn Bate.
The GVSTC, along with a group of valued community sports leaders, are pleased to have re-launched the Greater Victoria Sports Awards.
Please join us in 2026 as we will honour the 2025 accomplishments of the top athletes, teams, volunteers and organizations in our region.
Highschool athletes of the year
2025 – Avery Geddes & William Flett
2024 – Clara Chudley & Tyler Felt
2023 – Adia Pye & Blake Swan
College/univesity athletes of the year
2025 – Kimberly Chen & Renoldo Robinson
2024 – Sai Sai Faubert & Piers de Greeff
2023 – Kathryn Lee & Diego Maffia
Master athletes of the year
2025 – Jan Zurcher & David DeFehr
2024 – Connie McCann & Tom Moffat
2023 – Catrin Jones & Robert Bettauer
2022 – Heather Simonson & Jim Rutledge
Alex Nelson ‘Ok’wilagame indigenous athletes of the year
2025 – Isabella Anderton-Teasdale & Rayah Underwood
2024 – Alexandra Nelson & Patrick Elliott
2023 – Shalaya Valenzuela & Maddox Moon
2022 – Judy Christante & Ben Pawluk
Athletes of the year
2025 – Sophie de Goede & Cameron de Jong
2024 – Caileigh Filmer, Avalon Wasteneys, Caroline Crossley (co-winners) & Cody Fournie
2023 – Mel Pemble & Diego Maffia
2022 – Micah Zandee-Hart & Riley Pickrell
Team of the year
2025 – UVIC Men’s Basketball
2024 – Spectrum Senior Boys Basketball
2023 – Team Gauthier
2022 – UVIC Women’s Field Hockey & Camosun Men’s Volleyball (co-winners)
Coach of the year
2025 – Hilary Stellingwerff & Murphy Burnatowski (co-winners)
2024 – Jane Gumley
2023 – Krista Thompson
2022 – Lynne Beecroft & Charles Parkinson (co-winners)
Event of the Year
2025 – Canadian Little League Championships
2024 – Hockey Day in Canada & Touchdown Pacific (co-winners)
Pat Hall volunteer award
2025 – Don Moore
2024 – Joan Gagnon
2023 – Keith Butler
2022 – Troy Birtwhistle
John & Marilyn Bate Organization of the year award
2025 – Victoria & District Amateur Basketball Association
2024 – Canadian Sport Institute Pacific
2023 – Victoria Reign, Capital Region Female Minor Hockey Association
2022 – Boardworks Diving
Cleve Dheensaw Legacy Award, presented by the GVSA Organizing Committee
2024 – John Horgan (posthumous)
Charity Supported
2025 – OneAbility Games
2024 – PISE Gift of Play Campaign
2023 – Buddy Check for Jesse
2022 – Kidsport
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