Pole Sports Industry Awards

Once again the International Pole Sports Federation will acknowledge the hard work and dedication displayed across the Pole Sports industry at the World Pole Sports Championships. Created to recognise and celebrate the effort and accomplishments of all individuals in the industry, the IPSF welcomes Athletes, Businesses and Federations as nominees from around the world.

To be nominated for an IPSF Pole Sports Award is a great achievement; to win an IPSF Pole Sports Award is an outstanding achievment.

In the true spirit of the IPSF Pole Sports community movement; everyone gets a vote! The judging panel will consist of IPSF committee members, IPSF national presidents and vice-presidents and YOU by way of a public vote.

How does it work?

1. Nominations will close on 30th May
2. Nominees will be contacted on 10th June and asked to send in a questionnaire about their achievements over the last year
3. Nominations will be announced on 10th June.
4. Voting will take place between 10th June - 7th July
5. IPSF committee and IPSF national federations presidents vote 1st-7th July. Voting will be based on nominees questionnaires.
6. 30% of the total score will be the public votes and 70% will be the committee votes.
7. The awards will be held on 24th July at the World Pole Sports Championships

Who can be nominated?

1. You can nominate yourself or someone else by clicking on the nominations link below
2. All nominees should be pole sports related.
3. All nominees with the exception of the IPSF federation award do not have to be members of the IPSF or have taken part in an IPSF competition.

How do we know how to vote?

1. Once the nominations are in, a questionaire will be sent to the athletes about their achievements over the year. These will be listed against their profile for you to decide who to chose.
2. Public vote will open and anyone can vote. Your vote can only be counted once and the system will not allow more than one vote per person per category.
3. The IPSF will judge the applications and results will be collated.
4. The score will be added together to find the winner in each category.

Pole Sports Athlete of the Year

The IPSF Pole Sports Industry award for Athlete of the Year will be awarded to the Athlete who is deemed to have achieved the most over the last 12 months in terms of positively promoting the Pole Sports movement. The individual must have competed in an IPSF endorsed competition or must have applied to do so. They will be judged upon the positive and selfless acts which they have carried out for the benefit of Pole Sports. This award is open to all Athletes, Male, Female or Doubles and will recognise all accomplishments from competitions to press coverage.

Athletes will be nominated by each IPSF National Federation or IPSF endorsed National Competition.

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED

Pole Industry Award - Business

The Pole Sports Business Industry award will be awarded to a business who is deemed to have given the most back to the Pole Sports movement and supported the IPSF community either on a national or international basis. An IPSF Business award brings prestige and professionalism to those who work hard to ensure event organisers are supported in the best way they can.

Businesses can be nominated by anyone who wants to see a good company get the credit they deserve.

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED

Pole Industry Award - National Federation

The IPSF National Federation Accreditation was designed to unite National Federations around the world under the IPSF umbrella, enabling a unified effort to positively promote Pole Sports and guide the growing number of people who wish to be taken seriously in the pole sports movement. The IPSF recognises the efforts of each National governing body and has created this award to celebrate their achievement by awarding one IPSF National Federation this Pole Sports Industry award. The winner of the IPSF National Federation award will be chosen based upon their effort and accomplishments in positively promoting Pole Sports to the general public and the advances they have made in representing Pole Sports in their country.

Anyone can nominate a National Federation to support the hard work and effort they are doing; and to get the accolade of being National Federation of the year.

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED