Award Categories

The Sony Centre Arts Award

This award aims to celebrate the spirit of creativity exhibited by regional South Australian artists.  The Arts Award is for arts related projects or events, individual artists or groups of artists or arts projects.

 

The Elders Community Group Award

This award aims to acknowledge the outstanding contributions of not for profit organisations, volunteer groups and community groups who work tirelessly on community based projects and events.

 

The Elders Community Individual Award

This award aims to acknowledge individuals of any age, who have made outstanding contributions to their local community and who are an inspirational role model for the regional community, going above and beyond the call of duty.

 

The Westpac Large Business Award

This award recognises the success of large regional businesses and enterprises, with over ten full time employees, through the creation of new job opportunities and the many advantages of business being conducted on a State and local level.

 

The Westpac Small Business Award

This award recognises the success of small regional businesses and enterprises, with less than ten full time employees, through the creation of new job opportunities and the many advantages of business being conducted on a State and local level.

 

The Department of Trade and Economic Development Innovation Award

This award aims to recognise individuals, businesses, organisations and community groups who have introduced new or significantly improved goods or services and/or implemented new or significantly improved processes.

 

The Viterra Sports Award  

This award celebrates dedicated South Australians who have a strong spirit of competition and a love of the game. The Sports Award seeks to applaud the talents of sporting individuals, groups, teams, clubs, coaches, trainers or volunteers who have significantly raised the profile of a particular sport or impacting sport in regional South Australia.

 

The Hames Sharley Sustainability Award

This award aims to recognise the outstanding achievements of regional South Australians for their adoption of sustainable measures and minimising their environmental footprint.

 

The StatewideSuper Tourism Award

This award is for tourism operators, businesses, groups, events or projects involved in profiling and promoting the local community with the overall goal of enhancing tourism and visitors to the region.

 

The Adelaide Event & Exhibition Centre Youth Award

This award aims to recognise and acknowledge those young South Australians and youth groups/organisations who demonstrate outstanding leadership acting as young ambassadors for the local community, inspiring and supporting young people as well as facilitating outstanding youth projects or activities.

 

The Telstra Hall of Fame

The Telstra Hall of Fame recognises those who have won three or more Regional Awards, irrespective of year or category.