Fair Play award up for grabs at EUC2019
The European Universities Championships 2019 are just around the corner, with our first two events beginning this Sunday, yet at EUSA, our championships are about more than just the action on the field or court.
Embedded in the EUSA statutes is our objective to “encourage and support the promotion of ethics, Fair Play, gender equity and good governance in sport as well as education of university students through sport”.
The Enno Harms Fair Play Award is an annual prize which takes into account a fair play gesture or situation during a EUSA sporting event which stands out above the rest.
Named after the first EUSA President, the late Enno Harms who was very much devoted to fair play, all participants – including athletes, coaches and referees – are in line for this award which encourages sportsmanship and good spirit in accordance with EUSA’s values and aims.
Previous Enno Harms Fair Play Award winners are as follows:
2018: To be awarded at the 2019 EUSA Gala
2017: Peter Waard (NED) & Marie-Charlotte Leger (FRA)
2016: EUG2016 Volunteer Team (CRO)
2015: Teaching National University SEU (GEO)
2014: Men’s Handball team of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NOR)
2013: Cormac Sharvin from the Stirling University (GBR)
2012: Men’s Volleyball Team from the University of Warsaw (POL)
2011: Brabara Jutta Maria Karches and Charlotte Arand – Ladies Rowing Lightweight Double from the University of Mainz (GER)
2010: Men’s Handball Team from the European University of Cyprus (CYP)
2009: Eoin Stack, Declan King, Kevin Stack, Ed Stack & Olan Barrett – Men’s Golf Team from University College Cork (IRL)
2008: Peter Baars and Pepijn Lochtenberg – Men’s Beach-Volleyball Team from the University of Vrije (NED)
2007: Ladies Eight Crew from the University of Zurich (SUI)
Nominations for the 2019 Enno Harms Fair Play Award are made by participants and collected at each of EUSA’s European Universities Championships this summer, with the winner announced at next year’s EUSA Gala.
Apart from the Enno Harms Award, EUSA strongly promotes fair play at all our competitions, with the introduction of the green card in 2017, positive messages and banners and fair play oaths taken by athletes and referees at all sports events some of the additional fair play attributes at our events.