The Municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão is going to honour its ‘Famalicenses D'Ouro’ in what will be the 9th edition of the Famalicão Sports Gala. Registration and applications for this municipal recognition are now open and can be made until 15 September, using the form available on the municipality's website, at www.famalicao.pt.
The IX Sports Gala, organised by the City Council, will take place on 10 November at 9pm at the Famalicão Municipal Pavilion, and its main aim is to honour the different sports agents - managers, coaches, athletes and referees - associations and clubs in the municipality of Famalicão, who in the 2023 and 2023/2024 sports seasons stood out for their results of national and international merit.
In addition to these, there will also be jury prizes, awarded to the most voted application in each of the categories in the competition: ‘Sports Association/Club of the Year’, ‘Manager of the Year’, ‘Coach of the Year’, ‘Female Breakthrough Athlete of the Year’, ‘Male Breakthrough Athlete of the Year’, ‘Referee of the Year’, ‘Sports Event of the Year’ and ‘Excellence Award’.
The ‘Sporting Event of the Year’ award is the only one chosen by online public vote, from among the three applications with the highest scores from the jury.
For both the champions' award and the jury's award, it is compulsory to submit an application by filling in the appropriate form available at www.famalicao.pt/gala-do-desporto.
It should be remembered that at the 8th Famalicão Sports Gala, the champions' award was presented to nearly three hundred athletes, coaches, associations, clubs and sports leaders for the national and international titles they won in 27 sports in the 2022 and 2022/2023 seasons. The ‘Excellence Award’, which honours a sporting career, was given to the chairman of the Futebol Clube de Famalicão (FCF) SAD, Miguel Ribeiro.