The Roar announces inaugural winners of Club Roar Awards
Sports opinion website The Roar has announced its inaugural Club Roar Awards winners.
The announcement:
Australia’s leading sports opinion website, The Roar, is proud to announce the winners of the inaugural 2017 Club Roar Awards – its latest initiative to give back to Aussie sports fans.
The Roar received over 400 eligible video submissions from clubs vying for the cash prizes, showcasing the remarkable sporting talent at local clubs around the country, and leaving the judging committee with a challenging task.
Ultimately, the coveted Club Roar Most Popular Video title was awarded to Gapview Works Cricket Club in Alice Springs, for their video of batter, Ben, scoring the necessary and near-impossible six off the last ball, to win the Grand Final. Judged 50/50 on the total number of video views and the judging committee’s score, this clip clearly struck a chord with Aussie sports fans.
Over two million people have watched Club Roar videos since the Awards were launched on 1 June, demonstrating the huge appetite Australians have for grassroots sport. In all, Club Roar has now had over 10 million total views since its inception.
Chief Executive of Conversant Media, Zac Zavos, said, “The Roar has always been a platform for sharing the opinions of Australian sport fans; Club Roar has taken this one step further by enabling fans to share their grassroots video moments.
“We’ve had an overwhelming response – since launching the awards on June 1 we received a 783 per cent increase in fan-powered video submissions. The future of sports in Australia is clearly focused on fans, mobile video, and grassroots. And The Roar is perfectly positioned to open this up further for our fans and corporate partners.
“Club Roar shines a light on the unsung sporting hero. So it’s fitting that we are able to announce the next Club Roar Awards in September will be judged by Australian Olympic legend, Steven Bradbury. Congratulations to all the winners, and we look forward to the next round.”
There were several stand-out entries for the inaugural Awards, including the winner of the highly competitiveTomorrow’s Stars category, featuring Logan, an under-7’s player from the Wyong Roos on the NSW Central Coast, who zig-zagged his way up the field to score an impressive solo try.Almost three quarters (74 per cent) of the Club Roar Awards submissions were soccer videos, including the winning entry in the Women’s Sport category, featuring an impressive double header goal from Heidelberg Football Club in Melbourne, and the Pure Skill category winners, St Joseph’s College in Brisbane, showcasing an outstanding bicycle kick and subsequent goal. Awards were also granted across categories including Epic Lowlight, Beastmode, Dream Team, and Jawdropper – all categories winning $1,000, with the Most Popular Video winning $2,000.
Source: HT&E
