Introducing the class of 2023! We love to showcase our incredible Footy Colours Day champions and say a big thank you each year via our Hall of Fame.
The names you see in lights below are selected for their Footy Colours Day spirit, passionate display of colour and ability to kick goals against cancer as a team. Well done to our winners!
FOOTY COLOURS DAY CHAMPIONS
Taking home the top spot in 2023, team Symal; made up of Symal Infrastructure VIC, Symal Infrastructure NSW, Symal Contractors, Symal Solutions, Wamarra, Sycle, Gramption Excavations, Symal Group 2023 and Incore, SMASHED their fundraisig targets, raising their goal more than once and bringing home a total of $183,851!
WORKPLACES
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
COACHES AWARD
OUTSTANDING TEAM PERFORMANCE
Symal smashed their fundraising targets this year, winning our Outstanding Team Performance award by having the highest number of individual donations to their online team fundraising page of any of our Workplace fundraisers.
MOST IMPROVED TEAM
FIRST ON GROUND
Symal started their fundraising efforts with a bang, quickly raising $2,200 and taking home the coverted First On Ground award.
MOST ADAPTIVE GAMEPLAY
SCHOOLS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
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First timers, Reddam House Primary School, has taken out the Rookie of the Year award for our school fundraisers, congratulations!
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OUTSTANDING TEAM PERFORMANCE
Happy Hearts Academy took home our Outstanding Team Performance award by having the most individual donations to their online fundraising page. Showing that together, we can make a big difference in the lives of kids fighting cancer.
COME BACK TEAM OF THE YEAR
MOST ADAPTIVE GAMEPLAY
FIRST ON GROUND
COACHES AWARD
Each year, Malvern Central School returns to Footy Colours Day and continues to raise funds to help kids fight cancer. In acknowledgement of their long standing support, Fight Cancer Foundation has awarded the with the 2023 Coaches Award.
individuals, Family & Friends
FIRST ON GROUND
2022 Hall of Fame
The fundrasing doesn't stop here, give a round of aplause for the 2022 Hall of Fame champions.
Team Spirit Award
ST MARY'S PRIMARY SCHOOL, SALE
This year’s Team Spirit Award goes to the extraordinary team at St Mary’s Primary School in Sale, Victoria. With the students running a special hot dog day, and the whole school donning their footy colours, St Mary’s Primary School in Sale showed exactly the sort of team spirit Footy Colours Day is all about, and are deservedly awarded the team spirit award for 2022.
Leadership Award
PLAN B GROUP
The Leadership Award for 2022 is awarded to the magnificent team at Plan B Group. For the past few years Plan B has been a major supporter of Footy Colours Day, and in 2022 they went above and beyond, raising over $28,000 to help support Fight Cancer Foundation’s education support programs.
Most Adaptive Gameplay
MASS RESOURCES & ENERFLOW MINING SERVICES
The award for Most Adaptive Gameplay goes to the team at Mass Resources & Enerflow Mining Services. Not only were they incredible contributors to the Footy Colours Day team, the superstars at Enerflow customised one of their mining buckets with Fight Cancer Foundation and Footy Colours Day logos, to show their awesome support to Footy Colours Day in 2022, and beyond.
Outstanding Team Performance
DERNANCOURT KINDERGARTEN
The award for an Outstanding Team Performance goes to Dernancourt Kindergarten. Hosting a ‘Footy Colours Week’ dedicated to kindy friend Asher, Dernancourt put in an amazing effort to host such a wonderful event. Participating in ball games and undertaking many colour based activities the kindergarten community raised over $2600, to help support kids with cancer.
Rookie of the Year
PAPERCUT SOFTWARE
The 2022 Rookie of the Year goes to the amazing team at Papercut Software. With sports trivia, an AFL grand final themed lunch, and all the snacks fitting a Footy Colours Day, the team at Papercut raised almost $2000 in their first ever Footy Colours Day. Remarkable effort from the team, and a worthy winner of this year’s Rookie of the Year.
Coaches Award
ENGADINE HIGH SCHOOL
The 2022 Footy Colours Day Coaches Award goes to the champions at Engadine High School. Engadine held a fun packed Footy Colours Day, with a soccer competition held at lunch time with students paying a registration fee and including a staff member in their team. Hot dogs and drinks were sold by the school’s Social Justice Action group. The school also gained the generous support of the Rotary Club of Engadine who made a contribution to their fundraising efforts. Marvellous effort by the team at Engadine!
The tremendous support from schools and workplaces across Australia was beyond incredible, with close to 1500 Footy Colours Day events taking place throughout September. However, only one team can be named as the team of the year for 2022…
Team of The Year
Symal
With another phenomenal year, these absolute champions have yet again led the way as Footy Colours Day’s top fundraiser. With sausage sizzles held across the country, the group raised an overwhelming amount of almost $70,000 to support Fight Cancer Foundation’s education support programs. The team at Symal are incredible supporters of Fight Cancer Foundation, and Footy Colours Day, and are more than deserved winners of Team of The Year for 2022.
