Auckland wins 11 Awards at the Fitness Industry Awards

29th November 2013

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Auckland wins 11 Awards at the Fitness Industry Awards!

Auckland has won 11 awards at this years NZ Fitness Industry Awards held on Saturday 22nd November at AUT University’s Sir Paul Reeves Building in Auckland.

In the Special Awards Category, Les Mills Auckland’s Operations Manager Norm Philips (a veteran of 33 years in the industry) walked away with the Exercise Association of NZ Award for outstanding contribution to the industry. Originally involved in group exercise, Norm now managers one of the worlds the largest group of Personal Trainers (over 90).

Mentions should go to those who received the Community Excellence Awards, Nordic Kiwi Nordic Walking, West Wave Wellness and Livfit. The Community Excellence Award is designed to recognise those in the exercise industry and allied industries that go beyond the traditional means of engaging with the wider community, and encourage the non exercisers to start participating in exercise.

Auckland’s successful winners were:

Recipients of the Community Excellence Award, sponsored by Horleys:
• Nordic Kiwi Nordic Walking, Auckland
• West Wave Wellness, Auckland
• Livfit Health, Auckland
• Pregnancyexercise.co.nz, Nationwide
Exercise Association of NZ Award for outstanding contribution to the industry:
• Norm Phillips, Auckland
Group Exercise – Pre-choreographed Instructor of the Year, sponsored by Powermusic:
• Natalee Levi, Auckland
Small Group Trainer of the Year, sponsored by Fitnessworks:
• Kerry Johnson, Auckland
Gym Instructor of the Year, sponsored by AUT University:
• Dylan McLaughlin, Auckland
Student of the Year, sponsored by Les Mills New Zealand:
• Joshua Randall, AUT – School of Sport and Recreation
Outstanding Club Support Staff Member of the Year, sponsored by Belle by Invivo Wines:
• Romina Veseli, Auckland
Club of the Year (between 501-1500 members), sponsored by Fitnessworks:
• Habit Vero, Auckland

A full list of winners can be found attached and at www.fitnessindustryawards.co.nz. This includes comments from the judges about the winners.

This years Awards have seen a lot of new initiatives introduced into the process for the first time. Clubs who made it through to the second round of the awards entry process were asked to send a NPS (Net Promoter Score) Survey to their clubs. An all new Live Assessment was undertaken at the finalist stage of five exercise professional categories including 16 international judges judging four specialist topics over three hours.

The 2014 Awards had 19 categories, looking at both individuals and facilities that operate in the fitness/exercise industry.

Most awards are based on an application process that is reviewed by a judging panel. The exception being three special awards which are awarded for special contribution to either the industry, education in the industry or professionalism and standards. These are selected by the boards of The Exercise Association of New Zealand, The NZ Register of Exercise Professionals and Skills Active. The winners were announced at the New Zealand Fitness Industry Awards Ceremony on the 22nd November.

The award ceremony itself has proven to be an extremely prestigious. Past guest speakers have included the Hon John Key, Hon Rodney Hide, Hon Murray McCully and Sue Kedgeley. The award ceremony’s MC is fitness and media personality Suzie Clarkson.

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