Christchurch takes top spot at NZ Fitness Industry Awards

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Christchurch takes out top spot at the
2014 New Zealand Fitness Industry Awards!

Christchurch picked up a whopping SIX awards at the 2014 NZ Fitness Industry Awards held on Saturday 22nd November at AUT University’s Sir Paul Reeves Building in Auckland.

Les Mills Christchurch has taken out the two of the big awards, ‘Club of the Year (1500+ Members)’ and the prestigious ‘Supreme Club of the Year’ categories.

Two years ago this club took the honours in this category due to their tremendous resilience in difficult circumstances. However this is no longer a club in recovery, this is a club that has moved forward, making facility changes to meet the needs of members. Judge’s commented that, “it is a club with high standards and a strong management team that work together to surpass the targets they set.”

Paul Stead and Tom Downs were two other big winners on the night have associations with both PT Success (the winner of the Innovation category) and Corporate Wellness Solutions (winner of the Club of the Year, under 500 members category).

Christchurch’s successful winners were:

Educator of the Year, sponsored by Drug Free Sport:
• Richard Greer – Southern Institute of Technology, Christchurch
Innovation of the Year, sponsored by Eye Fitness:
• PT Success, Christchurch
Group Exercise – Freestyle Instructor of the Year, sponsored by OneMusic:
• Al Neale – Anytime Fitness Shirley, Christchurch
Club of the Year (under 500 members):
• Corporate Wellness Solutions, Christchurch
Club of the Year (over 1500 members), sponsored by Ezypay:
• Les Mills Christchurch
Supreme Club of the Year, sponsored by CYBEX
• Les Mills Christchurch


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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