Aquatic and Recreation Institute acknowledges the industry's best

The best of the aquatic and recreation industry in NSW was marked at the recent Aquatic and Recreation Institute (ARI) Conference and Trade Show with two days of information sharing and the presentation of the ARI Awards of Excellence.

Held at the Crowne Plaza Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast and attended by a diverse group of over 180 industry professionals, the 54th edition of the ARI’s Annual Conference and Trade Show commenced with the re-election of the ARI Committee including Colin Kane as President, Roz Neville as Vice President, Matt Griffiths as Treasurer and Stan Wall as Secretary at the Institute’s AGM. In addition to the Committee elections, the ARI Committee also inducted David Lloyd, Stephen Leahy and John Davies as Fellows of the Institute.

ARI President Colin Kane with new ARI Fellow David Lloyd.

The Conference also saw the very first Team Delivery for the ARI Mentor Program with the top three teams from BlueFit, Belgravia Leisure and the Sydney Gymnastic and Aquatic Centre selected to deliver their Final Pitch to our judges.

Each team delivered an incredible pitch of what had been was accomplished within a six-month period.

Announced at the ARI’s Annual Awards Dinner, the winning team was from BlueFit team: Outa McHardy, Roland Karoliny, Jemma Malik and Chis McAdam, mentored by Nichole Edsal from Blacktown Venue Management. The team’s Salt programs was seen as the best way to showcase this amazing concept.

The ARI’s Awards acknowledged the industry’s outstanding achievers for the past 12 months. Once again there was an incredibly high level of submissions and the winners were awarded as follows:

AH Pierce Facility of the Year - Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre