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20202 WBOINDNYESRHSOP AWARDS PAINT&PANEL SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2022
REFRESHED AWARDS
THANK YOU TO OUR FIRST EVER JUDGING PANEL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SELECT THIS YEAR’S WINNERS.
stantial changes to the Paint & Panel Bodyshop awards. T We introduced a hybrid judg- ing system which involved judg- ing in person in New South Wales and Queensland and via Zoom in the other states. Next year we will judge in person in Victoria, SA and WA. It was so great to get back on the road again finally. Zoom is a very effective judging medi- um but face to face is favourite. Either in person it was the busiest we had ever
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seen shops who were all bursting at the seams and grappling with technician shortages.
Judges Sam Street and Neil Powell se- lected the best shops from those visited either in person or virtually for the judg- ing panel to choose the winners. It was the first time we have done anything like this so there were a lot of learnings to make it easier for the panel next year.
The panel were blown away by the standard of businesses even though some were past winners which means
their own shops weren’t too shabby by a long chalk. Our expert panel was made up of Brenda Iverson, former owner of Mark McHugh Bodyworks and now working in the hail space; Sandra Noach of national group iQBodygroup; Steve Lozenkovski, Bears Group; Ben Fewtrell, MaxMyProfit business coaching; and Greg Preston, Plastfix. Thank you to the panel for the time and effort put into judging, it was a lot of reading and a sig- nificant time commitment.
Even the judges don’t know who the