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CLASSIC HITS and STELLAR RESTAURANT & BAR WHANGANUI EMPLOYERS' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
 ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
10 February 2012
Castlecliff Golf Club Inc
Awatea Street
Tel: 06 3444554
www.castlecliffgolfclub.org.nz
The annual Whanganui Employers' Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament was held on Friday 10th February in near perfect conditions at the Castlecliff Golf Club. Teams from Wellington and Wanganui had a fantastic days networking.
Thanks to our generous sponsorship we were again able to deliver a tournament of great quality and value. The prize table was worth over $8,000 with 24 team, 12 individual, three activity, two raffle and five spot prizes.
SPONSORS
Lead Sponsor: Classic Hits and Stellar Restaurant & Bar
19th Hole Sponsor: MSD - Work & Income (Prize Giving Function)
Lunch & Afternoon Tea Sponsor: Whanganui Employers' Chamber of Commerce
First Prize: Harvey Norman
Goodare Retail Ltd T/A Vodafone Wanganui
Kiwiwebs Ltd and H & A Design & Print
OfficeMax
ActionCoach Business Coaching
Wanganui Rugby
Wanganui Chronicle
Bank of New Zealand
Employers' Chamber of Commerce Central
Toshiba
Wanganui Jockey Club
McDonald Equipment Ltd
Mediaworks/More FM
Specsavers
LJ Hooker
National Bank of New Zealand
Imlay Butchery (2010) Ltd
Simply Skin Day Spa
Whanganui Regional Primary Health Organisation
Prenzel Pantry
The Lamphouse Versalite Lamphouse
Liquorland
Gen-i
Lion
The Whanganui Riverboat Centre - Waimarie
The trophy donated by Philip Shackleton, Economic Development Consultants Ltd was won by Sewell & Wilson Ltd with a score of 54.90. Congratulations Peter Redpath, Glen Spooner, Grant Benson and Edward Sherriff. Followed closely by Sport Wanganui with a score of 55.00.
All who attended this year's event gave extremely positive feedback and the general consensus was that everyone is keen to come back again next year.
Lunch: Kristy's Pies - famous Raetihi Pie & can of coke
Afternoon Tea: Espresso Garden Cafe - dagwood sandwiches
Dinner: Heads Road Lunch Bar - BBQ sausages, onions wrapped in bread (tomato & mustard sauce)
Build your own hamburgers - buns, patties, onion, cheese, lettuce, tomato (bbq sauce & mayonnaise)
Thank you to Grant and his team at Castlecliff Golf Course for providing me with advice and assistance with the planning and organising of our event in just one month.
A special thank you to our volunteers:
Whanganui Employers' Chamber of Commerce, Bronnie Taylor & Susan Crawshaw
ECCC - EMA Legal, Ros Webby
Vehicle Recoveries Limited & Quick Serve, Murray Darby
Aotea Motor Lodge, Fiona Pickering
Rangitikei District Council, Colin Anderson
The National Bank of New Zealand, Blair Ross
Prenzel Pantry, Barbara Barron
Anna Crawshaw - Photographer
Dave's Paint Shop, David Taylor
Wanganui Security & Electrical Ltd, Bronwyn Paul
Thank you Bronwyn Paul and Mark Simmonds for the fabulous bouquet of flowers.
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 LATEST PRESIDENTS VIEWPOINT
January 2012
Welcome to the Wanganui Employers’ Chamber of Commerce news page.
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 2011 Wanganui Security & Electrical Wanganui Regional Business Awards
Testimony – 2011 Wanganui Security & Electrical Business Awards
Entry into the 2011 Business Awards almost didn’t happen, however some persuasive coercion in the final hours resulted in prioritising time to complete a comprehensive entry on behalf of Gonville Centre/Gonville Health, and aren’t we pleased we did!
To scoop three awards including the Supreme award was a heart stopping moment that we will always feel proud of. The respectability associated with winning these awards has far surpassed Whanganui and the region. The NZ Doctor magazine showcased our win and we have received tremendous positive comments from our health sector colleagues and leaders across the country. The local community acknowledged our win at the recent Te Kura Student Graduation Ceremony at Gonville Centre and the pride felt by the community was evident and palpable.
Entering the business awards in the non-government and Community organisation category as a Charitable Community Trust has always been with the belief that we would never be considered for the Supreme award, however we appreciate that the judges applied a level of measure, enquiry and scrutiny to the process that resulted in them reversing this position. The rigor involved in the entry process and the face to face interview has provided a level of external examination that is not comparable. Being measured against best practice business principles has offered our board and management leaders a level of confidence that the business processes we apply rate well when compared with the private sector business community.
We feel proud that the Gonville Centre represents a stunning solution for a community that has embraced all that the centre has to offer both now and into the future.
Judith MacDonald
CEO WRPHO / Director Gonville Health
Entering the business awards encouraged me to take a closer look at the economics of how I was running my business and my financial goals. Basically, I didn't have any financial targets, or clear goals about what I wanted to achieve. As a new business I was more concerned about getting work, carrying it out to a high standard, servicing my clients and building a client base and business reputation. Feedback from the judges has spurred me to enrol in a Business Course, which starts in a few weeks time. I feel that a business plan and increased business knowledge, combined with my desire to succeed, can only help me in my quest to become successful and financially independent.
Jo Priestley
Freelance journalist, website development, marketing, public relations
Good Communications
The Wanganui Business Awards process was the best commitment you can make to your business!
The time spent on reflecting where we had come from made me feel proud and inspired to continue to grow and improve in all areas of the business. The process at first was a little overwhelming, but once we realized that it was simple just taking the Business model that we had stored in our head and by transferring this onto paper. I was unstoppable, it inspired me by our business achievements to move forward and set goals, it was an invaluable process which I would highly recommend to all business owner's to take on the challenge. I am proud to acknowledge that our businsess is continuing to improve and grow day by day. It was an amazing opportunity to network with other business owners and to have the opportunity to have business mentors and meeting with the judges was invaluable.
The aftermath of winning the Professional Service Business Excellence Award was fantastic. To be acknowledged for all the hard work and effort made it all well worth the journey. I would like to say a huge thank you to the Whanganui Employers' Chamber of Commerce, to our Business mentors and to the Judges for giving so much of their own personal time and into helping applicants through the process. I would encourage all business owners who have passion and dedication within their business to enter the Awards, you will not be disappointed.
We now have a wonderful Business model to reflect on and to monitor our goals. Recently we employed a new staff member and as part of the induction process was given our Business Awards Entry for review. The staff member was pleased to have had the opportunity to have the insight into our business prior to employment commencing.
Tracey Onishenko
Managing Director
Landlords Link Ltd
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