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Volume 7, Wednesday October 27th, 2010
Local success at SA Regional Awards L
By Millie Thomas
ast Friday night at Roxby Leisure, assorted businesses and personalities from all over the Far North attended the 11th annual Advantage SA Regional awards. The sell out event was a hit, with local caterers Inspirational Foods pleasing the culinary delights of the guests and Roxby Leisure staff ensuring that all needs were attended. The 10 award categories were bombarded with a record amount of nominations from all over the area, with numerous wins and even a new addition to the Telstra Hall of Fame coming from our own Roxby Downs. The Monitor spoke with the Advantage SA CEO Nikki Seymour Smith about what the success of the night meant for Roxby Downs and about the recent profile change to Advantage SA. “I’m absolutely delighted with the outcome of the night,” said Nikki. “There’s a wonderful feeling around the room. For the first time to be here in Roxby, for me it’s just such a wonderful honour to meet so many people that are doing great things in the far north region. To celebrate their success with them, nominees, entrants and winners I’m absolutely delighted. “It’s actually moved a bit around the region (the awards), it’s certainly the first time in Roxby, so to have a sellout and to have so many people travelling – flying in, driving in from Coober Pedy, from Port Augusta, even from Adelaide to come in, it’s an outstanding success as far as I’m concerned. “What I’ve really loved in meeting people here this evening, particularly those who have come from Port Augusta, is
they’ve made a tourism trip around it so they’ve come here, they’ve spent time in Roxby they’ve had a look at the Sturt desert peas, the wildflowers and that’s absolutely fantastic. It’s not just about the night, it’s about exploring the region at the same time. There’s a lot more to Roxby than mining. “I look at the finalists and obviously they’re not actually going home with the pears, but they are really some amazing businesses. It’s great to see Exact Mining nominating themselves, they’re probably a less well known business so that’s great that they can receive an award, as far as we’re concerned, they’re doing great. “Kaye Doyle has been really instrumental in bringing the awards into this region. She really lobbied one of my staff members to say we’ll do it and look anything can happen. So Kaye, the Council, Bill and GHD who are a sponsor, my team who make this happen, to all of the category awards and sponsors and to the government of SA, they really make these things happen. “Thanks very much for your support Roxby, it is really encouraging. It’s great to be here and we hope that they will continue to support the awards. “We hope that the readers of Roxby continue to nominate so that they can get the due recognition they deserve. Often people fly under the radar and whilst that’s lovely, it is really important that we get them nominated and celebrate the success of what people are doing. “Because of the support that the Roxby community have given us it gives us the absolute confidence to bring the awards back here again, we’ll most certainly be back!
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Karen Wood and Maxine Deguet with the local winner of the Adelaide Showground Youth Award, Shane Hough.
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