Chief Stipe Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 g Cambridge Stud Bloodstock Manager Cameron Ring. Photo: Supplied Cameron Ring claims top prize at Industry Excellence Awards Entain Australia & New Zealand 29 July 2024 Cambridge Stud Bloodstock Manager Cameron Ring capped off a weekend to remember after taking away the supreme Entain Excellence Award at the inaugural Industry Excellence Awards in Auckland on Sunday night. Fresh off winning the Mary-Lynne Ryan Young Achiever Award at the National Breeding Awards on Saturday night, Ring (29) was voted as the winner of the Leadership category before going on to be named the first-ever winner of the Entain Excellence Award, which was decided out of the nine individual category winners. The awards were created by Entain Australia and New Zealand, the operators of TAB, to recognise the emerging leaders and rising stars under the age of 40 in the ranks across all three racing codes. Ring, who was nominated for the Awards by Cambridge Stud CEO Henry Plumptre, recently moved to the role of Bloodstock Manager at the Stud after previously working in sales and nominations. He now not only oversees the extremely valuable horse population at one of New Zealand’s most famous breeding operations but is also responsible for much of the on-farm management of staff. Each category winner received a $10,000 cash prize, with finalists receiving $2000 cash. Mr Ring also received an extra $5000 on top of his $10,000 category win, and a $5000 educational package. The Awards also received valued support from key industry organisations IRT, Waikato Stud, Windsor Park Stud and Breckon Farms. “We’ve been absolutely thrilled by the response to our inaugural Industry Excellence Awards,” Entain’s General Manager – New Zealand and one of the judges, Jessica Meech, said. “We had many deserving nominations from all codes, and selecting our finalists and winners has been challenging. We are delighted for Cameron and all of our category winners and look forward to building on the success of these Awards next year.” Popular North Island harness trainer and social media identity Jo Stevens claimed the Administrative and Ancillary Services Award, while Greyhound Racing New Zealand Chief Operating Officer Elizabeth Whelan was named National Racing Woman of the year. Matia Grace, who has made a big impact since entering the racing industry as the track manager at Tauherenikau Racecourse in South Wairarapa, won the Newcomer Award, while the judges could not split two of the finalists in the Care and Welfare Award, with Chanelle Dickie and Anna Baigent both collecting $10,000 prizes for their work in this space. Other category winners were: Michaela Sobieska (Equine Handling (Stud or Stable)), Mikayla Clark (The Greyhound Excellence Award), Ryan Figgins (Dedication to Breeding) and Emma Smith (Dedication to Racing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambridge Stud Bloodstock Manager Cameron Ring. Photo: Supplied Cameron Ring claims top prize at Industry Excellence Awards Entain Australia & New Zealand 29 July 2024 Cambridge Stud Bloodstock Manager Cameron Ring capped off a weekend to remember after taking away the supreme Entain Excellence Award at the inaugural Industry Excellence Awards in Auckland on Sunday night. Fresh off winning the Mary-Lynne Ryan Young Achiever Award at the National Breeding Awards on Saturday night, Ring (29) was voted as the winner of the Leadership category before going on to be named the first-ever winner of the Entain Excellence Award, which was decided out of the nine individual category winners. The awards were created by Entain Australia and New Zealand, the operators of TAB, to recognise the emerging leaders and rising stars under the age of 40 in the ranks across all three racing codes. Ring, who was nominated for the Awards by Cambridge Stud CEO Henry Plumptre, recently moved to the role of Bloodstock Manager at the Stud after previously working in sales and nominations. He now not only oversees the extremely valuable horse population at one of New Zealand’s most famous breeding operations but is also responsible for much of the on-farm management of staff. Each category winner received a $10,000 cash prize, with finalists receiving $2000 cash. Mr Ring also received an extra $5000 on top of his $10,000 category win, and a $5000 educational package. The Awards also received valued support from key industry organisations IRT, Waikato Stud, Windsor Park Stud and Breckon Farms. “We’ve been absolutely thrilled by the response to our inaugural Industry Excellence Awards,” Entain’s General Manager – New Zealand and one of the judges, Jessica Meech, said. “We had many deserving nominations from all codes, and selecting our finalists and winners has been challenging. We are delighted for Cameron and all of our category winners and look forward to building on the success of these Awards next year.” Popular North Island harness trainer and social media identity Jo Stevens claimed the Administrative and Ancillary Services Award, while Greyhound Racing New Zealand Chief Operating Officer Elizabeth Whelan was named National Racing Woman of the year. Matia Grace, who has made a big impact since entering the racing industry as the track manager at Tauherenikau Racecourse in South Wairarapa, won the Newcomer Award, while the judges could not split two of the finalists in the Care and Welfare Award, with Chanelle Dickie and Anna Baigent both collecting $10,000 prizes for their work in this space. Other category winners were: Michaela Sobieska (Equine Handling (Stud or Stable)), Mikayla Clark (The Greyhound Excellence Award), Ryan Figgins (Dedication to Breeding) and Emma Smith (Dedication to Racing).
Chief Stipe Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 Industry Excellence Awards announced 28 July 2024 in New Zealand by Bruce Stewart 0 Two harness racing participants – Jo Stevens and Chanelle Dickie were among the winners in the Industry Excellence Awards announced in Auckland tonight. The awards were created by Entain Australia and New Zealand to recognise the emerging leaders and rising stars under the age of forty, across all three racing codes. Each category winner received a $10,000 cash prize with finalists receiving $2,000 cash. Jo won the Administrative and Ancillary Services Award. She is a Group 3 winning harness racing trainer but she is also very well known for her Facebook page ‘Track Chat’. She has rehomed “a few hundred” horses over the years and also set up the first ever Dorothy Cutts Challenge for trans Tasman female drivers. Chanelle Dickie is joint winner of the Care and Welfare Award with Anna Baigent. Chanelle is universally known as “the pink lady”. She has re-educated and re-homed dozens of standardbreds and is currently an educator with Harness Racing New Zealand’s Hero programme for re-education and re-homing. Other awards as follows: Newcomer Award: Matia Grace, Track Manager at Tauherenikau Racecourse. Equine Handling Award (Stud or Stable): Michaela Sobieska, stable foreperson for Roger James and Robert Wellwood at Kingsclere. Dedication to Breeding Award: Ryan Figgins, Stallion Manager at Waikato Stud. Dedication to Racing Award: Emma Smith who has been part of the Marsh Racing team for six years. The Greyhound Excellence Award: Mikayla Clark who is shooting up through the ranks of the trainer’s premiership. National Racing Woman of the Year: Elizabeth Whelan who’s a strong advocate for greyhound racing during some challenging times. Leadership Award and overall Entain Excellence Award: Cameron Ring who has been a key player in sales and nominations at Cambridge Stud for five years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doomed Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 And well done to them all I say. I don't know any of them all that well but I'm sure they are all well deserved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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