A RECORD 176 finalists have been announced for the 2018 Daroo Business Awards.
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It is the third year in succession the Cabonne-based awards have attracted a record number of finalists, making competition stronger than ever for the awards to be presented at a gala dinner at Eugowra on Friday, November 2.
Cabonne mayor Kevin Beatty said the Daroos put the spotlight on businesses and organisations that demonstrated a commitment to excellence.
“The profile of the awards has grown substantially since their inception in 2000 and they are now regarded as one of the major events on the regional business calendar,” Cr Beatty said.
The awards have continued to evolve over the past 18 years and that’s one of the reasons why the Daroos have remained so relevant and so popular.
- Daroo Business Awards chairman Bruce Buchanan
“I can assure you they are highly sought by a range of businesses, organisations and individuals throughout Cabonne, as evidenced by the record number of nominations and finalists this year.”
Awards chairman Bruce Buchanan said the Daroos had become the template for similar events in smaller regional areas.
He said organisers had introduced a new category this year for businesses that have future-proofed their operations through innovation and he was “delighted six finalists will be vying for this inaugural award”.
“The awards have continued to evolve over the past 18 years and that’s one of the reasons why the Daroos have remained so relevant and so popular,” Mr Buchanan said.
Tickets sales have opened for the presentation dinner at Eat Your Greens at Eugowra, with some tables already sold out.
Tickets can be purchased for $66 at www.daroobusinessawards.com.au or www.cabonne.nsw.gov.au.
WHO IS IN THE RUNNING ...
2018 Daroo Business Awards finalists:
BEST NEW BUSINESS:
- Aussie Fire Buckets; Avalind Photography; Downtown Fitness; Gamboola Woolshed; Ian Simpson & Co; Manildra Post & Transaction Centre; Manildra Pharmacy; QT Beauty; Studio Windmill; Timber Tales.
BEST ONGOING BUSINESS:
- Australian National Field Days; Booful Gifts & Homeware; Canowindra Phoenix; Canowindra Preschool Kindergarten; Cudal Bowling Club; Cudal Community Children's Centre; Eugowra Quality Meats; Eugowra Rural Transaction Centre; Gift & Homeware House; Gundamain Feedlot; Manildra Craft Cottage; Molong Bakery; Molong Pharmacy; YBM Molong; Yeoval LPO.
BEST HOME-BASED BUSINESS:
- B&C Roberts Rural Contracting; Country Designs; Grace Press Family Day Care; Greenwood Designs; Hills of Fire Flora; Leanne Pearce Dogwash; Marnie McFee’s; Montrose House; On the Grime; Studio Windmill.
EXCELLENCE IN HOSPITALITY:
- Be Tempted; Billabong Takeaway; Café 51; Clancy’s Café; Coffee on Kiewa; Eat Your Greens; Freemasons Hotel; Manildra Bowling Club; Manildra Golf Club; Manildra Royal Hotel; Molong Bakery; Old Vic Inn; Royal Hotel Yeoval; Sweetness Your Lolly Shop; Timber Tales.
EXCELLENCE IN ACCOMMODATION:
- Eddy’s of Canowindra; Gindahna Accommodation; Hayes Serviced Apartments; Manildra Caravan Park; Old School House; Parkview B&B Canowindra; Royal Hotel Yeoval.
EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS:
- Ad Loyalty; AMUSU Theatre; Canola Cup; Canowindra Phoenix; Coco Harvest; Cumnock Progress Review 60th Year; Duck IT; Long White Lunch; Manildra Matters; Yeoval Satellite Newspaper.
EXCELLENCE IN TOURISM BUSINESS:
- Age of Fishes Museum; Australian National Field Days; Banjo Patterson Museum; Canola Cup; Canowindra Balloon Festival; Gindahna; Hillside Harvest; Molong Yarn Market.
EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:
- Ag N Vet Cumnock; Canobolas Eggs; Kerin Engineering; Little River Landcare; Manildra Rural Centre; MSM Milling; Nanami Compost.
EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE OPERATIONS – SMALL ENTITY:
- BP Molong; Cabonne/Blayney Family Day Care; Canowindra Tyre Service; Cargo Store; Cumnock General Store; Daniel Hiller Electrician; Delice Café; J&K Christie Mechanical Repairs; M&A Bray Transport; Magic’s Meats; Margot Sawyer Conveyancing; Molong Bakery; Molong Smash Repairs; Rumour Has It; Yeoval LPO.
EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE OPERATIONS – LARGE ENTITY:
- Blue Shearing Service; Cumnock Village Preschool; Davimac Engineering; Eat Your Greens; Molong Pharmacy; MSM Milling; SPAR Supermarket; UPA Aged Care; YBM Molong; Yeoval Bowling Club.
CONTRIBUTION TO CABONNE – COMMUNITY ORGANISATION:
- Cabonne Community Transport; Cabonne/Blayney Family Day Care; Canowindra Branch CWA; Canowindra Creative Centre; Canowindra Preschool; Caravan Committee; Cargo Mens Shed; Cudal Cargo Lions Club; Cumnock Progress Association; Cumnock Village Preschool; Eugowra Promotion & Progress Association; Eugowra Show Society; Just Keep Swimming; Long White Lunch; Manildra First Responders; Molong Advancement Group; Molong District Baptist Church Playgroup; Molong Players; Molong RSL Sub Branch; Molong St John Ambulance Cadets; Yeoval Red Cross Shop; St Vincent de Paul - Molong; St Vincent de Paul - Canowindra.
CONTRIBUTION TO CABONNE- BUSINESS:
- Adloyalty; Canowindra Phoenix; Cargo Store; Coffee on Kiewa; Cumnock General Store; Greenwood Designs; Hillside Harvest; Molong Bakery; MSM Milling; SPAR Supermarket; Timber Tales.
BUSINESS FOSTERING DISABILITY INCLUSION:
- Age of Fishes Museum; Cumnock General Store; Freemasons Hotel; Prunus Lodge; St Joseph’s School Manildra.
FUTURE-PROOFING YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH INNOVATION:
- Aussie Fire Buckets; Avalind Photography; Canobolas Eggs; Cumnock Village Preschool; Davimac Engineering; Gundamain Feedlot.
APPRENTICE/TRAINEE OF THE YEAR:
- Jesse Fulwood – Molong Early Learning Centre; Katia Whiteman – Cabonne Council.
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR:
- Andrew Harper – SPAR Supermarket; Mitchell Milne – Molong Bakery; Lisa Smith – Sweetness your Lollyshop; Sharnie Duncan – Cabonne / Blayney Family Daycare; Tracie Milne – YBM Molong; Tracey Gosper – Cumnock Village Preschool; Lisa Frazer – YBM Molong; Jake Alcorn – Molong Pharmacy; Rikki Philpott – Tania & Justin Lampe; Liz Frances – Canowindra Pre-school Kindergarten; Tara King – Stacey Roweth; Bob Murray – Cabonne Council; Roselea Buttigieg – Canoiwndra Phoenix.
BEST BUSINESS IN CABONNE:
- Age of Fishes Museum; 17 Shades Hairdresser; Eugowra Quality Meats; Molong Bakery; Canowindra Phoenix; YBM – Molong; Gundaman Pastoral Co; Cumnock General Store; Cabonne / Blayney Family Day Care.
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