Swimming Pool Scene UK POOL & SPA AWARDS WEB WONDERS
Recognising the role of websites in the marketing of wet leisure businesses, the Pool Website Of The Year was split between Guncast Pools as best retailer or pool builder site and Ocea UK as best supplier/ wholesaler site. Specialist judges described the Guncast Pools web presence as ‘simply stunning’ while praising the interactive Ocea UK site for ‘raising the bar’ of swimming pool product supply. Concluding the Business Awards categories, the hotly contested category of Marketing Initiative Of The Year was dominated by spa and hot tub companies showing the pool companies a clean set of heels with some outstanding video, television and sales incentive initiatives.
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
CATEGORY WINNER (INSTALLER/RETAILER) Guncast Swimming Pools –
www.guncast.com
CATEGORY WINNER (MANUFACTURER/WHOLESALER) Ocea UK –
www.oceacovers.co.uk
GOLD AWARD All Swim Ltd –
www.allswimltd.com
SILVER AWARD Buckingham Swimming Pools –
www.buckinghampools.com Eagle Leisure Scotland –
www.eagleleisure.co.uk
ABOVE: Tanby Pools’ Neil Bevan has become the inaugural winner of the UK Pool & Spa Awards title Pool Technician Of The Year.
BY SPECIAL REQUEST Tanby Pools’ Neil Bevan became the inaugural winner of the title Pool Technician of The Year at this year’s UK Pool & Spa Awards.
Neil is an extremely conscientious engineer, he is very popular with both clients and colleagues, his employers told the judges.
ABOVE: Alan Thorne, left and Anthony Gordon, right, of Ocea UK collect their trophy for Supplier’s Website Of The Year.
POOL SHOWROOM OF THE YEAR
CATEGORY WINNER Portrait Pools & Enclosures
GOLD AWARDS All Swim Wensum Pools
Portrait Pools capped a memorable night adding Pool Showroom of the Year and Pool Retailer Of The Year to some outstanding project recognition. The combined Pool & Spa Showroom title went to All Swim with a gold award for Home Counties Pools & Hot Tubs in the same category. It has become a tradition to raise money for a worthy cause at the
Neil has an amazing ability to turn his hand to almost anything and the skill to be able to look outside of the box to find a solution in a situation that many would turn away from. When explaining to the client or to colleagues he is always clear and makes it possible for all to understand what he is doing, why he is doing it and the difference it will make to their swimming experience.
“Neil brings many qualities to Tanby, he has shown during his time with Tanby a willingness to take on any challenge and see projects through to completion,” commented Tanby’s Delyse Borley.
“He does not clock watch and never questions the need to finish a task regardless of time.” Neil passed four Institute of Swimming Pool Engineer examinations at the first time of taking and as such he has the theory to back-up his technical skills.
Supplying a list of testimonials for happy customers Delyse added: “Neil is an attribute to our business and is often specifically requested by clients when services or repairs need attending too.”
Pool Technician Of The Year is sponsored by AstralPool UK
event. Following an awareness campaign by Tanby Pools, this year’s collection of £832 was donated to Prostate Cancer UK. Entries to the 2018 UK Pool & Spa Awards opens next month. Log on
to
www.ukpoolandspaawards.co.uk for up to date information on getting involved both through sponsorship and as a potential 2018 winner.
ABOVE: Pictured with Michelle Dewberry, David Bland of Portrait Pools & Enclosures accepts the trophy as Pool Retailer of the Year from Frederic Claeys of Oase Pool Covers.
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