VANA GALA INDUSTRY AWARDS NIGHT #SOLDOUT
Dear Members,
We have had an amazing response to our Gala Industry Awards night.
The event is a sell-out!
The VANA team has worked tirelessly over the past 15 months, working with Government and keeping newsagencies open as an essential service.
Our members have simply been outstanding community leaders and have demonstrated COVID-19 best practice whether it be in retail, distribution or both.
It’s been exhausting but also a privilege to trade through and serve our local communities, whilst others deemed non-essential were closed.
The VANA Gala Industry Awards night on 1 May at The Regent Plaza Ballroom is a night of celebration for our industry, we got through this superbly and as one industry.
No less than 15 Awards on the night and a new VANA Legend to be inducted, it’s sure to be huge night of celebration.
The talent (below) should provide a fantastic night of recognition and joy.
Congratulations again on the finalists below:
Victorian Newsagent of the Year 2020-2021: Retail
Mentone Newsagency – Geoff and Theresa Deas
Press & Grocers Co. – Peter Lavender & Archana (Archu) Patel
East Boundary Road Lotto – Thao Bui and Andy
Traralgon Newsagency and Lotto – Gary and Cheryl Garth
Anglesea News & Lotto – Paul & Corinne Nigro
Mt Eliza Newsagency – Hans & Lynn Van Bloemendaal
Birchip Newsagency – Jim Varghese
Victorian Newsagent of the Year 2020-2021: Distribution
Deliveries Plus – Cameron Mullenger
Warrnambool Nextra – Sanjay Gupta
Ballarat Newspaper Delivery – Kate McDonald
South Barwon Distribution – Kevin and Josephine McCann
My Local Community Newsagent 2020-2021
Carlton Newsagency – Mandeep Singhsahni
Beaufort Newsagency – James Cox
East Boundary Road Lotto – Thao Bui and Andy
Somerville Lotto and News – Heidi Shu
Palm Plaza Tattslotto – Sineth Sareth Sar
Coburg North Lotto – Laura Casagranda
newsXpress Tatura – John Lovel
VANA Industry Business Woman of the Year 2020-2021
Michelle McArdle – Head of Amazon Hub Australia
Eulinid Stevenson – CEO Henderson Greetings
Sineth Sareth Sar – Director Palm Plaza Tattslotto
Fouzul Fazmina – Software Engineer VANA
Cheryl Garth – Director Traralgon News and Lotto
Corinne Nigro – Director Anglesea News & Lotto
Ardyn Bernoth – Editor The Good Food Magazine -Nine
Heidi Shu – Director Somerville Lotto & News
Blueshyft Award 2020-2021
Plenty Luck News & Lotto – Hock & Lynn Oh
Racecourse Lucky Lotto – Tuan Nguyen
Cotham Newsagency – Craig McCully
Castlemaine Newspower – Michelle, Matthew & James O’Brien
Newsplaza Newsagency – Theo Zafiropoulos
VANA Rookie of the Year 2020-2021
Glenhuntly News and Lotto – Zhao Zhang
Thrift Park Lotteries – Carlos Liang
Moreland Lucky News & Lotto – Michael Tran
Beaumaris News & Lotto – Elisa Luo and Brian Carson
Racecourse Lucky Lotto – Tuan Nguyen
Windsor Lotto – Peter Singleton
Lottery Kiosk of the Year 2020-2021
A to Z Lotto – Adrian Zalcman
Billionaire Lotto – Mary and Joseph Annam
Box Hill Central Lotto – Victor Zhang
Hunt Club Lotto – Rommy Siantosia
Seraglio Lotto – Amelia Lay
Lottery Newsagent of the Year 2020-2021
Baxter Newsagency – Barry & Cathy McKay
Central West Newsagency – Gino Bertolini
Lovells Shepparton Newsagency – Gary Lovell and Louise Lovell-Brown
Werribee Authorised Newsagency – Jin Yang (Grace)
Yarra Glen Newsagency – Manthan Patel
Greeting Card Shop of the year 2020-2021: Hallmark
Nextra Point Cook – Cameron Mullenger
Mentone Newsagency – Geoff & Theresa Deas
North Ringwood Newsagency – Frank Wang
Upper Ferntree Gully Newsagency – Manthan Patel
Anglesea News & Lotto – Paul & Corinne Nigro
Greeting Card Shop of the year 2020-2021: Henderson Greetings
newsXpress Mt Waverley – Chris Farrell
Mt Eliza Newsagency – Hans & Lynn Van Bloemendaal
Benton Square Newsagency – Jeffrey & Annie Baldwin
newsXpress Ocean Grove – Cathy & Clinton Staehr
Kew Greetings – John & Sandra Hanna
Greeting Card Shop of the year 2020-2021: John Sands
Sorrento News & Books – Gerard & Kellie Attwood
Middle Brighton Newsagency – Tim Scully
East Geelong Newsagency – Elaine & Geoff Munro
Nextra Moe Lotto – Peri & Evvy Hortis
Drouin Newsagency & Tatts – Mark & Vanita Haley
Greeting Card Shop of the year 2020-2021: Simson Cards
Murphy’s Newsagency – Richard Murphy
Middle Brighton Newsagency – Tim Scully
Kew Newsagency – John & Sandra Hanna
Traralgon Newsagency and Lotto – Gary and Cheryl Garth
Greensborough Plaza News – Luke Stillman
Employee of the Year Award-Retail
Patel Shivani – Press & Grocers Co.
Leonie Storer – Klemms Authorised Newsagency
Nikki Flight – East Geelong Newsagency
Employee of the Year Award-Distribution
Jason Howard – Klemms Authorised Newsagency
Bianca Greelish – Deliveries Plus
Kind regards,
Brendan Tohill | Chief Executive Officer
VANA – Victorian Authorised Newsagents Association
NLNA – National Lotteries Newsagents Association
