Flooring Apprentice of the Year Awards 2021
Due to Covid restrictions we ran the Apprentice of the Year Awards in a similar fashion to 2021. Scott Cato kindly agreed to be our presenter and went to each apprentice’s workplace to present the award and a voucher to each winner.
Our winners were:
• Stage 1 – Karaitiana Tuhura of Laskey Carpets Ltd
• Stage 2 – Devon Crawshaw of Carpet Court Masterton
• Stage 3 and Supreme winner – Joseph Murphy of Fully Floored Ltd
• Villars Award – Extra Textural Ltd
• Floor Planning and Design Award – Toby Pooley of Wilsons Carpet
We are very grateful for the support of our sponsors for these awards. Sponsors included:
• Stage 1 sponsor – Dunlop Flooring
• Stage 2 sponsor – Look Floors
• Stage 3 sponsor – Gilt Edge
• Villars Award – Handley Industries
• Floor Planning and Design Award – Robert Malcolm
Photos of some of the presentations are below.
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Joseph Murphy
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![Stage 1: Karaitana Tuhura](https://floornz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Karaitiana-Tuhura-Stage-1-1024x1024.jpg)
of Laskey Carpets Ltd