KSS eKourier July 2022

FEATURE

BACK WITH A BANG KSS ACHIEVEMENT DINNER 2022 On a cold winter’s night on the 25th June 2022, Teams gathered from across Australia and New Zealand to celebrate the annual Kennards Self Storage Achievement Dinner. These nights are an opportunity to recognise the accomplishments of our Team, in addition to an opportunity to gather together. This was the first in-person celebration afforded to the Team in almost three years, following the recent challenges the pandemic had presented.

Nassif (Artarmon2) and Adam Snowdon (Caringbah) received recognition for an incredible 15 Years of Service. David Courtney (Kirrawee), Sathish Rao (THQ), Helen Tancred (Moore Park) and Geoffrey Turner (Kunda Park) were absent but also celebrate 15 Years. While Mike Howard (Kirrawee) and Wayne Birch (THQ) were honoured for a phenomenal 25 Years of Service. The final formality of the evening saw Jelena Stricevic (NSW Ops Manager) and “Maverick” (or was it Goose?) Darryl Hodgson (NSW Ops Manager) present the FREEDOM Certificates, FREEDOM Awards and Rookie of the Year Award. Carol Dunne (Sandgate) and Nealla Little (Napier) were recognised with certificates; while Pheng Lo (CCC), Kellie Robley (THQ), Charles Shepherd (TSM) and Stuart Smith (Homebush) took home the iconic FREEDOM Blade Award. Chris Sanson of Newstead was acknowl- edged for his dedication and hard work during the recent QLD floods with this years’ Rookie of the Year Award. It was then time to let our hair down and dance, as we were treated to the sounds of the One Hit Wonders, our band for the night. Some partied harder than others, but it is fair to say that a great night was had by all. The night could be said to be a complete success, never lasting long enough as all great nights do. It was a fitting precursor to next year’s 50th Birthday celebrations for Kennards Self Storage. To steal Sam Kennards words from the night, “I challenge you all to attend next year and make the night the biggest Achievement Dinner we’ve ever had”. Jared Mobbs NSW Operations Manager

T his year brought with it a new venue, Doltone House at Jones Bay Wharf. Against the backdrop of a stunning Darling Harbour and Sydney City skyline, Teams embraced old friends and a host of new Team Members experienced their first Kennards night of nights. MC for the evening Peter Berner of stand-up, radio and television fame, kept proceedings moving while sprinkling in quite a bit of humour. This evening had fewer awards and less ceremony than previous nights, with a focus instead on camaraderie and a long-awaited coming together. Nicky Goodwin, QLD Ops Manager presented the Five Year Service Awards, an astonishing 27 Team Members in all. It is a true testament to the culture and our remarkable Team to see so many proud KSS Team Members make it to this milestone. After a timely set from Peter Berner, dinner was served. Many cheeky Team Members took this opportunity to swap seats, to make new friends, or share stories with long-time ones.

Proceedings continued with Darren Marshall, COO of KSS, honing his best comedic skills to try and outdo the MC Tony Vuongs tie was the unfortunate casualty and was then not seen again for the remainder of the night. Darren presented the 10 Year Service Awards: Sylvia Gouvas, Dane Talbot, Chantal Bastiaans, Antone Boustani and Anthony Rous all on hand to receive their awards for the great milestone. I challenge you all to attend next year and make the night the biggest Achievement Dinner we've ever had There were an impressive eight in total, with Flex Dasquerzine, Matthew Jones and Belinda Filipe unfortunately unable to attend. Sam Kennard then took the stage and presented the longer service milestones. Some great tales and memories were regaled as Leanne ‘ ‘

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