Achiever of the Year Award
This is held every year in March or April at various venues throughout Brisbane.
Each club has to nominate their top loser for the competitions, which include:
- Achiever of the Year [most weight lost from 31st December to 31st December]
- Family Award [two family members with a combined minimum weight loss of 15kgs]
- Senior Award [for members over the age of 60 years]
- Graduate Award [for members who maintain their goal weight]
- Post Graduate Award [for members who maintain their goal weight]
- E.O.F.Y Award [most weight lost from the 1st of July to 30th June]
- Country Award [most weight lost from a member of a club 50kms and over from C.B.D.]
- State Presidents Award [members nominated for their dedication to their club]
- Mini Achiever Award [for members who have joined with less than 10kg to lose]
- Beryl Muir Interclub Competiton [all clubs competiting against each other]
ACHIEVERS OF THE YEAR 2023
R – L – 1st Sybil Lethaby 16.0 kgs – Peninsula, 2nd Esther Latz 15.8 kgs – Mt Warren Park, 3rd Colleen Freestone 13.5 kgs – Woodridge – Carmen accepting her award, 4th Aaron Bates 13.2 kgs – Woodridge – Kay accepting his award.
ACHIEVERS OF THE YEAR 2022
L-R 4tht Place – Lynette Robinson 15.4 kgs – Eagleby, 3rd Place Shirley Burnham 18.1 kgs – Boonah, 2nd Place Scott Hoens 18.4 kgs – Toowoomba, 1st Place Miriam Ekert 18.5 kgs – Ipswich Eve
ACHIEVERS OF THE YEAR 2021
R-L 1st Place – Cassandra Guy 52.8 kgs – Woodridge, 2nd Place – Gillian Duke 23.0 kgs – Eaglbey (Pam accepting the award for Gillian), 4th Place – Barbara Richardson 14.8 kgs – Pensinsula, 3rd Place – Diane Spence 16.5 kgs – Deception Bay / BOM
ACHIEVERS OF THE YEAR 2020
R-L 1st Theresa Kendall 25.6 kg – Peninsula 2nd Stephen Porteous 24.2 kg – Woodridge 3rd Rhonda Porteous 23.3 kg – Woodridge 4th Kat Harvey 18.9 kg – Woodridge
Convention
Once a year all clubs throughout Queensland are joined by two of our NSW sister clubs for a Convention at either the Sunshine Coast or Brisbane.
The weekend of fun generally commences at 5pm on Friday afternoon and goes through until Sunday Afternoon at around 2pm.
Guest speakers highlight the weekend with motivational tips on Healthy Eating and exercise. Saturday night we have a Fancy Dress Competition and a Talent Quest where clubs and members go head to head.
There are also in-house Raffles and Tombola with great prizes, which are drawn on the Sunday afternoon before attendees leave.
The 2024 is being held at the Maroochy Waterfront Camp & Convention Centre from October 25th – 27th.
Convention Competitions
There are a number of competitions at the annual convention that are specifically for the members who have attended the previous. These include:
Norma Etchells Individual Competition: which is awarded for the most weight lost from Convention to Convention.
Val Neuendorff’s Post Graduate Competition: to be eligible Post Graduates must have maintained their goal weight and attended the previous Convention.
Rita Heath Memorial Competition: which is for the top three losers from each club for a chosen three months of the year.
New Conventioneers Competition – Nominees must be a New member attending for the first time or a Past member returning and has not attended last year’s convention, for the competition period.
Sylvia Neal Individual Competition: which is for the three top losers from NSW.
Qld Versus NSW: as we have members of the Waratah Slimmers Association of NSW that attend our annual convention, we have a fun State Vs State competition.
NORMA ETCHELLS AWARD 2023
Lauri D – Woodridge – 15.3kgs
VAL NEUENDORF POST GRADUATE AWARD 2023
Chris Gollagher – Arana
NEW CONVENTIONEERS AWARD QLD 2023
Shirley B – Boonah – 11.5 kgs
NEW CONVENTIONEERS AWARD NSW 2023
Dianne P – Tilligerry – 4.7 kgs
QLD V NSW 2023
Winners QLD 340 points – Shirley, David & Joy – Helen, Dianne & Lee NSW