BALPPA recently held it’s inaugural FEC Excellence Awards which took place on Monday 27th November at Drayton Manor Hotel.
This event celebrated excellence within the leisure industry for FEC and Indoor Play operators, providing an opportunity for BALPPA Members and non-Members to nominate others or self nominate their business across seven categories of awards.
We were delighted to have Teddy Mountain as Gold Sponsor of the FEC Excellence Awards and Leisure, FEC and Indoor Play Trade Exhibition and thank them for their generosity.
We are also grateful to our other event/award sponsors for their support and generosity
We would also like to take this opportunity to thanks our host venue:
More than 200 people attended the FEC Excellence Awards at Drayton Manor and it was a fun evening! Following a drinks reception and sumptious three-course dinner, we began the awards ceremony. BALPPA CEO, Paul Kelly was in charge of the proceedings and welcomed up the sponsor of each category to present the bronze, silver and gold awards to the deserving winners.
We are delighted to announce the winners of each category in the first ever BALPPA FEC Excellence Awards as follows:
| Category | Nominee | Placement |
| Food and Beverage | Safari MK | GOLD |
| Time Twisters | SILVER | |
| Hickory Dickory Playhouse | BRONZE | |
| Attraction under 6,000 sq ft | The Bubbles Factory | GOLD |
| Attraction 6,000 sq ft – 12,000 sq ft | Head Over Heels | GOLD |
| Cheeky Monkeys | SILVER | |
| ScallyWags | BRONZE | |
| Attraction over 12,000 sq ft | Hobbledown | GOLD |
| Kidspace Croydon | SILVER | |
| Brean Play | BRONZE | |
| Employee of Excellence | Claire Morton, Web Adventure | GOLD |
| Jazmine Harris, Partyman World | SILVER | |
| Mark Brooks, West Midlands Safari Park | BRONZE | |
| FEC Trade Supplier | Teddy Mountain | GOLD |
| Regency Purchasing | SILVER | |
| Vimto | BRONZE | |
| One to Watch (non BALPPA Member) | Jungleland | GOLD |
| Kidzplay | SILVER | |
| Chucklebutties | BRONZE |
Congratulations to all the winners and indeed to those who were nominated.
Photographs of the winners collecting their awards from sponsors are below, courtesy of FUJIFILM UK.
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- F&B Gold – Safari MK
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- F&B Silver – Time Twisters
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- F&B Bronze – Hickory Dickory Playhouse
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- Attraction under 6,000sq ft Gold – The Bubbles Factory
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- Atttraction 6,000-12,000 sq ft Gold – Head Over Heels
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- Attraction 6,000-12,000 sq ft Silver – Cheeky Monkeys
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- Atraction 6,000-12,000 sq ft Bronze – ScallyWags
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- Attraction over 12,000 sq ft Gold – Hobbledown
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- Attraction over 12,000 sq ft Silver – Kidspace Croydon
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- Attraction over 12,000 sq ft Bronze – Brean Play
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- Employee of Excellence Gold = Claire Morton, Web Adventure
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- Employee of Excellence Silver – Jazmine Harris, Partyman World
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- Employee of Excellence Bronze – Mark Brooks, West Midlands Safari Park
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- FEC Trade Supplier Gold – Teddy Mountain
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- FEC Trade Supplier Silver – Regency Purchasing
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- FEC Trade Supplier Bronze – Vimto
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- One to Watch Gold – Jungleland
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- One to Watch Silver – Kidzplay
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- One to Watch Bronze – Chucklebutties
FUJIFILM UK also captured some great photographs during the event and generously provided a green screen photo opportunity:
Leisure, FEC and Indoor Play Trade Exhibition
Earlier in the day, BALPPA also held its first Leisure, FEC and Indoor Play Trade Exhibition. This was a great event with many exhibitors who reported a successful show. We hope the leads generated prove fruitful and would to thanks all those who exhibited and visited for your support.
If you require any further information regarding the awards or the Awards Dinner please contact Tracey Bancroft – tracey@nullbalppa.org
