SNAP Fitness held their company awards recently and local business owners Emma and Mark McDowall came away with the gong for franchisee of the year.<\/p>\n
Yet the accolades didn\u2019t end there, with staff member Maddy Theobold taking home the title of best club manager.<\/p>\n
The national awards also include New Zealand and there are more than 230 Snap Fitness gyms in the two countries.<\/p>\n
Emma and Mark are owners and directors of both Epsom and Bendigo Snap Fitness franchises and Ms McDowall said the win was a thrill and surprise.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo win felt like a shock,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are some amazing franchisees out there that were nominated, we didn’t even prepare a speech.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such a wide network of over 200 clubs nationally, to even be nominated in that top three is an amazing achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n
There were a couple of factors that helped get the Bendigo owners over the line Mr McDowall said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess there’s a few things, like myself and Emma obviously working in here, basically every day of the week is one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think one of the other things we do well is our club culture within both gyms. We want to really create that community feeling when people come in. I guess that sets us apart from your standard setup.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Theobold said it was a focus on community that helped her win her best club manager honour.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is based on a whole different range of things every single year,\u201d she said. \u201cCommunity connection, local area marketing, engagement with the members, club numbers that sort of thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut this year I think the decision makers really had a focus on community involvement and we’re definitely trying our best to be as involved in the community as possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe sort of pride ourselves on having a range of different things that we do in the community. That could be fundraisers or supporting local sports teams, things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms McDowall said it was now on the team to come up with ways to improve and take home the award again next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve won awards in the past for being the most innovative club and we try and pride ourselves on that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing innovative, trying to think outside the square for different things that we can offer to our members.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SNAP Fitness held their company awards recently and local business owners Emma and Mark McDowall came away with the gong for franchisee of the year. Yet the accolades didn\u2019t end there, with staff member Maddy Theobold taking home the title of best club manager. The national awards also include New Zealand and there are more […]<\/p>\n