CPA Bulletin

8 CPA Bulletin > May 2024 www.cpa.uk.net ASSOCIATION NEWS: 2 Stars of the Future Awards 2024 As this issue of the CPA Bulletin went to press, the judges had starting going through over 80 impressive nominations for the Stars of the Future 2024 awards programme. Awards will be made for Plant Mechanic of the Year (Level 2), Plant Technician of the Year (Level 3), Plant Operative of the Year, Young Plant Operative of the Year, Plant Installer of the Year, Lifting Technician of the Year, Hire Controller of the Year, Apprentice Mentor of the Year and College of the Year. All nominees are also eligible for special awards including the Judges’ Special Award and the Best Personal Statement Award. The 2024 winners will be announced at a prestigious awards ceremony at the Heart of England Conference and Events Centre in Fillongley, near Coventry, on 11th July 2024. This year, the prizes on offer are more impressive than ever before. Winners will receive national recognition and the prizes will include Snap-on tool boxes and kits, iPads, backhoe loader training courses and CPCS cards courtesy of sponsor ACOP Group, VIP trips to JCB’s World Headquarters in Staffordshire and overnight stays at the JCB Golf and Country Club, an overseas trip to visit a Liebherr crane manufacturing plant in Germany courtesy of sponsor Liebherr and a trip to one of Wolffkran’s manufacturing facilities in Luckau, Germany for a winner and their guest, courtesy of sponsor Wolffkran. The national winners for Stars of the Future 2023 were John Murray of John Maciver & Sons and National Construction College Scotland (Plant Mechanic of the Year), Bradley Baker of GGR Group and The Growth Company (Plant Technician of the Year), Roksana Przybylska of L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage (Plant Operative of the Year), Chloe Jones of Flannery Plant Hire and Harnoorpreet Singh Gill of L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage (Joint Winners of Young Plant Operative of the Year), Spencer Bond of Wolffkran (Plant Installer of the Year), Lee Tanner of Wolffkran (Lifting Technician of the Year), Teah Stapleton of Kilnbridge Construction Services (Hire Controller of the Year), Dean Duru of Boels Rental (Individual Apprentice Mentor of the Year), Gez Bonner of L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage (Group Apprentice Mentor of the Year), Shannon Bristow of Speedy Services and Askham Bryan College (Best Personal Statement Award) and Sean Palmer of Gorrel Equipment Solutions and Bridgend College (Judges’ Special Award). The CPA Stars of the Future Awards 2024 are being held in association with event sponsors GAP Group and L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage , award sponsors ACOP Group, Liebherr, L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage, M O’Brien Plant Hire, NOCN Group, Southern Hoist Services, Wolffkran and lunch sponsor Plant Planet . The event is also being supported by JCB . Limited sponsorship and involvement opportunities are still available for Stars of the Future 2024. For further information, please contact Lisa Collins on 07968 840390 or email: lisa @ lisacollinscommunications.co.uk Stars of the Future is the CPA’s awards programme for apprentices and trainees in the construction plant sector and since it was established 11 years ago, it has become firmly rooted as the industry’s premier event for recognising and rewarding apprentices who are earmarked as future leaders of the industry.