Motor Trader Dec 18 / Jan 19

Youngcare CEO
Anthony Ryan
Members of the MTA Queensland and MTA Institute Boards
the prize of $2000, went to Jack Goodrich,
a 27-year-old recently qualified light
vehicle mechanic from Twidale Auto &
Motorcycles in Goondiwindi.
Jack’s intelligence, work ethic, passion
for the trade and desire to always do
his very best made him an outstanding
nominee. although, given the calibre of the
other nominees, picking one apprentice
was, as it is every year, a tough decision for
the judges. And that was something Jack
noted in his own award acceptance speech
as he thanked his employers, trainer and
the MTA Institute.
“There are so many people to thank - my
trainer Zak and my generous bosses Ben
and Melissa . . . I am 100 per cent indebted
to them for this opportunity. I wouldn’t
be here if it wasn’t for them,” said Jack. “I’d
also like to say congratulations to all the
other nominees who are here – you guys
deserve this every bit as much as I do.
“I’m told there are probably 1500
apprentices across Queensland that MTA
Institute are training at any one time.
That is a lot of people to get through the
industry and they are the future, so good on
MTA Institute for training them and doing
such a good job. They have been really good
to me and a lot of other guys I know.”
Towards the end of the evening’s
formalities, an auction was held to raise
money for Youngcare, MTA Queensland’s
charity partner.
Youngcare works to help young people
with high care needs through the building
of housing and providing grants. And
following an impassioned address by
Youngcare’s CEO Anthony Ryan, the
auction raised more than $7000 as the
bids came flying in for a range of items
from holidays to helicopter flights,
training courses to champagne. Bidding
was particularly lively for a 1.5-litre bottle
of 2004 vintage Penfolds Grange that
eventually fetched a whopping $2000.
MTA Queensland extends its thanks to the
generous donation of auction items from
I-CAR, MIGAS Apprentice and Trainees,
Mazda, Triple Eight Race Engineering, the
AADA, and John Tyquin of GOA.
The 2018 MTA Queensland Annual
Dinner was a truly memorable evening,
and the association thanks our guests,
friends and sponsors for making it so
memorable.
We look forward to doing it all again
in 2019.
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