Motor Trader Dec 18 / Jan 19

Michael Sykes, Deputy CEO of MTAA Super; Jack Goodrich; Dr Brett Dale, CEO MTA Queensland; and Shane Jacobson
JACK GOODRICH: 2018
APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR
JACK GOODRICH, A
recently qualified light
vehicle mechanic with
Twidale Auto & Motorcycles
in Goondiwindi, is the MTA
Institute Apprentice of the
Year for 2018.
Presented with the
accolade at the MTA
Queensland Industry Dinner
on 10 November, Jack, 27, said
he was humbled to receive
the award and shocked when
his name was called out – a
feeling that, a few days later,
he was still not quite able to shake.
“It’s still a bit surreal,” he said. “It was a
massive surprise, a real shock. I didn’t think
I would win. You think about it, of course,
but it never feels like a realistic expectation.
“It’s nice to be recognised but I still
don’t feel like I really deserved it as a lot
of the other boys did really good work. I
never really felt I had done anything that
exceptional. It might take a while to sink in!”
Attending the Industry
Dinner with Jack were
his dad Tony and
fiancé Chandni, both of
whom were, of course,
extremely proud of his
accomplishment.
“They were pretty excited,”
said Jack. “I think my fiancé
said she was proud of me
about 20 times, which was
very nice. I’ll take that!”
Equally proud were Mel
and Ben Twidale, Jack’s
bosses at Twidale Auto &
Motorcycles. Though they were unable to
make it into Brisbane for the event, Melissa
said the couple, and indeed the whole
team at Twidale, were kept up to date with
proceedings via phone messaging.
“We were talking to Jack throughout the
night via messenger,” said Melissa. “We
have a group chat set up with all our staff
and he was able to keep us all informed,
and that was great because this – seeing
Jack Goodrich
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