Top pool professionals announced during livestream event

by jason_cramp | December 17, 2020 6:39 pm

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After receiving more than 150 entries to its popular contest, Pleatco recently revealed the winners of the 2020 Perfect Pool Guy and Gal search.

Shannon Sellers of Jeff’s pool and spa in Brunswick, Ga., and Jesse Gist of Gallagher Pools and Spas in Westminster, Md., are the final winners of this year’s contest, which is co-sponsored by Genesis® and the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA).

In response to winning the 2020 PoolGal award, Sellers stated said: “When I first started 10 years ago, I never thought I’d be named Pleatco’s Perfect Pool Gal 2020. It feels good to have my hard work and dedication recognized.

“Thank you to my customers, co-workers, and family for believing in me. Winning this award is an exciting achievement and I’m proud to win such coveted recognition. This award is backed up by some outstanding co-workers/teachers and customers who helped me get this far.”

Gist had been a runner-up in a previous year and put a great deal of effort into making sure his nomination wound up at the top of the rankings by providing a full video and harnessing social media. Luckily for him his strategy worked.

“Receiving this award has been the highlight of my career! It’s a huge honour to be crowned the Pleatco Perfect Pool Guy 2020,” he said. “I want to thank my wife and kids for putting up with my crazy hours, and my Gallagher Pools family! Lastly, I want to thank my new Pleatco family for choosing me as for this prestigious award. It means so much to me!”

With so many worthy entrants, Pleatco once again expanded this year’s contest and created additional awards.

“During our final interviews, we were impressed by the calibre and diversity of so many individuals that we felt it was proper to recognize the outstanding achievements of several other entrants,” said Pleatco’s CEO Rick Von Drehle. “In that spirit, we selected contestants for special awards based on their contribution to their community and the pool and spa industry.”

The recipients of these awards include:

• Michael Baker (Tucson, Ariz.) Pleatco Perfect PoolGuy 2020 Runner-up
• Trish Mendenhall (Chandler, Ariz.) Pleatco Perfect PoolGal 2020 Runner-up
• Bob Charlton (Citrus Springs, Fla.) Pleatco Lifetime Achievement Award
• Josh Fletcher (Stockbridge, Ga.) Pleatco Future Leadership Award
• Matthew Boranian (Kailua Kona, HI) Pleatco Industry Spirit Award
• Ashley Rabbit (Mohegan Lake, N.Y.) Pleatco Customer Service Award
• Bryan Zettle (Johnstown, Pa.) Pleatco Community Service Award
• Michael Birch (Good Hope, N.Y.) Pleatco Young Achiever Award
• Ken Post (Poway, Calif.) Pleatco Voters Choice Award

“The service industry is extremely important when it comes to helping owners fully enjoy and appreciate their pools,” said Genesis® ambassador and co-founder, Brian Van Bower. “We are proud to help honour our hard-working service professionals through the Pleatco contest.”

This year’s Perfect Pool Guy and Perfect Pool Gal were each awarded a Genesis® course—C201: Concrete Pools or C260: Vinyl liner/Fibreglass Pools ($5,000 value)—along with a bevy of other prizes from LaMotte, Mod-Lite, Skimlock, and Bungee-plug.

“On behalf of Pleatco, Genesis,® and PHTA, we’d like to thank everyone who entered, nominated, and voted in our 13^th annual ‘Pleatco Perfect Pool Guy and Gal Contest’,” said Battista Remati, Pleatco’s chief marketing officer. “We have been truly overwhelmed by the sheer quality of the nominations and the thousands of votes cast. The entries were compelling and heartfelt across the board.”

The official awards ceremony was livestreamed in mid-November enabling hundreds across the company to participate and congratulate the winners.

Source URL: https://www.poolspamarketing.com/trade/news/briefs/top-pool-professionals-announced-during-livestream-event/

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