Staff Christmas Party – What To Expect This Year (besides the unexpected)

The 9th Annual Acadameat Awards 

This year’s staff Christmas party will be another block-buster and, as always, the Meridian Acadameat Awards will be the main event no one should miss. Expect a fanshy-shmansy dress/suite & tie affair complete with photos on the red carpet, Hollywood style audio visual effects, awards & prizes, and a fully catered holiday spread.

A Few Party-Goer Reminders & Details…

The event is Semi-Formal.

  • Ladies… we already know you’ll be lookin’ fabulous.  Guys must be in ties – Bow or traditional, tux is optional.
  • Nominees – have your acceptance speech ready!
  • Be ready to say “Cheese”.
  • Mark Lewis, our in-house photographer will be taking photos on the red carpet
  • We’ll have a live Instagram feed slideshow on the big screens, so be sure to have your cell phoned full charged and your selfie-sticks ready! #AcadameatAwards

The event starts at 6pm on the evening of Tuesday, December 1st, at North View Golf Course

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Awards and Nominations

This year’s awards and nominees include…

Best Grind Award – Goes to the person who has the nicest and freshest ground beef balls!

  • Allison Walshaw (Maple Ridge)
  • Ben Lawson (Walnut Gate)
  • Brooke Bindley (Peninsula)
  • Timothy Enno (Tsawwassen)
  • Oscar Hu (Norgate)

Best Dressed Award

  • Summer Korman (Maple Ridge)
  • Jared Kathler (Oxford)
  • Alicia Moffatt (Walnut Gate)
  • Krista Jensen (Tsawwassen)
  • Ryan Davis (Tsawwassen)
  • Taylor Bortolussi (Norgate)

Best Presentation Award

  • Sandra Cachej (Norgate)
  • Valiant de Guzman (Norgate)
  • Emily Machnyk (Tsawwassen)
  • Jacob Hofing (Tsawwassen)
  • Breanna Murko (Oxford)

Flesh Wound Award – goes to the person who sustained the nastiest injury this year, and lived to tell the tale…

  • Trevor McDonnell (Maple Ridge)
  • Meaghan Stevenson (Walnut Gate)
  • Kenneth Arcilla (Norgate)
  • Marissa Lamb (Norgate)
  • Corey Paul (Walnut Gate)

Team Player Award

  • Katelyn Rocan (Oxford)
  • Ingrid MacDonald (Norgate)
  • Tania Church (Tsawwassen)
  • Isabel da Silva (Peninsula)
  • Theodora Bors (Oxford)
  • Briann Villeforte (Maple Ridge)

Celebrity Look Alike Award

  • Keanu Homeniuk (Maple Ridge)
  • Corey Paul (Walnut Gate)
  • William Bagshaw (Peninsula)
  • Ryan Davis (Tsawwassen)
  • Marissa Lamb (Norgate)
  • Kevin McHugh (Oxford)

Iron Man Award

  • Sam Giesbrecht (Maple Ridge)
  • Tyler Norris (Oxford)
  • Shantell Ripplinger (Walnut Gate)
  • Nolan Mcleod (Tsawwassen)
  • Emily Machnyk (Tsawwassen)
  • Paula Caton (Norgate)

Raw Talent Award

  • Chris May (Norgate)
  • Emily Machnyk (Tsawwassen)
  • Brooke Bindley (Peninsula)
  • Aydan Dungey (Walnut Gate)
  • Fareed Haddad (Oxford)  Marissa Watson (Maple Ridge)

Most Eligible Bachelor/Bachelorette Award

  • Rosalie Ross (Maple Ridge)
  • Jessica Petraschuk (Oxford)
  • Shayn Northey (Walnut Gate)
  • Kate Bennato (Peninsula)
  • Timothy Enno (Tsawwassen)
  • Conor Brennan (Tsawwassen)
  • Kenneth Arcilla (Norgate)

Barb Milne Award

  • Marissa Watson (Maple Ridge)
  • Ellery Gunderson (Norgate)
  • Michelle Van Beek (Tsawwassen)
  • Austin Beer (Peninsula)
  • Corrina Victor (Walnut Gate)
  • Wanda Wright (Oxford)
  • Tracy Renaud (Maple Ridge)

Rookie of the Year Award

  • Seth Rathjen (Maple Ridge)
  • Jessica Neilson (Oxford)
  • Jordan Kolisnyk (Walnut Gate)
  • Chloe Falk (Peninsula)
  • Casey Cumiskey (Tsawwassen)
  • Chris May (Norgate)

Meat Cutter Extraordinaire Award

  • Blair Wilson (Tsawwassen)
  • Crystal Pollock (Peninsula)
  • Corey Paul (Walnut Gate)
  • Jennifer Reynolds (Oxford)
  • Mitchell Burden (Maple Ridge)

Best Couple Award

  • And the nominees are… a mystery 😉

See you there.

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