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Associations SAIRAC LUNCH CELEBRATES INDUSTRY PROS By Ntsako Khosa The SAIRAC Johannesburg Centre came together in October to celebrate great minds in the industry. G athering at the Johannesburg Country Club in Woodmead, Robert Fox, centre chairman, was the MC. He welcomed guests, thanked key organisers of the event, gave course updates, shared some information about the 2020 calendar as well as the upcoming 2021 Frigair exhibition. The Fellows received a SAIRAC branded Andy Cartwright knife set. Valued fellows: • Roy Hannah • Grant Laidlaw • Barney Richardson • Patrick Burke • Ron Burns Robert Fox extended apologies from guests who couldn’t come. He also introduced the guest speaker for the day, former rugby union player, Naas Botha. He shared a few anecdotes of his time in field and gave an overview of the Rugby World Cup, stating that strategy determines outcome. 2 1 After the guest speaker had finished, Robert Fox announced the recipient of the Mike Veldon award, which was awarded to Ilana Koegelenberg. “This is for the SAIRAC member who has contributed to the industry in 2019,” he said. Afterwards, guests were treated to a buffet style lunch with all sorts of delicacies. RACA 3 1. 2. 3. www.hvacronline.co.za The industry fellows that were honoured at the SAIRAC lunch. Naas Botha. Ilana Koegelenberg received the Mike Veldon award. RACA Journal I January 2020 37