Final 24 revealed for the 2024 Betting Shop Manager of the Year competition

The field for this year’s Racing Post/SIS Betting Shop Manager of the Year competition has been reduced to 24.

The managers through to the latest stage received a mystery shopper visit after which the top three candidates from each of the eight regions in Britain and Ireland were selected.

These 24 will then spend a day at the races at Haydock on October 18, when they will meet the judges for the first time. Eight regional champions will be chosen from this day.

Each regional champion, along with a key member of their shop staff, will then attend the final selection in London in November, which involves a question-and-answer session with the judges on the day before the final awards lunch when the winner will be crowned.

The final awards lunch takes place in November and the winner will be invited to several key racing and betting events during their year as champion.

The competition, which was first held in 1988, was last year won by Stacey Carnell, a Ladbrokes manager from Barnsley.

Final 24 managers

Anglia and south-east
Jamie Baldock, Betfred, Larkfield; Sian Brown, Ladbrokes, Frinton-on-Sea; Aimee Castile, William Hill, Ongar

Greater London
Daniel Bulman, Betfred, Maidenhead; Shelley Enever, Jenningsbet, East Ham; Joanne Gibbs, Jenningsbet, Chingford

Ireland
Georgina Moloney, BoyleSports, Raheen; Kevin Shanahan, Paddy Power, Ennis; Lillian Somers, Paddy Power, Tralee

Midlands and Wales
Ethan Aitkenhead, Coral, Cardiff; Mick Capplis, Ladbrokes, Sleaford; Leon Evans, William Hill, Pensarn

North and north-east
Annette Garner, Betfred, Spennymoor; Vicky Hearnshaw, Ladbrokes, Chesterfield; Craig Robson, Jenningsbet, Gateshead

North-west and Isle of Man
Jeanette Cross, Ladbrokes, Fleetwood; Jasmine Longmuir, Betfred, Chadderton; Ashley Murphy, Coral, Rugeley

Scotland
Paula Anderson, Betfred, Johnstone; Shaun Cookson, Ladbrokes, Dundee; Tommy Rodger, Ladbrokes, Saltcoats

South-west and Channel Islands
Mark Orzechowski, Betfred, Taunton; Joanna Partington, Betfred, Plymouth; Debbie Scotting, Coral, Basingstoke

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