Winners of the 2019 FHT Excellence Awards

As part of our annual FHT Conference, we hold the FHT Excellence Awards to celebrate those raising the bar in therapy training and practice.

This year we had six categories covering the broad range of therapies supported by the FHT: Complementary Therapist of the Year, Beauty Therapist of the Year, Sports Therapist of the Year, Local Group Coordinator of the Year, Student of the Year and Tutor of the Year.

Once again, the judges were impressed by the quality and number of award entries this year. We would like to say a huge congratulations to all those who were finalists in their category, and of course, our six 2019 winners.

Complementary Therapist of the Year

Winner: Jackie Hamilton

Finalists: Rebecca Ayres, Julie Crossman, Emi Howe, Lorraine Millard and Louise Summerscales

Beauty Therapist of the Year

Winner: Joanna Taplin

Finalists: Alison Day and Fiona Murphy

Sports Therapist of the Year

Winner: Rebecca Ayres

Finalists: Alexandra Fraser, Emily Pollington

Local Group Coordinator of the Year

Winner: Hazel Tudor

Finalists: Dee Kelsall, Carina Stinchcombe

Student of the Year

Winner: Elle Bussey

Finalists: Samantha Killian, Philip Norton

Tutor of the Year

Winner: Carol Samuel

Finalists: Katherine Creighton Crook, Marie Duggan

Read more about each of our winners in the Winter issue of International Therapist magazine, due to be published on Thursday 23 January 2020.