March saw the EVA State Meetings taking place across Australia. They ran from 13th March in Perth to the final event on Thursday 21st March in Queensland. We couldn’t get to every event, but Jon Marriott represented Radincon in Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland.
Attending three events in four days was pretty hectic, but it was nothing compared to the pace set by Dr Emmanuelle van Erck-Westergren, who flew in from Belgium to present at all six State events. From what she shared on LinkedIn, she crammed in a lot of other fun things too. Sightseeing, boating, checking out the local wildlife and culture. The ‘work hard, play hard’ ethic applies to vets everywhere, not just in Australian
About Dr Emmanuelle van Erck-Westergren
Dr Emmanuelle heads the Equine Sports Medicine Practice in Waterloo, and is President of the Belgian Equine Practitioners Association. A renowned expert in equine cardiac and respiratory systems, she had so much information to share with us. That included the latest innovations in mobile exercise testing and overground endoscopy, which are especially useful for diagnosing issues in the upper respiratory tract.
Here she is being introduced by Pete Carrigan at the EVA NSW State Meeting at Warwick Farm:
And wowing the crowd in Queensland:
By this time, it was the end of the roadshow and we all felt like old friends. That’s where the photo at the top comes from, showing Dr Emmanuelle with EVA State Rep Mark McGarry, our very own Jon Marriott, and Albert Sole Guitart.
The comments of the 200 plus vets who attended the EVA State Meetings this year show that Emmanuelle van Erck-Westergren was an inspired choice of presenter:
‘Thought-provoking and very practical information’
‘What a great speaker. So engaging and genuine’
‘I have been coming to these for six years and that was the best talk we ever had’
The vets also enjoyed good food and great company, plus plenty of opportunities to network, compare notes and learn. Elements of fun like prize draws too. Congratulations to our Radincon draw winners, including Allan Frogley of Warwick Farm Equine and Alex Ashworth of Ashworth Vet Services.
The Radincon team is proud to support the vet community through events like this. Lovely to get positive feedback from Mark McGarry too. We’re glad to do our bit working alongside dedicated vets like him and his colleagues.
We’re already looking forward to the next round of EVA State Meetings!