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Top Technician 2015 - First Round Top 23 #

Posted by Peter Warman on March 4, 2015, 11:08 am
Edited by board administrator March 4, 2015, 12:34 pm

The first round of Top Technician is over and the national skills competition has its first stage winners – 23 technicians from all corners of the UK working within dealer and independent workshops have scored well enough to access the advanced second stage assessment.

The ten techs who come out on top of the next round will be invited to the Top Technician 2015 semi-finals which this year take place at GTG in Wolverhampton on March 27th.

Congratulations to the hundreds of you who took part in the initial stage, it was a closely fought battle for the top 20 places, so close in fact that we have 23 techs going on to the advanced second stage online test this year.
Hats off to the following triumphant techs (in alphabetical order):

Mark Adams of WJ King, Sidcup
Will Addy of Racecourse Garage, Totnes
Adam Critchley of Car Service Plus, Ellesmere Port
Neil Currie of Bryan Swales Auto Repairs, Castle Douglas
Robert Dawson of Lookers Land Rover, Chelmsford
Aaron Donnan of AND Automotive, Co Londonderry
Steven Elcoate of Stratstone Tyneside, Tyne & Wear
James Etherington of VDS Performance, Surrey
Tommy Forrest of TF Automotive, Lanarkshire
Andrew Gravel of Gravels, Scunthorpe
Gergely Hegedus of Bodytech, Salisbury
Ryan Hewitt of Lexus Wolverhampton
Colm Higgins of CH Autoservices, Co. Londonderry
Joe Ludlow of Joe’s Auto’s, Leicstershire
Ainsley McEwan of McEwan’s Garage, Derby
Richard McVeigh of iAutoUK, Coventry
Peter Melville of Oscillotech Vehicle Services, Tonbridge
Ben Moss of PR Motors, Reading
Anthony Pickering of CBF Service Centre, Beccles
Lee Pritchard of Garej Bowydd Garage, Gwynedd
Andrew Rawstron of Cawdor Cars, Carmarthenshire
Karl Weaver of Bull Lange Garage, Faversham
Nigel Yardley of Yardley’s Vehicle Repair & Test Centre, Sutton in Ashfield

Re: Top Technician 2015 - First Round Top 23 #

Posted by Tony Ludford on March 4, 2015, 6:35 pm, in reply to "Top Technician 2015 - First Round Top 23 #"
Tony Ludford

Well done guys (gets worrying when you start recognising quite a few of the names)....

Re: Top Technician 2015 - First Round Top 23 #

Posted by Steve Harrison on March 4, 2015, 7:09 pm, in reply to "Re: Top Technician 2015 - First Round Top 23 #"
Stephen Harrison

Well done to all. Good luck for the next round.

Steve

Re: Top Technician 2015 - Top 10

Posted by Peter Warman on March 13, 2015, 7:16 pm, in reply to "Top Technician 2015 - First Round Top 23 #"
Peter Warman

The ten 2015 Top Technician semi-finalists have been revealed and will now move on to the first practical tests of the competition.

Top Technician Project Manager Nicola St. Clair and Chief Judge Ian Gillgrass from the IMI spent a day whittling the 23 highest scoring candidates from the first round down, naming the ten who will take part in the practical semi-finals at GTG Wolverhampton on March 27th.

In alphabetical order of surname, the semi-finalists are:

Mark Adams of WJ King Sidcup, Kent

Rob Dawson of Lookers Land Rover, Essex

James Etherington of VDS Performance, Surrey

Tommy Forrest of TF Automotive, Lanarkshire

Andrew Gravel of ADG Autotech, Lincolnshire

Ainsley McEwan of McEwan’s Garage, Derbyshire

Peter Melville of Oscillotech Vehicle Services, Kent

Anthony Pickering of CBF Service Centre, Suffolk

Lee Pritchard of Garej Bowydd Garage, Gwynedd

Nigel Yardley of Yardley’s Vehicle Repair & Test Centre, Nottinghamshire

Nicola comments: “It is great to see a mix of old and new names making it through to this stage. The second online test was difficult so well done to those who have got here and we look forward to seeing them at GTG for the first practical tests.”

The best five from the semi-final will move onto the final at Fiat Unetversity on April 24th, with the winner being announced at Top Technician Live at Fiat on May 22nd. Tickets are available for the full day training event, email Nicola@aftermarket.co.uk for more information.

Re: Top Technician 2015 - Top 10

Posted by Colm Higgins on March 15, 2015, 5:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Top Technician 2015 - Top 10"
Colm Higgins

Good luck in the next round guys!

Top 5 make it through to the final

Posted by Peter Warman on March 30, 2015, 12:47 pm, in reply to "Top Technician 2015 - First Round Top 23 #"

The top 5 technicians make it through to the final of Top Technician 2015

http://www.aftermarketonline.net/News/Industry-News/2015/30421-/Top-Technician-2015-finalists-announced

James Etherington of VDS Performance, Horley, Surrey

Andrew Gravel of ADG Autotech, Scunthorpe

Peter Melville of Oscillotech Vehicle Services, Tonbridge, Kent

Anthony Pickering of CBF Service Centre, Beccles, Suffolk

Nigel Yardley of Yardley's Vehicle Repair & Test Centre, Sutton in Ashfield

Peter

Re: Top 5 make it through to the final

Posted by Tommy Forrest on March 30, 2015, 6:18 pm, in reply to "Top 5 make it through to the final"
Thomas Forrest

Well done guys, well deserved.

Hope you all have a great day at the final.

Tommy

Re: Top 5 make it through to the final

Posted by adam critchley on March 31, 2015, 11:36 am, in reply to "Re: Top 5 make it through to the final"
Adam Critchley

well done guys

Top Technician Live! - Friday May 22nd 2015

Posted by Peter Warman on March 31, 2015, 2:23 pm, in reply to "Top Technician 2015 - First Round Top 23 #"
Peter Warman

Don't forget to get your ticket for a great day out and meet with fellow Technicians

http://www.aftermarketonline.net/News/Industry-News/2015/30427-/Top-Technician-Live---tickets-on-sale

We will see you there

UKAT

New venue for Top Technician 2015

Posted by Peter Warman on March 31, 2015, 4:43 pm, in reply to "Top Technician 2015 - First Round Top 23 #"
Peter Warman

New venue for Top Technician Live! 2015

Fiat Unetversity in Slough

UKAT

Re: New venue for Top Technician 2015

Posted by Andrew Clarkson on May 17, 2015, 3:15 pm, in reply to "New venue for Top Technician 2015"

Hi,

Could someone please confirm the address and postcode for the Top Tech event.

Thanks,

Andrew,

Top Technician 2015 Venue: Friday 22nd May

Posted by Peter Warman on May 17, 2015, 3:54 pm, in reply to "Re: New venue for Top Technician 2015"
Peter Warman

Venue:

Fiat Unetversity, Yeovil Road, Slough SL1 4JG

Schedule:

http://www.aftermarketonline.net/News/Industry-News/2015/30463-/Top-Technician-Live-schedule-announced

See you all there

Peter

Re: Top Technician 2015 Venue: Friday 22nd May

Posted by Nigel Yardley on May 20, 2015, 4:16 pm, in reply to "Top Technician 2015 Venue: Friday 22nd May"
Nigel Yardley

Just a heads up.... there's not a huge amount of parking, and its in the middle of an industrial estate, and it appears to be an anonymous grey building until you're up to it.
The venue is very nice, and well laid out.

See you there...

Re: Top Technician 2015 Venue: Friday 22nd May

Posted by Tom Yates on May 23, 2015, 10:41 am, in reply to "Top Technician 2015 Venue: Friday 22nd May"
Tom Yates

Top Technician 2015
This was an extremely good day of demonstrations, talks and knowledge for the future of diagnostics, there was a good turnout of top technicians and as well as being educational, it was made all the more enjoyable by the good organisation by Aftermarket and the sponsors at this year venue, I for one was very impressed.

Top Technician 2015 - Andy Gravel

Posted by Peter Warman on May 25, 2015, 9:46 am, in reply to "Re: Top Technician 2015 Venue: Friday 22nd May"
Peter Warman

Agree with Tom, was a great day out with some good presentations

Top Technician 2015 Winner - Andy Gravel

Top Technician 2015 Runner Up - Peter Melville

Andy Savva from Brunswick Garage with the opening presentation, well done Andy

James Dillon presentation on the future of diagnostics (4 times), professional as ever despite the crutches

Just a few more pics from the day....

http://on.fb.me/1dsHT18

Peter

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