Top Technician & Top Garage 17 www.aftermarketonline.net SEPTEMBER 2024 “For Delphi, sponsoring and hosting Aftermarket Top Technician & Top Garage is about much more than just putting our name to an event for publicity and exposure. We want to actively engage with technicians, continually showing that we support their ongoing skills development and dedication to the industry. “By providing the perfect environment for the competition to take place and our technical resource to assist with the technical faults and judging process, we look to become a part of the technicians thought process.” Garratt added: “Delphi proudly supports the Aftermarket Top Technician & Top Garage competition due to its high standards and the fiercely competitive yet supportive nature of the event. This competition not only highlights the exceptional skills of technicians but also promotes an environment of continuous improvement and professional growth. We firmly believe in recognising and enhancing the expertise and dedication that drive our industry forward.” Marc Perkins, automotive sales director UK Ireland, said: “Top Garage & Top Technician highlight and reward the best in the industry, and Castrol & The Race Group are delighted to join in the celebration as Full Event Partner for both competitions this year,” “The focus on technical excellence, business development and networking with like-minded industry experts line up with the values we encourage through our Castrol branded programmes. Wishing all those taking part ‘good luck’, we’re looking forward to sharing your successes on October 26!” We are proud to announce an exciting new development for 2025, when we will also be looking for the UK’s Top Apprentice, as part of our established Top Technician competition. A formal launch announcement of Top Apprentice will be made at The Aftermarket Event, on October 2-3 at Farnborough International — to find out the latest about that, see pages 18-24. Top Apprentice will join Top Technician and Top Garage in 2025. Top Apprentice will be open to all apprentices nationwide who are currently in level 2 or level 3 study, from all colleges and training centres. The competition will officially open in early December but for now, all interested can register their interest online: https://bit.ly/4fJVMb2 Meet the Top Garage judges James Dillon, TechTopics; Andy Crook, Atomic Success; Damien Coleman, Snap-on; Jim Wollaston, Castrol & The Race Group; Jack Davis, Topdon; Luke Garratt, Delphi; Ellen Plumer, Ben – Automotive Industry Charity; Mark Darvill, Hillclimb Garage; Simon Frost, ALLDATA; Mike Schlup, JLM Lubricants UK/Kalimex; Matt Robinson, LKQ Euro Car Parts; Buke Chandler, MOTUL. (Top Technician judges will be featured in next month’s magazine) Gary Birse Adam Cannell John Fountain John Hall James McCallum Andrew Ruellan John Shuttleworth Bryan Swales David Weston Gordon Wright Top Technician VHPL Ꭾ QDOLVWV Thanks to our sponsors: 1RZ JHW UHDG\ WR Ꭾ QG WKH 8.ૼV 7RS $SSUHQWLFH
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