Edward Riley of McGrath Estate Agents has been named the best auctioneer in New South Wales after winning the NSW heats of the Australasian Auctioneering Championship, hosted by Estate Agents Co-operative and The Real Estate Institute of Australia.

Ten of the top auctioneers in the state fought it out for a place in the National Championships, with Rily beating out fellow competitors Andrew Cooley - Cooley Auctions, Briannan Crawford - Cooley Auctions, Clarence White - McGrath Estate Agents, Damien Cooley - Cooley Auctions, Edward Riley - McGrath Estate Agents, Gavin Croft - Bresic Whitney Estate Agents, Joshua Larsen - McGrath Estate Agents, Leon Axford - Axford Auctions, Lucas Cannan - Think Real Estate and Will Hampson - My Auctioneer.

The runner up was Damien Cooley of Cooley Auctions.

Riley and Cooley will now go onto the National Championships in the hope of securing a place at the Australasian Championships in Melbourne in September.

“Both Edward and Damien I’m sure will do NSW proud at the National Championships,” said Dale Whittaker, Chairman of EAC. “The absolute best in NSW auctioneering came to compete today, so Edward and Damien should be very proud and I look forward to watching them compete in Melbourne.”

Neville Sanders, President of REIA, praised the number of high quality entrants in this year’s heats.

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