2018 REINSW Novice Auctioneer final looms

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Jun 25, 2018

2018 REINSW Novice Auctioneer final looms

The best novice auctioneers in the state will go head to head this week with the final of the 2018 REINSW Novice Auctioneers Competition, according to the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales.

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Pictured: REINSW President Leanne Pilkington with auctioneer Jesse Davidson and winner of the first heat of the Novice Auctioneers Competition held in Sydney Joanne Dai.
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Pictured: Karen Harvey winner of the second heat of the Novice Auctioneers Competition, held in Sydney's East.

REINSW President Leanne Pilkington said the Novice Auctioneers Competition was a breeding ground for auctioneers of the future.

“Some of the best talents in the industry have taken out the award including current chair of the REINSW Auctioneers Chapter, Jesse Davidson of AuctionWORKS and REINSW Board Member Damien Cooley of Cooley Auctions,” she said.

“The competition has been fierce with 31 novice auctioneers taking part in six heats across the state.”

Former investment banker, Joanne Dai took out first heat of the Novice Auctioneers Competition in Sydney, the second heat, East Sydney was won by Karen Harvey, who recently completed a Master’s Degree in Business, qualified as a real estate agent and studied the auctioneer licence course at REINSW last year.

Real estate trainer Lisa Liberatore won the Castle Hill Novice Auctioneers Competition heat. Clinton Richardson, a sales consultant at Illawarra Estate Agents took out the fourth heat of the Novice Auctioneers Competition in Wollongong, National Institute of Dramatic Art graduate Oliver Burton was successful at the Inner West heat while, determination paid off for flight attendant and cabin crew trainer, Sarah Tabac, who won the Newcastle Novice Auctioneers Competition heat after initially competing in the Inner West heat.

Pictured: Lisa Liberatore, winner of the Caste Hill Novice Auctioneers Competition heat earlier in the year. Image: REINSW.

The event will also include three wildcards: Aimee Hunt, who participated in the East Sydney and Castle Hill heats, Romany Brooks from the Inner West and Newcastle heats and Tyler Filippi from the Wollongong heat.

The Novice Auctioneers Competition is an annual event for REINSW and is open to entrants over 16 who live in NSW who have not completed more than six auctions in the past 12 months or more than eight in their career. They must also have no more than six months experience as a livestock or chattel auctioneer.

Proceeds from the heats and final are being donated to suicide prevention awareness charity, R U OK.

The 2018 REINSW Novice Auctioneers Competition final will be held at 6.00pm on Thursday 28 June 2018 at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

To register to compete or to book a ticket to the finals, visit the REINSW website.