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PRO INSTALLER JULY 2016
PRO COMPETITIONS
@proinstaller1
CALLING BUILDERS,
PLUMBERS AND
ELECTRICIANS
Are you an electrician, builder or
plumber? Would you like to win
£250,000, a car, a motorbike,
a boat and a whole lot of other
goodies? Then the UK Worker
of the Year competition is just
what you are looking for.
Now in its seventh year,
the competition, organised by Dickies this
year in association with
ASDA and HONDA UK,
is offering a range of
amazing prizes.
In addition to the opportunity of winning the
whopping £250,000, there is
a Honda Jazz car, a Honda
Crosstourer 1200cc motorbike, a Honda Marine Rib
boat, a year’s free shopping
at ASDA, a luxury holiday
and that’s just for the winner. There are more prizes
available to our finalists,
and spot prizes along the
way. The competition is
founded on the same principles as the Dickies work
wear brand: excellence, professionalism and longevity.
With a wide range of personal protective equipment
(PPE) products suitable for
electricians, builders and
plumbers, Dickies knows
what matters to you most
when working. The personal protective clothing and
equipment you use should
only be of the highest quality, which is what you are
guaranteed in the extensive
Dickies range.
Gary Barak, the event
promoter, commented:
“This competition is to
demonstrate pride in the
British workforce, and is
open to everyone, regardless of whether you work
on the shop floor or are
a CEO.” The competition
closes on 19th September,
2016.
Plasterer wins
football trial
It’s easy to enter UK Worker
of the Year 2016. Simply go
to the competition’s website:
www.ukworkeroftheyear.com
You can also find out more
about the competition if you
visit the UK Worker of the Year
Facebook page www.facebook.
com/ukworkeroftheyear or
@workeroftheyear on Twitter.
St Helens plasterer River Humphreys, 25, has
beaten off stiff competition from across the
UK to win the Fiat Professional Tradesman Trials - a search to find a
current tradesman who
has the talent to make
it as a professional
footballer in the English
Football League.
River, a plasterer for Rob
Ewan construction, was one
of 20 tradesman footballers
who took part in the trials
day at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre.
Former tradesmen turned
professional footballers
Stuart Pearce (electrician),
Dean Windass (hod carrier) and Geoff Horsfield
(builder) put the competitors through their paces,
testing every aspect of their
footballing ability.
After a long day of training
and footballing tests the
judges eventually came to
a unanimous decision that
River was the most deserving participant, displaying
a level of talent, dedication and temperament that
they believe could see him
succeed at a professional
level in the English Football
League.
Previously a runner-up
on TV competition Wayne
Rooney’s Street Striker,
and centre half for Runcorn Linnets FC, River has
selected League One side
Rochdale AFC and now has
the chance to earn himself
a full-time professional contract. Previously an academy
player at both Everton and
Wrexham, River also wins a
cheque for £2,000.
He said: “It’s a weird feeling. I’m looking forward to
my month at Rochdale and