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Josh Logan-Pye wins 2020 REINSW Novice Auctioneers Competition

Newcastle’s Josh Logan- Pye beat out more than 25 novice auctioneers last night to take out the 2020 REINSW Novice Auctioneers Competition.ย 

โ€œIโ€™m blown away to be crowned NAC Champion,โ€ Mr Logan-Pye said.

โ€œI decided to compete in this yearโ€™s competition to help conquer my fear of speaking in front of people and to really challenge myself to get out of my comfort zone.

“Iโ€™d not ever called an auction before the competition, so Iโ€™ve just been practising, practising, practising in front of friends, family and my colleagues at Belle Property Lake Macquarie over the past few weeks.โ€ 

Mr Logan-Pye was in the finals as a wild card entrant, after impressing judges at the Newcastle heat.

โ€œThe judges look for a level of improvement from finalists between their heat and the final,โ€ NAC Head Judge, Thomas McGlynn said.

โ€œJosh displayed a high level of commitment; it was very noticeable how much practice he had put in in order to refine his auction call and make it so polished and professional.

โ€œThere has been a long history of novices in this competition going on to become notable auctioneers and Josh has a great career in auctioneering ahead of him,โ€ Mr McGlynn noted.ย 

The finalists were given an actual property to auction off for the first time in the competition’s history: a two-bedroom unit in Hornsby.ย 

A charity auction held at the finals also raised over $4000 for REINSWโ€™s 2020 charity partner, RISE โ€“ a mental health resource for the real estate industry in Australia and New Zealand that provides education, prevention and intervention.ย 

โ€œItโ€™s time for us to put mental health, wellness and wellbeing squarely at the top of our agenda,โ€ REINSW President, Leanne Pilkington said, โ€œparticularly now with the enormous pressure on the industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.โ€

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Nathan Jolly

Nathan Jolly was an in-house journalist with Elite Agent. He worked with the company from July 2020 to December 2020.