The 15 plumbers listed below impressed the official judging partner of the competition, Watersafe, with their entries and now they need your votes!
Simply go to ukplumberoftheyear.com and click on the plumber below you want to vote for and fill in the simple voting form to register your vote for the UK Plumber of the Year 2017.
The voting for the Plumber of the year is open until Friday 1st September 2017.
The shortlisted plumbers are:
Chris Ketchen, Portsmouth
Drew Styles, Wigan
Gareth Lloyd, Herefordshire
Lewis Page, Edinburgh
Ian Duerden, Oldham
Paul Maguire, Glasgow
Phil Myers, Liverpool
Stuart Eldridge, Kent
Thomas Foster, Dundee
Tom Jenkins, Glamorgan
Chloe Cook, Kent
Daniel Airzee, Devon
Iain Thorner, Telford
Scott Duncan, Aberdeenshire
Liam Smith, Widnes
Now in its third year, the competition called on plumbers nationwide to enter in a bid to find Britain’s finest. The competition is designed to reward and recognise the remarkable talents within the UK’s plumbing industry and ask entrants to demonstrate their plumbing, service and business skills.
Paul Crossley, managing director of JT, said: “We’re now in the third year of the competition and I genuinely believe this is the strongest shortlist we have had. The exposure the competition has gained is bigger than ever which has led to an increase in entries. I wish everyone the best of luck in the next phase of the competition and I’d also like to pass on thanks to our friends at Watersafe for judging the entries, which is always a tricky task!”
Information on the fifteen finalists and how to vote features on www.UKplumberoftheyear.com where you can find a biography of each.
The five plumbers with the most votes will be invited to an interview session with the judging panel, made up of experts from JT, Bristan, Plumb Center and Watersafe, who will then decide the winner. The UK Plumber of the Year 2017 will win £10,000 worth of prizes, including JT, Bristan and Plumb Center products/vouchers plus products from Proper Job Beer Rothenberger, CK Tools, Salamander, Filplastic, First Stop and BigWipes.
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