Awards
Apprentice of Year Competition
The National Skills Competition has been running since 1956 and in June this year over 100 apprentices and students from around Ireland competed in DIT for the much coveted Silver Medal Award over the four days of competition. The overall competition included fifteen different skills sets with particular focus on the Motor Industry in the areas of Automobile Technology, Autobody Repair, Car Painting, and Heavy Vehicle Mechanics.
The winners in each skill area received the prestigious Silver Medal Award from the Minister of Education and Science, at a special function held in the Mansion House, and may also have the opportunity to represent Ireland in the World Skills Competition in Canada in 2009.
SIMI Automobile Apprentice of the Year 2009
Each year SIMI presents a trophy to winner of the Automobile of the Year Competition. Pictured below is Mike Finlay, Deputy President presenting the SIMI 2009 Automobile Apprentice of the Year Trophy to Darren Quille, overall winner of the National Skills competition for Apprentice Motor Mechanics. SIMI would like to congratulate all those who took part in the competition: Paul Ryan of Advanced Pitstop, Cork, James Whelan of George Corbett Motors Waterford, Denis Holland of Macroom Motors Cork, Conor Quigley of Auto Village Dundalk, Colm Corcoran of Al Hayes Motors Galway (winner in 2008) and Darren Quille of Cameron Stevens Motors, Naas (winner 2009). SIMI would like to congratulate all the participants and wish them well in their future careers in the Irish Motor Industry.
