McGrath's night attract the crowds

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The Mounties club in Sydney proved an excellent location to host the 550-plus attendees at distributor McGrath's Parts & Paint trade night.
The night was well represented with consumables and equipment suppliers Spies Hecker, Festo, 3M, Castrol, K&H, AC-Delco, Paces Auto Products, Air & Allied and Capsicorn Society. On the parts side, Holden, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Subaru, Nissan, Kia, Suzuki, Daewoo and Volkswagen all attended.
While the night was based around providing business information, there was lighter side to the evening. Once the food was cleared -- and there was plenty of it -- the raffle was drawn and it was on with the star attraction, comedian Paul Martell, who kept the crowd amused with his English humour.
McGrath's also hosted a smaller scale trade night at its second distributorship in Canberra, which was haled an outstanding success amongst the locals. This was the first trade night for the Canberra distributor and no doubt the first of many. While the crowds were smaller than Sydney, it gave customers the chance to spend more than just a quick five mintues with key suppliers and take home some valueable information.

NRMA awards PSRs
The annual NRMA Insurance Preferred Smash Repairer (PSR) of the Year Awards were held in late November in Sydney. Over 600 people attended the event, representing over 300 repairers from the 400-strong PSR group.
Cleveland Motor Body Repairs was named NRMA Insurance PSR of the Year. At 26 years of age, proprietor Jason Chapman said his top class team is the key to the company's high performance.
NRMA Insurance group executive -- Personal Insurance, Rick Jackson, said Cleveland Motor Body Repairs embodies the high-quality and excellent customer service that the NRMA Insurance Preferred Smash Repairer program is renowned for.
"It is a great achievement for Cleveland Motor Body Repairs, a leading small business in the trade and the local area, to be recognised for their dedication and commitment to quality repairs," Jackson said.
"Cleveland Motor Body Repairs represents the values, quality and service our customers have come to expect through having vehicles repaired by NRMA Insurance Preferred Smash Repairers.
"We are committed to ensuring a competitive smash repair industry of the highest quality, maximise customer satisfaction and provide new opportunities to repairers.
"These awards help to foster greater competition and we expect to see other Preferred Smash Repairers acknowledged for their outstanding achievements in the future," he added. For more information on Jason Chapman's outstanding environmental programs, see page 36.

Other winners on the night included:
Regional Achievement Award
Metro South: Californian Smash Repairs, Botany
Milperra Road Smash, Revesby
Country West: PJ Wilson, Penrith
Albury Auto Body Repairers, Albury
Bear's Auto Hospital, Wollongong
Metro West: Royale Smash, Morrebank
Country North: Gordon Austin, Tamworth
B Brothers Mechanical & Smash Repairs, Narrabeen
PSR of the Year Award
Metro South: Burraneer Smash Repairs
Country West: Bars Smash Repairs, Mitchell
Metro West: Merv Newby Smash Repairs, Rydalmere
Country North: Prodger's Panel Works, Lismore