NEWS2015 Northern Ireland Region Ladies Night a great successThe NTDA’s Northern Ireland Region, once again, celebrated in style at the Lough Erne Resort, the luxurious 5-star destination outside Enniskillen, which has hosted several major events, including the G8 Summit, in recent years. Twenty four companies were represented at the event, which also hosts Northern Ireland’s own NTDA Tyre Industry Awards. The Award recipients were as follows:

• Tyre Manufacturer of the Year: Dunlop Tyres• Tyre Wholesaler of the Year: TyreCall Ltd.

• Aftermarket Supplier of the Year: DM Supplies (NI) Ltd.• Training Award: Daniel McCusker of Lakeland Tyres

• Des Fullam Shield: Kieran Logan of North West Tyres (not present to collect award)

NI NTDA Regional Chairman Dasos Michaelides presents Tyre Manufacturer Award to Joe Burns of Dunlop Tyres

Dasos presents Tyre Wholesaler Award toDerek Hill of TyreCall Ltd

Dasos presents Aftermarket Supplier Award to Stephen Nixon

of DM Supplies (NI) Ltd

Tim McAlister of SERC(South Eastern Regional College)

presents Training Award toDaniel McCusker of Lakeland Tyres

The NI Chairman’s Award, was presented, posthumously, to Brian Leitch and collected by his son Jonathan.

Lawrence Reavy of Apaseal (NI) Ltd. was installed as an Honorary Life Member for services to the NTDA NI Region and his certificate was presented by former NTDA National Chairman John Tarbox, who was also recently installed as an Honorary Life Member of the Association at the 86th NTDA Annual Dinner on October 1st.

The Tyre Industry in Northern Ireland generously donated great prizes to the charity raffle, which raised £1,070.00 for Action Cancer as requested by Jonathan Leitch.

Dasos with newly installed Honorary Life Member Lawrence Reavy and Past NTDA National Chairman John Tarbox

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North West and North Wales Region gives further local support to BEN

The North West and North Wales Region, which already has an impressive record for fund raising for the automotive industry charity BEN, has recently donated a huge £1,500 to support the charity’s Alexandra House in Southport. This money was raised by voluntary donation from NTDA members across the region.

North West and North Wales Region gives further local support to BENThe North West and North Wales Region, which already has an impressive record for fund raising for the automotive industry charity BEN, has recently donated a huge £1,500 to support the charity’s Alexandra House in Southport. This money was raised by voluntary donation from NTDA members across the region.

The cheque was presented to Matron Jan Habech (Centre) by Immediate Past NTDA National Chairman Stephen Callow (Left) and Regional Chairman Richard Dibb (Right).

NTDA announces exciting plans for 2016 Tyre Industry Awards and 87th Annual DinnerFollowing the huge success of the 2015 NTDA Tyre Industry Conference and the 86th Annual Dinner and Tyre Industry Awards, the NTDA Executive Council has now approved the preliminary plans for 2016 and the NTDA is delighted to announce that the 2nd NTDA Tyre Industry Conference, 87th Annual Dinner and 3rd Tyre Industry Awards will be held on the Thursday 6th October 2016 at the brand new venue The Vox.

The Vox is an integral part of the new £150 million Resort World complex, which also houses a designer outlet shopping centre, Genting Hotel, Genting Casino, bars, restaurants, leisure complex, multi-screen cinema and more. It brings together a state of the art conference and banqueting centre, in an unparalleled location adjacent to the NEC, supported by the vast expertise of the event management team who worked with the NTDA on this year’s event at the ICC Birmingham.

NTDA Director, Stefan Hay said: “This is a fantastic new venue, which is already generating a buzz with our members and the tyre industry in general. Having only announced the venue and date to the Executive Council members and those present at the Tyre Wholesaler Group’s AGM last week, we were surprised to receive close to a hundred advanced bookings for the dinner and several for the conference. We have also had confirmation of award sponsorships from Pirelli Tyres and Singex, the organisers of the TyreExpo events, and several more companies are talking to us about opportunities”.

2016 also sees changes to the Tyre Wholesaler’s (TWG) Annual Lunch, which will take place on Wednesday 5th October, the day before the Tyre Industry Conference, at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole.

Companies interested in sponsorship opportunities for the conference, dinner, awards and TWG lunch should contact Stefan Hay via: stefanhay@ntda.co.uk and for conference and annual dinner bookings Alison Fitzgerald via:alisonfitzgerald@ntda.co.uk