Auctioneering final heats up in Auckland

RAY WHITE Queensland chief auctioneer Mitch Peereboom will today square off in the final of the 2018 Australasian Auctioneering Championships in Auckland.

After yesterday’s heats, the field narrowed from 17 auctioneers to just five left in the final as the action heats up.

The Australasian Real Estate Institutes’ Auctioneering Championships is an annual event conducted jointly by the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) and the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) representing the most skilled auctioneers that Australia and New Zealand have to offer.

Mr Peereboom said he was enthralled to be competing in the finals of the 2018 Australasian Auctioneering Championships in Auckland today.

“I am so proud to be representing Ray White and I thank everyone for their support,” he said.

This annual competition sees only the most skilled and professional auctioneers in Australasia complete.

You can watch the action live here on Gavl - link here

Mitch Peereboom is finalist number two and will be at 2:20pm NZ time (so 11:20am QLD time and 12:20 pm NSW time) if you want to tune in!

Mitch is competing against Bronte manual (SA), Andrew North (NZ), Alec Brown (ACT) and John Bowring (NZ).

Queenslander Justin Nickerson took out the title of 2017 Australasian Real Estate Institutes’ Auctioneering Champion, winning the contest for the second year in a row. This was the first time an Australian has won two titles and the third time in the history of the event an auctioneer has gone back to back. Ray White NSW Blue CEO and acclaimed auctioneer Jason Andrew won the title back in 2010.

Good luck Mitch!