Tiler of the year???

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

would anyone else on the forum think it would be a good idea to have all the winners from say 2010, entered in to the competition for the forums tiler of the year, and say have the winner picked by some outsider big wig type, then try and get the winner some national recognition, along with the esteem for the quality of the forum, just an idea!! :8:it would promote tiling as a whole IMHO

 

[albyshellshear]

good idea hope someone takes you up on it

 

[doug boardley]

I think it wold have to be split up into categories if it was to happen, i.e vic floors, swiming pools, bathrooms etc. One decision would be not enough imo

 

[hillhead]

hard one to pick,also some of us get better jobs than others so that would give advantages too.could go down well though

 

[jimbob]

Then you have the problem of guys with 30+ years experience up against guys with only a couple of years experience.

 

[boxer1van]

Idea in principal good, but, like football man of the match is usually guy who scores not the guys who made it happen. Bit of a hollow victory. Too many factors to take into account to give true reflection on anybodies skills and besides not all tilers would even enter to begin with. Sorry!.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Idea in principal good, but, like football man of the match is usually guy who scores not the guys who made it happen. Bit of a hollow victory. Too many factors to take into account to give true reflection on anybodies skills and besides not all tilers would even enter to begin with. Sorry!.

yes but you could say the same about the job of the month , on every point made ,that is negative so far in all the above replies ,come on boys think positive :hurray: think how it could promote an industry thats coming out of recession and help gain recognition for the tiler / forum on a national level

 

[Aston]

your idea definately comes from a good place gooner

if there was to be a tiler of the year, then it should be based on many factors..job of the month, customer feedback, forum contribution etc BUT the one thing that stands this forum out from the rest is the fact that it is a good spririted community that helps each other grow and improve and not just as tilers.

i like to think of myself on here a useful cog in a huge machine. no more no less. i love to help and love to learn so in my opinion, if you stand one person out, it kind of shades what the rest have done and thats the last thing i would want to do..

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

It would be intresting for sure, a bit of press coverage, even just in the trade Mags

 

[peckers]

The tiler of the year 2009 is already a member on here, and he has entered for 2010 again, I taught him everything he knows but not everything i know :lol:
what you have suggested gooner is a good idea, I have to agree with aston tiling though.
Are you suggesting that the forum picks there own tiler of the year? or that the forum puts up one of its members to enter for the tiler of the year?
To enter for tiler of the year is very expensive and requires alot of time to put into it, and there are alot of big companies that enter, but on the other hand 2009 winner is a sole trader and not a national company, so it goes to prove any company has a chance of winning big or small.
The forum could contact the 2009 winner who has entered for 2010 again to see if they could work togeather and help each other out if this is what the forum and the member would like, and it could help promote the forum and help it gain recognition on a national level as you have previously stated.

I think what you have put forward is a good idea, however i wouldnt like the job of chooseing who to put forward for such a thing, as there is so many aspects to take into account.