2017 Kansas Auctioneer Championship

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The finals for KAA’s 2017 Kansas Auctioneer Championship were held on September 13 at the Bretz & Young Injury Lawyers Arena at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kansas.

The 2017 Kansas Auctioneer Champion is Julia Sparks of Manhattan. The reserve champion is Justin Banzhaf of Cambridge, Nebraska. Third place was Tony Wisely of Perry, Oklahoma. Donnie Stumpff of Cassville, Missouri, placed fourth and Josh Miller of Beloit, Kansas, rounded out the top five.

Sparks took home the Champions belt buckle, plaque, $200 cash prize, membership to the National Auctioneers Association and an entry in the International Auctioneer Championship to be held July 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida.

The distinguished judges who had the honor of adjudicating the fierce competition were Shawn Terrel, Doug Carpenter and Jeremy Miller. They scored the contestants on their presentation, chant, voice timbre, body language and other performance elements of effective selling. Participants were also judged on their answers to interview questions.

Complete contest video

Photos

8th Annual KAA Golf Tournament

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The Golf Committee is excited for 8th Annual KAA Golf Tournament, which is coming up on June 7th at the Emporia Municipal Golf Course (1133 S Highway 99
Emporia, KS  66801).  The tournament will be a four man scramble and include lunch, starting at 12:00.  You can gather up some friends and register your team or register just yourself and we will put you on a team for an afternoon of fabulous fun.  This event is not solely for KAA members, but we would like to have at least one member on each team.

We also welcome, golf hole sponsors for the event.  Sponsors will have a sign at a hole for each $100 given, plus receive recognition in the KAA Sunflower July issue.  If you would like to sponsor or know someone/a company that may like to support our organization for this excellent event, there is a place on the tournament registration form to do so or you can contact Troy Wedel, our Exhibitor/Sponsorship Committee Chairperson, via email.

REGISTRATION FORM

 

Retirement auction scheduled for Richard Garvin

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All great things must end. On March 4, Richard Garvin, CAI, ATS, CES, GPPA, will be conducting his retirement auction, selling the fixtures in his auction facility in addition to consignment merchandise. While he plans to continue to conduct real estate, coin and firearm auctions, his days of operating a consignment facility in Topeka are coming to a close.

Not only does Richard have a distinguished career as a leader in the auction industry, he has selflessly given back to the KAA, serving as KAA’s president in 2013 and as the presidential appointee in 2015. In 2009, he received the President’s Award of Distinction in recognition and appreciation of his lifetime of dedication and service to the Kansas Auctioneers Association.

The auction will be at RJ’s Auction Service’s Four Corners facility at 15767 S. Topeka Ave in Scranton, Kansas, on Saturday, March 4, beginning at 10 a.m. Learn more at rjsauctionservice.com

The Kansas Auctioneers Association wishes our colleague and comrade Richard the best in his future endeavors, and an enjoyable and relaxing retirement, as we look forward to his friendship and fellowship in our association for many years to come.

2017 KAA Winter Convention recap

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The 2017 KAA Winter Convention featured excellent networking opportunities and auctioneer education in addition to the 2017 KAA Auctioneer Championship preliminary round.

It all started off on Thursday evening with the president’s reception, KAA board meeting and the past presidents’ meeting with incoming president, Aaron Traffas. Real estate continuing education courses were held Friday during the day with a required broker core course entitled “RISK – Your Business is Not a Game” by the Wichita Area Association of REALTORS® and an elective course called “Elevating Your Real Estate Auction Service to the 2017 Standards” presented by Marty Higgenbotham. For the members who did not attend the real estate classes, a second track of education was offered entitled “Build Your Brand with Lasting Impressions” taught by Mary Jean Billingsley. The KAA Auxiliary had their fun, which included networking and a presentation on essential oils.

We were excited to have 16 contestants in the 26th Annual Kansas Auctioneer Championship preliminaries. Ten finalists will be advancing to compete at the Kansas State Fair this fall.

The rookie competition and fun auction were held after dinner where funds were also raised for St. Jude Hospital. Our rookie champion for 2016 is Hunter Sturgis. Our early bird winner is Ross Daniels and the winner of the first-timers’ drawing was Neil Bouray. Both won free registration to next year’s convention.

Saturday was power-packed with lots of educational sessions by Jimmie Dean Coffey, Marty Higgenbotham and a panel discussion on contract work. The sessions included information on technology, multi-par auctions, contract work and the value auctioneers add to society. The auxiliary held their luncheon and conducted their scholarship fund auction. Saturday evening was the awards banquet with many deserving KAA members being recognized.

Education

Friday night rookie contest and fun auction

Saturday night awards and directors’ auction

Sunday morning installation breakfast

2017 Kansas Livestock Championship

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Congratulations Neil Bouray – 2017 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer Champion and Reserve Champion Jace Hubert.

Jase Hubert – Reserve Champion, Neil Bouray – 2017 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer Champion, Ethan Schuette – 3rd Place
2017 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer contestants
Charly Cummings with Neil Bouray the 2017 Kansas Auctioneer Champion
Charly Cummings with Jase Hubert, 2017 Reserve Champion
Charly Cummings with Ethan Schuette, 3rd Place finisher
Wyatt Schumann competing in the 2017 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer contest
Jase Hubert competing in the 2017 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer contest
Carey Macy competing in the 2017 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer contest
J.W. Leard competing in the 2017 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer contest
Neil Bouray competing in the 2017 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer contest
Ethan Schuette competing in the 2017 Kansas Livestock Auctioneer contest

2016 Kansas Auctioneer Championship

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Congratulations to Yve Rojas, your 2016 Kansas Auctioneer Champion. We’ll update this post with additional details from the contest soon, but here are pictures and video from the competition held September 14 in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Kevin Borger, Kansas Auctioneer Contest Committee Chair.
Lenny Mullin, 2015 Kansas Auctioneer Champion and MC of the 2016 championship.
Trisha Brauer
Trisha Brauer
Brad Sosebee
Brad Sosebee
Toney Thornhill
Toney Thornhill
Justin Ball
Justin Ball
Josh Miller
Josh Miller
Lonn McCurdy
Lonn McCurdy
Toney Wisely
Tony Wisely competes with Lance Fullerton taking bids.
Justin Banzhaf
Justin Banzhaf
Titus Yutzy
Titus Yutzy
2016 Kansas Auctioneer Championship contestants – Trisha Brauer, Brad Sosebee, Toney Thornhill, Yve Rojas, Justin Ball, Josh Miller, Lonn McCurdy, Tony Wisely, Justin Banzhaf, Titus Yutzy
Trisha Brauer
Yve Rojas
Yve Rojas
Justin Ball
Tony Wisely
Titus Yutzy
Yve Rojas
Yve Rojas
2016 Kansas Auctioneer Championship top five finishers. Trisha Brauer (4th place), Justin Ball (3rd place), Yve Rojas (2016 Kansas Auctioneer Champion), Titus Yutzy (Reserve Champion) and Tony Wisely (5th place).
2016 Kansas Auctioneer Champion – Yve Rojas
Lenny Mullin (2015 Champion) presents Yve Rojas with her 2016 Kansas Auctioneer Championship belt buckle and plaque.

Sept/Oct Sunflower

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It’s an exciting time of year and you can read up on it all in the September/October issue of the Sunflower.

  • Kansas Auctioneer Championship Finals – Sept. 14th
  • Kansas Auctioneer Day at the State Fair – Sept 14th
  • Note from NAA CEO, Hannes Combest
  • Hall of Fame for KAA & KAA Auxiliary
  • Auction Spotlight – please think about submit to us any auction with unique items for us to spotlight in future issues.

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July Issue of Sunflower

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Happy Summer!

Read up on our KAA Auctioneer Day at the Kansas State Fair on September 14th, which will be a day filled with fun and support our finalists in the 2016 Kansas Auctioneer Championship Finals.  We also have information on the 7th Annual Golf Tournament.

Be thinking of who you want to nominate for the KAA & KAA Auxiliary Hall of Fame as the forms to make your submission is available in this issue as well.  The KAA’s is deadline is coming up the beginning of September, while the Auxiliary’s is due in December.

We are looking to feature members in the future issues of the Sunflower. If you have any other suggestions for articles you would like to see, please be sure to let us know by emailing our Executive Director.  Maybe you are going to NAA’s Conference & Show next week and would like to write an article and send some photos for those who aren’t to read in our September/October issue.

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