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Colorado Auctioneers Association Novice Bid Calling Contest: 

-Contestants shall be current, active members of the Colorado Auctioneers Association. -Contestants must have registered and attended the CAA Conference to qualify to compete. Each Contestant should dress appropriately for a professional presentation. 

-Each contestant must pay $100.00 Entry Fee by 3:00 pm the day of the contest.

-Each contestant must provide two (2) items with a minimum value of $50.00 each by 3:00 pm on the day of. 

-All contestants must attend the Contestant Roll Call and Orientation meeting at 6:15 PM, the night of the contest. In the event a contestant is not present during the initial roll call, his/her name will be called 2 additional times in 5 minute intervals. In the event the contestant is not present when his/her name is called, the third and final time, he/she is disqualified from the contest, without return of entry fee. 

-Competing order will be determined prior to the event by drawing conducted by the Contest Chairperson.

-There will be only one (1) round of bid calling in the novice Bid Calling Contest.

-There will NOT be an interview portion in the competition. 

-The bid calling contest will be held in the designated room at the competition site. 

-There will be at least three judges. All of the judges scores will be tallied for the final score. 

–On the scorecard used for the bid-calling segments, the total possible points in each category will be as follows: Presentation: 20 points; Chant/Voice: 45 points; Effective Auctioneering: 35 points. 

-if a tie score occurs, the contestant with the highest score in the Chant/Voice category will be selected. 

-Contestants will not be given the exact order of finish. Scorecards will be available following the competition and can be picked up from the Contest Chairperson. 

-The Champion, Reserve Champion, and 2nd runner Up will be announced. 

-The Champion will receive: Troil Welton Award Plaque, a FREE Convention Registration to the 2025 CAA Convention and a CAA logo package. Reserve Champion will receive: 2025 CAA membership and a CAA logo package. 3rd Place will receive: a CAA Logo Package. 

Rules for participating in the Colorado Auctioneers Association Team Championship Contest:

–Each Contestant should dress appropriately for a professional presentation. 

-contestants shall be current, active (paid) members of Colorado Auctioneers Association at the time of the entry deadline and registered for the convention. 

-Each Contestant must pay the $100.00 entry fee by 3:00 PM on Friday. Contestants will be responsible for choosing their own teams. 

-Persons CAN enter the contest multiple times with different Auctioneers/Ringman. Teams must consist of at least one member 18+ years of age.

-Contestant Teams must provide three (3) items that should sell for $50.00 or more each by 3:00 pm on the day of the sale.

-Each of the three items provided by the contestant MUST have the Teams Entry # and Names firmly attached to the item and specify the order of selling those items, each should be clearly indicated as #1, #2, or #3. 

-Competing order will be determined prior to the event by drawing conducted by the Contest Chairperson during the Mandatory Contestant Roll Call and Orientation Meeting. 

-ALL CONTESTANTS MUST attend the Contestant Roll Call and Orientation Meeting at 4:35 pm, Friday. Roll call will be taken at the start of the meeting promptly at 4:35 pm. In the event a contestant is not present during the initial roll call, his/her name will be called 2 additional times at 10-minute intervals. In the event a contestant is not present when his/her name is called the third and final time, he/she will be disqualified from the contest, without return of entry fee. 

–The Colorado State Team Championship Contest will be held in the designated ballroom at the convention site. The sound systems will be preset and will not be adjusted during the contest. All contestants will have the opportunity to test he sound system prior to the start of the competition.

-There shall be three-five judges and will be the sole responsibility of the contest chairman to determine the qualification of the judges. It is the Chairman’s responsibility to find non-discriminating judges. If available, at least one judge will be a representative of the NAA.

-Contestants shall be introduced in both the Preliminaries and Finals. If a contestant is not present when called to the stage, he or she will be disqualified. 

-Each team sells three items consecutively in both the Preliminaries and in the Finals. In the Preliminaries, each team will sell items he/she provided for the contest. In the Finals, each team will sell items provided by the CAA with a value equal to other contestants’ items. 

-Tie will be separated by the “Would you hire this team” category on the score sheet…

-The scores from the Preliminaries determine who qualifies for the Finals. The Preliminary scores will be thrown out. And the scores will start anew for the Finals. 

-Finalist Teams will be announced after the conclusion and scoring of the Preliminary Competition and will advance to the Finals. 

-The following prizes will be awarded: Champion Team-$300 Team Cash prize, Belt Buckle and Plaque; Reserve Champion Team-Plaque 

-Contestants will NOT be given the exact order of finish. Scorecards will be available after the evening’s auction events have and can be picked up from the Contest Chairperson. 

-All winners will be used in press releases, media referrals and videos for promotion of auctioneering and the Colorado Auctioneers Association.  

Rules for participation in the Colorado Auctioneers Association State Auctioneer Championship Contest:

-Each contestant should dress appropriately for a professional presentation. 

-Contestants shall be current, active (paid) members of Colorado Auctioneers Association at the time of the entry deadline. 

-Contestants must pay the $100.00 entry fee by 3:00 PM on Saturday of the Convention.

-Contestants must provide three (3) items that should sell for $50 or more by 3:00 pm on the day of the sale.

-Each of the three items provided by the contestant MUST have the contestants business card or name firmly attached to the item, and if he/she wishes to specify the order of selling those items, each should be clearly indicated as #1, #2, or #3. 

-Past CAA Champions are not eligible to compete in future CAA Competitions.

-Competing order will be determined prior to the event by drawing conducted by the contest chairperson during the Mandatory Contestant Roll Call and Orientation Meeting. 

-All contestants MUST attend the Contestant Roll Call and Orientation Meeting at 5:30 PM, Saturday. Roll Call will be taken at the start of the meeting promptly at 5:30 PM. In the event a contestant is not present during the initial roll call, his/her name will be called 2 additional times at 10 minute intervals. In the event a contestant is not present when his/her name is called the third and final time, he/she will be disqualified from the contest, without return of the entry fee. 

-The Colorado State Auctioneer Championship contest will be held in the designated ballroom at the convention site. The sound system will be preset and will not be adjusted during the contest. All contestants will have the opportunity to test the sound system prior to the start of the competition. 

-There will be at least three judges. The judges may be either auctioneers or members of the community. 

-Contestants shall be introduced in both the Preliminaries and Finals. If the contestant is not present when called to the podium, he or she will be disqualified. 

-Each contestant sells three items consecutively in both Preliminaries and in the Finals. In the Preliminaries, each contestant will sell items he/she provides for the contest. In the Finals, each contestant will sell items provided by the CAA with a value equal to other contestants’ items. 

-On the scorecard used for the bid-calling segments, the total possible points in each category will be as follows: 

Presentation: 20 Points; Chant/Voice: 45 points; Effective Auctioneering: 35 points

-On the scorecard used for the interview segments, the total possible points in each for the categories will be: 

Presentation: 25 points; Response: 50 points; Ambassador: 25 points 

-If there are 4 or fewer judges, all scores will be tallied. If there are 5 or more judges, the lowest score for each contestant shall be eliminated. If there are 6 or more judges, the highest score will be eliminated, after which all remaining scores shall be averaged to determine each contestant’s final score. 

-Final scores are determined by combining the interview score with the bid calling final score. The interview score will count for 40 percent and the bid-calling score will count for 60 percent of the total. 

-If a tie score occurs in the Preliminaries, the contestant with the highest score in the Chant/Voice category will be selected. 

-Finalists will be announced after the conclusion and the scoring of the Preliminary competition. Each Finalist will be asked to report to an isolated room for instruction on the interview portion of the competition. 

-During the interview portion of the contest, Finalists shall be isolated in a room until it is his/her turn to be interview. Cell phones/cell phone usage is NOT allowed by Finalist while in isolation. The Interview Portion is the only part of the contest with the isolation restriction.

-The interview portion of the contest is conducted only for the Finalists.

-Contestants will not be asked to chant during the interviews.

-The scores from the Preliminaries will be used as the tie-breaker in the finals. 

-The following prizes will be awarded: Champion- $300 Cash Prize, Belt Buckle, name on the Chuck Cumberland Traveling Trophy and plaque. In Addition, the Champion will be reimbursed up to $1000 if he/she represents Colorado at the NAA International Auctioneer Championship (IAC) contest in July. First Runner up-$200 Cash Prize and Reserve Champion Trophy/Plaque; Second Runner Up- $100 cash prize. 

-Contestants will not be given the exact order of finish. Scorecards will be available following the competition and can be picked up from the Contest Chairperson. 

Ringman Championship 

Purpose: 

To enhance the ability to sell real and personal property by the auction method of marketing, to emphasize the importance of professionalism by Wingmen, to set personal goals of improvement. 

Prize: 

The Champion, Reserve champion and second runner-up will be amounted after the end of the contest or at the end of the evening. The Champion will receive 1/3 of the total of entry fees collected ($25.00 per entry fee) plus a $300.00 Cash prize, a 2024 CAA Ringman Championship belt buckle and a plaque. The reserve champion will receive  $200 Cash Prize and a plaque. The second runner-up will receive a $100 cash prize. The top 3 scores will determine the awards.

Criteria for Contestants: 

Contestants shall be current, active members of the Colorado Auctioneers Association at the time of the entry deadline. Past Champions may not enter the contest. 

Entry: 

Contestant must have paid the $75.00 Entry Fee by 3:00 pm on Friday 3, 2023. No contest entries will be accepted after the deadline date and time. Contestants will be required to provide three (3) items with a minimum value of $50.00 each. All Contestants must attend the contestant Roll Call and Orientation Meetings at 4:35 PM the night of the contest. In the event a contestant is not present during the initial roll call, his/her name will be called 2 additional times in 5 minute intervals. In the event the contestant is not present when his/her name is called, the third and final time, he/she is disqualified from the contest, without return of the entry fee. 

Judges:

There shall be three-five judges and will be the sole responsibility of the contest chairman to determine the qualification of the judges. It is the chairman’s responsibility to find non-discriminating judges. If available, at least one judge will be a representative of the NAA. If there are 4 or fewer judges, all scores will be tallied. If there are 5 judges, the lowest score for each contestant shall be eliminated. 

General:

Two active members of the CAA will serve as the designated Auctioneers for the contest should contestant(s) not have an auctioneer selected. The chairman will select the designated Auctioneers. 

Ringmen contestants agree to the use of their voice and image by the Colorado Auctioneers Association in any methods as directed by the CAA Board of Directors. 

The Champion Ringman will be asked to attend the 2020 CAA Day At The Capitol, 2020 Summer Picnic and the 2021 CAA Annual Convention as the reigning champion.

Criteria Used by Judges in Scoring: 

Judges will evaluate contestants in five categories, listed below:

Judges will score contestants in each category on a rand of 1-10 points;

Judges will score based on the judges being a customer at an auction where the Ringman is working.

Scoring: 

1. Introduction: Ringmen will introduce him/herself; Give contestant number and Introduce the Auctioneer, Initial command/Appearance/Poise/Recognize Convention Sponsors 
2. Body Language: Hand Gestures; surveys Crowd?
3. Communication: Communicates with Auctioneer and Buyers
4. Salesmanship: Encourages this audience to bid; Did bid reach a minimum $50 (no extra credit for above $50); Signals auctioneer to end bidding.
5. Overall: Desires to have Ringman work for them.

-Contestants should not be disqualified for forgetting any of the judging criteria, only penalized. 

Competition:

-each of the 3 items provided by the contestant must have the contestant’s business card or name firmly attached to the item, and if he/she wishes to specify the order of selling those items, each should be clearly indicated as #1, #2, or #3. 

-Competing order will be determined, prior to the event, by a drawing conducted by the Ringman contest chairman. 

-Contestants shall be introduced in both the Preliminaries and Finals. If the contestant is not present when called to the stage, he/she will be disqualified. 

-Contestants will sell three (3) items consecutively, in both the Preliminaries and the Finals. In the Preliminaries, each contestant will sell items he or she provides for the contest. In the Finals, each contestant will sell items provided by the Colorado Auctioneers Association. 

-There will NOT be an interview portion in the competition. 

-The scores from the Preliminaries determine who qualifies for the Finals. The number of contestants to the Finals will be determined on a sliding scale by how many enter the Preliminary Round. 

-The scores from the Preliminary Round will be used as the tiebreaker in the finals. 

-Finalists will be announced after the conclusion and scoring of the Preliminary Competition. 

-Contestants will not be given the exact order of finish. The scorecards of all contestants will be available after the evening’s auction events have concluded. 

Challenge of Champions: 

-Contestants shall be current, active members of the Colorado Auctioneers Association, as of the contest date and a titled, Colorado State Champion Auctioneer. 

-This contest is designed to showcase our fantastic and Professional Auctioneers and to be fun. 

-Each contestant should dress appropriately for a professional presentation 

-Each contestant must pay $100.00 entry fee by 5:00 PM the night of the contest

-Each contestant must provide two (2) items for themselves that will sell for $50.00 or more each by 5:00 pm on the day of the sale. 

-All Contestants must attend the Contestants Roll Call and Orientation Meeting at 6:15 pm the night of the contest. In the event a contestant is not present during the initial roll call, his/her name will be called 2 additional times in 5 minute intervals. In the vent the contestant is not present when his/her name is called, the third and final time he/she is disqualified from the contest, without return of entry fee. 

-Each of the 2 items provided by the contestant must have the contestant’s business card or name firmly attached to the item specify the order of selling those items, each should be clearly indicated as #1 or #2. 

-Competing order will be determined, prior to the event, by a drawing conducted by the contest chairperson. 

-The Bid Calling contest will be held in the designated ballroom at the convention site. The sound system will be preset and will not be adjusted during the contest. 

-There shall be at least 3 judges or more. The judges may be either Auctioneers or members of the community. The judges may or may not be current with members of the Colorado Auctioneers Association. 

-If there are 4 or fewer judges, all scores will be tallied. If there are 5 or more judges, the lowest score for each contestant shall be eliminated. If there are 6 or more judges, the highest score will also be eliminated, after which all remaining scores shall be averaged to determine the contestant’s final score. 

-Contestants shall be introduced in both the preliminaries and finals. If the contestant is not present when called to the stage, he/she will be disqualified. 

-Each contestant sells two (2) items consecutively, in both the Preliminaries and in the Finals. In the preliminaries, each contestant will sell items he/she provides for the contest. In the Finals, each contestant will sell items provided by the Colorado Auctioneers Association. 

-There will NOT be an interview portion in the competition. 

-The scores from the Preliminaries determine who qualifies for the Finals. Contestants with the Top Five (5) scores will enter the finals round. 

-If a tie score occurs in the Preliminary Portion of the competition, the contestant with the highest score in the chant/Voice category will be selected. 

-The scores from the Preliminary round will be used as the tie-breaker in the Finals. 

-Finalists will be announced after the conclusion and scoring of the Preliminary Competition. 

-On the scorecard used for bid-calling segments, the total possible points in each category will be: Presentation: 20 points; Chant/Voice- 45 points; Effective Auctioneering-35 points. 

-The champion and First Runner-Up will be announced. The first runner-up will be verbally recognized only. 

-The champion will receive 75% of the total of entry fees collected and a Challenge of Champions belt buckle. 

-Contestants will not be given the exact order of finish. The scorecards of all contestants will be available after the contest is concluded.