{"id":21064,"date":"2024-06-19T09:39:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T08:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=21064"},"modified":"2024-06-19T09:39:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T08:39:06","slug":"nags-celebrates-20th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/nags-celebrates-20th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"NAGS celebrates 20th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Agent\u2019s Golf Society (NAGS) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and recently held its annual Open Golf Tournament and Agents conference.<\/p>\n<p>The event is held in a different parts of the country each year depending on who the captain is. For 2024, the captain was Adrian Frearson of Dereck Freason Agencies, and the event was held at Rockcliffe Hall in Darlington. This year&#8217;s champion was Matt Holmes (pictured below) from WRA (White Rose Agencies).<\/p>\n<p>Electrical manufacturers agents, or commercial agents, look after the sales and marketing on behalf of manufacturers across the UK, selling directly into electrical wholesalers. They represent brand leaders such as Manrose Fans, Kosnic Lighting, Crompton Lamps, Project EV, Wiska UK, Doncaster Cables, Rolec, Stiebel Eltron and more.<\/p>\n<p>NAGS members are all well known to electrical wholesale distributors, from independents to the CEOs of the nationals. Many have been in the business more more than 35 years, promoting products which in many cases end up with significant market share.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21067\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21067\" class=\"wp-image-21067\" src=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nearest-to-the-PIN-139x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nearest-to-the-PIN-139x300.jpg 139w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nearest-to-the-PIN-473x1024.jpg 473w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nearest-to-the-PIN-69x150.jpg 69w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nearest-to-the-PIN-768x1663.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nearest-to-the-PIN-709x1536.jpg 709w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nearest-to-the-PIN-946x2048.jpg 946w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nearest-to-the-PIN-231x500.jpg 231w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nearest-to-the-PIN.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elliott Crawford (left) from LCA, Nearest to the pin just 18 inches from a hole in one.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21065\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21065\" class=\"wp-image-21065\" src=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Holmes-NAGS-24-WINNER-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Holmes-NAGS-24-WINNER-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Holmes-NAGS-24-WINNER-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Holmes-NAGS-24-WINNER-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Holmes-NAGS-24-WINNER-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Holmes-NAGS-24-WINNER-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Holmes-NAGS-24-WINNER-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matt-Holmes-NAGS-24-WINNER-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Holmes (left), this year\u2019s champion from WRA (White Rose Agencies).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21066\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21066\" class=\"wp-image-21066\" src=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/NAGS24-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/NAGS24-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/NAGS24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/NAGS24-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/NAGS24-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/NAGS24-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/NAGS24-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/NAGS24.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back Right: Richard Turner, Mike Adamson, Lee Mallett, Tim Ketterer, Martin Creech, Tony Howard, Adrian Frearson, Simon Scott, Paul Taylor. Front: Pete Massey, Iain Taggart, Trevor Manton, Matt Holmes, and Elliott Crawford.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Agent\u2019s Golf Society (NAGS) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and recently held its annual Open Golf Tournament and Agents conference. The event is held in a different parts of the country each year depending on who the captain is. 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