{"id":16354,"date":"2022-10-05T12:26:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reddrivingschool.com\/?p=16354"},"modified":"2022-10-05T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:44:14","slug":"red-driving-school-crowns-the-best-driving-instructor-in-the-country-in-inaugural-driving-instructor-of-the-year-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reddrivingschool.com\/2022\/10\/red-driving-school-crowns-the-best-driving-instructor-in-the-country-in-inaugural-driving-instructor-of-the-year-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"RED Driving School crowns the best driving instructor in the country in inaugural Driving Instructor of the Year Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>After identifying regional winners as those with the most 5-Star Trustpilot reviews from 1st May to 31st July 2022, they battled out for the crown in a series of challenges&nbsp;<\/li><li>Niall Davies from Cardiff was crowned as overall individual winner with David Hughes of Merseyside and Lee Underwood of Ascot placing second and third respectively&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/30z5sOV1mrSumECqW_fH90J6fg7i5-zMi_DbRtAMRRll_STy5W9O4dqED66Za2jZXwo_15--V0bs5I8vFswSJ1RYFCermrRNXSWn1w8epXSSTlTRA_0LlOODXFXWbRfzCDD4ks08DAFKOzEiK0QtajJSPpIoi1I6FQuJRfggflQmCB6ZGXn0OA9SSA\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>&nbsp;Seb Goldin and Niall Davies (left to right)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Driving School of the Year, RED Driving School, has crowned the Driving Instructor of the Year as Niall Davies from Cardiff in its inaugural Instructor of the Year Awards final.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event took place at Donington Park race circuit on Saturday 24th September and saw the regional winners take on a series of challenges to determine the most efficient and best driver, following initial identification of the regional winners based on those with the most 5-star Trust Pilot reviews in their localities. The overall individual winner was Niall Davies from Cardiff, Wales who explained he was \u201c<em>truly stunned when he won<\/em>.\u201d Second and third place were awarded to David Hughes of Merseyside and Lee Underwood of Ascot, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional winners included Kiran Kaur from the East Midlands who told us that the certificate will \u201c<em>take pride in [their] home office and [they] will truly treasure this moment for a very long time<\/em>&#8220;. Mukesh Kumar, from Wolverhampton, regional winner for West Midlands, has said that it was \u201c<em>an amazing feeling to be nominated but to have won the award is another type of feeling and such a proud moment<\/em>.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original reviews were taken between 1st May to 31st July, where over 1,000 5-star reviews were posted, demonstrating the strong competition among driving instructors under RED.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seb Goldin, CEO of RED Driving School commented, <em>\u201cWe\u2019re extremely proud of the high standards our instructors work to, and it\u2019s brilliant to see it being recognised in our learner\u2019s reviews. RED Driving School is the most reviewed driving school in the country, demonstrating the calibre of our talented instructors.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<br><\/br>\n<p>The winners from the final events are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>1st place overall (individual)<\/td><td>Niall Davies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2nd Place overall (individual)<\/td><td>David Hughes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3rd Place overall (individual)<\/td><td>Lee Underwood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Esso Fuel Efficient Driving 1st (individual)&nbsp;<\/td><td>Niall Davies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Esso 2nd (individual)<\/td><td>Lee Underwood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Esso 3rd (individual<\/td><td>David Hughes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Smooth driving Challenge 1st (individual)<\/td><td>Lee Underwood<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<br><\/br>\n<p>The winners and runner-ups from each region are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Region<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Regional Winner<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2nd Place Runner Up<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>3rd Place Runner Up<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scotland<\/td><td>Keith Powrie<\/td><td>Stephani Ritchie<\/td><td>Richard Smith Bain Cairns<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>North West England<\/td><td>David Hughes<\/td><td>Edgars Berkis<\/td><td>Mark White<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>North East &amp; Yorkshire &amp; Humber<\/td><td>Nazreen Shakoor<\/td><td>Peter Osborne<\/td><td>Darren Beese<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wales<\/td><td>Niall Davies<\/td><td>Kris Borys<\/td><td>Michael Hastings<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>West Midlands<\/td><td>Mukesh Kumar<\/td><td>Dilip Kumar Summon<\/td><td>Steven Edwards<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>East Midlands<\/td><td>Kiran Kaur<\/td><td>Murray Walker<\/td><td>Derek Perkins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>East of England<\/td><td>Bridgette Everett<\/td><td>Timothy Grosset<\/td><td>Aaron Martin Jones<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>South West England<\/td><td>Roger Frapwell<\/td><td>Khalid Shalal G Bedawi<\/td><td>Michal Polowczyk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>South East England<\/td><td>Lee Underwood<\/td><td>Manuel Monteiro<\/td><td>Jamaideen Kareem<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/F7cYilpngXWgEXs_cDgQWKyUbSSo2tPc8KUvMaLsRNDbZGNVV5IdFdqSlfQD9a_Ea_kvGmxEibLPxHum7VY_tc_VKY0nH7v8gZIhna5bucgXkHBgyII1lsKI5Y8ep4UpbjknSYla_WfWddyiP1dgnfpJG28tceKJHZpwJzzJDW0B99OKAkSn4X4zIw\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>David Hughes, Niall Davies, Lee Underwood (left to right)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After identifying regional winners as those with the most 5-Star Trustpilot reviews from 1st May to 31st July 2022, they&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddrivingschool.com\/2022\/10\/red-driving-school-crowns-the-best-driving-instructor-in-the-country-in-inaugural-driving-instructor-of-the-year-awards\/\"> Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RED Driving School crowns the best driving instructor in the country in inaugural Driving Instructor of the Year Awards - RED Driving School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddrivingschool.com\/2022\/10\/red-driving-school-crowns-the-best-driving-instructor-in-the-country-in-inaugural-driving-instructor-of-the-year-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RED Driving School crowns the best driving instructor in the country in inaugural Driving Instructor of the Year Awards - RED Driving School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After identifying regional winners as those with the most 5-Star Trustpilot reviews from 1st May to 31st July 2022, they... 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