An Irishman, Pat Faherty, has won the 2006 Jaguar Global Challenge, an annual event to find the world's top Jaguar technician.
Participants in the Global Challenge must complete five papers designed to test their product and technical knowledge and must achieve over 95% to qualify for the final. Pat was the only Irish qualifier with a score of 99%.
The Global Challenge Final is held at the Jaguar Technical Academy in the UK over a number of days and entrants travel from all over the world.
Pat is senior Jaguar technician with Bradley Jaguar in Galway, where he served his apprenticeship.
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