 What is the WRO?
 The Walt Gorman Memorial Windshield Repair Olympics (WRO) was created to provide a venue for repair technicians to showcase and learn the finest repair techniques from one another. The fifth annual WRO co-sponsored by the National Windshield Repair Association (NWRA) and AGRR magazine, will be held as part of ASRW 2010 International Autobody Congress& Exposition (NACE) show floor at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
A complete list of rules and regulations will be available online and the score sheets on which the judging will be based. Judging is based on the Repair of Laminated Auto Glass Standard (ROLAGS).
Contestant registration deadline: 5:00 p.m. EST September 17, 2010
Who Can Compete?
You must currently be employed as a technician in a bona fide operating auto glass company and you must have at least one year of experience as a repair technician in the auto glass industry in order to compete. Please note that there will be a cap on the number of contestants and spaces are given on a first-come, first-served basis. Be sure to register early. Owners or managers of supplier companies may not compete themselves.
Walt Gorman - Industry Icon
 Gorman was the owner of A-1 Windshield Doctor in Seekonk, Mass., an AGRR columnist and an industry icon sharing nearly 20 years of his life with the auto glass repair industry. He also was a columnist for Windshield and Glass Repair (WGR) magazine, the precursor to AGRR, throughout most of its publication, and went on to write the Ask the Doctor column in AGRR magazine. Gorman served on the National Windshield Repair Association board of directors for ten years and was one of the association's founders.
Where To Stay
WRO has teamed up with NACE to provide its attendees with great room rates at the local Las Vegas hotels.
 The Luxor room rates are:
- $60/weekday
- $115/$140 Friday-Saturday
 Excaliber is offering:
- $41/weekday
- $91/$101 Friday-Saturday
 Mandalay Bay is:
All pricing is based on single/double occupancy and tax is not included. Pricing will increase for all hotels after July 30. |
"The WRO is the premier event for windshield repair professional technicians from around the world to demonstrate their repair knowledge, repair skills and customer interaction ability against one another. I feel the WRO draws our industries best year after year and represents what being a truly professional technician is all about."
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