Round one narrows the field in Top Technician competition

Top Technician 2013 announces the Top 24 entrants

The organisers of ‘Top Technician 2013’ have announced the results of the first round of the annual competition to find the UK’s most skilled garage technician and fault fixer. From the many hundreds of workshop professionals who took the initial online test paper, the top twenty four successful entrants will now face a demanding semi-final round of hands-on practical tests to be held at the Delphi Training Centre in Leamington Spa on March 22nd.

Hailing from as far afield as Fife in Scotland to Redruth in Cornwall, the two dozen semi-finalists are:

Will Addy of Racecourse Garage, Totnes, Devon

Matthew Booth of The Village Garage, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire

Jerry Carroll of Carroll's Garage, Paisley, Scotland  

Matt Cleevely of Cleevely Motors, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Lee Collins of the Kwik Fit Group, Greater Manchester   

Richard Combellack of Dales Central Motors, Redruth, Cornwall

Rob Dawson of Glyn Hopkin Honda, Chelmsford, Essex              

Peter Duncombe of Crescent Road Garage, Oxford

James Etherington of T C Garage, Copthorne, West Sussex

Mike Harding of Harding Auto Services, Woking, Surrey

Simon Harris of Pebley Beach Hyundai, Swindon, Wiltshire              

Gareth 'Wyn' Mathias of Garej Wyn, Crymych, Pembrokeshire

James Mc Callum, The Mechanic, Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire

Ainsley Mc Ewan of McEwan's Garage, Derby

Richard McVeigh of Kwik Fit, Lichfield, Staffordshire

Dave O'Neill - Mobile Mechanic, Fife, Scotland

Nigel Spalding of MOT City, Wokingham, Berkshire

Andrew West of Erme Valley Autos, Ivybridge, Devon

David Weston of Cambridge Coachworks, Crowthorne, Berkshire

Colin White of Adamsons Skoda, Deal, Kent     

Nigel Yardley of Yardleys Vehicle Repair & Test Centre, Nottingham

Ryan Hewitt of Lexus Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Phillip McEwen of Diagnostic Solutions, Sevenoaks, Kent

Steve Smith of Hills Toyota, Woodford Green, Essex

The top six scorers from this group will face the ultimate challenge of the final, day-long round of even more complex diagnostic hurdles at the Honda Institute, Slough on April 26th. The last man standing and winner of the ‘Top Technician 2013’ competition will be announced and receive the coveted trophy, a cheque for £2,500 and over £15,000 worth of other prizes at the Top Technician Live symposium at Mercedes-Benz World, Brooklands, Surrey on May 17th.

UKAT