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Top Technician has revealed the 2012 semi finalists!

Date Listed: 05/03/2012



The first stage of the Top Technician competition saw hundreds of technicians from all over the country complete a online test, designed by Top Technician, to challenge their skills and knowledge in all aspects of vehicle repair and diagnostics. The 24 technicians with the highest scores will now be put through their paces at the Top Tech semi- finals at Delphi’s training headquarters in Warwick on the 22nd and 23rd of March.

The semi-finalists are:

Paul Briscoe of Brown’s Garage, Shropshire

Lee Collins, Kwik Fit Group, Manchester

Gareth Edwards of Bangor Garage, Aberystwyth

Mark Fathers of Diagnostic Services, Leighton Buzzard

John French of Grovebury Cars, Leighton Buzzard

Paul Gutsell of Harwoods Crawley

John Hall of John Hall Auto Electrician, Yorkshire

Mark Kemp of JMG Porsche, Dorset

Quinn Lawman of Barkway Service Station, Herts

Peter Leeming of Lloyd BMW Colne, Lancs

Anthony Lugger of Ugborough Garages, Devon

James Mc Callum of Mobile Vehicle Diagnostics Services, Shipston on Stour

Ainsley McEwan of McEwan’s Garage, Derby

Richard McVeigh of Kwik Fit, Derby

Dave O’Neill of BC Motors, Fife

Lee Pritchard of Bradbury’s Garage, Gwynedd

Rafal Rosielewski of Crewe Volkswagen, Crewe

Adam Smith of Station View Garage, Surrey

Steve Smith of Hills Toyota Woodford, Essex

Craig Stephens of Kwik Fit, Rhondda

Andrew West of Erme Valley Autos, Ivybridge

Anthony Wiggins of Islington Trowbridge Motors, Wiltshire

Keith Windle of Skipton Ford and Mazda, Yorkshire

Dan Wright of Clive Atthowe Tuning, Norwich



As proud sponsors of the Top Technician competition Blue Print will be presenting this year’s winner with a G-Scan – the market leading Asian scan tool for Asian vehicles, and a year’s free unlimited access to AutoVista - a new, VRM led, technical data and online parts catalogue system, for all makes of vehicle.

For more information on either G-Scan or AutoVista please visit www.blue-print.com/gscan and www.blue-print.com/autovista

Those who entered but did not make the final 24 can still be a part of Top Technician by attending Top Tech live on May 18th at Mercedes- Benz World; you can purchase tickets by clicking on the ‘Related Link’ below.

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