Jamie Dobb , Kurt Nicholl , Brian Wheeler , Tom Church and Neville Bradshaw . Our Ozzie neighbours fielded a strong team with James Deakin , Glenn Bell , Craig Anderson and Kirk Hutton to keep our boys honest and we had a lot of laughs . On the first day of racing with perfect track conditions Ben qualified 21st , Tom 33rd , Greg 34th and Mitch 40th . This then led to hopes of a Top 10 team finish . Race 1 ended with Ben in 16th , Greg 28th , Tom 32nd and Mitch in 46th out of a field of 60 riders after a start line pileup and brake problems as a result . Race 2 ended with Ben in 22nd , Greg in 31st , Mitch in 33rd and Tom in 36th . Day 2 started with a very wet track after a torrential thunderstorm the night before which led to the famous step section being taken out and going straight into racing with no practice or sighting lap . The very first race of the day for resulted in ¾ of the field crashing or spinning out and facing the wrong direction in the treacherous conditions . Race 3 ended with Ben 25th and Mitch in 30th . Track conditions took their toll on Greg who was running in 14th at the time until the mud literally brought his bike to a standstill . Tom suffered a crash with a fallen rider that left him requiring medical attention to injuries he was already carrying .
Race 4 ended with Mitch in 26th and Greg 31st . Unfortunately Tom was unable to start the last race and Ben had a mechanical failure on the last lap whilst in 18th . Overall the team finished in 11th position and picked up the The Mark Hucklebridge trophy for the best team . The team felt privileged to come to England and compete against so many ex-factory riders and world champions on the factory built bikes provided by MBO Power and with four race technicians in support . The team felt like rock stars thanks to all the planning Brendan had put into the trip and the fantastic support from Roy Emberson at MBO Power , VMX NZ , Crown Kiwi , Twist Trucking , CSL Racing .
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