Mission 4x4 held their first round of the new winch challenge series being held in East Anglia this year, the first being held at Belchamp Walter, nr Sudbury.

Teams from all over the area came to compete in this EXTREME 4x4 event, testing their skills, and nerve, against some of the best terrain East Anglia has to offer.

With the sun shining and a calm frost the trucks arrived one by one to the first round of the season, Sprits high, it was not long before the action started.

With an excellent turnout of 22 teams from as far as Kent they each entered their designated starting section.

It was not long before the first truck ( Team 9 ) was retired due to burning out their alternator and loss of battery power, whilst some had moved on to their second section before you could blink. Team 12 also had to retire early on due to electrical problems.

With a compulsory 30 minutes lunch and time for a natter, the teams were comparing notes, and scores, as to their strategy for the second half of the day.

As their confidence grew and their strength faded the trucks started to show signs of mistreatment, and more retirements.

As the horn was sounded at 4:30pm for the end of the event, most teams were still running, with two teams completing all the sections during the course of the day.

The results were issued and showed an evenly spread field across all the competitors showing the levels of varying experience in this fast growing sport.

Mark, from Mission 4x4, would like to thank all who helped out on the day and for all the people who came to support both him and the crews, and for the input from the sponsors who supported the event.

The next event will be held near Chelmsford, Essex, on the 25th April 2010.

2010 series    Round 1 results

Name                       Team           points deducted       Final score       overall pos.                class

                                                  (25 per tape break)                                                    A           B           C  

D.Cowlin                   15                        50                        4020                    1                           1

P.Duffull                    18                      300                        3770                    2                           2

N.Field                       11                        50                        3260                    3                           3

I.Rust                           3                        50                         2760                    4                           4

J.Pinney                       5                      125                         2665                    5                           5

K.Unwin                      4                        50                         2240                    6                           6

G.Callow                     8                           0                        2080 (faster)        7                           7

M.Whiteford              10                         50                        2080                    8                           8

K.Woods                     1                          75                       1955                     9                           9

V.Bilkey                      7                          25                       1945                   10                         10

J.Waghorn                   2                          50                       1880                    11                         11

A.Bryant                    21                        125                       1875                    12                         12

P.Barrell                    19                           25                       1625                    13                                       1

A.Branch                   22                            0                        1530                    14                                       2

B.Tinkler                   16                          75                        1345                    15                         13

J.Goodyear                  6                          50                        1090                    16                                       3

L.Fogarty                   20                          50                        1040                   17                         14

S.Attmere                   13       retired      100                        1020                   18                                       4

J.King                         14                       125                          735                   19                         15

D.Raybould                  9         retired      25                          235                   20                         16

J.Plunkett                    17       retired       25                no card received         21                                        5

J.Satwick                     12       retired                                  no score              22                          17

Quickest time  recorded

J.Pinney    1m 09.19s