Team Hurtz

Team Hurtz was a team from Oxfordshire that competed in every series of Robot Wars apart from Series 1. The team consisted of John Reid, who designed the robots using computer software, with Rebecca Reaston-Brown from Series 2 to 4 and Dominic Parkinson from Series 2 to 6. After Series 6, Parkinson left the team and was replaced by James and Nick Lynch.

Team Hurtz's first robot in Robot Wars was Killerhurtz, which fought from Series 2 to 4 and also the First World Championship representing the Czech Republic due to Dominic being half-Czech. Killerhurtz had horrendous luck in the wars, despite placing very well overseas.

Their next machine Terrorhurtz was much deadlier with a more powerful axe and finished fourth in Series 6 unseeded, defeating many seeded robots on the way such as Panic Attack, Spawn Again and Bigger Brother. Unfortunately for Series 7, Terrorhurtz was seeded third but the team was unable to prepare it in time, so they withdrew from the competition (on the show itself, it was shown to be disqualified).

Team Hurtz's machines performed well in a variety of settings, and this was recognised by both Killerhurtz and Terrorhurtz receiving places in Mark Joerger's Combat Robot Hall of Fame, the only team to have two heavyweight representatives there. Some would argue that this made Team Hurtz the most successful UK team, despite not winning a title.

Team Hurtz continue to fight today with Terrorhurtz in the live events. They have done well since Robot Wars left the screens, winning the Roaming Robots UK Championship in 2004 and 2009 and finishing second in 2005 and 2007. They have also fought in Battlebots with a robot called Beta which was armed with a hammer.

Interestingly, Team Hurtz was the only robot team to be merchandised by both Battlebots and Robot Wars.

Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 13
 * Losses: 12

Series Record

 * Series 1: Did not enter
 * Series 2: Heat, Arena Semi-Final with Killerhurtz
 * Series 3: Heat, Round 1 with Killerhurtz
 * Series 4: Heat, Round 2 with Killerhurtz
 * Series 5: Heat, Round 2 with Terrorhurtz
 * Series 6: Fourth Place with Terrorhurtz
 * Series 7: Withdrew with Terrorhurtz