ACU Team GB Ready for
3rd Annual Quadcross of European Nations
2011 Quadcross of
European Nations - Jauer, Germany - September
24-25, 2011
Jauer,
Germany (9/19/2011) -
The third annual Quadcross of European Nations
takes place this weekend with 17 countries entered
for the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) hosted
event. The ACU are once again supporting a team
to represent Great Britain. The three riders picked
by team manager Martin Fletcher and heading to
the magnificent track of M.C. Jauer (Germany)
are John Mitchell, Paul Holmes and Mark Watson.
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ACU
Quadcross European Nations Team GB ATV Racers
(left to right)
John Mitchell, Paul Holmes, Mark Watson
will be working as a team in Germany |
Mitchell and Watson rode in the 2010 team and
Holmes competed the year before. In both events
team GB finished in a respectable fourth place.
Martin Fletcher commented: “I believe we
are going into this event with a very competitive
team. Paul Holmes has just finished in an impressive
second place in the European Championships and
is finishing in the top three positions in the
British. John Mitchell hasn’t raced in Europe
yet this year but has dominated the podium winning
four of the last five rounds of the British Championship.
Mark Watson is following closely behind on points
as all three riders have been battling it out
to become the new British Champion. We showed
in Slovakia last year that Great Britain has some
of the most talented quadcross riders in Europe
and we hope to build on that result and do even
better this year.”
Speaking with all three GB riders about being
involved in this prestigious event, here is what
they had say:
John Mitchell: “We’ve
a really strong team and we all get along well
so I think we have a good chance if we don’t
encounter any problems. Key to success at this
event is consistency. I feel I’ve been riding
better than ever this year and I’m looking
forward to improving on our position from last
year.”
Paul Holmes: “I’m
really excited about representing the UK again
in this Quadcross of Nations event and I’m
confident we can get a good result. Finishing
the European Championship with a win last weekend
and ending the championship in runner-up spot
overall is great for me and I hope to carry the
momentum into this weekend’s event. I’m
aiming for race wins like I did two years ago
when I represented the team in 2009 and helped
us to fourth overall.”
Mark Watson: “I
have raced at the Jauer circuit in 2005 as sidecarcross
passenger representing GB in the Des Nations.
We narrowly missed out on the win as our handrail
broke in the final race while laying 2nd. We slowed
and finally finished 12th costing us the win,
finishing 2nd overall. I'm happy to be back representing
GB for the second time at Quad Des Nations along
with Paul Holmes and John Mitchell. Both John
and Paul have won European Championships and I've
also won at European level. I know we are all
capable of winning against other riders in Europe
and think we have the strongest team in the event.
I'm focused on taking the win for GB”
Riders will be working closely together at this
team based event and will be divided into three
separate groups for qualification races on Saturday.
There are then three groups which compete in separate
heats on Sunday with the worst results from each
country dropped. The country with the lowest total
points score will win.
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