MOTORCYCLING AUSTRALIA:

Price will replace Watts in the ISDE Senior Team next week in Portugal

Motorcycling Australia (MA) would like to announce that Shane Watts has been forced to withdraw from the Wellard Australian Team competing at the 2009 International Six Days Enduro (ISDE), which is taking place in Figueira da Foz, Portugal from 12-17 October.

Watts was seriously injured yesterday in a crash while setting up for a Riding School in Missouri, USA, fracturing his T-5, 6, and 7 vertebrae.

As a result of Watts’ withdrawal, the make-up of the Wellard Australian Teams for the 2009 ISDE has changed.

2009 Australian Off Road Champion Toby Price has been moved from the Junior Team into the Senior Team, while Nick Beattie has been elevated from being a Club Team rider and will now join the Junior Team.

The Wellard Australian Teams for the 2009 ISDE will consist of the following rider line-ups:

Wellard Australian Senior Trophy Team:
Stefan Merriman (Nelsons Bay, NSW)
Chris Hollis (Port Macquarie, NSW)
Kirk Hutton (Kobble Creek, QLD)
Glen Kearney (Picton, NSW)
Jarrod Bewley (North Richmond, NSW)
Toby Price (Singleton, NSW)

Wellard Australian Junior Trophy Team:
Geoff Braico (Sydney, NSW)
Josh Green (Soldiers Point, NSW)
Andrew Lloyd (Barnsley, NSW)
Nick Beattie (Gympie, QLD)

Wellard Australian Women’s Trophy Team:
Alison Parker (Glasshouse Mountains, QLD)
Jemma Wilson (Neerdie, QLD)
Jacquie Jones (Wauchope, NSW)