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2012 Australian ISDE squad
The International Six-Day Enduro is still nine months away, but already preparations are being made for the German-hosted eventMotorcycling Australia has selected a 22-rider squad for the 2012 International Six Day Enduro (ISDE), to be held in Germany from September 24-29.
For the first time, one of Australia’s finest off-road exponents, the American-based Josh Strang, has been named, alongside 2011 ISDE gold medallists Matthew Phillips and Toby Price, and other big names such as Chris Hollis, Glenn Kearney, Stefan Merriman and Josh Green.
The final squad will be trimmed later in the year, down to a six-rider Senior Trophy Team and a four-rider Junior Trophy outfit. A women’s team will also compete at the ISDE, after an excellnt podium finish in 2011.
The 22-rider squad is:
Mitch Bowen
Geoffrey Braico
Benjamin Burrell
Luka Bussa
Jessica Gardiner
Joshua Green
Mitcham Harper
Tanya Hearn
Christopher Hollis
Kirk Hutton
Glenn Kearney
Scott Keegan
Tom McCormack
Stefan Merriman
Daniel Milner
Alison Parker
Matthew Phillips
Toby Price
Lachlan Standford
Lana Stiller
Joshua Strang
Jemma Wilson
Meanwhile, there will be a second Yamaha factory off-road team in Australia this year. It will go under the Active8 Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team moniker, and the riders will be seven-time Australian off-road and enduro title winner, AJ Roberts, former Australian Four Day Enduro outright winner Jarrod Bewley, 24, and 21-year-old Josh Green, who recently spent time racing in the world enduro title.
Roberts, 28, from Bribie Island, will also act as team manager.
“Yamaha dominated the 2011 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship and A4DE, with eight national title wins,” Roberts said. “We know that the bikes are both fast and reliable, and with the release of the new fuel injected 2012 WR450F, our aim is to show how competitive this bike is and to continue Yamaha's off-road title sequence.
Roberts (pictured) was last on a Yamaha machine in 2006, when he won the Australian Off-Road Championship and the A4DE crown.
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