Monday February 2, 2015 at 3:09pm
British Under 21 Champion Mark McLernon will start this year’s British championship with a 25-point deduction after falling foul of the ACU’s National Sporting Code on the use of social media. McLernon made abusive remarks on Facebook towards a fellow competitor, who he also threatened to “take out”, which led to several complaints being made to the ACU. He avoided being removed from the championship entirely by accepting the point deduction before the opening round of the British Championship this weekend at Hawkstone Park.
ACU General Secretary Gary Thompson said: “Abusive or intimidating behavior is not acceptable in any walk of life and that includes on social media. As a consequence our National Sporting Code clearly states we will not tolerate such behavior from our licence holders.”