Sixteen of the country’s up and coming Enduro riders recently attended the annual Under 23 Enduro Training Camp hosted by the ACU Trials and Enduro Department. The training camp took place over two days with the first day taking place at ACU Head office in Rugby before moving to Sheffield to continue the practical element of the weekend.
The attendees included three female competitors and featured a range of riders including previous ISDE team members to Expert and newcomers. The format of the first day was to educate the attendees in a number of different key areas, including seminars on Fitness and Nutrition, along with a fitness assessment carried out by James Burroughs from
www.bodyclinic.uk.com. Practical elements such as Bike Preparation and Maintenance for before and during events with former European Enduro rider and ex David Knight mechanic Leo Cordingley and a talk about the ACU structure, Insurance and start permissions by ACU General Secretary Gary Thompson.
The second day saw the Training move north towards Sheffield for a day of on-the-bike training with four times World Champion Paul Edmondson and Danny Hall. After a successful Training weekend ISDE Team Manager Andrew Martin commented “it’s great to see so many young riders keen to attend this type of training, year on year the standard of fitness and of the riders ability goes up at this annual event so we (ACU) hope that some of that is down to the benefits offered to the riders during the two days. It also bodes well for the future of Enduro in Great Britain and we wish the riders that attended well for this season and hope that they put to use some of the things that they have been taught.
Andrew Martin went on to say “the whole weekend wouldn’t be possible without the support of the ACU Trials and Enduro Committee and the many instructors like James Burroughs, Leo Cordingley, Paul Edmondson, Danny Hall, Gary Thompson along with the assistance of Dave May Miller, Mary Kerr, Allyson Martin, and Neville and Jude King in making the Training Camp a success once again”