From the left, John van den Berk, MX Academy trainer, Martin van Genderen, MX Academy Coordinator and trainer, Giuseppe Luongo, president of Youthstream, Dr Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President, and Martin de Graaff, FIM Europe 1st Deputy President and MX Academy Project leader – Photo © Youthstream.
Today in Assen, the Netherlands, after the qualifying races of the World MXGP and MX2, an important event of MX Academy was held: the young riders who attended the Academy received their first certificates.
The event was accompanied by a press conference, to which took part Dr Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President, Martin de Graaff, FIM Europe 1st Deputy President, Giuseppe Luongo, President of Youthstream, Martin van Gendere, MX Academy Coordinator and trainer, and John van den Berk, MX Academy trainer.
They welcome everybody and then said how glad they were to be there giving the certificates to kids for the first time.
“We are very happy about what this fantastic team does”, said Dr Wolfgang Srb. “I recommend the guys to keep this fantastic sport clean and don’t use doping. I want to thank the riders but especially the parents to be here”. Then he addressed directly to the young riders: “Don’t forget school, motocross is nice but school is very important”, added Dr Srb.
“Our goal is to make the motocross grow and it’s important that children start riding at young age and follow the steps of the pyramid in order to end up racing in MXGP”, said Mr Giuseppe Luongo, President of Youthstream. “Besides, I wish to thank people from MXGP Academy as they are working very professionally. Thanks also to the families as they gave to children the opportunity to ride motocross. We are sure we’ll see some of these riders competing at the GPs”.
“Today we give the first certificate and I hope you’ll go for the next ones”, said Martin Van Genderen. And then John van den Berk gave the certificates to riders in front of the media.
“I am proud and satisfied about the results of the Academy trainers”, said Martin de Graaff, FIM Europe 1st Deputy President and also MX Academy Project leader. “Riders and parents have seen this year the importance of the professional approach, how to train and guide young athletes in motorsport. FIM Europe will continue this program in close cooperation with Youthstream”.
