Sport In Profile UK Issue 02 | Page 62

mjw kawasaki MJW Kawasaki was a newly formed team ahead for 2013 and they wasted no time establishing themselves as a force to be reckoned with as they managed to win the Maxis British Championship in their first year. They also run a youth team which has the aim of developing young British motocross talent. Speaking to their official website after the competition Preston Williams said, “I was pretty pleased with my results, I scored my first points of the series and I was fourth in my class which I’m pretty pleased with. I know what I have to work on for the forthcoming rounds.” In the GT Cup, Woods claimed 8th position overall whilst Dan Shepherd competed in the Big Wheeled 85 class and came in in 11th overall. There were some difficult racing conditions at the MX Pro Nationals at Pontrilas thanks to some poor weather conditions. On his return 62 ISSUE 02 “ We managed to make some good changes and by the final race of the weekend I felt much more confident about everything and this showed in my results “ Towards the end of August the team received a significant boost as both Preston Williams and Lewis Woods were able to return from injury ahead of the GT Cup at Hilton Moto Park and also the MX Nationals at Pontrilas.