A nine-year-old pocket rocket from Anglesey is aiming to make a big splash in his second season in the mad and muddy world of motocross \u2013 on a bigger, more powerful bike.<\/p>\n
Kyle Jeffcoate, from Holyhead, cut a dash in his first year in the rough and tumble of this fast-paced sport and is looking ahead to more competition when the new season starts this spring.<\/p>\n
He has been backed by leading storage company Lock Stock Self-Storage who have 20 storage parks across North Wales and Cheshire including one in Holyhead where Kyle\u2019s dad, Darren, provides the security service.<\/p>\n
Kyle might be small in stature but he made a big impression in his first full season in the Cheshire North West Schoolboys Series, competing in the 50cc class and finishing fourth overall and qualifying for the Cheshire team for the National Championships at Oxford where they finished fourth.<\/p>\n
Darren, a keen motocross rider himself, explained: \u201cI\u2019ve always preferred bikes to cars and I\u2019ve got two motorbikes, one of them a motocross machine.<\/p>\n
\u201cKyle had a go because his older brother, Koren, took it up but he\u2019s stuck at it and has the talent so after a few lessons we thought we\u2019d chuck him in the deep end and he\u2019s done really well.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has now moved up from the 50cc KTM bike to a 65cc version with gears which will do more than 60 mph and he has spent the winter getting used to it at various sites across the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kyle, a pupil at Ysgol Rhyd y Llan, at Llanfaethlu, will again be competing in the Cheshire Series with the first event scheduled for March but before that there\u2019s a series of other events and races and he\u2019s also set his sights on the Lucas Oil Kids\u2019r\u2019Us Championships and a series of other races over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n
Holyhead Storage Site Manager Lee Hanson said: \u201cYoung Kyle is very good and it will be great to see him competing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s brilliant that we\u2019re able to help young Kyle. Lock Stock do support so many good causes and charities and like to get involved in the communities where they operate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Darren added: \u201cHe\u2019s got the enthusiasm and determination to get to the front \u2013 he doesn\u2019t like being behind anyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn his class the bikes are quick and he\u2019ll be up against boys who are bigger and older than he is and we\u2019re just grateful to Lock Stock for helping give him this chance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lock Stock, founded in Denbigh in 1999, is the UK\u2019s largest containerised storage company with over 3,000 units providing over four million cubic feet of space at 23 parks across North and Mid Wales and the border counties.<\/p>\n
Their existing sites stretch from Holyhead\u00a0and\u00a0along the North Wales coast at Caernarfon, Bangor, Llandudno,\u00a0Abergele and\u00a0Rhyl, on the Dee at Flint, Saltney, Deeside and inland\u00a0at Denbigh, Mold, Wrexham\u00a0and\u00a0Newtown in Powys,\u00a0and\u00a0at Oswestry\u00a0and\u00a0Shrewsbury in Shropshire.<\/p>\n
For information about Lock Stock Self Storage including off-site container hire contact them on 01745 817178 or go to https:\/\/lockstock.biz\/<\/a><\/p>\n