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38 swindonlink.com • January 2008
Family tracks moto events
MOBILE CAR SERVICING & REPAIRS
Fourteen-year old motocross rider, Lorenzo Newman, has notched up
*Electronic tuning * Welding * Electrical work six years of experience in the sport, which has become a family affair.
MoTs arr ed re-test fee) After going to his first motocross member of the British Schoolboy
For reliable local ser wit ' r 25 years exper ence, meeting at Foxhill in Wanborough, Motocross Association and has
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bike so he could join in the action. land to race.
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Looking good on two wheels,
Lorenzo and Georgia Neuman
MOBILE "Lorenzo really likes extreme
sports and loves the racing and
CAR REPAIRS meeting friends," said his mum
Sharon. "It can be dangerous
• Servicing though. You have to have guts and
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fit. Rather than watching from the
• Brakes
side lines Sharon and her husband
• Exhausts have both become involved in
• M.O.T. the sport. "There's a fantastic at-
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Lorenzo's younger sister Geor-
Tel: 079999 44262 gia, 6, goes along to cheer him on,
no matter what the weather. "I think
he's cool," she said.
Georgia has no plans to follow
him onto the track though. Hav-
ing just mastered riding her push
bike, she is happy to stick to pedal
power and prefers the nice clean
pavements near home to the muddy
Motocross tracks.
When he's not racing Lorenzo
likes a quiet day fishing with his
grandfather.
For details about junior moto-
cross call Sharon on 334564.
Ahoy shipmates

Ex-cadets from
TS Resolution are invited
to a reunion to celebrate
70 years of Sea Cadets
in Swindon at the
Sea Cadets Unit.
Upham Road on 8 March,
7.30pm to 10.30pm.
Tickets are £10 per person
to include a buffet.
Call Pauline van der Sanden
on 07887 606902 for details