High speeds just deadly for Jordan
SPORT STAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2009
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Wednesday March 10 2010
SPEED demon Jordan Keogh is hoping his successes in 2009 will help raise the profile of his beloved Motocross.
The Duleek teenager crowned a memorable season by clinching the Drogheda Independent Young Sport Star of the Year gong at the Boyne Valley Hotel on Friday night.
'It's great to win something like this because it will help the sport. Hopefully word will get around a bit more and people will start to notice it [motocross].'
The ' 09 Irish and Ulster champ had no time to rest on his laurels and saviour his latest success, however, as the new season kicked off with a practice session.
'We're starting tomorrow. The championship starts next week so we're going to get some practice on the track.
'We've got two new bikes so we're looking forward to it and we'll do a bit of racing over in England again too.
'The championship is on over there once a month; I wasn't able to go over every month but I finished 11th which wasn't bad.'
This term Jordan will be competing in the Youth and Adult classes and he's expecting another whirlwind season.
'I hope to win the championship again but it'll be hard because there's so many people with the same talent and the same speed.
'There's three races every weekend and I'd say there won't be one weekend where the same person wins all three races, that's how comeptitive it is.
'In the adults it will be the same. It's all the same guys there too, but they will have a lot more experience than me.
'Last year some races were tougher than others and it came down to the weather. I was better in the wet and there was a lot of rain last year, so that helped me.
'I prefere the muck and the wet; some people can't stay up on the corners and jumps, but I just prefer all that.'
Jordan's ability in the wet could have something to do with the fact that he already has 10 years of racing behind him - and he's only 16!
'I started reacing when I was about six driving a 50 [cc] and I'm up to a 250 now.
'My dad started off on road bikes I think. I saw a bike on the road one day and said I want one of them for Christmas and it started there; all the money has been going into bikes and racing since then.
'It's different to other sports; you can get jumps up to 150 feet - it's just deadly.'
