European Junior Downhill Champ, Bernard Kerr, Signs with 23 Degree

23 Degrees Sports Management announced today that 18 year old Bernard Kerr will be joining the current stable of athletes managed by the Spanish company. The multi-year deal sees the current Junior European and British National Champion secure additional support as he moves into the elite ranks for the first time next year. Riding for the Norco World Team, Bernard had an impressive season winning not only the British National Championship among a large pool of talented Junior Downhill riders, but he took it a step further and won the European Downhill title hosted in Slovenia. In World Cup racing he showed his prowess on the technical tracks, which are prominent in season 2010, by being the fastest junior at Schladming, and he also scored the best junior result all year in World Cup racing with an 11th in qualifying at Maribor. Qualifying for the top 20 men these days is serious business and to be mixing it up near the top ten showed a lot of promise. Unfortunately a crash in the final prevented Bernard from capitalizing on the qualifier, but he gained a lot of media and industry attention with that ride. Despite this crash and other mechanical issues at other rounds, Bernard finished 2nd overall in the Junior World Cup series. 4X has also been an important part of the 2008 and 2009 seasons for the young rider from Surrey. He’s a two-time Junior National Champion in 4X, and he backed those titles up with his first ever World Cup semi final in Mont-Sainte-Anne earlier this year. Bernard says: "Next year I plan to ride again for the Norco World Team. Fionn (Griffiths) thankfully picked me up this year and got me on track. I was having all sorts of issues with equipment, and moving into a proper team made all the difference. I'm excited to join up with 23 Degrees because I know that I am still learning and there's a bunch that I can learn from being managed by Martin and his company. I'm really excited about next year!" Founder of 23 Degrees Sports Management, Martin Whiteley, commented on Bernard's signing. "I was very impressed by Bernard's character and skill and after watching him on the World Cup circuit this year I knew he would be someone that would fit in well with our group of clients. His ride for next year is sorted, thanks to Fionn, who's an ex-client of ours, and we have been very proud to see her build that team. I'll be mainly focusing on developing Bernard's co-sponsor portfolio, developing his international media and fan base, and giving advice where I can on improving his results so that he's knocking on that top ten door even more in the future." Bernard's profile page can be found here: www.23degrees-sports.com.

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