Scottish Enduro Series secures sponsor
The Scottish Enduro Series has confirmed that POC, the leading Swedish manufacturer of helmets, goggles and body armour, is the headline sponsor of the five-venue series for the sixth year running.
Since its inception in 2014, the POC Scottish Enduro Series is renowned for testing riders at some of Scotland’s best-known mountain bike locations, offering fantastic opportunities to ride on some of Scotland’s most exceptional and classic trails. With Laggan Wolftrax, Innerleithen, Kinlochleven, Pitfichie, Nevis Range in the armoury, from April to October, the 2019 series is set to deliver another phenomenal season of racing.
For five years the series has delivered six epic races at six venues across Scotland. In 2018, that included 32 timed race stages, more than two hours of racing for the fastest riders, 808 individual riders and 1,652 race starters.
Frazer Coupland from No Fuss Events and the POC Scottish Enduro Series, said: ‘We continue to build upon our success, success built on positive partnerships. It’s a delight that POC will be working with us again in 2019. This year’s Scottish Enduro Series looks like it’s going to push Enduro in the UK to the next level. The development of the series and the ability and desire to push the levels and standards are evidence that these partnerships are working well and key to the series’ success.’
The Enduro World Series (EWS) is the body responsible for bringing Enduro mountain bike racing to the forefront of the global cycling stage. In 2018, the Scottish Enduro Series was a part of the new EWS European Series, which in turn was part of the EWS Continental championships.
Frazer Coupland added: ‘It is tremendous news that the 2019 Scottish Enduro Series will host the second round the EWS European Series, as well as the fourth round of the newly established British National Enduro Series. We pride our venue teams and partners in staging fantastic Enduro events. Being part of these two national and international Enduro Series endorses all of their efforts.’
For 2019, the Scottish Enduro Series team will continue to work with local destination management organisations and groups to ensure that the visiting riders and their supporters get the best possible experience of each area they visit, while also ensuring that local businesses are afforded the opportunity to maximise the economic impact from the visit of the series.
The series continues to work well with the local riding community, Forestry