So here’s the deal – we want to show of UK racing here in Wideopen and do our bit to shout about how awesome the talent is that makes it so good. When Irish young gun Dan Sheridan dropped us an email about covering the Irish race scene we couldn’t help but bite his hand off. I don’t know a huge amount about the Irish scene, but judging by Dan’s repos and our recent interview with the Break the Cycle team it looks pretty bloody awesome – definitely a scene worth making some noise about.

So – introducing Dan Sheridan – he’s 15, rides for the Tomac UK team and is from Dublin. He won the 2008 Irish Champs and National Series and is now part of the Wideopen team. He’ll be covering the Irish Winter and National races for us and is going to make sure we tell the world how awesome Irish racing is. He’ll be doing the racing and reporting and his mate Aidan Tarbett will be taking some photos for us.

Things are going bloody well so far ‘cos Dan just won the first round of the Irish Winter Series at Bree. He fired me a quick email to say:

So… welcome aboard Dan and Aiden! Here’s a mini-interview with Dan that I lifted off his website:

Name: Dan Sheridan
Current Residence: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 15
Astrological Sign: Taurus (determined!)
Years racing: 3 years
Carrier Highlights:
2009 NPS round 1 – 1st place Under 16 (3rd in Junior mens).
2008 Irish national champion in the under 14 category.
2008 Irish National point series (NPS) winner. (Winning every round of the series!)
2008 Winter league winner.
Won every single DH race in Ireland in 2008.
Welsh national 2008 – 3rd.
2007 Irish National point series (NPS)- 2nd Overall.
2007 NPS round 6 – 1st place. (U14)
2009 maxxis cup international – Vigo – 10th.
2009 Moelfre Unclipped – Wales – 11th.
Goals: To become Irish champion again in 2010, Get some podiums in the UK & eventually race worlds cups & world champs professionally.
Favorite Trail: Fort william/Vigo or any steep track in france.
Injuries: 3 broken collar bones, 2 of which were in 2009.
Type of Music you listen to: Bit of anything really, As long as it gets you going.
Favorite beverage: Milk
Favorite food: Roast chicken & potatoes.
Bike: Tomac Primer 220!
Influences (cycling heroes): Wolfe brothers, Sam hill, Fabien Barel, Ben Reid.
Other sponsors: Tomac, OC Tuning, Nova-tec, Chromag, Mulebar, FiveTen, Green Oil.
Thanks to: My parents, Wolfe brothers, Flow racing & Damo duggan, Hotlines UK & Tomac, my sponsors.
Website: www.DanSheridan.ie

That’s all for now – welcome aboard guys!

Jamie News, team