Youngster Ali Omar Jr. will next year make the step up to the 125cc (MX2) category in the Uganda motocross national championship to be able to maximize his talent and potential.
This was revealed by his father Ali Omar Sr. after the young star beat senior rider to win the motocross event in Mukono on Sunday..
“I will buy a new 85cc 2014 model with big wheels so that he competes in the 125cc category next year and even Wazir (Omar) will step up to the 85cc category,” Omar Sr. stated.
Ali Omar beat brothers Jaidi and Fatuh Kiggundu among others in an event that excited the thousands of fans that turned up at Festino Cite.
Omar is the current national and East and central Africa 65cc category champion.
Talha Kiggundu won the open class category defeating Ahmed Tamale and East Africa’s MX2 bronze medallist Michael Ssekubomba whose bike developed mechanical problems in the final round.
Omar added that the future of Uganda’s Motocross lies in the young riders since the seniors have to deal with work commitments.
He cited the east African Championship where the young stars collected maximum points for the country in the absence of top riders Maxime Van Pee, Asaf Natan, Unisan Bakunda, Yannick Duyck and Arthur Blick Jr.
By Johnson Were, The New Vision
