Chase Brothers EMX dream over!

Cohen  and Wyatt Chase had signed with the TM Satellite team to contest in the EMX250 championship for the season ahead. Wyatt came over from New Zealand last year to contest in a few of the EMX125 rounds to try and secure a ride for the 2017 season and he succeeded.

However, both brothers have returned to New Zealand as the team manager has appeared to do a runner.

They have posted their side of the story on facebook, you can read it below. Let’s hope they can get the issue sorted out and TM step up. It’s sad to see two kids dreams being ruined.

“ANNOUNCEMENT:
It is with our deepest regret that we have to inform our Sponsors, Family & Friends and followers that our bid to race in Europe is over. We as a family have returned to New Zealand and to honest are happy to be back after the roller coaster that we have just had to ride.
Bad things happen to good people, we all know that but the situation we have found ourselves in has certainly rocked our world and smashed dreams of Wyatt and Cohen racing in Europe this season.
As most of you know we left for Italy and Belgium at the beginning of January 2017 to train and race with a TM Satellite Team that was based in Belgium. Our stint in Italy went OK but unfortunately things didn’t seem to stack up once we hit Belgium.
Motocross is expensive in any country so for both Wyatt and Cohen to be racing in Europe was a huge expense to us which was not something we took on lightly. We researched Carsten Anderson of Denmark thoroughly before we handed any money over to take the boys to the top. Seeing he had signed a three year contract with Marco Ricarrdi, Manager of TM Italy we thought it would be a safe option to sign with him. We have tried contact Marco Ricarrdi numerous times to help but have had not response so far so for us the TM brand is not one we would recommend. We would have thought TM Italy would have backed us up as we were representing their brand and they took us on with the hope also that we could showcase their brand in the world arena. We still hold hope that they will come to the party but until that happens we will tell our story.
It turns out Carsten Anderson is a crook. He led us and other team members to believe that all was well, feeding us untruths. It became apparent that Carsten Anderson was feeding everyone in the team, including Mechanics and people that had been employed to help, absolute lies. Our bikes got mysteriously stolen and shortly after he did a runner to his home country of Denmark along with any money that had been paid to him for 2017 season.
We now find ourselves in a situation that is unfathomable. Back in NZ, out of pocket and nothing to show for it except absolute sadness and despair that after 12 years of racing Motocross to reach the top has come to an end because of the dishonesty and absolute disregard of one man, for a kids dream to be the best at their chosen sport.
We would like to thank everyone involved in supporting us and helping us out when we needed it the most. Your thoughts are a real encouragement to us as a family to help get over what has been a real kick in the guts. We understand worse things can happen and are grateful for our health but when you are in it and it’s happening to you it really feels like you world is crashing down.”

Pic: John Oostvogels