TB just rang me with the news. Here is the official spin.
Merriman injured and out of the next weeks 4 Day, State rounds go to Bewley and Burrell.
Webmaster posted on April 07, 2009 01:03
The devastating news is that Stefan Merriman has officially pulled out of the upcoming 4 Day (A4DE) after a crash at round 3 of the NSW state Sprint series championship this weekend, breaking his right shoulder. He clipped a tree, which threw him into another couple of trees, and it all went wrong from there.
Stefan is obviously incredibly disappointed by not only the injury, but the timing of the whole thing.
“I really wanted to be at the 4 day to show my true enduro speed. Everything was coming together well and the WRF is just working so well. I now have to be practical though and just concentrate on getting well for the next round of the AORC series which is now 6 weeks away. That should be realistic and I want to retain my lead in that main championship of the year.”
With Merriman out of round 3 and 4 from the crash, that led his team mate Jarrod Bewley into the top spot on the podium. He held quite a strong lead for that overall spot over Ben Grabham on the Saturday and then over Chris Hollis on the Sunday, to make 4 out of 4 wins in this state championship.
Another outstanding performance over this weekend of racing came from young gun Ben Burrell, who took the overall in the junior category for both days, to also make it 4 from 4.
With all that has been happening, Bewley could well be the favourite for the A4DE after dominating the strong NSW series and to date running 2nd in the AORC championship behind Merriman
I’ll pop round his house this arvo and see how he’s getting on 
