Branch makes motocross return
Tuesday, August 12, 2025 | 20 Views |
Ross Branch
Branch last got on the saddle for the motocross team in 2017 as he makes a seven-year return after a focus on a rally ride that includes a single world championship win alongside six stage wins.
He will move from the MX1 category and compete in the MX Veteran class in Zimbabwe this coming weekend. In the MX1, Team Botswana will field Anton Henriksen, while Kosmas Mamaloukos will Captain and compete in the MX2 class. Andile Mogorosi is to ride in the High School class while the trio of Lourens Erasmus, Adam Meyer, and Tommy Jayden Wotherspoon are in the MX Lites class as Team Botswana sends a seven-member squad.
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