Holdsworth takes over from Mike Reynolds who left Raleigh in January. It was thought by many – including Reynolds – that he would become Raleigh MD but, instead, Jersey-based Alan Finden-Crofts, Raleigh’s chairman, appointed Mark Gouldthorp, Raleigh’s finance director since 2002.
Shooter is a CNC lathe operator and was the British BMX champion in 1984.
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