had more than enough power for me to go up
against them and get the job done.
“It’s not going to be easy winning the MX1 class
at the up-coming nationals, but I think I have a
good shot at it and showed here that we’ll be
very competitive. I can’t thank the CML KTM
team and my wife Caydie enough for the work
they all do for me.”
Hamish Harwood (KTM)
Defending Woodville champion and current
national MX1 champion Cody Cooper (Honda),
from Mount Maunganui, appeared out of sorts
at Woodville as he was still dealing with a neck
injury that he suffered a month earlier and he
settled for fourth overall, albeit just three points
off a podium result.
Kirk Gibbs (Yamaha)
Cody Cooper (Honda)
MX2
With 49 riders lining up for the MX2 (250cc
class), Sunday morning’s qualifying was
intense and, indeed, so was the racing that
ensued that afternoon.
Mangakino’s Maximus Purvis (Yamaha) won
the senior MX2 class with a 1-1-3 score-card,
while Taupo’s Wyatt Chase (Honda) and
Mount Maunganui’s Josiah Natzke (Kawasaki)
completed the MX2 podium.
Talent ran especially deep in the MX2 class
with Kiwi international Dylan Walsh (Yamaha),
Australian Morgan Fogarty (KTM) and another
Kiwi international, Oparau’s James Scott (KTM),
rounding out the top six.
Hawera’s former national 125, 250 and open
class champion Daryl Hurley, Australian Caleb
Ward, Auckland’s Broc Martens and Taupo’s
Brad Groombridge also impressed in the
white hot MX2 class at Woodville.
Meanwhile, Palmerston North’s James Galpin
took his KTM250 to win the novelty River Race,
finishing ahead of Manawatu’s Paul Whibley
and Whanganui’s Seth Reardon.
Other class winners in the senior grades were
Tauranga’s Brodie Connolly (senior 125cc class
and Roddy Shirriffs Memorial Trophy winner);
Australian Charli Cannon (women’s class),
New Plymouth’s Mitch Rowe (Veterans) and
Rongotea’s Zac Jillings (Vintage MX class).
Class winners in the junior grades were
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