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Nathan Tesselaar Groombridge finished runner-up at Mosgiel, behind Queenstown’s former national motocross champion Scott Columb, with Tesselaar claiming third spot, and this was easily enough for Groombridge to celebrate overall championship victory. “I should have gone toe-to-toe with Scotty (Columb) and we passed each other for the lead a few times, but I let him go in the end. I didn’t need to race with him. He wasn’t in contention for the title and not a threat to me,” said Groombridge. “It was more important for me to concentrate on winning the championship. “Now I’ve matched (Pio Pio’s) Paul Wilson and (Palmerston North’s) Adam Reeves in winning 22 KIWI RIDER Adam Loveridge