FURZE
With riders almost equal in the horsepower
stakes, it was the riders who started fastest
and braked latest who benefitted most and the
key individuals exhibiting those skills included
former national motocross champions Kayne
Lamont, David Furze, Mitch Rowe and daughter
Mikayla Rowe, just-crowned national junior
250cc motocross champion Jack Dunlop and
current national ATV (quad bike) champion
Cam Keegan.
Hamilton’s Lamont won both the MX1
and MX2 categories at Taupiri, while New
Plymouth’s Mitch Rowe won the over-45 years
veterans’ class title and also the Classic pre-
2000 bike title, while his Pukekohe-based
daughter Mikayla won the women’s title; New
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Plymouth’s Furze won the enduro class title;
Pukekawa’s Dunlop topped the junior 14-16
year’s 250cc class and Stratford’s Keegan won
the premier ATV crown.
Other title winners were Albany’s Joseph
Andrell (125cc class); Oparau’s Hunter Scott
(junior 12-16 125cc class); Cambridge’s Jarred
Hannon (junior 13-16 years’ 85cc class); Waihi’s
Luke Maitland (junior 8-12 years’ 85cc class);
Hamilton’s Phillip Goodwright (veterans’ 35-44
years class); Stratford’s Kim Reid (ATV veterans’
class); Taupiri’s Phillip Bryan (Classic pre-1996
bikes class); Auckland’s Hayden Draper (mini
65cc class) and Taupiri’s Jayden Bryan (mini
50cc class).
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