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It was a sensational weekend for the “Orange
Brigade” with a slew of other riders on KTM bikes
also enjoying success
“The racing was excellent and I’m sure the
spectators would have enjoyed it. There
was one race in particular on Saturday
where a blanket could have covered five
of us riders battling at the front.”
Townley had finished runner-up in the
MX1 class at this event last year, behind
Christchurch's former national MX1
champion Justin Macdonald (Honda), but
then he won the all-important feature
race during that debut appearance,
hisw enjoyable experience there in 2017
enticing him back this year.
"I have not had this new 2018 KTM 450
SX-F for long, maybe a month now, but I'm
really enjoying racing it," said Townley.
It was a sensational weekend for the
"Orange Brigade" with a slew of other
riders on KTM bikes also enjoying success.
Taupo's Chase doubled up to take a
250cc version of his KTM to dominate the
MX2 class, his 3-1-1-1-1 score-card giving
him a massive edge over Dunedin's Sam
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Cuthbertson and Mangakino's Maximus
Purvis, while Rotorua's Josh Bourke-
Palmer won the senior 125cc class, ahead
of Nelson's Clayton Roeske.
Motueka's Roma Edwards won the
women's class and Tapawera's Keegan
Anglesey won the enduro grade.
In the junior grades, Ashburton's Mitchell
Stocker took his KTM to record a 1-2-1-
2-1 score-card and win the 14-16 years'
250cc class, and he also won both the
Junior 125/250 Feature Race and the
Trent Haywood Memorial Trophy, while
Westport's Reece McBride (Husqvarna)
scored 1-1-1-2-2 results over the two days
to dominate the 12-16 years' 125cc class.
Rangiora's Cobie Bourke took his KTM
to a clean sweep of five wins as he
dominated the 12-16 years' 85cc class,
also winning the Junior 85cc Feature Race,
while fellow KTM star Kobe Thoms, from
Leeston, ruled the roost in the 8-11 years'
85cc class.