RESULTS
MX1 1 . West Auckland ’ s Hamish Harwood , 254 points ; 2 . Mount Maunganui ’ s Cody Cooper , 244 ; 3 . Taupo ’ s Wyatt Chase , 215 .
MX2 1 . Maximus Purvis , 266 points ; 2 . James Scott 223 ; 3 . Hayden Smith , 204 .
Under-19 1 . Brodie Connolly , 225 points ; 2 . Luke Van Der Lee , 211 ; 3 . Marshall Phillips 180 .
MX3 ( three rounds only ) 1 . Darryll King , 193 points ; 2 . Darren Capill , 188 ; 3 . Jed Bixley , 120 .
Women ’ s Cup ( two rounds only ) 1 . Roma Edwards , 122 points ; 2 . Taylar Rampton , 107 ; 3 . Letitia Alabaster , 100 .
YZ65 Cup ( one round only ) 1 . Levi Townley , 50 points ; 2 . Levi Rodgers , 44 ; 3 . Jaggar Townley , 40 .
MX125 1 . Hayden Smith , 245 points ; 2 . Cobie Bourke , 231 ; 3 . Madoc Dixon , 230 .
KTM Racing Team ), Tauranga ’ s Madoc Dixon ( Altherm JCR Yamaha ), Hamilton ’ s Dylan Westgate ( Alpinestars Gas Gas ) and New Plymouth ’ s Rian King ( Alpinestars KTM ) in the day ’ s three close-fought 125cc class races . Former Taihape man Smith had previously won the national title in the 125cc in 2017 , until injuries and work commitments kept him side-lined for the past few seasons . A crash at Rotorua ’ s second round of the series in February ended any hopes dualclass ironman Brodie Connolly ( LMC Husqvarna ) had of successfully defending his 125cc title , but the Tauranga teenager still did enough in the nine of the 11 races that he did complete to claim the national Under-19 title ( for finishing as best-placed rider aged under 19 in the MX2 class ). Even with injury forcing him out of two races in each of the MX2 and MX125 categories , Connolly still managed to finish fifth overall in MX2 and fourth overall in MX125 . “ We are looking at perhaps running additional rounds next year ,” said Motorcycling New Zealand motocross commissioner Ray Broad . “ We have had quite a number of clubs put their hands up to host a round of the motocross championship . At the MNZ AGM in May we ’ d like to release the dates and venues .”
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