The winning North King Country Motorcycle Club team ( pictured from left ) were James Scott , Mitch Rowe , Nixon Parkes , Maz Parkes , Cody Cooper and Luke Riley
that is to run a similar team-versus-team event as a fundraiser to help enable New Zealand to send a contingent to the MXoN each year . The MXoN was last year staged near Chicago , in the United States , but this year that major event is returning to Ernee , in north-western France and the Kiwi team for this will be Papamoa ’ s Cody Cooper , West Auckland ’ s Hamish Harwood and Oparau ’ s James Scott . The Battle of the Clubs ( BotC ) event in Taupo is slightly less glamorous than the MXoN on which it is based , with a family atmosphere and friendly rivalry at its core , but still vitally important in terms of helping to fund Kiwi representation on the international stage . Instead of different countries going into motocross battle with one another , the domestic version in Taupo featured teams aligned along club allegiances or loyalties , but that did nothing to lessen the passion or intensity of the racing and , in fact , may even have strengthened it . The winning six-rider team this year was the one representing the North King Country Motorcycle Club and this comprised manytime former New Zealand MXoN team rider Cody Cooper , fellow Kiwi international James Scott , evergreen former national 500cc
Brad Groombridge was the other half of the winning team
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