an apprentice builder, and
added, “I got back into the
lead with about four laps to go
and then just checked out.”
Meanwhile, in the 90-minute
junior grade race held earlier
in the day, Hamilton’s Caleb
Richardson (KTM) was the
runaway winner, crossing the
finish line 20 seconds ahead of
Napier’s Bryn Codd (Yamaha),
with Cambridge’s Michael
Henry (KTM) claiming third,
just eight seconds further back.
This finishing order caused
a reshuffle also in the junior
Caleb Richardson: Junior winner
Nathan Tesselaar: Senior winner
MIchael Henry: Junior 3rd
grade, with Codd taking over the
top spot from Eltham’s Adam
Loveridge (Husqvarna), who
managed only seventh at Taupo.
However there is virtually nothing
to separate Codd (3-3-2) from
Loveridge (2-1-7), or even Raglan’s
Coby Rooks (Honda, 4-2-6),
Richardson (10-4-1), Henry (7-5-3)
or Cambridge’s Callum Patterson
(Yamaha, 1-20-4) once ‘discarded’
results are taken into account.
26 KIWI RIDER
Groombridge ran out of
fuel while leading but is
still in contention