Ryan Hayward finished sixth overall in the Silver Class at this year ’ s Romaniacs event
Outstanding among the Kiwis was Auckland rider Ryan Hayward , outright winner of his final build-up event in New Zealand in June , round one of the Forestland Cross-country Series near Tokoroa . Hayward finished sixth overall in the Silver Class at this year ’ s Romaniacs event , while , also riding in the same class , Tokoroa ’ s Sean Clarke ( a Motorcycling New Zealand Hall of
Famer ) managed 50th overall , Aucklander Bryce Williams finished 61st , Te Awamutu ’ s Kevin Archer finished 81st , Levin ’ s Malcolm Macrae finished 88th , Dannevirke ’ s Campbell Easton finished 97th and Whakatane ’ s Hayden Power placed 104th overall out of the nearly 170 riders entered in this class . Kiwis who shone out in the 297-rider Bronze Class were Harrison McClintock ( who finished fifth ); Ethan Jameson ( 10th ); Norman Thomas ( 34th ); Spence McClintock ( 45th ); Gerald Holden ( 46th ); Warwick Batley ( 55th ); Tim Lapwood ( 56th ); Mark DeLautour ( 59th ); Wayne Finlayson ( 61st ); Glen Magson ( 64th ); Aston Whyte ( 68th ); Mark Newton ( 86th ); Duncan McLaren ( 195th ); Tony Walsh ( 198th ); Matt Thorburn ( 199th ); Nigel Reid ( 236th ); Lachlan Niederer ( 258th ); Mark Whyte ( 259th ) and Phil Skinner ( 264th ). Other New Zealand riders who competed with distinction , all finishing inside the top half of the 155-rider Iron Class , were Stewart Cundy ( 18th ); Bevan Holmes ( 53rd ); Jamie Coad ( 55th ) and Deane Manley ( 75th ). Sibiu is a city in Transylvania , in central Romania , known for Germanic architecture in its old town , the legacy of 12th-century Saxon settlers .
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