I didn’t last long at all. I’ll be
out for six weeks now.”
In the end, it was Wainuiomata’s
Jake Whitaker who finished
runner-up at Maruia, followed
by Tokoroa’s Jake Wightman.
Paeroa’s Chris Power, Taumarunui’s
Cody Davey, Cambridge’s Beau
Taylor, Nelson’s Shane McGowan,
Oamaru’s Bradley Simpson, Stratford’s
Josh Hunger and Paekakariki’s Tyler
Mills rounded out the top 10.
Groombridge has certainly proven
himself the man to beat in New
Zealand these past couple of seasons,
his impressive string of results
Jake Wightman (KTM 250XC) rounded
out the third step of the podium
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