KTM RIDER
NATASHA CAIRNS
TAKES IT TO
THE BOYS
94 KIWI RIDER
a seven-point advantage over her nearest title
rival, Masterton KTM 300EXC rider Philip Bly, with
just two rounds remaining.
Two other riders share third position overall
after five rounds, Tokoroa’s Nick Wightman
(KTM 150XC-W) and Omihi’s Ethan McBreen
(Husqvarna TE150), and they are both another
three points further back.
“I have finished no worse than fourth all season
and so you can see that consistency is the key,”
Cairns said.
“I sometimes struggle to finish the day,
particularly when it’s muddy, but I just keep in
S
he may be down a little on horsepower and
up against some of the fastest and strongest
young men in the country, but Thames racer
Natasha Cairns is out in front.
The 34-year-old took her KTM 150XC-W into
battle against the men, many of whom were on
250cc, 300cc and 350cc bikes, and she finished
fourth overall at the fifth round of seven in this
year’s New Zealand Enduro Championships, near
Masterton on Saturday July 29.
This was good enough to see her leapfrog into
the series lead in the A grade (formerly known
as the intermediate grade) and she now enjoys