Jake Whitaker
completed his education at New Plymouth Boys ’ High School and is about to begin a building apprenticeship in the New Year . The weekend ’ s national event in Canterbury doubled up as round two of the South Island Hard Enduro Championships and Sam Parker was also declared winner of that separate-butparallel series . The depth of talent in this sporting code runs deep in New Zealand and , although Sam Parker impressed with his career breakthrough outright victory , he would be the first to tell you that nothing can be taken for granted in hard enduro racing . The courses on Friday and Saturday in Canterbury featured separate routes for Gold , Silver and Bronze category riders , but contestants of all abilities still found this event a huge challenge . Silver grade winner for the series was Whangaparoa ’ s Jacob Refoy , while Owaka ’ s Stu Affleck won the bronze grade and his son Blake Affleck won the junior grade overall . Best of the veterans ’ riders for the series were Hastings rider Andy Gunson ( 40 years plus ) and Christchurch ’ s Paul Pascoe ( 50 years plus ).
In addition to Yamaha NZ , all series were supported by Motorcycling New Zealand , Beta Motorcycles NZ , Mitas tyres , Kiwi Rider Magazine , Silver-bullet and Macaulay Metals .
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