Seniors start
The racing across all the various classes – juniors and veterans racing on Saturday and seniors and women racing on the Sunday – was scintillating , edge-of-the-seat stuff , with little to separate the eventual champions from those who were giving them chase . Oparau ’ s James Scott did not win any of his three races in the MX2 ( 250cc ) class , but proved consistency counts most as this factor handed him the class trophy ( by just one point ). Scott finished with a 2-2-3 scorecard on the Sunday , while Tauranga ’ s Madoc Dixon finished 1-8-1 over the three MX2 races , his eighth placing in race two obviously costing him dearly in the end . National MX2 champion Cody Cooper , from Opotiki , took the third podium spot in this class with a 3-1-10 score-card . Several fresh names appeared atop the standings in other categories , showing perhaps that New Zealand ’ s many rising stars have indeed now found their way to the top . Appleby teenager Will Harvey won both the senior 125cc class and also the Roddy Shirriffs Memorial Trophy , as the youngest senior class winner aged under 21 , while Invercargill
Cody Cooper
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