South Island over that Easter Weekend.
ROUND THREE Then the competition shifted north to Canterbury on May 10- 11, and it was another handful of talented stars disputing the top positions, Wainuiomata’ s Jake Whitaker the Gold Grade stand-out, with Gallagher and Corson again featuring among the leading riders, while Amberley’ s Archer Pascoe and Omihi’ s Ethan McBreen also staked their claim. Whitaker was thrilled with his overall win at round three.“ It was a cool couple of days racing down south,” he said.“ Took a bit to get comfortable on the enduro cross track on Saturday with a third-place finish for the day. Was happy to get out in the South Island high country Sunday morning and get into the main race.“ I had some good fun battles with the boys earlier in the day, but managed to pull away in the afternoon. The track was set to a really good level and the organisers put on a great event once again.” Motorcycling New Zealand enduro commissioner, Justin Stevenson, confirmed the racing was close and exciting over both days of the weekend.“ It was again pleasing to see so many riders showing up from as far afield as Invercargill in the south and Whangarei in the north, with riders from everywhere in between,” said Stevenson.“ The host Christchurch Off-Road Motorcycle Club did a great job and both days of racing were as challenging as they were enjoyable.” Round four is set for Northland on the weekend of July 19-20. Only six of the seven rounds will be counted, with riders expected to discard points from their worst result.
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CALENDAR 2025 NZ Hard Enduro Nationals Round 4 Northland, Jul 19-20 Round 5 Wellington, Sep 27-28 Round 6 Canterbury, Nov 15-16 Round 7 Wellington, November 30
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