ahead of Whibley in the three-hour senior race , and then repeated the dose at Mosgiel the following day , this time beating Whibley ( Yamaha ) to the chequered flag by 44 seconds , the mission was complete and Watts could enjoy celebrating his first national title win . Manawatu ’ s Whibley , a two-time former cross country champion in the United States , had to settle for overall runnerup , while Raglan ’ s Brandon Given ( Honda ), Glen Murray ’ s Sam “ Charlie ” Brown ( KTM ) and Whanganui ’ s Seth Reardon ( Yamaha ) rounded out the top five seniors for 2021 .
Meanwhile , Taupo ’ s Wil Yeoman ( Yamaha ) dominated the 90-minute junior grade races on both days in the South Island and the 15-year-old therefore easily wrapped up the junior crown for 2021 . Runner-up junior rider for the series was Eketahuna ’ s Luke Brown ( KTM ), with Cambridge ’ s Bailey Morgan ( KTM ), Rotorua ’ s Daniel Bates ( KTM ) and Katikati ’ s Ryan Morrissey ( KTM ) rounding out the top five . Masterton ’ s Max Williams ( KTM ) was best of the 85cc bike riders this season , impressive in finishing eighth overall in the junior grade .
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