The premier podium for 2024 has been settled ; West Auckland ’ s Hamish Harwood ( centre ) is the new champion , with Australian Jed Beaton ( left ) runner-up and Invercargill ’ s Jack Treloar ( right ) finishing third overall
class on Sunday , finishing the series a solid 14 points ahead of Australian professional Jed Beaton and 59 points ahead of Invercargill ’ s rising star Jack Treloar . It was a similar story for Raetihi ’ s Karaitiana Horne , with her easily winning the women ’ s class title ahead of Opunake ’ s Taylar Rampton and Auckland ’ s Holly Russell . Oparau ’ s James Scott managed to weather a storm of a different kind in fending off Opotiki ’ s defending champion Cody Cooper and Australian visitor Caleb Ward to win the MX2 ( 250cc ) class , while Appleby ’ s Wills Harvey produced a commanding performance to rise up and snatch away the 125cc class title from the young man who had led the class at the start of the weekend , Bombay ’ s Reuben Smith , and fellow title contender Seth Morrow , from Invercargill .
TOUGH MX1 CAMPAIGN BUT HARWOOD MADE OF STERN STUFF So , yet another national title has headed the way of West Auckland ’ s Hamish Harwood and his CML KTM Racing Team although perhaps this season ’ s win was the hardest of all to achieve .
Jack Treloar
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