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Hawkes Bay 19-year-old wins national motorcycle cross country title 19 Apr, 2021 09:53 PM 3 minutes to read Hawkes Bays Tommy Watts (Yamaha), outright winner of the senior grade at this years New Zealand Cross-country Championships. Photo by Andy McGechan / Bikesport NZ Hawkes Bays Tommy Watts (Yamaha), outright winner of the senior grade at this years New Zealand Cross-country Championships. Photo by Andy McGechan / Bikesport NZ Hawkes Bay Today By: Andy McGechan It was celebration time for Ha...

Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 5:14 pm Napier-base former Wairoa rider Tommy Watts (Yamaha), with an equal share of the championship lead at the halfway stage of the series. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com New Zealands elite cross-country motorcycle racers will wrap up the 2021 national championship series in the South Island this weekend. It will be a huge double-header weekend this Saturday and Sunday, with competitors tackling a course near Balclutha on Saturday, followed by racing near Mo...

Monday, 8 March 2021, 4:36 pm Taupos Wil Yeoman (Yamaha), runaway winner in the junior grade at round one near Marton two weeks ago. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com New Zealands elite cross-country racers are back in business again this coming weekend, each of them keen to push on or improve upon their results from the series opener two weeks ago. The four-round 2021 Yamaha-sponsored New Zealand Cross-country Championships kicked off near Marton, in the Rangitikei region, two weeks ag...

Many riders had already arrived in the region before the restrictions were announced. “It was a bit of a drama for us to get this happening,” Motorcycling New Zealand cross-country commissioner Chris Smyth said. “We spent a couple of hours ringing around medics between 11.30pm and midnight, but thanks to help from [national series steward] Lauren Stockley, we got it all organised and we were only half-an-hour late getting started.” Taupōs Wil Yeoman led from start to finish domin...

Press Release – Bikesport NZ The senior podium at round one of the 2021 New Zealand Cross-country Championships near Marton on Sunday was (from left) Palmerston North’s Paul Whibley (2nd), Napier’s Tommy Watts (1st) and Napier’s Reece Lister (3rd). Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com MARCH 1, 2021: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc around the world, but the hardiest of Kiwis have once again knuckled down to find a way to carry on with their lives. The 2020 New Zealand C...

Reigning senior champion is 26-year-old Raglan farmer Jason Dickey, the outright winner when the series was last held in 2019. He is sidelined with an ankle injury and unable to defend his crown. Likewise for Taupōs three-time former champion Brad Groombridge, who has a knee injury after he crashed during the motocross nationals event near Rotorua on Sunday. However, Whanganuis Seth Reardon, the runner-up in 2019, is expected to line up on Sunday, alongside Palmerston Norths 2015 national c...

Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 11:54 am  New Zealands elite cross-country racers will be back in business this weekend and, after a 2020 season ruined by a pesky virus, the 2021 series is sure to be a ripper. The COVID-19 pandemic forced organisers to write off the 2020 Yamaha-sponsored New Zealand Cross-country Championships, just a week after the competition had kicked off in the Rangitikei region last February and, with the country now under only Level One restrictions, riders will be eager to ...