Thursday, 11 February 2021, 12:12 pm
One of the most enthralling storylines of the sporting
summer will open its next chapter on Saturday when Tom Walsh
and Jacko Gill resume their rivalry in the shot-put circle
at the Porritt Classic in Hamilton.
Gill, 26, is
currently riding the crest of a wave with three straight
victories over Walsh and a career-best throw of 21.52m at
the International Track Meet in Christchurch last
weekend.
But he will be wary of the constant threat of
three-time world champion Walsh, who has improved in
distance in each of his outings this season.
The
28-year-old started with 20.14m at the Night of 5s meet in
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Monday, 8 February 2021, 4:29 pm
Pukekawa’s
Tyler Brown (Kawasaki KX250F), top rider in the premier
14-16 years’ 250cc class at the 2021 New Zealand Junior
Motocross Championships near Tauranga at the weekend. Photo
by Andy McGechan,
BikesportNZ.com
The New Zealand
motocross stars of the future revealed themselves in the Bay
of Plenty at the weekend.
The Farmer Autovillage and
Yamaha-sponsored New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships
at Tect Park, about halfway between Tauranga and Rotorua,
hosted the event over three days of the long Waitangi
weekend, turning on an incredible spectacle, the undulating
course providing an exciting challenge for all
concerned.
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Press Release – Bikesport NZ
It was a special weekend of motocross that had everything – high intensity dirt bike action, a slew of different race winners, weather that remarkably switched from chilly to baking hot and, of course, a significant birthday party.
The 60th annual Honda-sponsored New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville on Saturday and Sunday was a celebration of the sport, the popular event at the eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge achieving a landmark in more ways than one.
It was not only marking six decades since the sport was properly introduced to New Zealand in 1961 by now-87-year-old Palmerston North man Tim Gibbes, but it was also for the first time being run in conjunction with the first round of four in the 2021 New Zealand Motocross Championships.