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FEBRUARY 5, 2018: It has been a glorious summer for Waikato's Kayne Lamont and he's only just starting to get going.He dominated the first round of this year's New Zealand Motocross Championships in Taranaki on Sunday with an impressive winning hat-trick in the premier MX1 class and established a solid 15-point advantage over defending national champion Cody Cooper.The devastating performance by Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team rider Lamont should perhaps have surprised nobody because the writing

APRIL 26, 2016: It was the perfect farewell for Kiwi hero James Scott when, on the eve of his first big international campaign, he celebrated winning his first national motocross title. A winner at multiple major events in New Zealand over the past few years, his victory has been long overdue and it was perhaps appropriate that he should win on Anzac Weekend, just days before he is about to head overseas to fight in the motocross trenches of Europe.The 14-year-old from Oparau, near Kawhia,

MARCH 21, 2016: The national title was his to lose and the only real pressure on South Islander Hamish Harwood at the weekend was what he would apply to himself.The Waitakere-based rider from Takaka (CML KTM 250F) had been in scintillating form through the first three of four rounds of this season's New Zealand Motocross Championships and had built a solid 13-point advantage for himself before arriving at Taupo for the final round on Sunday.He knew that a cool and calm approach would earn him hi

FEBRUARY 29, 2016: It seems everyone was braced for "Cyclone Courtney" at the weekend, except her victims.Everyone in New Zealand knew she was coming, but the shock was still profound when Otago's Courtney Duncan cut a swathe through her opposition at the opening round of the Women's Motocross World Championships in Qatar on Sunday morning (NZ time).The mostly-unheralded 20-year-old Duncan (Altherm JCR Yamaha YZ250F) battled nerves as she qualified fourth fastest in Qatar, but then she wreaked h

MARCH 1, 2016: The grip continues to tighten as the high-profile Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team heads into the second half of its New Zealand Motocross Championships campaign.Australian import Dean Ferris was again in command at the second round of four in the series near Palmerston North on Sunday.The new venue at Himatangi became progressively rougher as the day wore on, the sand-based track offering no let-up as it wore down both man and machines, but Ferris seemed to thrive in it and posted