Local riders excel at MX Nationals at Rover Raceway

Round three of the South African Motocross Championship took place in perfect weather conditions at Rover Motorcycle Club where the appreciative crowds that had gathered were treated to racing action of the highest calibre. Local riders excelled across the various classes, where in the MX 50CC class Wian Scheepers finished in twelfth position overall with a second place finish in the 85CC class for Aiden Retief with Seth van der Walt finishing in ninth overall. In the MX 1 class Cameron Durow was the best place local finisher claiming eighth overall followed by Keegan Hickson-Mahoney in ninth.

Pictured: Royce Griffin on his way to winning the MX3 class
Picture credit: Ruben Louw

Kyle Townsend had a great day in the MX Senior Support claiming both heat wins to finish first overall with Ty Potgieter in second and Cameron Grobler taking third overall. Craig Kruger unfortunately didn’t finish the opening heat but stormed to second place in heat two to secure twelfth overall.

Royce Griffin continued his dominance in the MX 3 class with wins in both heats and was followed home in third place by Morne Janse van Rensburg with Shawn Carver in ninth spot overall.

The very competitive High School class saw Tristan Durow just missing out of the podium positions finishing in fourth followed by Caden Wiese in fifth with Andre Venter rounding out the top ten placings.

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