Conditions varied from scattered showers to sunshine at Chidlow.  The track was altered for today's finals with a couple of short sections of track deleted from the circuit by bobcat.  This was due to the amount of deep standing water at some parts of the circuit which was deemed hazardous to rider safety.

The finals commenced today.  Again there were some scoring problems today, the mud covering the bikes making the job of the scorers immensely difficult.  Trying to keep track of, or identify, the riders was extremely hard to say the least.

Here is a brief run down of what happened up front in each of today's races.  They run in order from the first race of the day to the final race for the day.

125 13-15 years
Wade Thompson was the early leader from Toby Price, Jack Daniele and Bronte Holland. Toby Price worked his way up to 2nd and started challenging Thompson for the lead, but price then ran off the track after nearly landing on a backmarker.  This incident cost him a lot of ground but he got straight back on the job and pushed Wade Thompson all the way to the line on the final lap to take 2nd.  Jack Daniele came home 3rd.

85cc 9-12 years
Bradley Abegg on a Yamaha got the early advantage over Adam Murray on a Kawasaki. But Murray went on to take the lead after Abegg had an off around the back of the circuit and lost stacks of places. Adam Murray went on to take a clear win from Grady Holland and Kieron Hall.

65cc 7-9 years
A good clear start by the 7-9 year olds with Kale Makeham leading from Starcevich.  Josh Melis was an early 3rd but James Booth-Elliott took that from him at the end of lap 1. Makeham dropped it a  couple of laps later and had a lot of trouble getting going again. Starcevich took a clear lead while Makeham was suffering from his troubles and went on to take the win from Joshua Melis, James Booth Elliott came home 3rd.

65cc 11-13 years
Another fairly incident free start in this one with Kieran Tisdale leading from Taylor Potter for most of the first lap before being overhauled. Kieran Tisdale then had an incident on the circuit which allowed Potter through for the lead and promoted Regan Bernardi up in to 2nd position. The first serious rays of sunshine of the week saw a jubilant but exhausted Taylor Potter cross the line to take the win from Bernardi, Coby Willis scored a 3rd. Tisdale did well to work his way back up to 5th.

65cc 9-11 years
Light rain came back for the 9-11 year olds which obviously suited Josh Cachia as he immediately started pulling away from the pack. South Australia's Codey Von Stanke was 2nd early in the race but fellow KTM pilot Jake Pengelly (QLD) got the better of him to finish the race with a 2nd place from the first final of the class. Pengelly pushed real hard on the last lap and pressured Cachia all the way to the line but the Victorian had the goods on him.

85cc 14-16 years
Matt Moss took the lead early on in the first of the 85cc finals for the 14 to under 16 year olds. Kerrim Fitzgerald riding well in 2nd, followed by Wade Thompson and Ford Dale. Moss was not challenged at all during the race and celebrated his win by getting some major air out of his Suzuki on the big front straight jump.

85cc 12-14 years
Young Louis Calvin was a hot favourite in the 12-14 year class on the 85cc machine but it just was not to be for the young local after dropping his machine in a rut at the first turn, he lost around half a lap on the whole field trying to get his machine going again. To his credit though there was no spitting the dummy and when he got the bike going again he put his head down and fought his way back past 20 riders in the space of only 7 minutes to salvage some points with a ninth place finish. Queensland's Brendon Harrison put in a great ride to come from 5th in the early laps all the way to the front to take the race win.  Kurt Chalker 2nd and Ben Potter 3rd. Potter was actually the early leader but an off track excursion cost him any chance of a win.

125cc 15 years
Bradleigh Thompson and Bryan Staring both got off to great starts in the first final for the big boys of the juniors. Bryan Staring put the hammer down while Thompson was left to recover from a small off. Staring took a clear win onboard his Honda CR machine from KTM's Bradleigh Thompson. New Zealand's Jake Boyd took a solid third position, the Kiwi being able to ride today due to the kind lend of some parts for his machine after he struck some mechanical trouble earlier on in the day.

125cc 13-15 years
13-15 year olds also have their own class on the serious 125cc bikes and major carnage unfolded at the first jump on lap 1.  However, South Australia's Wade Thompson was unaffected and started to clear out in front. Bronte Holland, riding with some bruises caused by a big fall yesterday, could not challenge Thompson for the win. Kawasaki mounted Toby Price one again rode solidly to take 3rd.  With one final left tomorrow Price is 2nd on points, 3 ahead of Holland. KTM's Wade Thompson is the clear points leader though with a 14 point margin.

85cc 9-12 years
Kieron Hall was the early leader in the second final for the 9-12 year old riders aboard 85cc machines. Bradley Abegg 2nd, Adam Murray 3rd. Lots of riders had problems in the esses as big ruts caused many some major problems. Grafton's Ashlea Bates showed plenty of the boys what a girl can do by running with the leaders. Jake Pengelly is definitely the master of air time in this class and doing the longest jumps on the main straight by far. Kieron Hall went on to take the win.  Scoring problems prevent us from giving you the full results of the race at this stage..

65cc 7-9 years
The 65cc machines of the 7-9 year olds may only be small but the little machines absolutely fly off the line. Daniel Banks was the early leader from Anthony Starcevich this time around.  But Starcevich went on to take the lead and walk away from them a little. James Booth-Elliott got Daniel Banks for 2nd. Jacob Blomfield was running strongly with the leading group before having to retire after an expired clutch robbed him of all drive from his KTM machine. After the win Starcevich leads the class on points from James Booth Elliott and Joshua Melis.

65cc 11-13 years
Taylor Potter was the early leader from Regan Bernardi and Bradley Abegg in the 11-13 years class. Regan Bernardi took the lead early on but then went down and lost major time over the leading group. A bit of confusion surrounded the results in this race and they won't be clarified until later. By my dodgy eye it looked as though Jamie Bain could have took the win from Bradley Abegg.

65cc 9-11 years
The last race of the day was not short on action as Codey Von Stanke led early on before running in to some problems which left a hard charging Josh Cachia to take the lead. Jarrad McNeil an early third, Tye Simmonds 4th, Adam McDermid running 5th. Josh Cachia dropped it in the middle of the circuit which allowed Von Stanke to squeeze back through for the lead. Once again things got a little too frenetic to call who was where and full results of this race will not be known until later.

Summary of results - Competition wraps up tomorrow (Sat').  Some classes still have one final left to run while others still have two finals left.

These results should be treated as provisional.

65cc - 7-9 years old - Points tally on completion of Friday's racing.  Total cumulative points so far in the competition

1. Anthony Starcevich - 72
2. James Booth-Elliott - 60
3. Joshua Melis - 52
4. Daniel Banks - 49
5. Luke Collier - 49
6. Josh Carlson - 44
7. Jacob Blomfield - 43
8. Justin Hey - 36
9. Kale Makeham - 33
10. Kurt Wrightman - 28
11. Ben George - 20
12. Jason Bishop - 17
13. Vince Van Leeuwen - 17
14. Kieran Stabback - 11
15. Dylan Webster - 8
16. Trent Biffin - 6
17. Jonathan Haley - 5
18. Jayden Geary - 3
19. Jarrad Gardener - 3
20. Jake Vella - 1

65cc - 9-11 years old - Points tally on completion of Friday's racing - Finals points only.  These riders actually had two finals today but we so far only have points from the first final.

1. Josh Cacia - 25
2. Jake Pengelly - 20
3. Codey Van Stanke - 16
4. Tye Simmonds - 13
5. Scott Campbell - 11
6. Shaun Redhead - 10
7. Jarrad McNeil - 9
8. Adam MacDermid - 8
9. Thomas Rastinger - 7
10. Simon Neill - 6
11. Alan Winfield - 5
12. Jake Konsolis - 4
13. Luke Gleeson - 3
14. Ben Southey - 2
15. Sam Southey - 1

65cc - 11-13 years old - Points tally on completion of Friday's racing.  Total cumulative points so far in the competition.  These riders had another race today whose points have not so far made it on to this tally.  Again, this is out of our control as the scores elected to leave the track and sort it out in the morning.

1. Kieran Tisdale - 56
2. Taylor Potter - 52
3. Regan Bernardi - 49
4. Jamie Bain - 41
5. Coby Willis - 35
6. Josh McLean - 25
7. Brodie Hartin - 22
8. Bradley Abegg - 22
9. Mick Higgins - 21
10. Sebastian Hopper - 19
11. Kirby Watts - 19
12. Adam Murray - 14
13. Brinley Mcaffin - 12
14. Callan Banchilon - 7
15. Travis Mahony - 7
16. Lee Perram - 6
17. Joshua Rozema - 5
18. Luke Helmuth - 4
19. Luke Tate - 2
20. Guy Mallet - 1
21. Shaun Jasinski - 1

85cc - 9-12 years old - Points tally on completion of Friday's racing.  Finals points only.  These riders had another race today whose points have not so far made it on to this tally. 

1. Adam Murray - 25
2. Grady Holland - 20
3. Kieron Hall - 16
4. Ashley Bates - 13
5. Tye Simmonds - 11
6. Coby Willis - 10
7. Codey Van Stanke - 9
8. Jarryd Mcniel - 8
9. Todd Huntley - 7
10. Bradley Abegg - 6
11. Mathew Lozo-Plush - 5
12. Brett Redhead - 4
13. Kirby Watts - 3
14. Jake Pengelly - 2
15. Thomas Alexander - 1

85cc - 12-14 years old - Points tally on completion of Friday's racing - Finals points only.

1. Brendon Harrison - 25
2. Kurt Chalker - 20
3. Ben Potter - 16
4. Shaun Williamson - 13
5. Luke George - 11
6. Kirk Gibbs - 10
7. David Baxter - 9
8. Matt Gangell - 8
9. Louis Calvin - 7
10. Mitchell Pirotta - 6
11. Joe Harvey - 5
12. Adam Traill-Nash - 4
13. Riley Graham - 3
14. Zacob Raine - 2
15. Jake Watling - 1

85cc - 14-16 years old - Points tally on completion of Friday's racing - Finals points only

1. Matt Moss - 25
2. Kerrim Fitzgerald - 20
3. Wade Thompson - 16
4. Ford Dale - 13
5. Correy Spedding - 11
6. Jake Moss - 10
7. Jesse Paech - 9
8. Paul Humbertson - 8
9. Mark Rogers - 7
10. Shayne Griffiths - 6
11. Jeffrey Hunter - 5
12. Brodie Lance - 4
13. Glenn Clarke - 3
14. Ben Nicolson - 2
15. Wayne Peterson - 1

125cc - 13-15 years old - Points tally on completion of Friday's racing - Finals points only

1. Wade Thompson - 50
2. Toby Price - 36
3. Bronte Holland - 33
4. Ford Dale - 21
5. Brodie Lance - 21
6. Jack Daniele - 17
7. Kirk Gibbs - 17
8. Jake Moss - 16
9. Wayne Peterson - 13
10. Michael Haley - 10
11. Sean Milner - 10
12. Correy Spedding - 8
13. Dylan Bolton - 7
14. Mathew Haskins - 6
15. Jesse Paech - 5
16. David Baxter - 4
17. Alan Carter - 3
18. Russell Scoble - 2
19. Damien Mathews - 1

125cc - 15 years old - Points tally on completion of Friday's racing - Finals points only

1. Bryan Staring - 25
2. Bradleigh Thompson - 20
3. Jake Boyd - 16
4. Luke Jones - 13
5. Chris Caslick - 11
6. David Forster - 10
7. Kym Wright - 9
8. Nathan Bates - 8
9. Dean Porter - 7
10. Wade Wilson - 6
11. Joshua Coleman - 5
12. Josh Hoskins - 4
13. Darcy Knauth - 3
14. Jesse Wiki - 2
15. Alex Woods - 1

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