Victory for Wade … again
The 48 kilometre eduro course at Matatiele was tough but enjoyable.
WADE Young (Brother KTM) rounded the 2014 Liquorland National Enduro Championship off with yet another overall win and class victory when he won the Liquorland Matatiele WFO National Enduro at Matatiele in the Eastern Cape.
This was his fifth overall victory and sixth E1 class championship win this season resulting in him retaining the number one plate for the second consecutive year while also claiming the E1 (200cc) championship again.
Young’s teammate Travis Teasdale, took the early lead after winning the first extreme stage but after a tight battle with only seconds separating the riders, Young went on to win 13 of the 15 special stages.
Louwrens Mahoney, the only other overall and E2 class winner this year, finished seventh overall with Paddock’s Kyle Flanagan (TLB Plant Hire/Alfie Cox Racing KTM) 11th overall and Nick Wade (Team Liquorland Yamaha Racing) 12th.
In senior class, defending champion, William Gillitt (Team Liquorland Yamaha Racing) led Hilton Hayward (Yamaha) by a mere two points going into the final round but it was Gillitt who went on to claim his fourth win of the season and secured his sixth consecutive senior class championship title.
The veteran enduro and off-road competitor and multiple former champion, Alfie Cox (KTM) can now add the master class championship title to his long list of achievements. Defending champion, Denzil Torlage (Proudly Bidvest Yamaha) finished as the runner-up.
In the master class (riders older than 46 years of age) Shaun Kirk (Beta Liqui Moly Racing SA) claimed the third podium spot for the year. .
The new high school class championship Eduan Bester (NUTS Racing/Century Civils KTM) took the title.
In the silver class challenge, Dylan Barker from Kokstad, rounded off a perfect season after winning the event from His Pa Ma Racing Yamaha teammate, Lloyd Kirk, from Matatiele in front of his home crowd.
