THE SHIELDS
The HMCC put up a Shield in memory
of Jason and this records some of New
Zealand’s best talented Cross Country
Riders – virtually all have gone on to win
National Titles. In 2000, Jimmy McNeil
put up a shield for the junior division and
this reads as a who’s who of the new era.
Huntly and the Bel-Ray has produced more
young talent to both National Series than
any other Club in NZ and in 2003 pushed
the junior duration up to 1.5 hours.
SENIOR SHIELD WINNERS
1998 Paul Wilson
1999 Paul Wilson
2000 Kevin Archer
2001 Paul Wilson
2002 Adam Youran
2003 Mark Fuller
2004 Neville Coombes
2005 Craig Brown
2005-6 Adam Youran
2006-7 Scott Bregman
2008 Mark Penny
2009 Mark Penny
2010 Adrian Smith
2011 John O’Dea
2012 John O’Dea
2013 Adrian Smith
2014 Adrian Smith (20th Anniversary)
2015 Jason Dickey (first Junior winner to
win Senior and first Father and Son winner)
2016 Jason Dickey
2017 Sam Greenslade
2018 Philip Goodwright
JUNIOR SHIELD WINNERS
2000 Karl McGovern
2001 Kyle Smith
2002 Jake Boyd
2003 Ross Chapman
2004 Carl Barakat
2005 Hamish Stone
2006 Sam Greenslade
2007 Ricky Ramsey
2008 Brandon Given
2009 Callan May
2010 Jason Dickey
2011 Jason Dickey
2012 Dane Russell
2013 Taylor Rae
2014 Sean Kelly
2015 Jake Wightman
2016 Logan Shaw
2017 William Eyre
2018 Coby Rooks
36 KIWI RIDER
Going to be a squeeze at the first corner...
to implement a Junior Bel-Ray and, again, the first
attempt at this was at the Dickey property. This
inclusion was met with some dissatisfaction by
MNZ and others within the scene and we all tried
hard to work through the issues to get this going.
In early 1995, Jason Blenkhorn had become an
exceptional talent and showed great interest in
being involved with the organisation of the series.
Both Kay and I, along with some of the other
tireless workers, felt it was time for new blood.
Between us, we decided to try and take the Bel-
Ray to the next level by positioning it around
central Waikato. Three clubs stood up to the task
- Taumaranui, Huntly and Paeroa. Whilst in some
ways this was a success, it made things logistically
more difficult and a year later it was decided to run
with one club only.
Pukekohe Motorcycle Club had become very
preoccupied with MX and, with the Harrisville
track to maintain and promote, the Cross Country
Committee decided to shift and work in with the
fast growing Huntly Motor Cycle Club (HMCC),
which showed a true hunger for the sport, and had
a willing bunch of workers.
With Jason Blenkhorn at the helm, along with
Marcie and Robin Hintz, the Huntly Motorcycle Club
took the bull by the horns in early 1997 and the
series took another leap forward.
By this time, MNZ had conceded that we were