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Motorcycling New Zealand supercross co-ordinator Noel May said he was thrilled with the rider turn-out at Tokoroa NATZKE "I'm going back to Germany at the end of January, so the New Zealand Supercross Champs will be the only racing I'm now doing at home this season." Motorcycling New Zealand supercross co- ordinator Noel May said he was thrilled with the rider turn-out at Tokoroa. "It was pretty awesome," he said. "About 18 months ago we had a meeting in Taupo and came up with a strategic plan to build a pathway for the riders, rebuilding the juniors, so that they feed into the seniors in the future and what we saw here at Tokoroa absolutely kick-started that. "Entry numbers were up 40 percent on last year and we had more support classes here too. I want to tip my hat to the Junior Lites and Junior 250s too for turning out in force, and then having a dozen riders entered in SX2 and 10 in SX1 was great too. The junior 250s will kick on up into the SX2 class really soon, so that's positive news going forward." The Tokoroa event was supported by Craig Stevens Yamaha and the Winton event by Brent Scammell Honda.