Yearbury , a 27-year-old builder from Cambridge , took his trusty two-stroke Husqvarna TE300 to win the first two rounds of three in the 2022 New Zealand Enduro Championships over the long Queen ’ s Birthday Weekend . He then comfortably wrapped up the title with a solid display at the third and final round of this season ’ s quick-fire series ( three rounds in the space of just eight days ) near Martinborough on June 12 . “ Job done , mission accomplished ,” said Yearbury after he successfully defended his 2021 crown on steep and slippery , rain and
wind-lashed farmland in the Wairarapa that weekend . Clever and sensible , controlled and calculating , Yearbury knew that a finish among the top five or six positions at the final round would probably be enough for him to clinch the 2022 trophy and that was exactly his approach , settling for fourth overall on the day . “ It was very satisfying in the end and I got the job done . I rode fairly well in the first two special tests on Sunday , but I was not as fast in the next two . My aim was just to be consistent and not push too hard . I knew that finishing anywhere in the top five or six would be okay and the bike didn ’ t miss a beat . “ It was very wet and windy , and the gales threatened to blow me off the bike a couple of times . It was particularly bad along the ridgelines of the hills . We were riding near wind turbines and they were spinning flat out ,” he laughed . Yearbury ’ s “ conservative ” at the final round of the nationals was still easily enough for him to seal it up and it was an ideal result for the man who will shortly head overseas , along with
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