With no clubs originally putting their hands up to host the 2013 NZ Jet Sports Nationals, it looked like we were going to be having a year off. That was until the crew from Wellington said they would take the time and organise a smaller Nationals based beside their club rooms in Porirua on Easter Weekend.
Pole ski classes were large in numbers with a hugh contingent making the trip up from Christchurch, the stock ski class saw 14 competitors squeezed in between the start gates, and offered some super close racing. At the end of the weekend Stu ‘Mini’ Mackay (ex run about world champ) took out the podium place, holding off Mark Bainbridge and Trent Brown all from Christchurch.
Expert/Elite Ski Open saw the father and son Brown team take out First and Third (Marshall first and Trent third) with Jason Donnithorne sneaking in between them for the second place. All three riding Kawasaki SX-R 1100’s.
Veterans Ski Open, for riders over 30 years old saw Jason Donnithorne hold out Marshall Brown and Mark Bainbridge for results in that order.
Run-about numbers were down a little this year, but the riders competing definitely put on a good show.
Christchurch racer Nathan Maclure on his Sea-doo RXP-X took out Expert/Elite Runabout Stock , followed by Carl Lampe Jnr in second and Mark Roscoe in third. Mark turned up to this event to enter Novice but due to low numbers he got entered up against these seasoned racers but still managed to give them a good run for their money all weekend.
Naturally Aspirated Runabout, ski’s without superchargers and turbo’s seams to be a bit of a growing class at the moment, with a mixture of rides from all experience levels and provided some very close racing, Nathan Maclure took out first, John Wright second, and Darryl French third. All on Sea-doo XP’s.
Callum Farnell won five of the seven races in Veterans Runabout Open, this time for riders over the age 35. Callum was competing on a freshly put together Sea-doo GTI that he hadn’t even really had the chance to ride prior to the event. Carl Lampe from Wellington took out second and Mark Roscoe (yip that’s right the novice mentioned above also entered this class and managed to hold onto third place on a stock ski.
The big horsepower class of the Expert/Elite Runabout Open saw the top three mixing it up all weekend with a few having mechanical problems mixing up the places. By Sunday afternoon Brad Clarke on a Sea-doo RXP-X was in front of Carl Lampe Jnr and Craig Boyd to win the class.
Last but definitely not least was the Womens Ski Stock, I’m stoked to see this class be brought back and fingers crossed it will keep growing. Melanie Bainbridge from Christchurch had a clean sweep of races, infront Niki Kettle also from Christchurch and Lucy Whale from Tauranga.
I’m sure on behalf of all the competitors I can say well done to the team from Welly and look forward to the 2014 NZ Jet Sports Nationals
Naturally Aspirated Runabout Mod |
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Nathan Maclure |
1st | |
| John Wright | 2nd | |
| Darryl French | 3rd | |
| Tony Shannon | 4th | |
| Andrew Green | 5th | |
| Johno Riley | 6th | |
Expert/Elite Ski Stock |
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Stuart MacKay |
1st | |
| Mark Bainbridge | 2nd | |
| Trent Brown | 3rd | |
| Glenn Chisholm | 4th | |
| Adam Bainbridge | 5th | |
| Tayne Lemon | 6th | |
| Gareth Griffiths | 7th | |
| Chris Farnley | 8th | |
| Shannon Clark | 9th | |
| Simon Yule | 10th | |
| Quade Brown | 11th | |
| Jarryd Clark | 12th | |
| Levi Sherwin | 13th | |
| James Bainbridge | 14th | |
Expert/Elite Runabout Stock |
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Nathan Maclure |
1st | |
| Carl Lampe Jnr | 2nd | |
| Mark Roscoe | 3rd | |
| Gavin Tombs | 4th | |
Womens Ski Stock |
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Melanie Bainbridge |
1st | |
| Niki Kettle | 2nd | |
| Lucy Whale | 3rd | |
| Jessica Blackie | 4th | |
| Georgie Cockram | 5th | |
| Jaimee Mitchell | 6th | |
Veterans Runabout Open |
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Callum Farnell |
1st | |
| Carl Lampe | 2nd | |
| Mark Roscoe | 3rd | |
| Gavin Tombs | 4th | |
| John Wright | 5th | |
Veterans Ski Open |
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| Jason Donnithorne | 1st | |
| Marshall Brown | 2nd | |
| Mark Bainbridge | 3rd | |
| Glenn Chisholm | 4th | |
| Simon Yule | 5th | |
Expert/Elite Ski Open |
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Marshall Brown |
1st | |
| Jason Donnithorne | 2nd | |
| Trent Brown | 3rd | |
| Mark Bainbridge | 4th | |
| Glenn Chisholm | 5th | |
| Gareth Griffiths | 6th | |
| Simon Yule | 7th | |
| Tayne Lemon | 8th | |
Expert/Elite Runabout Open |
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Brad Clarke |
1st | |
| Carl Lampe Jnr | 2nd | |
| Craig Boyd | 3rd | |
| Holdan Stockman | 4th | |
| Nathan Maclure | 5th | |
