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Everest Wealth Ridgeway Racing quite literally painted Vryburg blue on Saturday as the team returned from the tough Northwest semi desert South African Cross Country Motorcycle Championship round at Ganyesa with a pile of medals. Most of them gold.

“What a weekend!” Everest Wealth Ridgeway Racing team boss Harry Grobler beamed. “Four class wins in the 65 and 85 senior, 125 High School and Masters classes, what more can we wish for? The team pulled out all the stops in the desert and all I can add is that I am supremely proud of my team and Yamaha on a truly special weekend.”

Already the team to beat in the Junior classes, Everest Wealth Ridgeway Racing Yamaha continued to dominate in Vryburg as High School ace Murray Smith stormed to victory. Murray’s second win of the season, along with a second place, also consolidates his 125 cc class championship advantage.

It’s no different in the primary school classes. Ryan Wichman made it a hat trick of wins in the first three races of the season to extend his 65 cc Junior championship advantage with another win in Vryburg. Ruald Potgieter meanwhile bounced back to score his second 85 cc Seniors win of the season to jump into that championship lead too.

It was also a great day for Everest Wealth Ridgeway Yamaha on the other side of the Cross Country Racing age gap as team madala Warrick van Schalkwyk sped to Masters honours to close down that title lead aboard his flying Yamaha YZ 450 FX. Shimwells rider Marco Cocci and Gerhard Vorster were meanwhile second and third in Seniors.

Closing off the Everest Wealth Ridgeway Yamaha action, Hayden Louw and Slade Smith came home fifth and sixth in the Open class aboard their YZ 450 FXs on a day where pre-race favourite Maddy Malan suffered mechanical problems. And Tyron Beverley ended fifth in OR3 aboard his Yamaha YZ 250 FX.

“All in all, I’d say that was a very good day out in the desert,” Harry Grobler concluded. “We came home with a pile of gold and leading, or very close to the championship lead of seven of the ten classes including both the Senior and Junior Manufacturers chases in Yamaha’s comeback season. Great job, team!”