Motocross
Pahiatua cross-country motorcycle ace Paul Whibley needs surgery on what has been diagnosed as a sports hernia.
Just when that will happen is yet to be confirmed but it is likely to be next month during the summer break in the Grand National Cross-country Championships (GNCC) in the United States.
Whibley is the defending champion in that event as well as the Off-Road Motorcycle and ATV (OMA) series but a spate of injury hassles has had him struggling to make anything like the same impact this time round.
Early this season, Whibley broke a small bone in a hand and suffered concussion in a practice crash. But even before that, in February, he had strained his groin and it is that problem which has come back to haunt him.