Top notch

lynda feringa
Camden Butler, 5, of Masterton, who rode his Honda CRF 50 to success at the Wellington motocross championships at Foxton last weekend. He contested seven races in the Jap 4-5yrs class and headed off number one seed and national champion Xavier McBrydie of Taupo for the title by a remarkable 22pts. This coming weekend will see Butler, who has been riding for some 16 months, head north to contest the first round of a motocross series being held by the Taupo club and which will involve one meeting a month for the next six months. Also on his hit list is the Labour weekend motocross extravaganza, also be held at Taupo.There, Butler will compete in the 6-8yrs age group. The talented youngster is following in the footsteps of his father, Simon Butler, who has been an active follower of motocross for some 14 years.