Whanganui has a potential New Zealand champion in the making after Seth Reardon's performances in the Central Enduro Championships that ended at the weekend.
The 19-year-old's second overall at the sixth and final round at Taikorea over the weekend was enough to claim the expert under 300cc class, just missing the overall series title by a mere three points.
The Taikorea track is owned by international ace Paul Whibley and the final day consisted of nine special tests where riders travel as fast as they can through rough terrain and over some challenging obstacles against their rivals and the clock.
Reardon rode solidly throughout the day on his Yamaha 250FX coming second to Whibley on his much larger 450 machine in eight of the nine special tests.
Going into this final round Readon was leading the expert under 300cc class and was coming second overall for the series, trailing Jacob Hyslop of Masterton by 13 points.