Motocross gold victory

The East Hills Boys High School student, 12, has had a big year with the national win coming hot on the heels of winning the Australian Arenacross series in Victoria and South Australia and the East Coast Championships in NSW.
With dominating performances throughout the week in Rockhampton, Heath contested both the 9-12 years 85cc class as well as the 10-12 years 65cc class.
He easily qualified through to the final on his YZ85 (Yamaha) and then went on a tear in the finals, winning all three to secure the national championship.
He was also a favourite in the 65 class but a fall in the very first round proved costly; he finished with 15-1-1-5-1 to come home in third place.
Heath said he wanted to win both classes but found the mud difficult on the first day and fell a couple of times which cost him the win.
“But the rest of the week was good and even just hanging out with the rest of the Yamaha team was fun, when we weren’t racing,” he said.
Mum Renee describes Heath as a quiet achiever who is keen for the family, including Dad Michael and brother Beau, 8, to relocate to Italy in three years when he turns 15 and can compete in the European Motor Cross Championships.
“We’ll have to see about that but we are just so proud that his hard work is paying off and his dreams are coming true,” she said.