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Lewis victorious in 2025 Oceania Junior Cup after dramatic finale

By MA Media 0

As far as edge-of-the-seat thrillers go, it doesn’t get any better!

The 2025 BLU CRU Oceania Junior Cup (OJC) concluded in dramatic circumstances at The Bend (SA) on Sunday, November 9, with the championship fight coming down to the final lap of the season between Connor Lewis and Chaz Williams.

Both riders were in the leading pack a few corners from home in race three before Williams’ challenge evaporated when he was cannoned into by another machine which had gone down.

Lewis then finished third to turn around a 1pt deficit into a 17pt championship victory over Williams after one of the most thrilling seasons in the seven-year history of the OJC.

Lewis finished on 324pts after six rounds, from Williams (307), Rossi McAdam (293), Xavier Curmi (277) and Hunter Charlett (274).

Connor Lewis is the 2025 BLU CRU OJC champion

The final OJC round was held alongside the 2025 mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul, with the expansive layout of The Bend delivering myriad slipstreaming opportunities for the YZF-R15 riders.

A strong wind on the weekend provided some challenges, though, but the racing was still typically tight and uncompromising with a combined winning margin of 0.193 seconds over the three races.

McAdam (5-2-1) was the overall winner from Curmi (1-5-4) and Lewis (3-3-3), with Ghage Plowman (second in race one) and polesitter Williams (victory in race two) also amongst it.

Connor Lewis (#77) leads the OJC scrum down the main straight at The Bend

Lewis now joins an illustrious list of OJC winners, starting with Carter Thompson in 2019 followed by Marianos Nikolis (2020), Cameron Swain (2021), Harrison Watts (2022), Archie Schmidt (2023) and Hunter Corney (2024).