decisions, taking his case to the Sports
Tribunal of New Zealand.
Frost’s appeal was heard by Sports Tribunal
Chairman Sir Bruce Robertson, with Paul David
QC and Harriet Bush representing Frost and MNZ
represented by Nigel Stirling and Richard Gordon.
On May 22 Sir Bruce ruled that Frost had been
denied natural justice, and quashed and set aside
the April 8 MNZ Judiciary Committee rulings. He
further ordered that the appeals of Tony and Mitch
Rees were to be reconsidered by the Judiciary unless from an appeal. An adjustment on the day
can only come after a protest or an investigation
by the Steward using the provisions of Rule 7.1.1.
There were no reported protests or appeals
lodged during or immediately after this meeting.
“The appeal was successful and the results
will be returned to original. These results
will be updated on the MNZ website.”
This ruling handed Rees back the 2.5 points
taken off him by Heaphy, while Frost lost the
7.5 additional points awarded post-event from
Committee under the MNZ rules, this time with
Frost present. On September 16, a new MNZ
Judiciary Committee heard the appeals of Tony and
Mitch Rees, and as noted above, Frost was present.
Tony Rees’ appeal ar ose from the decision
taken by MNZ Steward Heaphy at round four of
the NZSBK Championship at Hampton Downs
on March, to adjust results from Superbike race
two held at Taupo on February 25-26 during
the running of the third round of the series.
The fresh MNZ Judiciary Committee announced
that “After hearing from both parties and reading
various supporting documentation presented,
it is the unanimous view of the Committee that
there is no provision within the MNZ Manual of
Motorcycle Sport to post-adjust event race results Taupo. This alone was enough to give Rees his
third New Zealand Superbike Championship.
Mitchell Rees’ appeal arose from the decision by
MNZ Stewards Warren New and Trevor Heaphy to
allocate half points from the incomplete Superbike
race three at the Hampton Downs round of the
NZSBK Championship and as well as the incomplete
re-started race (which was also red-flagged).
The committee found that the result from the first
part of that red-flagged race “must be awarded as
posted on March 5” (i.e. half points) but that “Race
3a should have only had quarter championship
points awarded which is consistent with Rule 6.21 B.”
So, with the points finally decided, Rees’ ends
up with a total of 225.75 points to Sloan Frost’s
212.75 with Alastair Hoogenboezem third on 194.
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