The 2025 Yamaha Australia Enduro Championship presented by MXstore (AusEnduro) concluded at a hot and dusty Gympie on October 11-12, testing the stamina and resilience of all the riders.

We’ve already acknowledged the 2025 champions in Pro Enduro, E1-E3, EW and EJ, so let’s review the remaining AusEnduro championship classes.

EV (Veterans)
While John Day (Yamaha) made it consecutive clean sweeps to finish a remarkable fourth in the championship after only competing in four rounds, Mark Cook (KTM) adopted a more cautious approach (5-2) in the Gympie sprints to guarantee he’d finish the year as No.1.

Cook completed the 12 rounds on 216pts, ahead of Dale Schmitke (Yamaha, 134pts) who went 2-2 in Gympie to overtake the absent Ben Scott (Husqvarna, 132pts).

The late-charging Day (100pts) was fourth on a countback from Andrew Hayward (Yamaha, 100pts).

Mark Cook produced a brilliant EV campaign

EM (Masters)
Another scorching round by Rowan Pumpa saw him officially claim – and retain – the EM crown on his Husqvarna. He also won the EV title in 2023, as well as finishing third in 2014.

After starting the season with 2-2-5 results, Pumpa then won nine rounds on the trot to finish on 285pts, ahead of Peter Schaper (Husqvarna, 169pts), Danny Lucas (Kawasaki, 162pts), Darren Hart (Beta, 147pts) and Jason Hubbard (Husqvarna, 117pts).

Rusty Dewez (KTM) went 2-2 in Gympie, while Hart and Hubbard shared the third places.

Rowan Pumpa is the ultimate definition of a tireless enduro campaigner

J2
Cooper Parkes (KTM) wrapped up the championship in the best way possible, extending his winning streak to six rounds. After also finishing third in J2 last year, Parkes now moves into the EJ class in 2026 as one of the country’s hottest enduro prospects.

His final winning margin over Ollie Paech (GasGas) was 37pts (279 to 242), followed by Jack Travis Kearney (KTM, 226pts).

Paech was second in both Gympie rounds from Cooper Clarke (KTM), who only competed in four rounds but made an immediate impact.

Cooper Parkes wrapped up J2 with another clean sweep

J3
While Riley Walker (KTM) and Jett Avard (KTM) won on Saturday and Sunday respectively, Nate Munro (Kawasaki) only had to stay upright to guarantee J3 success.

He did just that with a 5-7 scorecard as he signed off on 269pts, from Blake Brown (KTM, 234pts), Levi Rossi (Yamaha, 231pts) and Harley Hutton (Yamaha, 221pts) in an incredibly competitive championship.

Nate Munro kept his powder dry in Gympie to celebrate J3 success

J4
This one really went down to the wire and was a ‘live rubber’ until the final round.

Marcus Nowland (Yamaha) had all the answers, though, winning both days to put the issue beyond doubt over Kai Austin (GasGas) after the pair traded blows all season long.

The final margin was 16pts (277 to 261), followed by Harry Gilbertson (KTM, 239pts), Riley Howell (Sherco, 221pts) and Harry Hubbard (KTM, 147pts).

Austin and Mitch Ford (KTM) completed the podium on both days in Gympie.

Marcus Nowland came up trumps in a spectacular J4 battle

JG
Lorna Lock (Yamaha) is the 2025 JG champion after wrapping up the title in round 11 with another barnstorming victory – her seventh of the season.

Lock then closed the 2025 JG book with another win on Sunday, followed home by Olivia Johnson (Husqvarna) and Jessie Harris (Yamaha) in a repeat of Saturday’s result.

Johnson completed the championship on 284pts, from Harris (228pts), Johnson (220pts), Lilly Sexton (Husqvarna, 136pts) and Tia Bowers (Yamaha, 73pts).

Lorna Lock didn’t give her opposition a look in as she won the JG title

For the final standings in all 2025 AusEnduro classes, click here.

For the AusEnduro honour roll from 2007, click here.

Images: Troy Pears