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HELBENT rises as champ

Gold Coast's Grant Pollard raises his award high after being crown Rockynats 06 Grand Champion. (Liam Emerton/547890)

From being a $600 purchase to the Rockynats 06 Grand Champion, Grant Pollard’s VC Commodore has had one hell of […]

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