Upcoming Club Meeting
Date Posted: Sun 21st February
Just a reminder that our next club meeting is on this coming Tuesday 23rd February. Usual 8pm start at Knockagh Lodge, Greenisland. Everyone is welcome to come along and hear what is happening in the CDMCC world! Hope to see you there!
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New Website Layout
Date Posted: Sun 14th February
We have just completed the new website layout for the 2010 season which will hopefully be easier to navigate around and provide you will all you need to know about the club and its events. If you come across any problems please e-mail ryan@carrickfergusmcc.co.uk.
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Bike Show at Kings Hall
Date Posted: Thurs 11th February
Some of CDMCC will be helping out the the bike show at the Kings Hall this weekend coming. Stop by the the MRA Stand to have a chat about the upcoming season!
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New Caterers for 2010 Season
Date Posted: 27 / 01 / 10
Carrickfergus & District Motorcycle Club can now confirm that we have secured new caterers for the 2010 season. LJ's diner will be covering all of the CDMCC events throughout the season. This includes adult and youth championships and also the two day motocross at Desertmartin in August. LJ's had put forward an extremely professional portfolio of their business and we are delighted to have them on board for 2010.
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2010 Club Membership NOW AVAILABLE
Date Posted: 04 / 01 / 10
As we approach the new racing season the club have released club membership forms for 2010 and following Thursday evenings MRA Meeting the club now have a pile of license forms available to paid up club members.
Club membership is again is only £5 and can be downloaded under the 'Club Forms' section of this website.
If you are having problems downloading the form please e-mail ryan@cdmcc.co.uk and we will post you a membership form.
Get your form here
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CDMCC announce Two-Stroke Championship for 2010
Date Posted: 03 / 01 / 10
The glorious sound and smell of two-stroke racing will once again fill the air at CDMCC events during 2010. The club has re-organised it's classes to run a two-stroke only championship at the 4 round grasstrack championship. Re-live the lamented days of not so long ago as revvy 125, wicked 250 and evil 500 machines line up to contest the only pure two-stroke off-road series on the island.
The championship kicks off on the 24th April (venue TBA) so there's plenty of time to fettle and jet in preparation for a great season of racing. The classes will be as follows;
Experts (Grade A & B) open class
Grade C open class (any capacity of machine)
Two Stroke Championship open class
Veterans
Quads
We will be sticking to our values of maximum bike time on well thought out tracks.
See you at the races!
Graeme Millar (CDMCC Chairman)
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2009 Season Review
Date Posted: 01 / 01 / 10
When I were a lad you were not seriously into motorcycles until you had watched “On Any Sunday” (at least twice) and I got the chance to do so again this summer on another wet weekend …
The peaked-beanie hat brigade probably have no idea what I am talking about, so if you aren’t familiar with Bruce Brown’s classic film it may be time to buy or borrow a copy.
While it may not be as slick as “The Great Outdoors” or as sexy as “Stone Spray Sandwich” it won’t half remind you that simply getting out and riding your bike is one of life’s pleasures.
Mind you, doing that during the summer of 2009 was a challenge in itself.
The bad weather should really have wrecked Carrickfergus & District Motorcycle Club’s Summer Grasstrack Championship, with the first round cancelled due to heavy rain and three more events hit by torrential downpours literally as competitors arrived to sign on.
That it did not do so is a credit to the hard work and dedication of the Club, its event partners and the competitors who all share the same love of off-road racing.
For their persistence, all who attended the four-round series were rewarded with some brilliant moments.
Witnessing WSB race-winner Jonathan Rea aboard his 250F, feet on the pegs seemingly everywhere and absolutely pinned around Loughside Farm, Islandmagee in July was a particular highlight, as was the sight of Martin Barr, Graeme Irwin and Gordon Crockard (the latter riding an old-school CR500) drifting speedway-style through a monsoon at McCormick’s Farm, Glenoe in August.
And when the dust (or the mud) had settled, it was Crockard who was crowned champion.
The Newtownards rider suffered a massive crash at the season-opening Hawkstone International and race fans were pleased just to see him back on a bike at round one of the Club’s series at Graham’s Farm, Woodburn, let alone winning races again.
But with his competitive spirit undimmed, and despite the close attentions of KTM duo Stephen Kelly and Drew Goudy, Crockard’s consistent high scoring gave him the overall championship with a round to spare.
In the other classes, William Logan was the clear winner in Grade B from Chris Wright, who was closely followed by Joel Brown and Chris Bell.
Ian Mairs on his KTM was well ahead of Mark Worthington and Gareth Milliken by season’s end in Grade C MX2, but Grade C MX1 was a much closer affair with Gary Kernohan, Neil Armstrong and Stuart Neale covered by only a handful of points in first to third places respectively.
The new Veterans’ class was a great addition to the Club’s series in 2009 and even saw Laurence Spence put in an appearance on a Kawasaki KX500 at McCormick’s Farm, Glenoe in August.
Davey Mulligan and his Red Rocket triumphed in this class, despite an “optimistic” overtaking manoeuvre on Laurence Spence at Glenoe. Full marks go to Davey for trying but there was only going to be one winner there … The rapid two-stroke Suzuki of Davy McKee came home in second with Gary Dickinson third.
Quads were not so well represented in 2009 but still provided some great racing with Michael Taggart, Steven Toye and some guy called Charlie Woodside filling the championship podium.
Final championship standings are available on this website in the “results” section.
And just as the Summer Grasstrack Series finished the sun came out …
But there was one last hurrah at McCormick’s Farm, Glenoe with the Robert Blair Memorial Trophy meeting in September giving competitors a minimum of five races in glorious sunshine.
Despite the attentions of Gordon Crockard, Richard Watt and Stephen Kelly, Tommy Merton lifted the silverware after posting six wins from six starts – simply untouchable!
The Club is aiming to expand and improve again in 2010 and the addition of a dedicated youth section is already showing great signs of growth at grass-roots level.
If you would like to get involved with the Club in any capacity please do not hesitate to contact any of the people listed on this website in the “contact” section.
By Graeme McKee
