Wednesday 16th May 2012 - Ref: ‘CDMCC12_PR07’

It is with regret that following a review of the results from round one of the 2012 club youth grasstrack championship, held at Dalway’s Bawn on Tuesday 1st May we have taken the decision to void all results from the round. The first round will unfortunately be nul and void and a decision will be made regarding the remainder of the series at our next club meeting on 22nd May. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the lap charts so have been left with no choice but to take this decision in the interest of fairness to all competitors.

We apologise for the inconvenience but with no available lap scorers on the day we were put in an awkward position, having to draft in two inexperienced guys to attempt to do the job. Again, we are calling for help from the youth fraternity to do the vital jobs during the meetings and unfortunately this situation has highlighted the lack of help we currently have to run these youth events.

Note that our next club meeting is on Tuesday 22nd May starting at 8pm at The Knockagh Lodge. This is an open meeting so if you wish to show your support then please make the effort to attend.

Apologies to all this will affect, it's not something we wanted to do, its something we had to do.

Ryan Denney

Carrickfergus & District Motorcycle Club Press Officer

ANNOUNCEMENT - The results of Round 1 of the Watt Motorcycles Youth Grasstrack Championship have been taken offline and are CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. Apologies for any inconvenience, we will update you when they are back on-line. Ryan

Sunday 13th May 2012 (Delayed) – Ref: ‘CDMCC12_PR06’

May’s bank holiday weekend marked the beginning of this seasons Adult Grasstrack Championship, again promoted by the Carrickfergus & District Motorcycle Club in association with Norman Watt Motorcycles. It was a day when reigning Expert Champion got his title defence off to a great start under the summer’s sun at the re-jigged Dalway’s Bawn circuit, on the outskirts of Carrickfergus. An entry of over 170+ competitors packed themselves into the paddock eager to get racing underway and make use of the fantastic weather at the East Antrim venue.

A late entry from Watt Motorcycles Kawasaki rider Tommy Merton, making his return after a lengthy lay off with a shoulder injury would have been enough to ruffle 2011 Champ Richard Bird’s feathers pre-race. Merton took to the track looking like he never left it, powering into an early lead in race one with Bird back in fifth at the end of the first lap. Although Bird (Suitor Brothers/Watt Racing) fought his way through into second position in a matter of laps the damage had already been done with Merton enjoying a comfortable opening race win. Behind them Andrew McLarnin and Richard Watt were neck and neck most of the race before Watt squeezed his way into the final podium position with two laps to go to take third in race one.

As the title says folks, results from the first round of the Adult and Youth grasstrack series are now online under the 'Results' section of the website.

Please note: Alot of time is spent trawling through lap scoring charts to put these results together so you will understand that mistakes can be made. If you find any mistakes/typos can you please inform us via info@carrickfergusmcc.co.uk and we'll check it out.

Apologies for the delay in publishing the results, no transponders here so it is more time consuming to sort through them.

Neil McKeown's race recap video is now online and is featured on the homepage and this will be followed by a race report very soon, better late that never eh?