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Mid-Antrim 150: Clough newcomer Mike Browne claims Superbike pole as final Irish national road race of season goes ahead

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter. Manx Grand Prix winner Mike Browne claimed pole for the Superbike races at the Main Surface Finishing Mid-Antrim 150 on Friday. The final Irish road race of the year will go ahead as planned after the organisers decided not to cancel the event following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Alastair Seeley walks on water with hat-trick at rain-lashed Ulster Superbilke meeting to retain King and Prince of Kirkistown titles

Alastair Seeley clinched a hat-trick at a rain-lashed Kirkistown in Co Down on Saturday to maintain his stranglehold on the Ulster Superbike Championship. The Carrick man’s double on the IFS Yamaha R1 ensured he retained the King of Kirkistown crown and £1,000 top prize at the Belfast & District Club’s Big 3 Series finale. Seeley

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The Chairman and Members wish to thank all our Sponsors, Advertisers, M.C.U.I (U.C) Officals, Spectators, Bishopscourt personel, the Race competitors and everybody who supported this great end of season event. Covid 19 has taken its toll but we will be back in 2022 hopefully bigger and better. Hillsborough & District Motor Cycle Club was born

‘Still hope for North West 200’ says Ulster road racing legend Phillip McCallen

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Phillip McCallen has called for a collaborative approach to rescue the North West 200 in 2023 after former event director Mervyn Whyte warned Northern Ireland’s biggest motorcycle race was in jeopardy. Whyte, who is still the driving force behind the north coast road race, told a meeting of Causeway Coast

“Huge question mark” over North West 200 in 2023, warns Mervyn Whyte

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter. North West 200 race chief Mervyn Whyte says there is a “huge question mark” over whether the event will go ahead in 2023. Whyte told a meeting of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council that the north coast road race is at a “crossroads” and warned it may not go

Phillip McCallen optimistic Ulster Grand Prix will return in 2023 as talks resume with Tourism NI

By Kyle White Belfast News Letter The Ulster Grand Prix should have been celebrating its centenary this week, but instead the wait for racing to return to the Dundrod course goes on. Last held in 2019, the fastest road race in the world was cancelled in 2020 due to financial trouble, with the event falling

Organisers hope returning Mid-Antrim 150 will become permanent fixture on Irish road racing calendar again.

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter. Mid-Antrim 150 Club chairman Davy McCartney is hopeful the popular Irish road race will become a permanent fixture on the calendar again ahead of the return of the Clough meeting September 9-10. The event was officially launched at Wilsons of Rathkenny on Thursday evening and is set to be the

Jeremy McWilliams notches Bishopscourt double at Classic Bike Festival Ireland on Michael Dunlop’s Team Classic Suzuki

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter. McWilliams twice had the edge over Michael Rutter in the Classic Superbike races, which were held as part of the two-day event for the first time. On Saturday, McWilliams – riding the Team Classic Suzuki GSX-R750 that Michael Dunlop will race at the Manx Grand Prix this month – dug

Armoy Road Races: Davey Todd sets blistering new 108mph lap record with sensational ‘Race of Legends’ victory

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Davey Todd completed a four-timer at the Bayview Hotel Armoy Road Races on Saturday with a sensational performance in the feature ‘Race of Legends’. The Milenco by Padgett’s Honda rider led all the way and blitzed the lap record twice, establishing a new benchmark of 108.534mph as he set the
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