Cookstown 100: McLean, Browne and Dunn lead winners list

ADAM McLean, Mike Browne and Forest Dunn were among the winners at an action-packed KDM Hire Cookstown 100 road races on Saturday. Both McLean and Browne shared top the honours in the little bike, 600 and Open races, taking two wins and a runner-up finish apiece, while a delighted Dunn scored the feature race victory
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Podium aim for Mike Browne at Cookstown 100

By Kyle White, Belfast Newsletter Cork’s Mike Browne has set himself a minimum target of finishing on the rostrum at this weekend’s KDM Hire Cookstown 100. The Burrows Engineering/RK Racing rider made his debut for John Burrows’ team at the Co Tyrone meeting in 2020, where he finished fourth in the Supersport race. Browne will
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Derek Sheils set to miss Cookstown 100

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Nine-time Cookstown 100 winner Derek Sheils is set to miss the event this weekend. Sheils has been the dominant force in the Superbike class around the 2.1-mile Orritor course in recent years and has won eight times in the showpiece class since his first victory in the Open race in
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McGee out of KDM Hire Cookstown 100

One of the leading riders entered for the 2021 KDM Hire Cookstown 100, Derek McGee, the Mullingar Missile has had to withdraw his entry for this year’s event, following a training incident last weekend. McGee, a past winner over the Orittor circuit, and the rider who finished closest to Michael Dunlop at the recent Armoy
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Norman Crooks recieves the BEM

Popular race secretary for the Cookstown & District Motor Cycle Club ltd, Norman Crooks, received his BEM Honorary Medal, for services to the Sport. Unfortunately, due to the current Pandemic situation, There weren’t the usual presentation services. Now in his 74th year, Norman, a native of Moneymore, Co Londonderry/Derry, is one of the most popular faces
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Darryl Tweed recovering following crash at KDM Hire Cookstown 100

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Ballymoney man Darryl Tweed is recovering following a heavy crash at the KDM Hire Cookstown 100 on Saturday. Tweed came off the M&D Kawasaki 400 in the Lightweight Supersport race on the final lap after being caught out by the wet conditions, resulting in a red flag. It was a
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Sheils wins Cookstown Superbike Race as rain brings meeting to an early end

Traditionally the first race of the Irish National Road Racing season and normally held in April, the Cookstown 100, the one and only Irish Road race to be run in 2020 took place today around the 2.1 mile Orritor circuit on the outskirts of Cookstown. Derek Sheils won the only Superbike race to notch up
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Derek Sheils On Pole for tomorrows Cookstown 100

Derek Sheils will start tomorrow’s Cookstown 100 road races on pole position. Up until the last minute it was doubtful if the Dubliner would be competing after a miss understanding with his entry. Following a wet start to the day causing  a delay to the start of qualifying Sheils a dominant force at Cookstown over he
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Motor Cycle Union of Ireland urges Cookstown 100 organisers to ‘please consider cancelling this event’ as Covid-19 cases rise in Northern Ireland

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter. The Motor Cycle Union of Ireland has called upon the organisers of the Cookstown 100 to cancel the race in September. In a letter obtained by the News Letter, the sport’s governing body said the ‘risks in organising events at present are all too obvious’, against the backdrop of a
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