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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Armoy Road Races: Dunlop dominates with ninth straight Race of Legends win

MICHAEL Dunlop stole the show this weekend with his ninth consecutive Bayview Hotel Race of Legends win at Armoy. The SynetiQ BMW rider controlled the action from lights-to-flag to beat Wilson Craig Racing’s Davey Todd and Derek McGee by almost 10sec. After dominating Friday’s event-opening 250GP and Supersport scraps, Dunlop won three more today between
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Derek Sheils weighing up options for 2021 as Irish road races hit hard by Covid-19

By Kyle, White Belfast Newsletter Leading Irish road racer Derek Sheils is considering taking on a different challenge in 2021 following the cancellation or postponement of almost all national meetings due to Covid-19. At present, the only Irish road races set to go ahead are Armoy and Skerries in July, and the Cookstown 100, which
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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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Derek Sheils was all revved up for bold new approach in 2020 after switch to BMW

By Kyle White Belfast Newsletter Irish and Ulster Superbike road racing champion Derek Sheils had been looking ahead to a new challenge in 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic struck. Sheils and the Burrows Engineering Racing team parted company on amicable terms after a successful four-year association, with the Dublin rider opting to run a BMW
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Derek Sheils and Burrows Engineering Racing part company in ‘amicable’ split

By Kyle White: Belfast Newsletter. Images Derek Wilson.   Top Irish road racer Derek Sheils and Northern Ireland team Burrows Engineering/RK Racing have parted company on amicable terms after a highly successful four-year association. Sheils won the Irish and Ulster Superbike titles last year on the Dungannon outfit’s Suzuki GSX-R1000 and finished fourth in the
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Another Superbike double win for Sheils at Munster 100

Derek Sheils showed his dominance yet again in the penultimate round of the Irish National Road Racing Championship this weekend, notching up another double at the Munster 100 Road Races – the County Cork event returning to the calendar this year after a five-year break. Mother nature however wasn’t on the side of the organisers
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