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The Mourne Motorcycle Club will host the second round of the 2013 Ulster Open Motocross Championship at clubman Norman Green’s Seaforde MotoPark, on Monday, May 6th.

The first round of the championship was held at Desertmartin on April 1 and coming into round two Ballygowan man Gary Gibson is leading the Grade A MX1 class, with Comber’s Wayne Garrett in second. There will be Mourne Club members fighting for top positions in the Clubman’s MX2 class; Boardmills man Chris Eccles is leading the way with Downpatrick man; Alexander Ellison in fifth position in the championship.

Along with the motocross action the Ballynahinch Lions will be holding a retiring collection on the day for their chosen charities for 2013.

This year the Mourne club is holding the event with support from BLRC Landrover Specialists, Saintfield Livestock Market, Brent Dorman John Deere Engineer, Brennan’s Service Station and Stick Restaurant, McKibbin Motors, Noel Cochrane Car Sales and Spares, Frenchies Mace in Clough, Bore-a-hole, Kane Trailers in Ballynahinch and Watson’s Flowers in Ballynahinch, along with help from the Ballynahinch Lions.

Along with a substantial prize fund up for grabs on the day, there will be a bonus £50 draw for one rider from the last block of races on the day who did not finish in a prize winning position. This draw will take place at random and anyone who rides in the last block of races from the 4 classes (Grade A, Grade B, Grade C MX1 & Grade C MX2) who did not receive prize money could be in line for winning £50.

On the day the bikes will be out on the track from 9.30am. Entry to the event will cost £5 for adults, while children go free and car parking is also free.

Photo © Stuart Campbell

(Left to Right): Back Row: Norman Green; Track Owner, Billy McLarnin; Mourne MCC Chairman, George Porter, Roy Kennedy & Sons; Rider, Robert Gibson, Roy French; Sponsor, Arthur McMullan; Mourne MCC Member, Donna & Mark Cochranes; Sponsors, Francis Casement & Colin McKurdock; Ballynahinch Lions Members, Tom Simpson, Roy Neill, Andrew Shields, Junior Burrows, & John Bassett; Mourne MCC Members

Front Row: Adam McMullan, Chris Eccles, Alexander Ellison; Riders & Matthew King; Rider & Mourne MCC Vice-Chairman

 

Competitors please note; no entries will be taken on the day; chain guards must be fitted to all bikes; and noise testing will be enforced on ALL bikes.

For event competitor entry forms, please follow this link

For direction please click here

If there is anyone who is available to offer their services as a flag marshal, please get in touch with Andrew Shields on 07850 411 955. Lunch will be provided on the day, expenses will be paid and all marshals will be entered into our £25 bonus draw for two lucky flaggers.

The club will host Round 2 of the Ulster Open Motocross Championship on Mayday Monday 6th May 2013 at Norman Green’s Seaforde Moto Parc.

We hope to get a good crowd and fingers crossed the weather is in our favour this year.

Press release to follow next week…

For event competitor entry forms, please follow this link

For direction please click here

Competitors please note the following:

• Noise testing will be enforced on ALL bikes,
• NO entries will be accepted on the day,
• Chain guards must be fitted to ALL bikes for safety.

If there is anyone who is available to offer their services as a flag marshal, please get in touch with Andrew Shields on 07850 411 955. Lunch will be provided on the day, expenses will be paid and all marshals will be entered into our £25 bonus draw for two lucky flaggers.

On Saturday night, 16th February 2013 the club again hosted a very successful Prize Giving and Buffet at the Millbrook Lodge Hotel, Ballynahinch. With close to 100 people in attendance to see the prizes handed out from 2012 season past.

A total of eight trophies were handed out to competitors who had taken past in the club’s 2012 motocross events. The evening was compered by ‘The Voice of Motocross’ on the island of Ireland… Mrs Roy Neill. Before the handing out of the prizes our chairman, Billy McLarnin thanked everyone for coming to the evening and described the club as a motocross club and a social club for it’s members, attending meetings, organising events and the club’s annual Mourne Away Day which has become an important part of the club’s calendar.

The presentation of the prizes started with David Gorman, from Dromore who won the John Herron Cup, Ballyclare man Paul Atkinson, who won the James Mullan Trophy for Grade C Rider and Gary Gibson from Ballygowan, who won the Grade A rider trophy sponsored by James Mullan. The Bertie Campbell Memorial Trophy was awarded to Waringstown rider Steven White and Loughbrickland man Jason Meara took home the James Mullan Trophy for Grade B rider. Scott Leaney, from Lisburn, was presented with the Harry Palmer Cup and the Seaforde Motocross Parc Trophy. Coalisland man Donal Teague collected the Harry Palmer Perpetual Trophy.

The final trophy to be presented was the only one that is not decided by points scored at the club’s racing events. Each year the Norman Campbell Trophy goes out to a Mourne club rider to honour his results and active role within the club. This year Ballynahinch man, Terry McCann won the trophy. Terry was shocked and overhelmed to receive the award, but true to form still a man of few words!

Prize Winners (Left to Right) David Gorman, Scott Leaney, Terry McCann, Billy McLarnin (Mourne Club Chairman), Jason Meara, Gary Gibson, Donal Teague, and Steven White.

Norman Campbell Memorial Trophy presentation: (Left to Right) Matthew King (Mourne Club Vice-Chairman), Terry McCann, Billy McLarnin (Mourne Club Chairman)

 

For more photos from the night click here

Dunmore Mountain, Spa, Ballynahinch will be the venue for our next Cross Country event on Saturday 9th March 2013.

After the poor weather that threatened and then forced the cancellation of the first Cross Country event of 2013, the club is hoping that mother nature will be kinder to us on 9th March. Anyone who has rode at Dunmore Mountain before will know that the venue can be used in all extremes of weather, this is why we choose it as the current weather we are getting has been very wet to date.

Entry Forms are now available to download from this website or by clicking here

Entries close on Wednesday 6th March 2013 so get them in early.

Mourne Motorcycle Club are holding our very successful club prize giving and buffet at the Millbrook Lodge Hotel, Ballynahinch, on Saturday 16th February 2013 at 7.30pm ’til late.

Cups will be presented to the prize winners from events run in the past year. Also presented on the night will be the Seaforde Motocross Park Cup and the Norman Campbell Memorial Cup. (All prize winners will be notified by post)

As the price of daily living has increased, we have managed to hold our very reasonable price of £17.50 per tickets. This is for a hot-food buffet including desert and an evenings entertainment. There will also be a raffle on the night.

Anyone who attended in previous last years, will know how good an evenings craic it is, and all new faces will be made very welcome.

 

Tickets can be purchased via this website, (Fill in contact form page) most club members or by contacting Billy McLarnin on 07860 608 418 or Matthew King on 07834 071 524.

 

The officers and members of the Mourne Motorcycle Club Ltd would like to take this opportunity to wish all our members and anyone associated with the club, a very Merry Christmas and prosperous and safe Happy New Year.

Best Wishes for 2013 and beyond!