Category: Club News
2018 Charity Grasstrack… another huge success! £5.5k total
By Stuart Campbell
Bank Holiday MX returns to Seaforde on 13th
By Stuart Campbell
Race review Charity Grasstrack 2018
By Stuart Campbell
Press Launch Charity Grasstrack 2018
By Stuart Campbell
2017 Season… wrapped up with Prize Giving
By Stuart Campbell
The club held their annual prize giving night at the Temple Golf and Country Club on Saturday 17th February 2018.
The prize giving was held to celebrate the top Grade C and Grade B finishers at two racing events held by the Mourne club in 2017, at Seaforde Moto Parc on May Day and the charity motocross night at Ballynahinch.
The biggest prize winner was Loughbrickland rider, Cailum Meara, who was presented with two cups. On May Day Meara won three races at Seaforde Moto Parc, on his way to lifting the Ulster and Irish Grade B MX2 Championships. He was presented with the Seaforde Cup as the top Grade B rider overall and the John Heron Cup as the top Grade B MX2 rider for his results on May Day.
The Bertie Campbell Cup was awarded to Derry rider Joshua McCorkell, who was the top Grade B MX1 rider on May Day, on his way to lifting the Ulster Grade B MX1 Championship.
The Harry Palmer Memorial Cup was presented to Carrick man Johnny Haywood, who won all three Grade C MX1 races on May Day and lifted the Ulster Grade C MX1 Championship, winning all but one race through the year.
Comber man Johnny Presho won the Mourne Motorclub Cup, as the top Grade C MX2 rider at May Day. Presho also carried this form through the season to lift the Ulster and Irish Grade C MX2 Championships.
The Presidents Cup was presented to Newry’s Emma McQuaid, as the top quad rider at the Mourne club’s charity race. Away from offroad racing McQuaid is preparing to leave for Australia to represent Northern Ireland in crossfit weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games.
Kilkeel man Chris Cully took the Harry Palmer Perpetual Trophy as the top Grade B finisher at the charity race.
Winning the sidecar class at the charity race earned Lisburn’s Dean Faulkner and Boardmills man Gordon Ringland the Jim Boyd Cup.
The final presentation of the night, the Norman Campbell Cup, normally goes to a club member who has done a lot to help the club in the previous year.
Presenting the award Mourne Motorcycle Club Chairman Billy McLarnin said: “This cup has always gone out to a rider, club member or someone who has done a lot for the club.
“The person tonight is technically not a Mourne Motorcycle Club member, but the Mourne club couldn’t run without this person.
“This person also does a lot for the sport outside the Mourne Motorcycle Club,” he said, before presenting the award to his wife Anne McLarnin.
Loughbrickland’s Cailum Meara receives the Seaforde Cup from Seaforde Moto Parc track owner Norman Green
Robin Campbell presents the Bertie Campbell Cup, in memory of his father, to Thomas McCorkell, who collected the award on behalf of his son Joshua
Loughbrickland’s Cailum Meara receives the John Heron Cup from Leitrim man John Herron
Carrick rider Johnny Haywood is presented with the Harry Palmer Memorial Cup by Mourne club man George Porter
Comber man Johnny Presho is presented with the Mourne Motorclub Cup by Mourne Motorcycle Club Chairman Billy McLarnin
Newry quad racer Emma McQuaid receives the Presidents Cup from Mourne Motorcycle Club President Junior Burrows
Kilkeel man Chris Cully is presented with the Harry Palmer Perpetual Trophy by MRA Chairman Jimmy Walker
Anne McLarnin, from Annahilt, is presented with the Norman Campbell Cup by her husband Billy
2017 Charity Grasstrack… HUGE success!
By Stuart Campbell
Battle for Quad/Sidecar championships at Seaforde Moto Parc
High speed of Seaforde looms for Quads and Sidecars
By Malcolm Beattie
Ulster Championship returns to Seaforde 13th July
The 2017 Ulster Motocross Championships resume with the traditional Mourne Club event at Seaforde Motocross park on 13th July
The Nutt Travel Premier MX1 Class is led by Lisburn’s Richard Bird on his Five5Motorsport KTM on 211 points from Wicklow man Jim O’Neill on his similar machine on 176 with Greyabbey Smoke Vent KTM rider Craig Brown a distant third on 138, while Banbridge’s Ryan Adair is 11 points adrift on his Adair Building Services KTM, the last round was enlivened by a visit from Neville Bradshaw who put on a great show at Tandragee on the Suitor Brothers Kawasaki, if he makes a n appearance expect some great racing round a circuit which will suit the South African
In the Precise Protect Premier MX2 Class, Jason Meara from Loughbrickland the Championship favourite is out for the year following a serious crash which injured his back, so get well soon Jason, meanwhile, Dundonald youngster James Mackrel leads the Championship by 1 point on his KTM from Dubliner Jordan Keogh on his Kawasaki, these two had a ding dong battle at Tandragee while Luke Smith & Glenn McCormick were absent. Behind Meara and Smith, Donegal lad Aaron Gardiner will be hoping to leap frog them into third, and local man David Martin will be screaming his little Husqvarna two stroke hoping to catch Gardiner.
The Nutt Travel Semi Expert MX1 Class Josh McCorkell on his KTM leads Lurgan Man Mark Dynes on his Maralin Car Wash TWDynes Honda by 32 points with Kevin Donnelly 28 points behind in third, while fourth is Frazer Young a huge 39 points behind.
In the Precise Protect Insurance Semi Expert MX2 Class, Paul Lavert holds onto an 8 point advantage over Kawasaki mounted Loughbrickland rider Cailum Devlin, recovered from a nasty knee injury that destroyed his 2016 season, third is Magherafelt teen Jake Hall on his Husqvarna with Sean Lavert and Ruari McKeown in hot pursuit.
The Towergate Insurance Clubman MX1 Johnny Haywood seems to have the Championship all but one with a huge 74 point lead over Lurgan’s Barry Dummigan is second with a 33 point advantage over Joshua Rea with Peter Jones fourth, Darren Wilkinson fifth and Ryan Canning sixth.
The Laverty Motocross Clubman MX2 class is led by 15 points from Johnny Presho on his Honda, second is Chris Walsh, third is Darren McMullan, Kealin McLoughlin is fourth and Matthew David & Conor Nicholson sixth.
On the day, the bikes will be out on the track from 9.30am, with the first race to start at 11am. Entry to the event will cost £5 for adults, while children go free and car parking is also free.