Laverty rules supreme at Bishopscourt

MICHAEL Laverty shone at the annual Sunflower Trophy race as the sun shined at Bishopscourt on Saturday.

Toomebridge rider Laverty took the two Superbike classes and won the race of the day - the Sunflower Trophy.

This is the race everyone dreams of and from start to finish the race was exhilarating, Laverty, Lowry and Neill dicing up front. Lowry took first place but only for a short time as Laverty put the power on and won the race by 2.5 seconds over Lowry and M Neill respectively.

Paul Robinson was leading the 125 Championship going into Saturday’s races but an injured hand Paul was suffering from resulted in Percy taking the Championship, with Paul second.

Michael and William Dunlop rode exceptionally well in both the Superbike races and Sunflower race as the local and popular brothers were outpaced by Grand Prix machines.

Ryan Farquahar had a dobule on the lower speed machines of the Supertwins and did not compete in the Superbike or Superflower Trophy.

This wraps the season up once again and we wish the riders all the success for next year.

Results:

Superbike 1st race: 1 M Laverty 2 M Neill 3 I Lowry 4 J Laverty 5 A Seeley 6 B McCormack

2nd race: 1 M Laverty 2 I Lowry 3 A Seeley 4 Burrell 5 M Dunlop 6 B McCormack

600cc 1st race: I McNeill 2 S Lowes 3 B Wilson

2nd leg: 1 I McNeill 2 J Ellison 3 J Westmoreland

125cc 1st race: 1 A Reid 2 N Percy 3 R English

2nd leg: 1 A Reid 2 English 3 Percy

Supertwins: 1 R Farquahar 2 M Leoon 3 M Sweeney

250 race: 1 M Hanna 2 P Robinson 3 P Jordan

Sunflower Trophy: 1 M Laverty 2 I Lowry 3 M Neill 4 J Laverty 5 A Seeley 6 B Burrell