The Motorcycling season in Ireland is now well and truly underway with some really entertaining racing in both Mondello park in Kildare and Vernon Mount here in Cork on Sunday last 3rd of April. Rounds 1, 2 & 3 of the Adelaide Masters Series in Mondello Park provided fans with exciting racing but the riders from the south faced mixed fortunes with some wishing that they could forget the weekend. Declan Swanton from Carrigaline was on top of his game in race 2 advancing up to second position when unfortunately for him the bike died and was un-repairable for race 3. Emmet O’Grady from Tralee also suffered misfortune when he came off in race 1 on a very fast right hand corner resulting in him breaking his leg. Along with the agony of the leg break he will also miss the first 2 rounds of the British Supersport Championship in which he was due to contest. On a more positive note you had Sean Hurley from Ballinhassig who finished well in all 3 races and was the fastest of the Bridgestone Cup riders establishing a very nice lead at the top of the Cup points table.
Another Corkman racing was Paul Tobin from Carrigaline on his Kawasaki ER650 in the Supertwins Class. Paul had a steady weekend with a 5th, 7th &6th in mixed conditions. Paul raced competitively last year for the first time and finished 3rd overall in the MCUI Southern Centre Supertwin Championship. Paul is definitely one to watch this year.
Those who ventured to Vernon Mount on Sunday last were in for a surprise when they discovered World Superbike Rider and JAR team manager Jonathon Rea was in attendance with his rider Michael McCammond. The Cork rider Raymond Casey had his ups and downs and fell short of his own goals. He still got some Champonship points in the G & G Ross Irish Moto X Championship.
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