IMPARTIAL REPORTER

Supermoto: St. Angelo again played host to some of the top supermoto and quad bike racers in Ireland with the incessant wind and rain abating just in time to allow Sunday’s event to be a great success. Among the mnay riders from Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow, Belfast, Donegal and Lisburn were a host of riders from the west of the Bann that more than held their own.

Among ths was Clogher’s Alan Morgan who recovered from an unfortunate run in the A Solo final to win the second final. Others to feature highly in the top supermoto section was Clogher brothers David and Keith Farmer and Paul Gormley from Omagh.

In the quad final, Chris Thompson from Omagh won both finals but he was hotly pursued by Lisnarick’s Noel Woods on a Suzuki quad who finished a super second and fourth in the two finals. Sean Conway from Ballycassidy also enjoyed the event and is sure to feature on the leaderboard when the Irish Championship gets underway next month.

Indeed, St. Angelo will play host to a round of the Irish Supermoto Championships over the weekend of April 17 and 18 as the sport continues to grow in popularity esopecially if Fermanagh and Tyrone.

Arnold Morgan is secretary of Supermoto Racing Ireland and he was impressed with both the facilities and the standard of the local riders.

“It was a great event with a good turnout of spectators given the weather we had last weekend,” revealed Arnold before adding. “The event could not have happened without the help of Keith Collen at Fermanagh District Council and our main sponsors Woodowrking Machinery Ireland. All the riders love the St. Angelo track and the local riders, while not big in numbers, are certainly big in terms of quality.”