Keith Amor enjoyed another successful trip across the Irish Sea at the weekend when he made his debut at the Athea road races in Southern Ireland. Taking in the 3.3-mile circuit for the first time, the Falkirk ace took a dominant victory in the Supersport 600cc race and added a pair of second places in the two Superbike races to make it a a thoroughly enjoyable day’s racing.

Saturday practice wasn’t as smooth though and he could only manage 7th on the grid in the Open class as he failed to get a clear lap on the Phoenix Motorcycles Honda. Meanwhile, he also ran into problems with the 600cc Wilson Craig Honda as it kept jumping out of gear but he did manage to post the second fastest time for a front row start.

With conditions good on race day, Keith’s day got off to the perfect start when he took a comfortable win in the 600cc race, the aforementioned problems having been rectified overnight, whilst he also set a new class lap record. In the Open race, it looked like the result would go right down to the wire as Keith battled it out for the lead with Ryan Farquhar. However, as they lapped the backmarkers, Keith was forced to take the outside line and he had no option but to take the slip road. He quickly turned the bike around and was still able to take 2nd at the chequered flag.

In the Grand Final, a slightly sluggish start saw Keith down in 8th at the end of the first lap and by the time he had worked his way through to 2nd, Farquhar had disappeared. However, it was another runner up spot to make it three podiums from three starts.

Commenting afterwards, Keith said:

"I’ve really enjoyed myself this weekend and it’s been another solid haul of results. It’s not the most technically demanding circuit I’ve ridden on but it’s very narrow in places and it’s very difficult to overtake so my grid position in the Open class meant it was very hard to make up ground."

"Nevertheless, both of the bikes were flying on race day and I never had one moment at all so that speaks volumes of both the Honda machines and the Dunlop tyres. It’s been good craic and I was very impressed by the club - they put a lot of work and effort in and ran a very well organised and professional meeting. As always a big thank you to all my sponsors, especially Wilson Craig, Phoenix Motorcycles and Dunlop tyres, for making it all happen."