Dungannon's Ryan Farquhar finished his 2011 Irish road race season with another haul of wins, this time claiming a hat-trick at the Killalane road races. The meeting went ahead after the removal of a controversial chicane but, when it did, Farquhar claimed victories on the KMR Kawasaki's in the Superbike, Supertwin and 450cc races also adding a brace of seconds to his results for the day.

After the problems with the aforementioned chicane, grid positions were decided on Championship positions and so Farquhar lined up on the second row for the opening Superbike race although it was only a couple of laps old when it was red flagged after Michael Dunlop crashed out, fortuntaely without injury.

On the re-start, Farquhar took full advantage and after shadowing John Burrows on the opening lap, he moved into the lead on lap 2 and held the lead until the end for his first win of the day. Next up was the 600cc race and it proved to be an excellent three-way battle between Farquhar and the two Dunlop brothers, Michael and William.

On this occasion, Farquhar was able to push them all the way and although he got the better of William, Michael was able to keep him at bay and so Farquhar had to settle for second, just 0.206s adrift.

For the 125cc/450cc race, Farquhar started from the back row of the grid but at the beginning of the second lap, he found a way past William Dunlop and, once in front, he was able to gradually edge away, eventually taking the victory by over four seconds. Farquhar's penultimate race of the day was the Grand Final and after the organisers delayed the start to allow a rain shower to pass, it again turned out to be a Farquhar versus Michael Dunlop battle.

Again, Farquhar pushed Michael all the way and although he was able to get alongside on a couple of occasions, he didn't quite have the pace to overhaul Dunlop and so again had to settle for second. However, his day ended on a winning note with a comfortable 10.7s win in the Supertwins race.

Meanwhile, there was further joy for the team when Jamie Hamilton rode brilliantly from the second wave to secure second in the Junior Support race, a superb effort in his first outing at the venue.

"Aye, it's been a good weekend and once all the hassle over the chicane had been sorted out, it was a good meeting and I really enjoyed the races. The problem with the chicane was that the bales were obstructing the corner too much and you couldn't see your apex or through the corner so there was the potential for you to approach way quicker than you should have been and there'd have been no chance of avoiding a crash," said a delighted Farquhar.

"It got altered once and then a second time after which myself and Michael had a look at it and it was a lot better. I'd have been happy to race with it but, eventually, the organisers decided to scrap it altogether and, fortunately, there were no serious incidents on the day.

"I made a poor start in the first Superbike race but Michael's spill gave me a second chance and I made a much better start so once I'd got past John Burrows, I just did enough to keep him at bay and hold on for the win although Michael being out on his 600 made it that little bit easier.

"I'd done some work on the 600 and it was definitely the best it had been all year so it was very pleasing to beat William and push Michael all the way as I haven't been able to do that as much as I'd have liked this season. In the Grand Final, the track had dried up and I made a good start and was again right with Michael but although I was able to draw alongside him a couple of times, I just didn't quite have the legs to get by but I was happy enough with second.

"The other two races also went well whilst I was again very impressed with young Jamie. He's approaching everything in exactly the right manner and rode a very mature race, working his way through the pack for an excellent finish. It was my first meeting in Southern Ireland this year and it was great to be back so it was a very good weekend for all of the team."