After four wins at the Bush Road Races last week, all eyes of the huge crowd were on Jamie Hamilton to see if he could maintain his form at the Axa Bikecare Skerries 100 Races.

His day got off to the perfect start with a win in the open race on his Wilson Craig Honda, beating Derek Sheils to the flag by 1.5 seconds and Michael Sweeney in third. He completed a double with a win in the Supertwins Race.

In the Grand Final the Ballyclare man led from the start, with Hamilton and Manxman Dan Kneen, on the Cookstown BE Engineering Suzuki, never separated by more than a fraction of a second, but on the final lap Hamilton came off at the chicane bringing out the red flags and Kneen being declared the race winner. Sweeney was second and Derek Sheils thirrd. With a suspected shoulder injury, Hamilton’s entry in the Southern 100 on the Isle of Man next could be in jeopardy.

After a few weeks out due to a broken leg following a crash at the Isle of Man TT William Dunlop made a successful come back in the Supersport 600 race. Hamilton held the early lead but around the mid-point Dunlop took to the front on his Tyco Suzuki and finished six seconds ahead of Derek McGee and Hamilton.

The supertwins race was a start to finish victory for Hamilton, Derek McGee slid off unhurt on the first lap at the first corner, Conor Behan finished second some 13 seconds behind and Czech Michael Dokoupil finishing third.

Sweeney and Seamus Elliott had a closely fought battle in

the 250 race swapping the lead on a number of occasions, but on the last lap Sweeney crashed out creating yet another red flag incident and handing Elliott the win from secnd place John Ella.

Elliott won the Moto 450 race, Nigel Moore won the 125 race from Sam Dunlop and William Cowden. Neil Lyons was the victor in the Senior Support Race after being closely chased by Thomas Maxwell who crashed out in the second to last lap bringing out the red flags.

Derek Costello won the Junior Support Race. Lyons took the win on the Amigo Yamaha R6, while Costello was victorious in the Junior Support race.

Sweeney missed the chance of a win in front of his home fans after he came off in the 250cc race on the final lap while battling for the lead with Elliott.

Results:

Open: 1 J Hamilton, 2 D Sheils, 3 M Sweeney, 4 D Morgan, 5 D Kneen, 6

D McGee, 8 J Walsh, 9 S Elliott, 10 A Farrell.

Senior Support: 1 N Lyons, 2 N Carroll, 3 S Proctor, 4 B Merrigan, 5 N

Kernohan, 6 G Kennedy.

250GP: 1 S Elliott, 2 J Ella, 3 N Kernohan, 4 T Henry.

(SS400): 1 D Howard, 2 M Shiels, 3 V Allan, 4 B Merrigan.

Supersport 600: 1 W Dunlop, 2 D McGee, 3 J Hamilton, 4 M Sweeney, 5 D

Sheils, 6 A Farrell, 7 S Elliott, 8 J Kelly.

125GP: 1 N Moore, 2 S Dunlop, 3 W Cowden, 4 S Leonard. (Moto450) 1 S Elliott

Supertwin 650: 1 J Hamilton, 2 C Behan, 3 M Dokoupil, 4 A Farrell, 5 D

Kneen, 6 S Egan.

Junior Classic: (250cc) 1 P Shaw, 2 A Jackson, 3 G Hutton. (350cc) 1 N

Moore, 2 B Davidson, 3 R Lambourne.

Junior Support: 1 D Costello, 2 S Connolly, 3 N Bertram, 4 M

Hollingsworth, 5 R Wilson, 6 T Whitmore.

Grand Final: 1 D Kneen, 2 M Sweeney, 3 D Sheils, 4 D Morgan, 5 S

Elliott, 6 J Walsh, 7 A Farrell, 8 S Egan, 9 A Connor, 10 J Kelly.