As is often the case at Anglesey’s 1.55mile coastal circuit, the weather played It’s part as racing was delayed to allow heavy rain and 30mph gusting winds on Saturday morning to ease. However by 11am things were looking better and practice got under way. Conditions continued to improve rapidly and by the time the first championship race came to the line the sun was shining and the track was dry…..although the wind was still a little brisk to say the least !.

Although track conditions could by no means be called perfect that did nothing to deter Richard Cooper on the Team Co-Ordit R1 as he set the new fastest Coastal Circuit lap at an amazing 81.24mph which saw him get round in just 1 min 08.68sec. This was on his way to taking the win in the Phoenix Open ahead of Co-Ordit team mate Phil Bevan and PRF Racing’s Ian Mackman with Lee Keeble on the CTS R1 in 4th. These four were the quickest riders all weekend in the NG series but it was Cooper who could seemingly rack up mid to high 1 min 08 second laps all weekend meaning that he went away with the full set of wins in the Phoenix Open and Progressive Solutions Powerbikes. Bevan’s strong season long run though meant that after all was said and done this weekend he has secured the Powerbike title and the Clubs main Phoenix Motorcycle of Trowbridge backed Open series with one round still to go. That is despite crashing out of the last race of the weekend after a clash with the on form Shaun Hennessey to put a blot on his 100% podium run so far this year. Keeble kept the pressure on Cooper for top three end of year rewards with a good string of rides all weekend as we now look forward to the final round at Oulton Park. Chris Pope’s hopes of keeping the pressure on for end of year silverware was dealt a blow after he only got two laps of qualifying in for the Open forcing him to start way down the grid……. the reason ?……as the rest went out for timed qualifying he was sat in the caravan watching MotoGP only ralising when there were just 5 minutes left to go !!!!!.

The closest races of the weekend were without doubt the Refined Recruitment 125GP’s with Samuel Hornsey, Sam Burman, Alistair Ray, Jason Douglas, Jamie Harris, Rowan Miller and Anthony Multine constantly swapping places….and paintwork. Burman looked to have the measure of the circuit and the competition and the infamous corkscrew on Saturday and hit the front down the said corkscrew with two laps to go. Harris and Hornsey got good drive through School Gate and swept past, so as they headed down towards Sam’s favourite passing place at the corkscrew and bus stop and she went for the lead in an audacious move. The Bartonfield RS125 though had other ideas as it protested violently at what young Sam was asking it to do and very nearly threw her down the road, just holding on to the bucking 125 crossing the line third behind Harris and Hornsey. Sunday again saw the seven bike battle early on, but this time 15 year-old Hornsey decided to get his head down and eventually stretched out a 7 second lead over the six way battle behind him. It was a battle that would claim Burman and Miller on the last lap at Rocket In, allowing Douglas and Harris to pick up the places. Alistair Ray, who on his ASM Data RS had been suffering with gearbox and quickshifter problems all weekend came across the line in 5th position to grab the points he needed to lift this years Refined Recruitment 125GP series to back up his 2007 title win. It is a title that has seen Rowan Miller, Corey Lewis, Burman, Dan Morton and Ray all spend time at the top of the points table

Josh Day held off a very spirited challenge from Thomas Fisher to take the wins in the George White 600 class. Day, on his George White/AIR Environmental R6 was doubly delighted as not only does this mean he takes the NG championship but also the Co-Ordit performance relay prize which was very generously offered this season to young riders in the 600 class. This will see Day, the 19 year-old from Cirencester race under Pete Bradshaw’s Co-ordit team banner at the British championships in 2010 on a fully funded ride. Fisher on his G and S Racing ZX6R did all he could and pushed Day hard, but had to settle for the runner-up finishes ahead of Chris Beverley and Paul Jeffery on Saturday and Beverley and Marty Lennon on Sunday. Jeffery just missed out on two 4th placings on the weekend as Lennon came past in the latter stages. Jeffery from Barnstaple is thoroughly enjoying this season and is riding better that ever on his 2xJ Racing R6. A fact bourne out that is just one point off third placed Beverley in the season long championship with just Oulton to go, and therefore a real chance of a shot at the end of season silverware.

2003 NG 125GP champ and former top 250cc runner at both Club and National level Roo Cotton has been looking for a way back onto the grids after a couple of seasons out of full time action. This year has settled into a ride on the Dennis Trollope Racing R6 Yamaha and after 6 years on two strokes has settled into 4 stroke action very nicely. The Metzeler/DTR 700cc Stretstock championship was his goal this year, but after a gear selector shaft broke at Cadwell (missing 2 vital points scoring rides) it has been a story of just racking up the wins and hoping that series leader Nick Andrews would make a mistake. Andrews who was runner-up in the ’07 title chase did not give Roo that chance. Roo has taken the last 5 race wins to add to his 3 from earlier in the season…..but Andrews just kept banging in podium finishes. Cotton was sucked into a jump start on Saturday as the riders beside him went early…..Roo reacted to their movement and all three got a 10-second penalty from the Clerk of the Course. The young Bristol rider got his head down a still took the win in spite of the penalty. He did all he could all weekend but that gearbox failure has cost him dear and has literally run out of races as the points are no longer available to catch Andrews and his GSXR Suzuki. The title has gone Andrews was but for his efforts this weekend Cotton received the Performance of the Meeting award from the Club.

In the bigger Metzeler/DTR 1300cc Stretstock Hillary Phillips rode conservatively on his Fox Enterprises GSXR 1000 Suzuki to be sure that he went away from Anglesey in good shape to grab the championship at the next and final round at Oulton. A couple of second places behind 2009 emerging start James Kiff on the Flying Fox GSXR fitted the bill perfectly. Andy Rothery on his AIR R1 still has an outside chance after a couple of podiums.

At 13 Lee Jackson already has a mature racing head on his shoulders and took the wins in the Steve Lynham F125 series, but is not a series regular after dipping in for just a couple of meetings. Bradley Hughes knew exactly what to do to be crowned 2009 champ and that included keeping an eye on what his nearest challenger Thomas Williams was up to. Williams rode well and grabbed good points but Hughes took the bigger season long prize, and already has a 125GP RS Honda waiting for his birthday next March.

Joshua Jones and Shannon Hale shared a win apiece in he NG 400 Streetstocks with both riders racking up their second win of the season. Despite a below par weekend which included a dnf on Saturday James Francis has put himself out of reach of the rest in the points table on his Mia Racing 400 Honda.

Dave Hampton and Daniel Jackson shared a win apiece in the Dara Brady 400 class, with Jackson pulling off the move of the day down the Corkscrew to get the better of first Hampton and then Tony Davies to take Sundays win. Davies though took two runner up spots on his New Road Garage T250 to secure the 400 title for a second year.

Another rider regaining a crown they won in ’08 was Chris Beverley who had a below par day on Saturday after troubles with his newly rebuilt 400 Honda in the A and R Racing F400 class. Beverley had lead early on but the bike lost pace as the laps rolled on. That allowed Andy Whitehead to come through from grid spot 19 to take the win from Tony Meredith. Beverley bounced back on Sunday though to take the win from Tim Bradley, Meredith and Whitehead who had to settle for 4th. Ben Marsden was the only rider who could have denied Beverley the title but a 4th and 5th on the weekend fell just short of what he needed to take it to the final round at Oulton.

Big C Mini Twin action in 2009 has seen seven different winners from the 13 rounds and Saturday had three of those previous winners fighting it out for the win Stephen Sweetman, Samuel Cox and Mark Bulgin all on the class dominating SV650. That was the order they finished. Cox got his revenge on Sunday but there was barely half a second covering them race long, Tom Llewellyn nipped in for third this time round.

Darryl Alexander picked up wins number 5 and 6 this weekend on his Monk Racing 1000 Aprilia Mille in the Team Spidey Sound of Thunder. Alexander was forced to work hard for those wins as Duncan Gibson and Jonathon Power pressured race long on Saturday on their 1098 Ducatis. The twins seemed to have much more trouble that most classes to find good passing places, as time after time the big booming twins failed to make an overtake stick…..mind you this could have something to do with the frantic pace that Alexander was setting !!!. Alexander eventually took it by half a second. Come Sunday’s final and again it was a similar story with the same three at it once again. This time though Power was getting visible frustrated that he could not get passed and made a brave lunge at the top of the Corkscrew to ahead of Gibson. Unfortunately there was contact and Power was thrown ten feet in the air and cart-wheeled through the air, Gibson stayed on and Neil Appleton came through to grab third on yet another 1098.

Miles Bennett and Kevin Perry notched up to more wins in the Century 2000 F2 class fighting off a strong challenge from Marc and Rik Vannieeuwenhuyse both days. The Belgians held the pace of Bennett and Perry in the early stages but as the race went on the 6 time race winners this year piled on the pressure to ease away. Such was Bennett/Perry’s pace on the Team Mad Cow Shellbourne Honda that the also beat all the Open class outfits in the CSC Racing Open…again bearing out that some classes found it more difficult to overtake than others. Ian Drowne and John Allam collided with championship rivals Rod Robinson and Shelly Smithies in Sundays qualifying race. Drowne was able to continue on his Mick Robson/West End Precision Suzuki but Robinson was sidelined and had to start from the back of the grid for the final. An apologetic Drowne took the win in the after noon from Phil Larder and Steve English who were having their best weekend of the year on the CTG/Scott Roberts Yamaha. Robinson/Smithies fought through to fifth at the flag having to surrender the championship fight to Drowne/Allam

With no newcomers races planned for Oulton Park, this was the series decider in both Gary Vardy Open newcomers and Lougi Moto 400 class. Exuberant James Kiff secured the open class and Scott Witts the 400. Kiff took an emphatic win while Witts was involved in a 4 way battle for the win that lasted the whole race, eventually taking it from Tom Llewellyn, David Sweetman and Marcus Haynes, which is exactly the way the championship ended up.

There is also another Newcomers award at NG meetings with the committee deciding which novice riders has put in their best performance. That went to Helen Deeley the passenger of Pete Millington who had a strong weekend in the Sidecar class with a career best finish on 4th in Sundays final.