My 2011

[Bigjoe]

Skerries and I have to fly off work early of afternoon practice.

Sean Leonard again but I am sure he has no time to admire the view.



Derek Sheils goes on to take his first Superbike win the following day.



Local man David (Hammer) Lumsdon



Jeff Shay visits Skerries as a racer for the last time. At the end he announced his retirement.

[Gert Meulman]

...very nice collection Joe, I enjoy to watch them...

[Joe110]

Great collection, thanks for sharing them.

The Sean Leonard photo is a nice one, sea in the background complete with ferry, along with an incredible amount of rubber put down on the road.

[Bigjoe]

Saturday morning sees the old hand Paul Cranston in the first Superbike race.



Davy Morgan leads around turn 1.



William Dunlop on his way to a 600 win.



Close Racing. Now that is trust.

[Bigjoe]

With racing in full swing now it was off to Mondello the next morning for a round of the Clubman’s.

Gary Rowlands exits turn 1



Cormac Conroy



Sean Hurley



Turn 1 first lap of the Superbikes.

[Bigjoe]

I will get back to this in the new year. Trying to keep away from the computer over Christmas.


Walderstown the Following Saturday for practise day.

The famous last corner see’s Alan Bonner.



Michael Dunlop tucked will in.



Darren Burns.



Andy Farrell, this shows what Real Road Racing is all about.

[Bigjoe]

Walderstown Sunday morning see’s Emlyn Hughes exit turn one.



John Burrows.



Andy Farrell on the Superbike.



Michael Sweeney leads a great 600 battle.

[Bigjoe]

Kells the next week is a short drive for me which was good as I had to work that morning. I got there as practice got underway.

Allan Brew on the 350.



Baylon McCaughey on his SV.



Andy Farrell Powers out of the first corner.



Wayne Hall rounds the first corner for his first visit to Kells.

[Bigjoe]

Kells Sunday and the Rain but well done to the club and riders alike the day ran like clockwork.

William Dunlop over the leap. The wind was well up and made the landing tough but he made it look easy.



The start of the 600 race.



Brian McCormack over the Start finish line.



Paul Gartland turns into the last corner.

[Bigjoe]

Next week and it was a 5.30am start to Athea for Saturday practice. The road had been resurfaced and there were a lot of loose stones on the back section.

Derek McGee again takes the senior support class by the neck.



Andy Farrell heads into the Village section.



Reuben McPhee through the Village corner.



Michael Dunlop Trying to control the big Superbike.