Mourne club hosts riders in Seaforde

Mourne club hosts riders in Seaforde

14 May 2025

THE Mourne Motorcycle Club held their annual May Day motocross event at Seaforde Moto Parc on Monday.

This year, the Mourne club hosted the third round of the Adult Ulster Open Motocross Championship, with racing in four different classes on the day.

The first class on the line was the Grade C MX2 class and in the first race, Annahilt’s Paul Gray came through the pack to take the lead after the opening two laps.

He held his position to beat Ards man Alex Jellie and Dungannon competitor Luke Stockdale to the chequered flag. 

Andrew Agnew took the win in the second race, with Gray coming home in third, Jellie in fifth and Stockdale in sixth. 

In the final race, Stockdale was able to fend off Gray off for six laps, taking the win, with Gray in second place and Jellie finishing third. 

After three races, Gray won the class overall, ahead of Jellie in second and Stockdale in third.

The next racing came from the Grade C MX1 class. In the first race, Crossgar man Steven Gill took the hole-shot and led for half the race, before he was passed by Seaforde’s Andrew Boyd.

Boyd went on to win the race, staving off competition from second-placed Gill, while Downpatrick man Seamus Young finished fourth. 

Gill went for the hole-shot again in the second race and to took the chequered flag, followed home by Boyd in second and Young in fourth. 

Boyd and Gill contested for the lead in race three, before Boyd took his second win of the day and topped the Grade C MX1 class on the day, with Gill and Young finishing second and third respectively.

In the Semi-Experts MX1/MX2 Open class, Belfast man David Anderson’s three victories were enough for him to claim the overall win, ahead Darragh Cross’ Mark Patterson.

The final racing action of the day came in the Experts MX1/MX2 Open class, with close racing for the honours. 

Waringstown man Niall Cregan took the hole-shot in the first race and was closely followed by Seaforde’s Nathan Green. 

The two men fought throughout the race, with fastest lap times being broken on a number of occasions, but Green had to settle for second, as Cregan won and Banbridge man Ryan Adair came home in fourth position. 

The second race saw Green lead off the line, but Cregan pushed him all the way and secured his second win. 

In the final race of the day, Cregan took the hole-shot again and held on to take the win and overall on the day, staving off competition from Green in second.