{"id":9529,"date":"2015-07-17T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T11:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=9529"},"modified":"2015-07-17T12:31:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T11:31:40","slug":"quality-line-up-confirmed-for-armoy-road-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/07\/quality-line-up-confirmed-for-armoy-road-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Line Up Confirmed for Armoy Road Races"},"content":{"rendered":"

WITH only days to go to the SGS International Race of Legends, the Armoy Motorcycling Road Racing Club has confirmed its line up of riders and it\u2019s looking like a great day\u2019s racing will be had on Saturday 25th<\/sup> July.<\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/a>There are entries from the Republic of Ireland, England, Scotland, Czech Republic, including Darren James from Canada and Matt Brown from Australia, mixed in with our own Northern Irish riders. The Armoy races continue to attract top riders with many coming here in top form and with the past few weeks\u2019 racing results at Skerries, Walderstown and Southern 100, the competition is wide open according to Clerk of the Course, Bill Kennedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year\u2019s Man of the Meeting, Guy Martin comes here in terrific form as does his Tyco team mate William Dunlop; throw in his brother Michael (Dunlop) back riding a BMW, Dean Harrison on the Mar-Train Yamaha and both Derek Sheils and Derek McGee, all coming here on the back of wins, coupled with regulars like Ryan Farquhar, Scotland\u2019s Keith Amor on the Rig Deluge bikes and East Yorkshire\u2019s James Cowton, the Supersport races, Supertwins, Open and the Race of Legends races are all wide open.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have also been a few last minute changes. Fresh from his win in the Southern 100, Ballymoney rider, Seamus Elliott will be riding for Wilson Craig Racing and Norwich\u2019s Connor Behan has secured a ride with the Air Kawasaki team.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn Burrows, Cookstown BE Racing team, has just announced Guy Martin will be riding 650cc Supertwin with Mullingar man Thomas Maxwell on his 650cc Honda and Michael Sweeney planned to ride the 250cc Honda if he is fit enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cPractice day on Friday 24th<\/sup> July followed by the Supersport 1 Race will definitely set the tone for the following 11 races on the Saturday. I\u2019m very happy with this year\u2019s entries. \u00a0We\u2019ve some of the very best road racers and a few newcomers which is going to make for very interesting racing indeed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Supertwins is always a hugely popular race at Armoy, and it\u2019s great to see Ryan Farquhar return with his infamous SGS team which includes former Moto GP rider Jeremy McWilliams, no stranger to Armoy and newcomer, Canadian rider Darren James. The SGS\/Manx Gas team also has a new talented rider Adam McLean from Magherafelt, riding in the Junior Support race. Ryan [Farquhar] has always been a keen supporter of the Armoy Road Races from day one, having come to Armoy even before our first race and offering invaluable advice from a road racer\u2019s perspective. It was without a<\/span> doubt instrumental in the formation of the circuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne last thing there will be a Special Bikers\u2019 Service this Sunday 19th July in the Lagge Parish Hall (down behind the church and round tower) situated on the corner of Lagge Rd. The relaxed service will be at 6pm on Sunday evening and will be followed by refreshments. Everyone is welcome to attend.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event is part funded by Tourism Northern Ireland and Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. Bike Week runs from Sunday 19th<\/sup> July until Saturday 25th<\/sup> July 2015 with the SGS International \u2018Race of Legends\u2019 featuring on the Saturday 25th<\/sup> July 2015.<\/p>\n

Please support the Armoy Road Races by buying a programme. They are available from the AMRRC office and the Petrol Station in Armoy from the Saturday 18th<\/sup> July 2015 and cost \u00a310.00 or \u20ac15.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For\u00a0more information visit\u00a0www.amrrc.com<\/a><\/span> or search for \u2018AMRRC\u2019 on Facebook and join the official fan page and you can also follow us on twitter at @ArmoyRoadRaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WITH only days to go to the SGS International Race of Legends, the Armoy Motorcycling Road Racing Club has confirmed its line up of riders and it\u2019s looking like a great day\u2019s racing will be had on Saturday 25th July. There are entries from the Republic of Ireland, England, Scotland, Czech Republic, including Darren James … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9532,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions\/9532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}