Harworth's Dean Hipwell competed in the cup section of the Supersport championship whilst Aaron Walker was in the main Championship race.

The race got away in dry but cloudy conditions with Hipwell making a good start only to run out of track on the second corner leaving him adrift in last place.

Fortunately for him, the race was stopped for a separate incident, which meant that for the restart he would be on the back row of the grid.

On the first lap Hipwell immediately moved up the order from 34th to 28th as he crossed the start and finish line.

By the end of the second lap he had moved up another three places to 25th and was looking to improve on this.

That he duly did with some slick riding and out-braking manoeuvres and by the end of lap four had made it up to 22nd.

Hipwell only managed to hold this position for one lap as the rider behind, Marty Nutt, who has a wealth of experience in the British Superbike class, forced his way past.

The Harworth youngster maintained this overall postion for the remainder of the race and brought the Atherton Godfrey Yamaha home in fifth place in the Supersport Cup and 23rd overall.

The team were more than happy with this solid result, which puts Hipwell into fifth position in the Cup championship.

Walker was not so lucky in the restart of the race as on the first lap a rider in front of him was brought down.

He saw the mishap at the last moment and in taking avoiding action lost the front end of his bike and skidded onto the grass, collecting handfuls of grass sods in the process. This meant that his race was over before it had really started.

Michael Wilcox on the Gray and Adams (Doncaster) 125 Honda qualified in ninth position for the British 125GP Championship race, less than a second off pole position.

Getting away to a good start he had moved into sixth place as lap one drew to a close.

For the next couple of laps he was locked in battle with four other riders.

Using his vast experience he worked his way past the two riders in front of him to move into third spot on lap four.

On lap six Wilcox forced his way up into second position as he then started to hunt down the lead rider.

Lap by lap he increased his advantage over the chasing pack as he gradually closed in on first place.

But on the penultimate lap, as he looked odds on to take his second podium in a row, mechanical gremlins struck and he was forced to retire.

If he had finished second he would have moved into second place in the championship, whereas he had to settle for lying in fifth place overall.

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