The roads are closed and the sun is out. Looking good for a start on time this morning.

Start is scheduled for 10:45.

Over 600cc upto 1,000cc - 4 cylinders
Over 750cc upto 1,000cc - 3 cylinders
Over 850cc uopto 1,200cc - 2 cylinders

3 laps - a total of 113.19 miles

Declared non starters

Ian Armstron
Chris Palmer
Darren Lindsay

And Farquhar leads away with Big H next, then Anstey, Finnegan, Archibald, Lougher, Britton, Griffiths and McGuinness.

David Bell - non starter
Nigel "Cap" Davies - non starter
Gus Scott
Allan Bennie

First through is Farquhar then H followed by Anstey, Finnegan and close behind is Archibald. Next comes Lougher, Britton, Griffiths and McGuinness looks very slow going through. Carswell comes next, then Martin and Frost together, Morgan and Hutchison and Barton, Richardson

Placings

Anstey
Archibald
Farquhar
Martin
Hunt
Lougher

First at the hairpin is Farquhar and looking good, next is Hunt and Anstey together, then Archibald who is on it for sure, then Finnegan, Lougher on his typical wide line through here, then Britton and Griffiths, next Heath then Carswel and Guy Martin waving the rear end as he comes through, then Frost and McGuinness touring behind him. Morgan and Barton come through. Now it's Hodson then Sylvester and Richardson

Placings

Archibald (4 secs)
Anstey
Farquhar
Hunt
Finnegan
Griffiths
Lougher
Martin
Britton
Heath

Farquhar goes straight through, so does Anstey and Hunt, Finnegan comes in and loads up with fuel, Archibald goes through and Britton & Griffiths go through together, Heath goes through.
Frost goes through reallygunning it,
Placings

Archibald
Anstey
Farquhar
Martin

Lougher
Griffiths
Finnegan
Britton

Farquhar first through, then Anstey and Hunt, then Archibald comes through, Lougher, Finnegan, Griffiths and Britton all close together. Heath, Carswell, Hutchinson

McGuinness retires at the bungalow.

Placings

Archibald (5 secs)
Anstey
Farquhar
Martin
Hunt
Griffiths
Lougher
Britton
Heath

First through on the road is Farquhar closely followed by Anstey and Archibald is close to them, then Hunt, a long way back is Lougher, Griffiths, Britton and Finnegan.

Now its Heath and Martin really close, a long way back is Carswel and Frost on his tail then Hutchinson, now it's Davy Morgan then

Placings

Archibald (13 secs)
Anstey (15)
Farquhar
Martin
Griffiths
Hunt
Lougher
Britton
Finnegan

Roy Richardson and David Coughlan retire on lap 2

Farquhar in for fuel as is Anstey, then Archibald, Hunt also; Anstey out followed by Farquhar, out goes Hunt, in is Lougher, then Britton and Griffiths in, Lougher out, Finnegan goes straight through. Griffiths out but losing a bit of time, Martin only just stops in the box, Heath is in, Martin outt and away down towards Bray

Placings

Archibald +18
Anstey
Farquhar
Hunt
Martin

It's Anstey and Archibald together on the road in front of Farquhar, then Hunt and then comes Finnegan, Lougher, next is Britton and then Griffiths, a long way back is Martin, then Heath, next is Carswell and

Placings

Archibald +20
Anstey
Farquhar
Martin
Lougher
Hunt
Britton
Griffiths
Finnegan

Paul Hunt and Guy Martin suffer 10 second penalty for not stopping correctly in the stop box.

Archibald in first from Anstey, then Farquhar, some way back it's Hunt then Finnegan (sideways) followed by Lougher, then Britton very tight and smooth, then Griffiths, next is Martin then dropping back a little is Heath, then Carswell, Hutchinson, Frost

Placings

Archibald +20
Anstey +32
Farquhar +4
Lougher
Martin
Hunt ( + 10 secs penalty)
Britton
Griffiths

Anstey comes through over the line first, then Farquhar, Looks like Archibald has run out of fuel at the bungalow, Hunt comes through next, then Lougher.

Initial Placings

Anstey
Lougher
Farquhar

AAAAAARRRGGGGHHH!! Archie has had a problem!! What a pity!!