Just back home from a superb day's Classic racing on the Billown circuit. The results were as follows :

Senior - 1st Steven Elliott, 2nd Allan Brew, 3rd Colin Dally, 4th Eddie Byers, 5th Karl Wilkie, 6th Tim Stephenson

Lightweight - 1st Ewan Hamilton, 2nd Mike Hose, 3rd Barry Wood, 4th Bud Jackson, 5th Decca Kelly, 6th Terry Kermode

Junior - 1st Chris McGahan, 2nd Steven Elliott, 3rd Derek Whalley, 4th Mike Hose, 5th Barry Wood, 6th Bud Jackson

Post Classic Superbikes/750 Classic (Combined - not sure of the splits within classes) - 1st Bud Jackson, 2nd Mike Hose, 3rd Decca Kelly, 4th John Loder, 5th Karl Wilkie, 6th Bill Swallow

Sidecars - 1st Geoff Hands/Ruth Hands, 2nd Stuart Digby/Paul Thomas, 3rd Eddie Toombs/Bob Dowty

As usual, the meeting was superbly run by the Southern 100 Club. There was an unfortunate incident involving 3 Sidecar outfits at Church Bends on the first lap of the race which caused the race to be red-flagged. As this was the last race before the lunch break, it was decided to continue with the scheduled race order after lunch and re-run the Sidecar race at the end of the afternoon. Not only did all the races run over the full distance (including the re-run sidecar race), but the roads were opened with 10 minutes to spare ! If only all road races were managed so efficiently - were you watching, ACU ? I hope so, because you've been given an object lesson in how to run a road race meeting.
It wasn't a good day for Bill Swallow who suffered a series of mechanical problems, as did John Leech. On a personal note I was delighted to see Eddie Toombs and my cousin Bob Dowty taking 3rd place in the sidecar race for the second year in succession - indeed they were 2nd for more than half the race.
It was also nice to meet Malcolm of TTwebsite for the first time - he was thoroughly enjoying the racing.