Adam Brown wins David Wood Trophy at first attempt after Supersport hat-trick on Parker Racing Yamaha at Bishopscourt
Dungannon’s Adam Brown won the Life Pass David Wood Trophy at his first attempt after taking up an offer to ride for Ballycastle team Parker Transport Racing at Bishopscourt in Co Down.
Brown is taking a break from the British championship and has made selected appearances in the Ulster Superbike Championship this season.
The 21-year-old won all three David Wood Trophy Supersport races on the team’s Yamaha R9, which he only rode for the first time in practice and qualifying on Saturday.
Brown won the first race on Saturday by 0.347s from Christian Elkin (Bell Bikesport/B&W Racing Ducati), who was crowned Ulster Supersport champion last weekend at the rescheduled 50th anniversary Enkalon Trophy meeting.
On Sunday, Brown put one hand on the trophy after Elkin crashed out of the second race, claiming a double by 16.503s from Yorkshireman Joey Thompson (TH Racing Honda), with Italy’s Francesco Faraldo in third on the Bell Bikesport/B&W Racing Ducati.
Elkin pushed Brown all the way in the third and final race, but he was unable to find a way past as Brown secured a hat-trick by 0.665s, with Faraldo in third ahead of Thompson.
“It’s the first time I’ve ever entered it and I rode the new R9 for the first time on Saturday morning,” Brown said.
“I got to grips with it really quick after 10 laps of practice and qualifying, but I didn’t expect to win straight away.
“Elkin is a really hard-goer and threw a hard race at me. We made a few changes for Race 2 and due to Elkin’s misfortune, we walked that one and then I had a really good race with Christian again in Race 3.
“I led the whole way from lap one and I had that little edge and knew I was maintaining good pace, which was a very strong and consistent pace.
“I knew if I maintained that, then if he was going to do a move on me it would have to forceful, but Elkin’s a tough competitor.
“I’m happy and I can’t thank Gerry [Parker] and the team enough.”
Brown began the 2026 season in the British Supersport Championship but had to withdraw “due to financial issues”.
He added: “I had to take a step back this year due to a few financial issues and stuff but I’ve enjoyed my racing here and I had a few opportunities to race here with my previous team.
“I showed what I could do, won a lot of races and then Gerry asked me if I would step onto the R9 this weekend and what a blast we’ve had.”
Elkin clinched his second Ulster title of the year after retaining the Supertwin championship on the RB Engineering/Bell Bikesport B&W Racing Aprilia.
He finished as the runner-up to Hayden Clinton (Yamaha) in a damp opening race on Saturday but won the second race from Clinton by 5.195s.
In a close third race, Elkin had to settle for the runner-up spot behind England’s Thompson (TH Racing Aprilia), who claimed the win by just 0.206s, with Clinton only 0.288s back in third.
The result was based on positions after 11 laps instead of the scheduled 12-lap distance after a red flag to bring the riders back into pit lane was displayed before the chequered flag went out.
Alfie Flynn won all three Moto3 races with Hubert Tomaszewski clinching a treble in the Moto-One class.
Ruben Sherman-Boyd was a double winner in the Lightweight Supersport races, with Tomaszewski victorious in the third race.
Lewis Mullen was a double winner in the Production Twins races on Sunday, with Alexander Rowan victorious in Saturday’s race.
Richard McLoughlin won the Superbike Cup races, while the Supersport Cup wins went to Adam Riordan and Dwayne McCoy.