Jack Meara's Scottish youth title glory ‘pretty special’
Loughbrickland’s Jack Meara has secured the 2024 Scottish 250 Youth Championship title thanks to a memorable weekend at Drumclog Motoparc in Strathaven.
The Moto-Cycle GasGas rider made good use of his 57-point advantage, finishing second over his opening races behind Ballyclare’s Charley Irwin (Discount Beds Honda).
Meara then won his final race, as champion, with Irwin second.
“I knew I just had to finish the first race in a decent position to get the championship, which I did,” said Meara. “After finishing second in race two we changed a few things on the bike and won race three.
"I definitely can’t complain...to win the Scottish championship is pretty special”
On a new 250 GasGas bike, Irwin claimed the overall in the adult ‘B’ to add to his 250 rookie win.
Glenoe’s Glenn McCormick brought the Chambers KTM home third on the day for second overall in the MX2 Scottish Championship, behind Charlie Heyman.
After missing the opening round, winning the championship outright was not going to happen but second was always on the cards. He qualified second fastest and finished third in race one.
He needed to finish ahead of Ryan Thompson and Bailey Johnston in race two, however, a drama-packed affair saw McCormick caught in an early pile-up.
He fought back to third before crashing and dropping to 10th. Again he charged back to third.
In the deciding race three he finished second.
The final round of the Irish MX Championship saw GoMX 365 Yamaha rider Jay McCrum crowned MX1 champion.
The Newtownabbey rider came into the day with a 51-point series lead.
“I was a little bit apprehensive going into race one and just wanted to get the job done,” he said, after leading for a couple of laps before settling into third to wrap it up. “I was absolutely delighted to have got the Championship in the bag”.
He hole-shotted race two before finishing second behind Stuart Edmonds.
McCrum was also leading the Irish Pro Championship, five points ahead of Niall Cregan, the newly-crowned MX2 champion.
“I didn’t know about the Pro Championship,” said McCrum. “It feels really good to win my first adult Irish title...a massive thanks to Stevie Mills at GoMX365 for the package he has given me and my Dad for all his hard work.”
Omagh’s Lewis Spratt rode through the pain of a recent injury and, despite bike issues, wrapped up the Irish 125 and adult ‘B’ championship crowns.
After eight rounds, the Nora Motorsport Irish MX Master Kids champions were crowned at Magilligan MX Park.
The champions were Daniel Devine (GMP Industrial S/W85s), Jake Sayers (T.Commercials Autos), Alex Henderson (Ross Quarry Products 125cc), Caleb Ross (Carmichael Cars 65s), Ryan Jackson (Ziggicig Larne B/W 85s), Zach Elliot (PW+MINI 50 group 2), Maisey Garfoot (PW + mini 50 group 1) and Alex Large (electric bike). The riders also shared over £15,000 of prize money, plus vouchers.