Lewis Spratt and Ethan Gawley extend their advantages in Junior Championship

Lewis Spratt and Ethan Gawley extended their advantage in the B/W85 and 65 Junior championships respectively.

In perfect racing conditions at the well prepared Newry track, Spratt was unstoppable on the McCullaghs Centra/Todds Leap KTM.

The Omagh teenager qualified fastest and romped to a 35-second victory over his nearest rival Alfie Herron and Cole Nally in race one.

Race two was another gate to flag win for Spratt with Herron claiming second after passing Ollie Holland in the early stages of the eight lap race.

Again Spratt made the hole shot in race three but a massive moment at the big jump on lap two nearly ended his race.

“I had a problem with the back brake in race two but thought it was just over heating,” said the 14-year-old. “Then I overshot the jump in race three and landed really heavily.

"It knocked the wind out of me but thankfully I had enough of a lead to hold on to the chequered flag for the overall.”

Herron claimed a comfortable second with Nally third. Spratt now leads the championship by 32 points as he heads to Fox Hills for round two of the British Championship.

Elsewhere, Portadown’s Ethan Gawley was unbeaten in the 65 Junior class with three victories over Lisburn’s Caleb Ross.

The Derryhale haulage/AK motorcycles/fluid plumbing KTM rider qualified second behind pole setter Ross, despite a massive crash at the fast right hander at the back of the track.

When it came to the racing, the 10-year-old led every lap of his three races for the overall. Killaloo’s Callum Bradley with two third-placed finishes and a fourth completed the rostrum.

It was Moneymore’s Andrew Anderson on the Redesign Kitchens / Sixmile Autos KTM who claimed the Cadet 65 class overall.

Anderson was fastest in qualifying and three second places were enough for the overall. Bradley Thompson had won the opening two races but a crash on the opening lap at turn one in race three saw the eight-year-old miss out on the podium.

The final podium places went to Caleb Duffy, who leads the championship, and Szymon Skuratowski.

There was also success for John McCann, who ran out the overall winner in the S/W 85 class with a win and two thirds.

Championship leader Ryan Jackson was fastest in qualifying and holeshotted race one before Hayden Gibson hit the front on lap three to eventually win by over three seconds from Jackson.

Jackson made no mistakes in race two, leading from gate to flag with Gibson and McCann finishing second and third.

Jackson again holeshotted race three but McCann took the lead on the opening lap and led the race to the finish. Jackson pushed hard in second and in his efforts to make a pass for the win, slipped off on the last lap.

He crossed the line in fourth behind Daniel Devine and James McCann.