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Reds inflict first league defeat on Glens as Blues win to go top
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Olympic champion McClenaghan undergoes shoulder surgery
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Jordan and Browne take Friday Armoy road race wins
Paul Jordan and Mike Browne took victories in Friday evening's opening two events at the Armoy road Ireland rider Jordan overhauled early leader Michael Sweeney to win the seven-lap Supertwins race one by 5.5 seconds from the Republic of Ireland competitor, with both of the top two riding Aprilia had led during the early part of the race but Jordan made his move on the approach to Armoy village on lap three and extended his advantage at the front with the help of a new class lap record of 100.694mph on his fourth lap, eclipsing Jamie Coward's one-year-old Jordan, who was also a Twins race winner at the North West 200 in May, it was a second victory of his career at the Armoy meeting, the Magherafelt man having previously been successful in a Supersport outing back in Yeardsley overtook Barry Furber on the final circuit to claim the final podium spot as Joey Thompson and Marcus Simpson completed the top repeated his triumph in last year's Supersport race one by taking a dominant win in this year's his BPE by Russell Racing Yamaha, the Cork rider consolidated his position at the front throughout and had 6.4 seconds to spare over runner-up Sweeney at the chequered finisher, Jackson Racing pilot Jordan, was a similar margin behind Sweeney as he finished in third position, with Conor Cummins taking fourth place on the Burrows Engineering/RK Racing and event newcomer and former BSB rider Franco Bourne rounded out the top produced the fastest lap of the race at 104.074mph on his fifth circuit as he collected his fifth Armoy race win to add to his three Moto3 victories and that 2024 Supersport in the day, Jordan topped qualifying for Saturday's Open and 'Race of Legends' events by recording a lap speed of 106.324mph on his Jackson was second quickest on another Honda at 106.087, followed by Manxman Cummins on a BMW with was fastest in Supersport qualifying on 102.018, while Jordan headed the Supertwin session with further races are scheduled to take place on Saturday, with roads closing around the three-mile circuit at 09:00 racing will be streamed live on BBC iPlayer and worldwide on the BBC Sport website. Friday race results Supertwin race one - 1 Paul Jordan (Aprilia); 2 Michael Sweeney (Aprilia); 3 Joe Yeardsley (Aprilia); 4 Barry Furber (Yamaha); 5 Joey Thompson (Aprilia)Fastest lap and new lap record - Paul Jordan, 100.694mphSupersport race one - 1 Mike Browne (Yamaha); 2 Michael Sweeney (Yamaha); 3 Paul Jordan (Honda); 4 Conor Cummins (Ducati); 5 Jamie Coward (Triumph)Fastest lap - Mike Browne, 104.074mph Qualifying leaderboards Open Superbike - 1 Paul Jordan (Honda) 106.324mph2 Mike Browne (Honda) 106.0873 Conor Cummins (BMW) 105.2494 Michael Sweeney (BMW) 104.6765 Jamie Coward (BMW) 104.3116 Phil Crowe (BMW) 103.843Supersport - 1 Mike Browne (Yamaha) 102.018mph2 Conor Cummins (Ducati) 101.9113 Paul Jordan (Honda) 101.5734 Dominic Herbertson (Ducati) 101.5395 Michael Sweeney (Yamaha) 101.2146 Jamie Coward (Triumph) 99.797Supertwins - 1 Paul Jordan (Aprilia) 100.577mph2 Michael Sweeney (Aprilia) 98.3783 Barry Furber (Yamaha) 97.9684 Franco Bourne (Kawasaki) 97.7075 Joey Thompson (Aprilia) 97.5596 Jamie Coward (Kawasaki) 97.082
