Doubles for Derek Sheils and Josh Elliott at Dunlop Masters Superbike Championship at Mondello Park

The Wicklow man won Saturday’s race on his Roadhouse Macau BMW Superstock machine by 0.2s from Dubliner Thomas O’Grady (Yamaha R1), with Cavan’s Alan Kenny completing the top three on his Yamaha.

In the second race on Sunday, Sheils – who was making the switch back to short circuit racing after two weeks at the Isle of Man TT – cleared off to complete his double by four seconds from Thomas O’Grady, with Emmett O’Grady in third spot.

Kenny, who led the championship by eight points over four-time champion Richie Ryan – absent at the weekend – slid out of third place at the first corner.

The third and final Superbike race of the weekend was held on a wet but drying track after heavy rain showers in the afternoon, which combined with the strong wind made conditions difficult for the riders.

Sheils took control of the race on his BMW S1000RR but Emmett O’Grady began to make close in and was soon pressuring the Wicklow rider.

With three laps to go, Sheils crashed out unhurt at turn four, leaving O’Grady clear in the lead.

Behind him, Cork’s Ray Casey and Superbike Cup rider Daniel Matheson from Co Down battled it out for the runner-up spot, with Matheson getting the verdict after forcing his way past on the last lap.

Young gun Johnny Campbell from Lisburn finished in an impressive fourth place.

In the Supersport class, Fermanagh’s Josh Elliott won twice on his racing return.

Elliott will contest the remainder of the Masters series after joining fellow Northern Ireland rider Ajay Carey in the AKR Thomas Bourne Racing team to ride a Honda.

A British Superbike winner at Silverstone in 2019 on the OMG Suzuki, Elliott won Saturday’s first race by a few tenths of a second from Emmett O’Grady and sealed a brace in race two, again