Motor Sport: David Jefferies returned for the Isle of Man TT races without a scratch and with four notable placing - including eighths in the Formula One event and the Junior event on a 600cc Honda.

"I missed last year after breaking a collarbone, and I had only ridden a 600cc bike round the course," said Jefferies.

"It was certainly a different ball game arriving at corners on my Yamaha F1 production and Senior TT bikes.

"Corners that were mild on the 600 bike were sharp turns on the Yamaha. I was geared for 190mph on the senior bike, and I can tell you it was doing just that in places.

"The Yamahas ran perfectly, the production bike qualified fifth and lapped at 119.22mph, while the Senior bike, which I rode at Oliver's Mount, was faster at 119.74mph.

"It was hard work learning the course with the faster bikes, but I had a great week, and now I have Donington Park in a week and a half, then Oliver's Mount."

David's uncle Nick returned from the TT last Wednesday after breaking a shoulder and elbow in a crash.

World and British motorcycle trials champion Dougie Lampkin of Silsden dominated the third round of the British Championship at Bovey Tracey, where he beat Canterbury challenger Graham Jarvis for the top prize.

Jarvis shared the title points table with Lampkin until this round, but the gritty Yorkshireman now has a three-point lead.

Durham policeman Andy Huddleston won the Expert category from Sheffield's Dan Thorpe and James Lampkin - Dougie's cousin and his mechanic at world trials for the world champion.

Robin Luscombe and Wayne Kershaw lost out in another tie-break decider at Matlock in the seventh round of the British Sidecar Championship to arch-rival Steve Radford and Roger Tuck, who now are six points ahead of Luscombe and five points behind trial winners Robin and Gill Morewood.

"We had several failures and on easy sections, but then so did the other two.

"But that second tie-break in seven days was a bit too much to swallow. However, we will still be trying hard," said Luscombe.

Jonathon Starmer won the Bradford DMC National Youth Championship Trial from Leeds rider Henry Moorhouse at Laneshawbridge. Starmer now leads Moorhouse by three points in Class B. Third was promising Bradford newcomer James Lovell.

Nathan Wrigglesworth slogged round the muddy, Ripon MC Trial course at Grewelthorpe to record a win in the Expert class on his Scorpa.

Skipton bike mechanic Bob Akrigg rode his band new Montesa to third spot in the clubman class.

Croft is hosting the British Touring Car Championship meeting on June 27-28.

The title events from the Teesside circuit will go out on BBC Grandstand.

Practice is on the Saturday, while Sunday's packed programme kicks-off at noon.

The price structure is £5 for Friday, £10 for Saturday and £18 for Sunday. Children's price is £3, and there is a weekend ticket for £28.

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