There are still some tickets available for the event, priced at £50 each or £500 for a table of ten making it an ideal pre-Christmas company bash for motorcycle racing fans.

Entertainment for the night includes;

• A three course meal
• Caricatures
• A photographer on the night
• A palm reader – top psychic Sam Amos
• Tombola
• Silent auction
• Katy Bullock will be singing, she made it to the last 24 in X Factor in 2009
• Plus a Disco to round the night off!

Motorcycle racers hoping to attend the event include fan’s favourites Tommy Hill, Danny Webb, Gino Rea, Dan Linfoot, John Kirkham and Sam Lowes, with other riders yet to confirm due to current racing commitments.

Organiser Carly Rathmell says;

“I am still in need of any items for the Auction and Tombola, if you have anything that you could donate, signed or unsigned, photos, clothing, tools, wine, tickets, vouchers, or anything for that matter it would be greatly appreciated – please mail me at carly.rathmell@btinternet.com

A special room rate has been arranged at the Nottingham Belfry for guests who would like to stay overnight, full details can be obtained by contacting carly.rathmell@btinternet.com

MIchael Rutter – Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati 2010

Michael Rutter and James Ellison took the win in the British Superbike races at Silverstone yesterday under horrendous weather conditions of the 2010 championship.

Race 1

After only 4 laps of the opening race at Silverstone yesterday, the red flags were waved as the heavens opened while the HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes was leading the way.

At the restart it was Michael Laverty that led the riders away from the lights ahead of Brookes and team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari before the Japanese rider dropped back into fourth place, moving Michael  Rutter up into third.

On his second attempt, Brookes made his move stick when he passed Laverty to take the lead on lap 4 but the Australian rider could only hold onto the leading spot for a couple of laps before Laverty once again retook his position at the front.

While the two riders battled for the lead, Rutter was closing in on the pair and while Brookes once again moved to the front on lap 7, Rutter made his move on Laverty to slot into second place.

The Ridersmotorcylces.com Ducati rider then set his sights on Brookes, stealing the lead from the Honda rider with just 3 laps remaining.

Rutter crossed the line to take the victory followed by Brookes in second and Michael Laverty in third.  James Ellison finished in fourth place ahead of Ryuichi Kiyonari in fifth, Alastair Seeley sixth, Simon Andrews seventh, Tommy Hill eighth, Chris Walker ninth and Dan Linfoot in tenth.

Here are the results;

1. Michael Rutter  GBR Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati  24mins 05.289s
2. Josh Brookes AUS HM Plant Honda +1.263s
3. Michael Laverty GBR Relentless by TAS Suzuki +5.254s
4. James Ellison GBR Swan Honda +12.177s
5. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN HM Plant Honda +12.331s
6. Alastair Seeley GBR Relentless by TAS Suzuki +23.908s
7. Simon Andrews GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +25.628s
8. Tommy Hill GBR Worx Crescent Suzuki +26.984s
9. Chris Walker GBR Sorrymate.com SMT Honda +31.611s
10. Dan Linfoot GBR Motorpoint Yamaha +37.179s
11. Loris Baz FRA Motorpoint Yamaha +37.199s
12. Chris Burns GBR Splitlath Aprilia +37.976s
13. Yukio Kagayama JPN Worx Crescent Suzuki +38.554s
14. Gary Mason GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +40.542s
15. Tom Tunstall GBR Doodson Motorsport Honda +47.030s

Steve Heneghan IRL Quattro Plant Honda
Aaron Zanotti GBR Red Viper Spike Suzuki
Adam Jenkinson GBR Buildbase Kawasaki

Race 2

James Ellison – Swan Honda 2010

In the second of the races at the Silverstone circuit it was the Swan Honda rider James Ellison that crossed the line to take a sensational win in an incident packed round.

A crash at the first corner on the opening lap involving Michael Laverty, Loris Baz and Chris Burns ended the Irishman’s chance of a podium finish as James Ellison slotted into the leading spot.  Laverty managed to rejoin the race but suffered a technical problem just one lap later and was forced to retire.

Josh Brookes was on a mission and had moved into fifth place after overtaking Alastair Seeley on lap 3 and set about catching Gary Mason in fourth.  Brookes finally got past Mason on lap 5 to take third before trying to close the gap between himself and the front runners Ellison and Kiyonari.

Tommy Hill had a disastrous start and was lucky not to have been involved in an accident on the start/finish line as his Worx Crescent Suzuki was seen weaving across the track, miraculously missing the riders behind  but Hill fought his way back through the pack to finish in fifth place.

Michael Rutter crashed out on lap 4 whilst in third place and was out of the running.

Here are the results;

1. James Ellison  GBR Swan Honda  23mins 58.750
2. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN HM Plant Honda +5.850s
3. Josh Brookes AUS HM Plant Honda +12.865s
4. Alastair Seeley GBR Relentless by TAS Suzuki +15.293s
5. Tommy Hill GBR Worx Crescent Suzuki +20.264s
6. Dan Linfoot GBR Motorpoint Yamaha +22.767s
7. Gary Mason GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +25.308s
8. Chris Walker GBR Sorrymate.com SMT Honda +27.694s
9. John Laverty GBR Buildbase Kawasaki +28.793
10. Peter Hickman GBR Ultimate Racing Yamaha +39.165s
11. Gary Johnson GBR AIM Suzuki +39.847s
12. Tommy Bridewell GBR Quay Garage Tyco Racing +40.248
13. Pauli Pekkanen FIN 777 RR Motorsport Suzuki +41.747s
14. Yukio Kagayama JPN Worx Crescent Suzuki +47.928s
15. Hudson Kennaugh RSA Splitlath Aprilia +49.791s

Steve Heneghan IRL Quattro Plant Honda
Adam Jenkinson GBR Buildbase Kawasaki
David Johnson AUS Becsport/Two Wheel Suzuki
Michael O’Brien GBR Motomob/O’Brien Hifi

Among those attending this years event will be;

Buildbase Kawasaki – John Laverty, Adam Jenkinson, Barry Burrell and Lee Jackson plus team managers Stuart and Steven Hicken

Worx Suzuki – Tommy Hill & Yuki Kagayama and team manager Jack Valentine

MSS Kawasaki – Simon Andrews and Gary Mason and team manager Nick Morgan

British Superbike race director Stuart Higgs will also be on hand and interviews will be conducted by Norman Bradley and Larry Carter.

British Superbike riders Dan Linfoot, Sam Lowes and James Westmoreland among others will be available for photos and autographs.

Entrance to the NYRRSC British Superbike Chat Night is £4 for members and £6 for non members, support them if you can as funds raised from their regular chat nights help to fund local motorcycle racers to pursue their favourite sport.

For more information visit the NYRRSC website.

A great way to finish the season and let your hair down, the Black tie (with a dash of pink or purple) do promises an action packed evening to raise money for two charities.

Carly has chosen to support two charities that are dear to her heart, Cancer Research and Help for Heroes, with both charities providing their full backing.

As well as hosting the Charity Dinner, Carly will be rewarding up and coming riders from various areas of the sport. There will be cash prizes for the best under 21 riders in Trials, Moto-X and Road Racing.

If you are able to help out, Carly is looking for sponsors for the event as well as anyone who is able to donate items for auction or tombola prizes for the evening.

The Charity Dinner will take place at the Q Hotel – The Nottingham Belfry on November 20th 2010.

Tickets for the event are a minimum of £65, pay more and the difference goes to charity

The Nottingham Belfry have kindly offered bookers a special room rate of £70 per room per night for a single and £80 per room per night for a twin/double – these prices include breakfast.  Bookings should be made direct with the hotel, (0115 9739393) and you can get this special rate by quoting FBF or Fighting Back Fundraiser.

They have also arranged a special rate with the Premiere Inn (Phoenix Centre – NG8 6AS) only 5 mins away of £60 per room per night. This special price will be held until the 30th September 2010 and the code to quote BELL 123, for this rate call 08701 977200 and press option 1.

To book your place for this very special evening contact carlyrathmell@yahoo.co.uk for a booking form and further details.

Riders For Health 2010 – Auctioning Rossi's Helmet

The World Champion Darts player Andy Fordham along with AP Kawasaki Team Manager Alan Greig, are to launch a British Superbike Darts League for 2011 to raise funds for Riders For Health.

Fordham was spotted on the grid at the Brands Hatch round of the Superbike Championship alongside John Wainwright who was racing in the Metzeler National Superstock 600cc series.  The two met when Wainwright visited his local pub previously owned at the time by the darts player in his hometown.

Leon Haslam is also known to love the sport of darts and a match was held in the Alstare garage between the rider and Fordham.  Haslam reportedly beat Fordham before the pair began to throw darts at a picture of Max Biaggi that had been pinned to the board!

The darts league will be open to all riders and teams in the series with 100% of the nominal fee going directly to the Riders For Health fund.

John Reynolds Rizla Suzuki 2004

The 1992, 2001 and 2004 British Superbike Champion John Reynolds is confirmed as the guest rider at this weekends round of the championship at Brands Hatch.

Reynolds won the title on the Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 before his retirement in 2005 and is still involved in the series as a Suzuki GB race director.

The 47-year-old is looking forward to riding the GSV-R800 and will also be joined at the Suzuki GSX-R 25th Anniversary celebrations by Leon Haslam on the World Superbike Alstare Suzuki along with Sylvain Guintoli and the Rizla Suzuki MotoGP rider Alvaro Bautista.

This weekend saw three races at the Snetterton circuit with the re-run of Race 2 from the Knockhill round of the championship taking place on Saturday and the two races from round seven going ahead as scheduled on the Sunday.

Race 1 (re-run of Knockhill race two – Saturday)

The HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes took the chequered flag in the re-run of the cancelled Knockhill race 2 on Saturday after passing his team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari on the final lap.

Kiyonari had dominated the race from the flag ahead of the Relentless Suzuki pairing of Michael Laverty and Alastair Seeley.  Tommy Hill on the Worx Crescent Suzuki had soon moved into third position passing both Relentless Suzuki riders as he chased down the leading HM Plant Honda duo.

Brookes was sitting in ninth place by the end of the first lap after a terrible start but by the seventh lap had passed Seeley, Michael Rutter and Laverty and was up to third place.  The HM Plant Honda rider was soon attacking Hill, passing him on the inside at Riches before going after his team-mate.  Kiyonari was defending his position but Brookes managed to make his way past on the final lap again at Riches to take his third win of the season.

Hill finished in third place ahead of Rutter in fourth, Seeley in fifth, Michael Laverty in sixth, James Ellison in seventh, Simon Andrews in eighth, Gary Mason in ninth and Tommy Bridewell in tenth.

Here are the results;

1. Josh Brookes  AUS HM Plant Honda  19mins 41.650s
2. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN HM Plant Honda +0.594s
3. Tommy Hill GBR Worx Crescent Suzuki +4.475s
4. Michael Rutter GBR Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati +4.989s
5. Alastair Seeley GBR Relentless by TAS Suzuki +5.485s
6. Michael Laverty GBR Relentless by TAS Suzuki +5.889s
7. James Ellison GBR Swan Honda +9.148s
8. Simon Andrews GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +11.305s
9. Gary Mason GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +14.364s
10. Tommy Bridewell GBR Quay Garage Honda +14.386s
11. Chris Walker GBR Sorrymate.com SMT Honda +14.698s
12. John Laverty GBR Buildbase Kawasaki +15.007s
13. Dan Linfoot GBR Motorpoint Yamaha +17.458s
14. Andrew Pitt AUS Motorpoint Yamaha +28.761s
15. Peter Hickman GBR Ultimate Racing Yamaha +28.933s

25. Stuart Easton GBR Swan Honda 5 laps completed
26. Chris Burns GBR Splitlath Aprilia 0 laps completed

Race One - Snetterton

It was Michael Rutter on the RidersMotorcycles.com Ducati that took to the lead as the opening race got underway ahead of Tommy Hill, Ryuichi Kiyonari, Michael Laverty and James Ellison.

Brookes was back in sixth place by the end of lap one despite claiming pole position in the Swan Combi Roll for Pole after another iffy start.  By the fourth lap the HM Plant Honda rider had moved up to third while his team-mate Kiyonari was forced to retire from the race following a mechanical problem.

Hill had fallen back down the field running behind both Seeley and Ellison but was soon looking to make a pass on the Swan Honda rider which he succeeded in doing to finish the race in second place.

By lap 7, Brookes had passed second place man Hill before being gifted the lead 7 laps later when Rutter was seen slowing down with a gear shift problem on the Ducati.

Hill finished in second place followed by Seeley in third, Ellison in fourth, Michael Laverty in fifth, Tommy Bridewell in sixth, Chris Walker in seventh, Stuart Easton in eighth, Simon Andrews in ninth and John Laverty rounding off the top ten riders.

Here are the results;

1.  Josh Brookes  AUS HM Plant Honda  24mins 13.327s
2. Tommy Hill GBR Worx Crescent Suzuki +1.472s
3. Alastair Seeley GBR Relentless by TAS Suzuki +2.740s
4. James Ellison GBR Swan Honda +3.757s
5. Michael Laverty GBR Relentless by TAS Suzuki +4.152s
6. Tommy Bridewell GBR Quay Garage Honda +15.640s
7. Chris Walker GBR Sorrymate.com SMT Honda +17.779s
8. Stuart Easton GBR Swan Honda +18.417s
9. Simon Andrews GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +18.860s
10. John Laverty GBR Buildbase Kawasaki +19.131s
11. Gary Mason GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +21.546s
12. Andrew Pitt AUS Motorpoint Yamaha +21.838s
13. Steve Brogan GBR Jentin Racing BMW +32.999s
14. Gary Johnson GBR AIM Suzuki +34.969s
15. Tom Tunstall GBR Doodson Motorsport Honda +44.072s

DNS Chris Burns GBR Splitlath Aprilia
DNS Luke Jones GBR PR Racing Yamaha

Race Two

Josh Brookes was denied his third win of the weekend after a technical problem occurred seeing him retiring from the race on lap 12.

It was the Swan Honda of James Ellison that took to the front of the pack as the race got underway ahead of Josh Brookes and Ryuichi Kiyonari.

By lap 3, Kiyonari squeezed his way through on Michael Laverty before passing his team-mate Brookes seven laps later.  On lap 9, the Honda rider had managed to get past the leading Swan Honda rider Ellison as they headed into Riches.  Brookes was hot on the tail of his team-mate until he was forced to retire from the race.

Kiyonari was leading the race 1.3 seconds ahead of Michael Laverty, Rutter and Ellison until Alastair Seeley attempted a pass on Ellison taking them both out of the race.

Michael Laverty made a move on the leading man only to run wide and lose his second position to a stalking Tommy Hill.  Rutter finished in fourth place ahead of John Laverty in fifth, Simon Andrews in sixth, Chris Walker in seventh, Andrew Pitt in eighth, Gary Mason in ninth and Yukio Kagayama in tenth.

Here are the results;

1.  Ryuichi Kiyonari  JPN HM Plant Honda  26mins 52.964s
2. Tommy Hill GBR Worx Crescent Suzuki +0.591s
3. Michael Laverty GBR Relentless by TAS Suzuki +0.954s
4. Michael Rutter GBR Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati +1.584s
5. John Laverty GBR Buildbase Kawasaki +3.897s
6. Simon Andrews GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +4.899s
7. Chris Walker GBR Sorrymate.com SMT Honda +6.127s
8. Andrew Pitt AUS Motorpoint Yamaha +8.211s
9. Gary Mason GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +8.349s
10. Yukio Kagayama JPN Worx Crescent Suzuki +9.566s
11. Peter Hickman GBR Ultimate Racing Yamaha 10.663s
12. Dan Linfoot GBR Motorpoint Yamaha +12.146s
13. Steve Brogan GBR Jentin Racing BMW +16.226s
14. Gary Johnson GBR AIM Suzuki +17.302s
15. Hudson Kennaugh RSA Splitlath Aprilia +17.607s

DNS James Edmeades GBR Redline KTM
DNS Chris Burns GBR Splitlath Aprilia
DNS Luke Jones GBR PR Racing Yamaha

Tom Sykes – Kawasaki WSB 2010

The former British Superbike rider Tom Sykes is to make an appearance once again in the series when he rides the factory Kawasaki in the eighth round of the championship at Brands Hatch at the beginning of August.

Sykes is currently riding for the PBM Kawasaki team in the World Superbike Series where at the moment he is their only rider after team-mate Chris Vermeulen has been ruled out for the remainder of the championship through injury.

The triple header event will be Sykes first return to the BSB grid since leaving at the end of 2008 where he rode for the Rizla Suzuki team.  He began his 2009 season aboard the Yamaha before a switch to Kawasaki for this season but is really looking forward to being in front of a British crowd again.

Oulton Park

After cancellation of some of the races of the British and National Superbike championship the organisers have now rescheduled and the dates are as follows;

Round 6, British Superbike series, Race 2 at Knockhill will now take place on Saturday July 17th at the Snetterton circuit. The participants of that race are confined to those published on the Grid for Race 2 published at Knockhill on 4/7/2010.

National Superstock 600, Round 3 at Oulton Park will now run over the weekend of July 30/31st and August 1st at the Silverstone circuit, supporting the Superbike World Championship. The participants of that race are confined to those published on the Race 9 – Final Grid published at Oulton Park on 3/5/2010.  Round 5, Race 2 at Knockhill will now take place on July 17th at Snetterton. The participants of that race are confined to those published on the Race 3 and 10 – Final Grid published at Knockhill on 4/7/2010

British 125GP championship, Round 6 from Knockhill will now take place on Saturday 11th September at the Croft circuit.

The Henderson Harley Davidson XR1200 Trophy, Rounds 3 & 4 has now been incorporated into the event at Brands Hatch on the weekend of August 6/7/8 with the revised remaining rounds as follows;

Round 3 August 7th Brands Hatch GP

Round 4 August 8th Brands Hatch GP

Round 5 August 29th Cadwell Park

Round 6 August 30th Cadwell Park

Karl Harris

Karl Harris will be riding for the East Coast Racing team at the Mallory Park round of the British Superbike championship after signing a one-off deal.

Harris began his season riding in the National Superstock 1000 series on an Aprilia but the relationship ended after just three rounds of the series had been completed.

The former Honda and Yamaha rider failed to secure a British Superbike ride for this season until now and is looking forward to once again riding the ex-Rob Mac Racing Yamaha that he last rode in 2008.