Cookstown 100: Mike Browne and Adam McLean take Orritor circuit doubles

Cork's Mike Browne was a runaway winner of the Moto3/125 class

Cork rider Mike Browne and Tobermore's Adam McLean have taken doubles at the Cookstown 100 road races.

Browne won the Open and 125cc/Moto3 events while McLean repeated his successes of 12 months ago in the Supersport and Supertwins categories.

Browne only made his debut at the Cookstown 12 months ago but excelled on his Suzuki Superbike and Moto3 Honda.

McLean was runner-up to the Republic of Ireland rider in the Open class, with Michael Sweeney in third.

Browne and McLean were battling for supremacy in the feature Cookstown 10 event when the race was red-flagged as rain began to fall on the 2-1-mile course.

Browne, on board his Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Suzuki, held a slender 0.074 seconds advantage over his rival when the race was halted after three laps.

The clerk of the course then opted for a 15-minute break and consulted with riders, only seven of whom decided to take part in the re-started race held over four laps.

Forest Dunn was the victor, ahead of Darryl Tweed and David Jackson.

Browne repeated his Armoy win in the Moto3/125s, bringing his Honda home 37.5 seconds ahead of Nigel Moore, with Melissa Kennedy in third place.

Browne then overhauled McLean on the final lap after a thrilling battle to win the Open race by 1.2 seconds.

Adam McLean took the Supertwins honours for the second year in a row

McAdoo Racing's McLean was the long-time leader of the first 'big bike' race but Browne overtook him on the first corner of the last lap of eight and won the subsequent dash to the chequered flag.

Tobermore rider McLean was a runaway winner of the Supertwins class, adding to his win 12 months ago, as he ended 29 seconds ahead of Stephen McKnight after his team-mate Tweed retired on lap two.

Skerries man Michael Sweeney, who set pole position on Friday on his MJR BMW, occupied the final rostrum position in the Superbike opener, with Paul Jordan, Tweed and Shaun Anderson making up the top six.

The first attempt to run the Supersport 600 was red-flagged following a crash involving Sweeney, who emerged relatively unscathed and was able to take his place on the grid for the Open race after passing a medical.

Browne was leading McLean at the head of affairs when the race was halted on lap two.

The re-run saw McLean romp home to take victory by nine seconds over Browne, with Jordan and Tweed next in the running order.

Tweed was the Lightweight Supersport victor.