Iddon powers to win in ‘one of best races he’s ever had’
STOCKPORT’S Cristian Iddon won the annual Sunflower Trophy race at Bishopscourt Racing Circuit, in Northern Ireland – describing it as ‘one of the best races he’s ever had’.
In his final outing for the TYCO BMW team, the Sunflower is a ‘local’ event for the TYCO squad, who are based in the province, and Iddon was one of the favourites for overall honours, along with former winner Richard Cooper, riding for Buildbase Suzuki.
It was to be that pairing that would fight it out for overall honours, and from pole position Iddon taking first blood in the opening Superbike race of the weekend, in treacherous conditions. But it was Cooper who would level the scores, winning race two as Iddon slid, safely, out of contention.
“Richard got away at the beginning” said Iddon, “and I managed to peg him back, got in to the lead but hit a false neutral going in to turn one and went careering across the grass, thankfully stayed on, basically in a very safe second place. Then I made a rookie error and fell off. Silly little crash”.
Christian claimed Feature Race honours after a hard fought 12-lap race with Cooper, leaving it late to claim victory in to the final corner.
“It was one of the best races I’d ever had. Myself and Coop went at it solidly for 12 laps. I honestly don’t believe either of us had anything left in the tank. We’d joked earlier that we were going to put on a show for the crowd but we didn’t mean to do it in that way.
“It came down to the last lap. I got the run on him down in to the chicane. It was a bit of a cheeky move but it had to be done. Just about made it stick
“There’s some incredible names on that trophy and I’m really happy to add my name to it. To win the Riders’ Cup, and then the Sunflower, is a wonderful way to round out my current stint with the team.”
TYSON Fury has issued a no holdsbarred response to his critics as he prepares to step into the wrestling ring for the first time.
Fury takes on Braun Strowman in the WWE’s Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia this afternoon in a move that has caught many in the Boxing world by surprise.
In an interview ahead of the bout against his son’s idol, Strowman,
PAUL Allott says Lancashire have to stop yo-yoing between the divisions in the Specsavers County Championship.
The main aim for the Red Rose next season is to challenge for the title after winning Division Two and returning to the top flight at the first time of asking this summer.
Fury said he has been a lifelong fan but has found the training harder than he and many others would imagine.
Fury, who was born in Wythenshawe and raised in Styal, Cheshire, has a rematch with current WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder pencilled in for next February.
The former unified champ, who still claims the lineal title, suffered a nasty eye injury in his last fight and
But since winning their first outright County Championship in 77 years in 2011, the club have been regularly up and down between the divisions. And now Allott says that has to stop. “The aim of Lancashire Cricket Club is to establish themselves as a top four first division team, to stop the yo-yoing, be in the top flight and to challenge in white ball cricket,” he said.
“It’s obviously easier said than done. some commentators, and even his own promoter Frank Warren, have suggested they would have preferred him to put his feet up ahead of the scheduled mega fight in the US.
Eddie Hearn, the promoter of his British rival Anthony Joshua, meanwhile said he saw the move, combined with him recording a Christmas song with Robbie Williams shows he is ‘packing up Boxing.’
But when those comments were put to him by the M.E.N, Fury said: “I’ve no comment about it, it’s a load of s**t.
“I’m not interested in what Eddie Hearn says at all. I’ve no reply.
“In fact here’s my reply to Eddie Hearn – concentrate on your life and not mine!”
He echoed the response to Deontay Wilder’s suggestion he may fake an injury to get out of their fight next year.
And he said he still had his eyes firmly on putting the record straight after his last battle with Wilder in December 2018 was controversially ruled a
Tyson Fury
“Nothing is a given. What we have to do is try and establish a system here that produces quality cricketers, which I think we’ve got. We can enhance it year-on-year and we try to do that.
“We [also want to] establish a squad that is capable of playing at the top flight of County Championship cricket and maintain that position.
“We had a really good summer this year, to go through the season draw. “I’m not the lineal heavyweight champion, I’m not thinking about any alphabetical titles” Fury said.
“But I want to fight Wilder and win. I’m a prizefighter so I’ll fight whoever is available. There’s no one I won’t fight.”
He also said if Wilder loses to Cuban Luis Ortiz next month then he will target the winner of Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr as Wilder would be tied to a rematch.
On the risk of his cut he suffered against Otto Wallin re-opening and scuppering his own plans, he said: “The cut might open again, and if it does I’m going to take a handful of blood and chuck it in Braun’s eyes and blind him as a finishing move.” Fury had a slight limp as he walked on to the stage in Riyadh yesterday, the result of Strowman taking a shot at him as he trained at the WWE Performance Center last week.
But he said: “I’m good. I’m 100 per cent, I never make any excuses. unbeaten and to dominate basically every game has been fantastic. The leadership of Dane Vilas has been exceptional.
“All the coaches have done a great job. I am pleased we have done what we set out to do and have done it emphatically. I’d like to think we are a stronger team now than when we were in the Division One last time.”
As well as promotion this summer,