It was the first trip south of the season next on the agenda for Davy Morgan Racing as they headed to the popular Skerries 100 meeting just north of Dublin. It was to be a busy weekend for the team with the repaired engine arriving on thursday night for the CSC Branson R6 Yamaha to be put in on Friday morning before practice.

So it was back to a full compliment of machinery for the popular Saintfield man with the Strangford Holiday Park/Leisure Services GSXR1000 Suzuki, CSC Branson R6 Yamaha and the Davy Morgan #71 Road Racing Supporters Club 250cc Honda. This aligned with perfect weather conditions, Davy proved to himself and the doubters that he was still a force to be reckoned with in Irish Road Racing.

Practice on Friday went well with the only fault that a lot of dust on the circuit was making it slippery in places, this did not deter Davy and he set about his task with determination. The organisers thankfully allowed him to do a couple of laps with the newcomers on the re-built 600 Yamaha to make sure everything was okay, then it was down to business.

He proceeded to put in an impressive set of qualifying laps on all three machines and was 6th fastest on the Strangford Holiday Park/Leisure Services GSXR1000 Suzuki, on the front row and 3rd fastest on the CSC Branson R6 Yamaha and topped it off with pole position on the DM#71RRSC 250cc Honda.

Race Day and again conditions were pretty much perfect and Davy was in determined mood to get his season back on track at a meeting he very much enjoys.

First up was the Open Championship Race and a solid start on the Strangford Holiday Park/Leisure Services GSXR1000 Suzuki meant Davy was fifth at the end of the opening lap, on lap two he was back to sixth and was having a great scrap with Pearson and Archibald. But any hope of getting further up the standings was brought to an abrupt end when the race was red flagged on the fifth lap and it was declared a result so had to settle for a sixth place start to the day.

The Junior 250cc Race was next and Davy made a cracking start and led the pack in to Finnegan's for the first time, by the end of the lap he led by a second and had stretched it to two seconds on lap two. However there was a certain W.Dunlop who was now second and closing and with three laps to go had caught Davy, then took the lead on the penultimate lap. Davy hung on setting the fastest lap of the race in the process, but he could not get past and finished 0.4 seconds back in second place.

(It was not finished however as the organisers announced that Dunlop had been excluded as he had no transponder and awarded Davy the win only to later reverse that decision.)

It was then on to the CSC Branson R6 Yamaha for the Supersport Race and another good start from the front row.

As they headed off in to the country he was third behind the two Dunlop brothers and managed to hold on to them for a lap and a half before they broke away, but it was enough to pull Davy three seconds clear of the chasing pack of Shiels, Archibald and Sweeney. He continued his relentless pace and although hard work took a comfortable third place finish, his best ever on the CSC Branson R6 and after all the problems with it at the TT all the more pleasing.

In the Grand Final on the Strangford Holiday Park/Leisure Services GSXR1000 Suzuki Davy made a blinding start and was in second place behind W.Dunlop out of Finnegans and was third at the end of the opening lap when M.Dunlop made him sit up through Sam's Tunnel. He held third for the next three laps despite pressure from Open Race winner Derek Shiels. Shiels did get past with three laps to go, but Davy was giving up and returned the favour to Shiels keeping him under pressure until he got back in to the final podium position on the run through Duke Bends on the final lap to claim an impressive third place as well as setting his fastest ever lap at Skerries and take him in to the Top Ten Fastest riders around the popular circuit.

Speaking later a tired but elated Morgan commented, "Thats more like it, but that was hard work out there. All the bikes went well and i just needed to prove to myself that i was still capable and as i said to one of my team after the Supersport Race, "I can still ride a bike". I am so pleased for Steve (Caffyn) and Trevor (Matthewson) who like everyone else suffered badly at the TT, but stuck with me and helped in more ways than i can ever thank them, but i hope days like this repays that support."

"I made a poor start in the Open race and the front four were gone, but i was confident of getting fifth before the end, but it was stopped short so that was that. I made a good start in the 250 and got away, but you always know if William (Dunlop) is on track that he is going to be with you at some stage, although today i did stay with him when he went by, but i could not get back at him before the flag. There was then some controversy as the organisers announced William's exclusion for a problem with his trnasponder and declared me the winner. They then re-instated him later and i was told i would have to protest. I was not going to do that, because as far as i was concerned William had won fair and square although the extra prize money would have been nice after the TT i had. If William broke the rules it is up to the organisers to implement them not me."

"The Supersport result on the CSC Branson Yamaha was a relief more then anything after all than has happened over the past few weeks and the fact that the engine only went back in on Friday makes it all the more satisfying. I was never matching the two guys in front, but it is great to give Steve a podium after all his hard work to get the engine fixed and here on time. The Supersport machines are definitely the hardest work out there as you are constantly working to keep the corner speed up so that you are quick enough on the straight bits."

"On the Strangford Holiday Park/Leisure Services Suzuki i had what was probably the most enjoyable ride of the day in the Grand Final, i made my best start of the day and was second then third and was pushed all the way by Derek (Shiels) who got me with three laps to go, but i was not going to give up on the podium and claimed a third podium on the final lap to end what has been a terrific weekend for me as i also set my fastest ever lap qround Skerries. I want to thank everyone who helped in anyway and especially Steve, Trevor and those who give up their weekend so that i can concentrate on racing motorbikes. I would like to send my best wishes to Norman (McKeag) who took ill on wednesday and wish him a speedy recovery."