Yorkshireman Jamie Coward was the most successful rider in the Blackford Financial Services Pre-TT Classic Road Races at Billown in the Isle of Man, round six of the 2015 Duke Road Race Rankings

The 24-year-old builder from Hebden Bridge won the 500cc Senior race by 0.072s from Alan Oversby after a terrific scrap.

He’d already finished runner-up to Oversby in the 850cc race aboard the same Craven Manx Norton previously campaigned by the latter man, and also finished third in the 350cc Junior behind Mike Hose and Oversby in what was another close finish between the latter pair.

Coward rounded off an excellent day with a clear win over Mistral Kawasaki team-mate Steve Mercer in the Post Classic Superbike event, recording the first 100mph plus lap of the course on a classic machine in the process.

Mike Hose of Wallasey also recorded a double victory with success in the 350cc Junior on a Honda-twin and a runaway win in the 350cc Singles race on a two-stroke Bultaco.

The most astonishing result was 87-year-old Ted Fenwick’s victory in the 250cc Singles class on his faithful Ducati.

James Cowton repeated his 2014 success in the Junior Post-Classic event, while Scotsman Ewan Hamilton walked the 250cc race.

Paton mounted Mick Moreton won the solo support race on his 500cc BIC Paton by a narrow margin from Dave Cooper.

Duke Road Race Rankings

1st   James Cowton 1858 points

2nd  Ivab Lintin 1817

3rd  Dean Harrison 1799

4th  Michael Dunlop 1591

5th  Dan Kneen 1408 6th  Guy Martin 1372

7th  Jamie Hamilton 1116

8th  Seamus Elliott 1074

9th  Lee Johnston 1047

10th Michael Sweeney 1014