Motorbike race ace Alfie secures top-five position

Motorbike ace Alfie Davidson is hoping this year can be the springboard for even greater success in the future.

- by Craig Salmon

The 17-year-old Leyland speed demon claimed a superb fifth-place overall in the Pirelli National Sportsbike Championship after a hard-fought 10 rounds of competition.

His haul of 212 points was only15 fewer than Fenton Seabright who finished third, with Asher Durham sandwiched between them.

Riding on his Secat by Swan Racing, Davidson was still somewhere behind overall champion Kas Beekmans, who amassed a considerable 317 points to finish well ahead of second-placed Ferre Fleerackers.