Ryan goes full throttle in Thundersport Championship win

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Ryan Garside secured the Blackbird Corporate Golden Era Steelsport 600cc Championship title at the final weekend of the season at Oulton Park, on his Myerscough EasyPay Honda, supported by his Level 2 and 3 students for each round of the competition, as part of their enrichment programme.

Heading into the final round of the season, it was all up in the air in the Steelsport ranks as the battle heated up for top honours, but a second and a sixth place finish was enough for Ryan to secure the title.

Last year, Ryan won the Ace Of Aintree Steel Frame 600cc and also the Pre-Injection 600cc Championship, riding his Honda CBR600 F3, before making the step up to Thundersport for the 2019 season.

Ryan told UK Clubsport: ‘’The aim at the start of the season was always to win the title, but we knew it was a tough task having never been to most of the circuits before. So to relax at the end of the season with lap records, a jam packed trophy cabinet and the title in the bag is a good feeling.

“The Myerscough students have loved every minute of it, the highs and the lows, and it’s been a cracking experience for us all.

“I’m looking forward to next season, even though I don’t know what I’m doing yet. There are plenty of options but as always it depends on finances. This year’s awesome sponsors are on board again next year, so we will be out there somewhere, just not sure where just yet.”

Away from the track, Ryan is a motorsport lecturer and programme leader for motorcycle maintenance and repair at Myerscough College, and his students are a massive help to him in preparing his bike for the races and over the race weekends themselves.

As part of their study programme, learners undertake their motorcycle study programme at Myerscough’s new Motorcycle Centre at the College’s main Bilsborrow campus, on courses designed to give students skills and knowledge in diagnosing and repairing any type of motorcycles, as part of a tailored course incorporating motorsport activities and resources to provide progression into the motorsports industry.

For more details about the range of motorsport study programmes available at Myerscough College and University Centre, CLICK HERE