Australian Marty Craggill was unfortunately reduced to the role of spectator after he  broke his collarbone and suffered  two broken ribs  in a pre-event practice crash on Thursday.

Chris Walker ended the day with 2 wins And is now only 1 point behind Hodgson in the championship.

Race One: 1 Chris Walker (Suzuki) 26m 50.702s, 2 Michael Rutter (Yamaha), 3 Paul Young (Yamaha), 4 Niall Mackenzie (Ducati), 5 John Reynolds (Ducati), 6 Neil Hodgson (Ducati),   7 Steve Plater (Team Kawasaki), 8 Tom Kipp (Honda), 9 Sean Emmett (Honda), 10 Dean Ellison (Honda).

Race Two: 1 Chris Walker (Suzuki) 23m 55.983s, 2 Neil Hodgson (Ducati), 3 James Haydon (Ducati), 4 John Reynolds (Ducati), 5 John Crawford (Suzuki), 6 Michael Rutter (Yamaha), 7 Paul Young (Yamaha), 8 Sean Emmett (Honda), 9 Steve Plater (Team Kawasaki), 10 Paul Brown (Yamaha).

Championship points: Hodgson 284, Walker 283, Reynolds 272, Haydon 231, Hislop 168, Mackenzie 127, Crawford 111, Plater 103.