Tim Venables set a Necomers lap record on his opening circuit

Manx riders Tim Venables and Jonny Heginbotham took the honours in both the Newcomers A and B races at the Manx Grand Prix on Monday.

Venables set a Newcomers lap record on his opening lap and held on to his advantage to win by over 10 seconds from Banbridge's Shaun Anderson.

The 22-year-old said: "I'm still learning the course but it is amazing to win on the Mountain Course."

Meanwhile, Heginbotham took victory in the Newcomer B race.

Heginbotham set a new race record of one hour 24 minutes 15.40 seconds on his way to a commanding one minute 10 second victory over Lee Darbyshire.

The Port St Mary rider also set a new lap record of 109.073mph on his opening lap.

The 23-year-old told BBC Isle of Man: "I knew I needed a good start, so I got my head down right from the off.

"I'm made up with the result and I want to build on it in the Junior."

Both riders will compete in Wednesday's Junior race.

Result, 30 August

Newcomer A

1. Tim Venables 600cc Honda - 1:19:22.93 - 114.071mph

2. Shaun Anderson 750cc Suzuki - 1:19:32.86 - 113.834mph

3. Sebastian Buch 600cc Yamaha - 1:20:20.14 - 112.717mph

Newcomer B

1. Jonny Heginbotham 650cc Kawasaki / Olive Bullock Scholarship / Martin Bullock Manxsport - 1:24:15.40 - 107.472mph

2. Lee Darbyshire 650cc Kawasaki - 1:25:55.33 - 105.388mph

3. Tom Llewelyn 650cc Suzuki - 1:26:52.04 - 104.242mph

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