“The G&S Racing Kawasaki team travelled north of the border to Knockhill in Scotland for round four of the 2025 British Supersport championship recently, where TJ Toms secured his first podium finish in this year’s series and Jorel Boerboom fought hard to win his first championship point of the year for the team.

“TJ Toms completed his qualifying in 15th place and began the Sprint race from the fifth row on Saturday. In chilly, rainy conditions he got a good start and made up seven places on the first lap and another two on lap two. He then passed Luke Stapleford on lap three to find himself up into fifth position. When Ben Currie fell on lap four TJ was elevated to fourth place right behind the three leaders. On lap 10 he passed Jack Kennedy and then had to relinquish the position on lap 14 but made a final push in the treacherous conditions to pass him again and hold third place to the flag. In the feature race Toms ran a consistent race in sixth place to pick up 16 points which, added to the 20 he picked up in the first race elevates him to seventh in the standings on 63 points.”

“Jorel Boerboom qualified for an eighth-row start to the Sprint race and got a great start, making up an amazing 10 places to 17th position on the opening lap. He was riding within a large group of riders all circulating within a couple of seconds and exchanging places throughout the race. At one stage he was up to 12th place but by the end of the race he crossed the finish line just outside the points in 16th position. In the Feature race Boerboom started from row eight in 19th position and again made tremendous progress passing 10 riders in the first two laps. Again, he was fighting for 10th position within the group and was running in 11th for a couple of laps. He ended up in 15th place on lap 16 of 22 and remained there to cross the finish line and pick up his first championship point of the year.”

Team manager Tom Fisher: “Wow! What can I say? The whole team is celebrating TJ’s first podium for us and also Jorel’s first championship point of the season. Who would have thought we would come away from Knockhill in horrible weather conditions with such fantastic results. Both riders picked the right combination of tyres for the first race in such difficult conditions. Knockhill is a technically difficult circuit in the dry but in the rain it’s treacherous. But both riders rode so well and we came away with some great results. The team worked hard throughout the weekend and has been rewarded by this set of results. Thanks go to our sponsors and followers; we couldn’t have done this without your support.â€�

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Round 4 – Knockhill

“The long trip to Knockhill in Scotland proved productive for the G&S Racing Kawasaki team as all three riders scored points in each of their two races in round four of the British Supersport championship.

 “The weather played its part in the weekend, with wet free practice and then dry conditions for qualifying and race one on Saturday and very wet conditions on Sunday for race two.

“After a long delay because of a thunderstorm, the riders lined up for the start of the Sprint race on Saturday, with Asher Durham on row four, Sam Laffins on row six and Jorel Boerboom on row eight. All three riders made good progress over the 18 laps and all three finished in the points; Durham in 10^th, Laffins 14^th and Boerboom 15^th.

“On Sunday the weather deteriorated throughout the day and by the time the Supersport riders took their places on the starting grid the track was wet and it was raining. But it didn’t appear to affect the three G&S Kawasaki riders who rode well in the dire conditions.

“Sam Laffins had a race-long battle with Carter Brown, with the pair exchanging places throughout the 22 laps. But he finally managed to make a pass stick on the penultimate lap and went on to complete the race in 12^th position.Ìý

“Asher Durham was running in 10^th place during the early laps and eventually settled into 11^th, which he held with ease through the final few laps, taking his points haul from Knockhill to 12 – he is now the highest placed regular Kawasaki rider in the championship.

“Jorel Boerboom started from the seventh row in 20^th position and was up to 17^th on the first lap. He continued to make progress through the field and once again completed the race in the points in 14^th place.”

“Team manager Tom Fisher – ‘That was a perfect set of results and I am delighted. For all three riders to finish both races in a point scoring position in such difficult conditions is something I didn’t think could happen.ÌýAsher once again broke into the top 10 with Sam and Jorel not that far behind him. Knockhill is a difficult circuit at the best of times but in the horrendous weather conditions it was even more so. Sam crashed in morning warm-up which caused a lot of damage to the bike but the team did a brilliant job in getting him back out there in time for the race. The only gripe I have is that they could improve their qualifying positions but all in all it was a great effort from them. Grateful thanks to our team and sponsors for their continued support.’â€�

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