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Tue, 09 Mar 2021
This year's Southern 100 event has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Event directors raised concerns over the uncertainty of the Isle of Man borders being fully open to general travel by July.
Club Chairman and Race Secretary, George Peach said: ‘It is very disappointing that the club have had to make this decision over what appeared circumstances would be favourable to run the Southern 100 in July, as normal.
‘Behind the scenes during the winter we have been busy getting all the paperwork in order and in constant contact with our race partners, sponsors, government agencies and others vital to getting the races organised and ready to run – all of whom have been fully behind us for the races to be run on their ‘traditional’ dates.
‘It will certainly be a major blow to our competitors, many of whom make the Southern 100 their ‘feature’ event of the year, as well as the numerous fans and enthusiasts who travel across annually to enjoy the exciting close massed-start races on the Colas Billown Course – all of which were prevented from attending in 2020 and were looking forward to making their journeys across the Irish Sea later this year.
Southern 100 Racing have looked at alternative dates later in the year, however the concern of the Chief Medical Officer was that sufficient medical cover could not be guaranteed later in the year.
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