Tandragee 100: Irish national road race cancelled for 2024
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Dominic Herbertson won a red-flagged Supersport 600 race at the 2022 Tandragee 100
The 2024 running of the Tandragee 100 road race has been cancelled because of continued delays over resurfacing part of the 5.3-mile circuit.
The issue also put pay to the proposed 2023 staging of the event.
A statement issued by clerk of the course Anne Forsythe on behalf of the North Armagh Club said the decision had been reached with "deep regret".
The meeting did not take place in 2020 and 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2022, the event was abandoned after a series of crashes amid persistent rain and deteriorating conditions.
The statement released on Monday night explained that the organising club had "been unable to gain commitment for necessary resurfacing to be carried out in time to meet extended deadlines".
These included the necessity to commit to contributing towards insurance for the staging of motorcycle events in Ulster in 2024 and confirmation of a requirement to use a Road Closing Order.
"As a Club, after many months of lobbying and negotiations, we are very disappointed, however we are committed to do everything we can to ensure some level of resurfacing takes place at some stage in 2024 to enable us to bring this awe inspiring event back in 2025," read the statement.
The Cookstown 100 road races are scheduled to take place on 26-27 April next year, with the North West 200 being staged from 8-11 May.
The Armoy road races are set to occupy their customary place on the calendar on the final weekend of July, 26 and 27.
On 30 November, a press release issued by the Motor Cycle Union of Ireland (Ulster Centre) indicated that they were "90% complete" towards securing insurance for the 2024 motorcycling season.
They added that their hope was that they should "have all cover in place by the New Year and the renewal date".
In 2023, the governing body was assisted in meeting soaring insurance costs by contributions from the public through the setting up of a crowdfunding page.
The MCUI (UC) acknowledged in their statement last month that "insurance over the next number of years will definitely be an ongoing issue".