2022 Tandragee 100 Dates :
The 60th Anniversary of the Tandragee 100 was delayed (like everything else) due to Covid but 2022 will see the event back on the Northern Irish Road Racing Calendar.
The Club confirmed the dates for the event on a recent Facebook Post.
60th Anniversary Tandragee 100 :
Our 2022 date for the Around A Pound Tandragee 100 will be the 29th & 30th April 2022.
More details to follow.
Early Details for 2022 Cookstown 100 have been released and 2022 celebrates the event’s 100th year!
The Cookstown Club released the following via a Facebook Post on their Official Page.
Cookstown Club can confirm that our 2022 date for our centenary event shall be held on 22nd & 23rd of April 2022.
With the Cookstown Club the oldest active promoting road race club in Ireland and 2nd oldest behind the IOM TT Races, 2022 will mark a historic milestone for Irish Road Racing.
A full list of events to mark the occasion will follow in due coarse.
As per last year, the 2022 event will be ran as a ‘CLOSED EVENT to the general public’ with online booking available in the coming months ahead.
We shall be also opening our christmas voucher scheme at the end of this month for those who wish to surprise your closest ones with an extra christmas present this year.
A christmas voucher scheme will also be available for to those who may wish to surprise competitors with partial or full vouchers towards their entry fees.
These vouchers will be available with a few price options.
More details will follow before the end of the month.
Only 5 and a half months to KDM Cookstown 100 centenary celebrations..
Not much rest this year..
2021 Cookstown 100 Results :
The second, and final, road racing event of 2021 was the Cookstown 100 and was held over the weekend of 10th and 11th September 2021.
What is traditionally the season starter has actually marked the end of the Northern Irish Road Racing Season in 2020 and now 2021 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and as restrictions now start to ease I, and the rest of the road racing fraternity, hope to see the Cookstown 100 back to its rightful place as the opening event in the 2022 Season.
In respect of the 2021 event we were treated to another well run event with a busy Friday Practice Day with a few races to wrap up the day and then a Saturday Race Day that started off rather slowly with a number of red flags, but then picked up steam and rattled through a packed schedule of 12 Races.
We had classics, support, 125s and Moto 3s, 600s, 1000s and superbikes… Something for everyone. Despite a few last minute withdrawals such as Michael Dunlop to a BSB event, Derek Magee to injury we were treated to some excellent racing, and every competitor deserves a mention. So to everyone who donned a set of leathers and took part this weekend we applaud you!
In a horrible twist of fate the weather followed in an almost carbon copy of 2020 in that it was dry all day race day right up until the Superbike Cookstown 100 final. Then a heavy shower soaked the circuit, red flagging the final which had just got underway with a full grid.
(In 2020 the rain actually led to the final race being abandoned and there was no Cookstown 100 feature race).
After a delay to let the rain stop, 2 sighting laps were offered to the riders to make a decision and the decision was that the race would run however only seven riders took to the grid to take on the now damp and rather greasy Orritor circuit.
The 2021 Cookstown 100 Final ran as a short four lap sprint and from start to finish there was a duel between Darryl Tweed and Forest Dunn, with Tweed initially in the lead, but Dunn snapping hard his his heels for the first couple of laps. However, at the point that mattered, Forest Dunn took the chequered flag by 0.551 seconds to take home the coveted Cookstown 100 trophy.
Isle of Wight Road Races : 20th – 23rd April 2022 :
Bringing international motorcycle road racing to the Isle of Wight :
With the Diamond Road Races having been reportedly scrapped it seems that the event has just taken a different, more toned down direction, and the plan does indeed seem to be to bring a road racing event to the Isle of Wight in 2022. Good luck to the organisers and we will post more news and developments as they come.
James Kaye has a vision to bring international motorcycle racing to closed public roads on the Isle of Wight.
Changes to UK law in 2008 made it possible for public highways to be closed to allow motor racing events to take place. Most people know that the Isle of Man has hosted the world-famous TT Races for more than 100 years. There’s no reason why this could not succeed on the Isle of Wight.
“We’ve built important relationships within the world of motorcycle racing and we are starting the process of building new relationships with the residents, business and organisations that will be affected by the event, commented James.
“I firmly believe that the benefits to the Island will far outweigh any temporary inconvenience. My organising team is determined to place the Isle of Wight on to the international motor sport map.”
Diamond Races Scrapped :
Manx Radio Motorsport have posted that the Isle of Wight Diamond Road Races have been scrapped.
Further details were posted on the Manx Radio website :
“The proposed Diamond races which were due to take place in the Isle of Wight have been scrapped.
They were expected to run annually each October but a journalist on the Island claims the organisers have now decided against operating the Isle of Man TT-style event.
A separate road race is still scheduled for April next year with proposals currently at the public consultation stage.
Isle of Wight Radio Journalist, Iona Stewart-Richardson, says she’s been told the Diamond races were dropped because of safety concerns”
The Cookstown Club earlier stated in a Facebook Post that Michael Dunlop would make an appearance at this years Cookstown 100 on his MD Racing Machine and the Synetiq Superbike.
Dunlop makes Cookstown 100 return
Michael Dunlop, star of the recent Armoy road races will return to the KDM Hire Cookstown 100, which is scheduled to take place on Fri and Saturday 10/11 September.
The Ballymoney rider, who last raced at Cookstown in 2018 will compete in both 600 supersport and Open races on his MD Racing Yamaha and Synetiq BMW by TAS Racing machines.
Dunlop, who won the 600 invitation race in 2018, and scored his only ever national road race win in the supertwins here in 2015 has not won the Feature Cookstown 100 race since 2013, something he will be eager to put right in 2021.
Dunlop’s attendance will certainly whet the appetite for road race fans, who have been starved of action between the hedges over the past two years.
Looking back to Armoy, the 17 times TT winner, Dunlop was in scintillating form, having had time during the pandemic to recover from injures received at the Southern 100 road race in 2019.
However…
2021 Cookstown 100 Ticket Update :
In an attempt to clarify the process for purchasing tickets for the 2021 Cookstown 100 the club have released the following information in relation to purchasing tickets.
We are getting hundreds of emails and PMs asking how to book packages and other information..
TO BOOK –
** Go to paypal and enter [email protected]** IN NOTES SECTION – leave postage address or we cannot send packages to you..**
PACKAGES £25 EACH (Only standard package left)
** Unless automatically issed a refund from paypal your transaction has been accepted
** Tickets ARE available and will be up onto the 20th August deadline
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Thanks for your support once again.
CDMCC
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2021 Cookstown 100 Spectator Information :
The Cookstown 100 have released this important information today (2nd August 2021) via a Facebook Post.
The Club have also confirmed that tickets are still available :
For further information please contact the Club via the email address below or the Official Cookstown 100 Group.
Spectators Tickets are priced at £25 for the weekend / VIP packages are £50 VIP Packages are now sold out.
Over the last few days we have been inundated with messages and email enquiring do spectators need to book online or even require a wristband to attend.
The club wishes to inform anyone who wishes to attend of the following information.
** The 2021 Cookstown 100 is organised as a CLOSED EVENT TO THE PUBLIC and is documented as such with government departments, so any member of the public cannot just turn up, regardless of the way it has been in the past. This aspect of the club running our event as a ‘closed event’ may differ from recent events which have been held, perhaps leading to this confusion within the public.
** General public cannot turn up and stand in a landowners field as you will not be insured to do so unless you have relevant items such as armbands etc from organising club or the landowner has given you permission to do so and has accepts responsibility for you being in their land and covered under their insurance rather than the promoting clubs insurance. The landowner has the right to remove you from their land if you do not have permission to be on it, as do club officals should landowners advise us to do so.
** Wristbands are required to gain access to the circuit after passing various security checks by psni and private security.
** Booking online must be done to comply with track and trace requirements by government departments.
2021 Armoy Results and Galleries :
Road Racing came back to Northern Ireland in 2021 with the first of two planned events coming to the County Antrim village of Armoy. We haven’t had racing in Armoy since 2019, in fact 2020 only saw a Cookstown event squeeze into the racing calendar.
However, the Armoy Club planned meticulously for the entire year, with regular updates and plans getting made public for a ticket only event to run on 30th / 31st July 2021.
That ticket only event quickly became a sell out and the planning paid off. The event was pretty much perfect.
It saw starting grids full of bikes in every class, from Support to Classics to Supersports to Supertwins and of course, Superbikes.
Friday was a qualification day with a couple of races at the end, both of which saw wins for local man, Michael Dunlop. The start of what would become a perfect weekend for Dunlop.
Then came race day and a packed race day at that. 11 planned races and all 11 ran. A red flag in the first race saw that race being declared a result after 5 laps, but from here on we were treated to a pretty much incident free race day right up until the final race, the Grand Final, the ‘Race of Legends.’
A red flag incident on the warm up lap saw a slight delay, but what followed was a Masterclass of road racing by Michael Dunlop as he raced seamlessly to his 9th Consecutive ‘Race of Legends’ Title.
Every race is deserving of a mention so in an attempt to avoid spoilers, the results are all below. Click the “+” beside the Race name to see the full results.
Bikes! will show on BBC1 Northern Ireland on 3rd August 2021 at 22:35 so make sure to set your reminders, failing that no doubt it will be available on the iPlayer after this time.
2021 Cookstown 100 Christmas Voucher Warning :
If you got a voucher for the 2021 Cookstown 100 for Christmas the Club have issued a warning to make sure that you send your voucher back in order to complete the exchange for your tickets.
In the excitement of getting a ticket I never even read the fine print so thankfully got this message on the Cookstown 100 Facebook Page today!
Time is now running out for christmas vouchers to be returned to the Club.
If you still have your voucher, please forward it to the club asap @ 229 Orittor Road, Cookstown, Co Tyrone BT80 9NB.
Please note as declared on the voucher..
‘Vouchers must be sent back to the organising club prior to the event to redeem voucher and receive program & wristband’
Entry to the event WILL NOT BE PERMITTED by showing a voucher to PSNI or Security on days of event.
The club thank you for all your support and ask for a final time for vouchers to be returned to avoid disappointment.
Regards
CDMCC