Athea

2026 South West Road Races

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2026 South West Road Races Dates Announced

The South West Road Races Athea Facebook Page has issued a statement re the plans for their 2026 event…

12th 13th September | Motorcycle Road Racing Returns to Athea

We are excited to announce finally the long awaited return of motorcycle road racing to Athea with the South West Road Races taking place on 12th 13th September.

After far too long away the roads of Athea will once again echo with the sound speed and spectacle that only real road racing can deliver. Two full days of high octane action on fast demanding public roads backed by passionate crowds and an unbeatable atmosphere.

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Athea Road Races Planned for 2026 :

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Athea Road Races Planned for 2026 :

The South West Road Racing Club have issued a Press Release confirming their commitment for a return to road racing and the plans to run their event in 2026…

South West Road Racing Club confirms commitment to Athea Road Races for 2026 :

PRESS RELEASE

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The South West Road Racing Club is pleased to confirm that it has agreed to pay the required 50% deposit to the Motorcycling Ireland (MCI) to secure the necessary permits for the 2026 season, with the event to be held in Athea.

The club would like to thank Kerry Motorsport News for their continued support.

Dates will be released in due course, but in the meantime, the club wishes to thank everyone for their continued support.

Best regards,

The South West Road Racing Club Athea.

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2025 Athea Road Races Cancelled

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2025 Athea Road Races Cancelled :

The South West Racing Athea Club have announced via a press release that their 2025 event will not go ahead.

Statement From South West Road Racing Athea – 2nd July 2025 :

A number of events have taken place since May of this year involving the Road Racing Alliance of Ireland, Motorcycling Ireland, The Minister for Sport and Sport Dispute Solutions Ireland. These events were necessary in order to introduce the initial steps required to secure the future of all motorcycle sports in the Republic of Ireland.

While these events were completely outside of our control, South West Road Racing Athea welcomes the positive measures which have emanated from them and accepts that it will take time for MCI to finalise a programme for the implementation of these measures.

It is therefore with deep regret that South West Road Racing Athea have had to make the difficult decision to cancel our major event which was planned for

September 2025.

We hope that all processes will be completed in the near future and that we can announce the rescheduling of our event in due course.

South West Road Racing Athea thanks all of its members, supporters and the local community for their patience.

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No Insurance for Irish Road Racing in 2023

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No Insurance for Irish Road Racing in 2023 :

No Insurance Cover for 2023

An MCI Directors meeting was held on Thursday 18th May 2023.

The affordability of insurance was discussed as part of the agenda. On the agenda was the financial viability of a recent quote. It was determined that this quote was not viable.

There will officially be no insurance cover for 2023.

An EGM will be held in 21 days.

Since the making of this announcement the Irish clubs have now all confirmed that their respective events have been cancelled for 2023.

The Kells Club have confirmed that there will be no 2023 Kells Road Races.

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2023 Athea Road Races Cancelled

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2023 Athea Road Races Cancelled :

The South West Road Racing Club have announced that due to the continuing issues with motorcycle event insurance in Ireland the 2023 Road Races have been cancelled.

2023 Athea Road Races Cancelled
2023 Athea Road Races Cancelled

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