It is packed with info on the course, ticketing, road closings schedules, history, what the flags mean… a little bit of everything.
And after all that if you have any more questions feel free to ask away in the comments section or contact the site via email and I am sure we will be able to help you out.
Please note though TBNI.Blog do not sell tickets – and at this stage online ticket sales will have ceased so it will be a case of buying at the event on the day.
The Cookstown Club have confirmed via a Facebook Post that their ticket packages are available until 6th December 2024 so you can get your vouchers in in time for Christmas.
With the date now confirmed for the last weekend in April 2025, online packages are now available to purchase for Christmas presents until Friday 6th December as per previous years!!
Prices for 2025 are as follows:-
Early bird Packages (up to 6th December)- £20
Standard Packages are priced at £25
VIP Packages are priced at £85
Our new VIP area will be located within the paddock with full access to the paddock area, overlooking both the grid and podium area! Hot food and refreshments will be available for all VIPs throughout the event..
To purchase your Packages please use PayPal and enter [email protected] (friends options)..please leave a name, address and email address and quantity required in ‘NOTES SECTION’
**please note with vantage points on private property around the Cookstown 100 course, a package must be purchased to enter these areas**
The 2024 Cookstown 100 ran over the weekend of 26th and 27th April 2024. Friday saw every weather imaginable, properly four seasons in one day, with almost freezing temperatures around the circuit, then came the hail and sleet, followed by wind and rain with the odd sunny interval. However by later afternoon and just in time for the evening’s race session, the sun appeared and brought us a lovely spring evening, even if it was a little chilly.
Saturday, on the other hand was bright and sunny all day long. Whilst lots of other places in Northern Ireland got soaked the Orritor circuit remained bone dry, bright and sunny. What that then did was bring the crowds. With car parking really only available on the Orritor Road cars were lined from the road closure right into the mouth of the town with the racing fans turning out in their hundreds they took on the hike to the circuit to witness a full day of racing. With 15 races on the schedule the day was packed with action and real quality racing was on display throughout all classes. The cumulation of the event took us to the Cookstown 100 Feature race and with weather hampering the last couple of renditions of the finale this year we were treated to an epic race. Dominic Herbertson v Michael Sweeney was the dual of the top two over each of the 12 laps, each time each rider was on the other’s rear tyre and the lead changed almost as many times as there were laps. At the chequered flag it was Dominic Herbertson who lifted the trophy and brought to a conclusion the 2024 Cookstown 100 – an example in how to run an event.
Well done to all those involved in the organisation of the event and also to each and every competitor and their team across each and every class.
The 2024 Cookstown 100 will run over the weekend of 26th and 27th April 2024 on the Orritor Circuit, Cookstown, Northern Ireland.
A detailed visitors guide for the event can be found here and covers a brief history of the event, as well as ticket details, circuit details, directions to the event and other useful information such as the meanings of the flags used around the course and links to all Official sites.
As a result of this event all roads used as part of the circuit will be closed to all non official or authorised traffic – as well as all roads that approach and join the course. Full details will be posted on the relevant roads, which will also be marked as closed, manned by Marshals and security and Police will also be in attendance.
Road closures are legal and backed up by a road closure order. Breaching a road closure is a criminal offence. A link to the full road closure order can be found below.
A road closure order is in place for the 2024 Cookstown 100 for the following times on each day :
The Cookstown 100 Club have released a Press Release via a Facebook Post with more details for the fast approaching 2024 Cookstown 100.
The Cookstown 100 will be the first road race of the year and will run over the 26th and 27th April 2024. This will be one of (only) three road races on the Island of Ireland in 2024 so make sure to support the event and help try and keep road racing alive for years to come.
Full details of the schedule of the Cookstown 100, and this years other events can all be found on the TBNI.Blog Road Racing Calendar.
Cemcor Cookstown 100 :
The 2024 road racing season will roar into life when a ‘new look’ Cookstown 100 takes place on Friday and Saturday 26th/27th of April. Along with a new title sponsor, ‘Cemcor’, this year’s event will also see a streamlined race programme, along with the bonus of both a supersport 600 and an Open Invitation race taking place after Friday afternoon’s qualifying!
Details of the event were released at a packed Press launch in the Royal Hotel, on Thursday 4th April, where the new title sponsor was announced for this year’s event, in the form of ‘Cemcor’, a locally based Cement manufacturer.
The Cookstown 100 is the longest-running road race in Ireland, having celebrated its Centenary event in 2022, and will again take place on the Orittor circuit, just outside Cookstown.
At the launch, supported by many competing competitors, the club were pleased to announce the return of past winners, Michael Sweeney and Mike Browne, along with Dominic Herbertson, and a host of newcomers, including Southern competitor, and reigning Wirral 100 Champion, Kevin Keyes.
Race fans will get value for their money, with two extra races on Friday evening, and depending on the timescale, an extra Senior Support race may well be included.
TBNI.Blog have compiled the most useful and popular posts in relation to the Cookstown 100 in order to bring you a basic Cookstown 100 Visitor’s Guide. Hopefully this guide will give you an idea and some knowledge of the course and plenty of other useful information.
History :
The Cookstown 100 is the oldest in Ireland. It was first held in 1922 on a 30-mile course near Stewartstown. The distance of the race has changed throughout the years, but it has been called the Cookstown 100 since 1930. In 1998, the race moved to its current 2.1-mile circuit.
The Cookstown 100 has been won by many famous riders, including Joey Dunlop, Ray McCullough, and Ryan Farquhar. The event has been cancelled a few times throughout history, due to reasons such as war, safety concerns, foot and mouth disease and of course the Northern Irish weather! Despite the cancellations, the Cookstown 100 remains an important part of Irish motorcycle racing and is now considered the official opener for the road racing season.
The Cookstown 100 is the oldest road race on the island of Ireland.
It was first held as a 30-mile event on Thursday, June 15, 1922.
Remarkably, it predates the Ulster Grand Prix, which began on Saturday, October 14, 1922, making the Cookstown 100 four months older.
Organized by the Cookstown and District Motor Cycle Club, the race initially took place on the Sherrygroom circuit near Stewartstown.
Over the years, the race distance increased from 30 miles to 70 miles and eventually to 100 miles.
With the Temple 100 no longer in existence, the Cookstown 100 now holds the distinction of being the oldest road race on the island of Ireland.
With only 16 weeks until there will be bikes on the grid at Orritor, on the 26th & 27th of April 2024, the Cookstown Club are in full organising mode even over the festive period!!
With the sport in a hard place at the moment, the commitment of spectators, fans and competitors attending is essential in 2024 should we all want our sport to come through this tough period and have future years ahead.
With this in mind, the Cookstown Club are opening our online booking system today for spectators to book their packages for the 2024 Cookstown 100 Road Race.
If you are looking for a Christmas present for the road racing fan in your life, or just something to get as a ‘me to me’ pressie then the good news is that the Cookstown club have announced that they are now selling vouchers for their 2024 event, and will be up until the 9th December 2023.
After requests about Christmas Vouchers for presents, the club will make Vouchers available to order until the 9th December 2023 to allow time for postage!
Standard Vouchers will be priced at £25
With an upgraded VIP area for the 2024 event planned,VIP Vouchers can also be ordered at the discounted price of £70 until the 9th December 2023
To order Vouchers please pay via PayPal (using friends option) and make payment to [email protected].
(Please leave name,address and details of what your purchasing in notes section)
*please note packages are non refundable as per last 4 years,unless event is cancelled by the organisers,of which in these circumstances a full refund will be issued*
2024 COOKSTOWN 100 WILL BE RAN ON THE 26th & 27th APRIL 2024
The TBNI Road Racing Calendar will be updated as soon as new information comes to light so make sure you are subscribed to that : https://tbni.blog/road-racing-calendar/
The 2023 Cookstown 100 ran over the 21st and 22nd April 2023.
The Friday session ran over a sun kissed day, that was bathed in uninterrupted sunshine from early morning until the session finished. Then came race day, which saw rain come in just in time for Race 1 and lasted the entire day again almost without interruption.
Races 10, 11, 13 and 14 did not run due to the weather, which as the conclusion of the day came, became even worse. However, credit were it is due, getting 10 races completed in that weather was a great achievement in its own right.
Overall, the 2023 Cookstown 100 must be seen as a great success, no one can control the weather but what can be controlled is the management of the event. Friday was seamless, once things got underway the practice sessions ran smoothly without any incident, and no needless delays. The three races also ran smoothly, and the result was time left at the end of the day.
Some commentators have suggested that due to the glorious conditions on Friday and the time left on the road closure clock that more should have been squeezed into the Friday. The weather forecast did show that Saturday was going to be wet. I can see this point too, but I think making such a decision puts big pressure on the club. There is a huge amount of spectators that can’t make the Friday sessions due to work. The Saturday is the big day and if the Friday gets filled the Saturday only spectators will then question the decision as to why their sessions are cut. I just don’t think that is an argument that will ever be won and maybe we just have to accept the schedule is the schedule as it is laid out and put everything else at the mercy of fate.
The management of Saturday’s racing was again superb. Hard decisions had to be made in the event of a couple of red flags and race results being declared. A couple of running order schedules did change to try and ‘catch’ the best of the weather and a lap was cut from each race. However getting 10 out of a scheduled 14 races ran in that cold, wet, did I say wet, weather was a fantastic achievement.
Credit must also be given to every rider who went out in the conditions and gave us 10 fantastic races in all classes. Also to the Marshals who stood out from roads closing at a very early 7am until the racing concluded at almost 5pm and all the officials who ran the event, and of course the spectators who stood in that same cold and wet to see the first road racing event of 2023 after what was looking like the season that may have never been!
The 2023 Cookstown 100 road races, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, 21/22nd April, will have a new title sponsor.
This year’s event will be known as the ‘CDE Cookstown 100’ road races.
CDE is a locally based firm, its global headquarters are in Kilcronagh Industrial estate on the outskirts of Cookstown. Working across five strategic regions, CDE is the leading provider of wet processing solutions with applications across a wide range of materials within the natural processing and waste recycling sectors. CDE has been co-creating with customers for 30 years to deliver wet processing solutions that empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources laying the foundations for the circular economy.
CDE founder and chairman, Mr Tony Convery, said: “We are very proud to support the 2023 Cookstown 100. For over 30 years now, CDE has been firmly rooted in the local community and we’re deeply passionate about giving back to help people and communities thrive. Though our company has expanded and now operates around the globe, Cookstown remains our home and headquarters.
“We’re engineers at heart, operating at the forefront of innovation and driven to deliver optimal performance for our customers. We recognise the same passion, drive and pursuit of peak performance in the Cookstown 100 and so it is a fitting partnership.
“We’re delighted to support the opening race of the season and we wish Cookstown & District Motor Cycle Club and all the competitors a safe and successful two days.”
John Dillon, Chairperson for the Cookstown & District Motor Cycle Club, said,” After quite a few weeks of uncertainty, not only are we pleased to have the races running again for 2023, but also welcoming a brand new title sponsor for the event.
CDE, is a locally based firm with a broad global audience; they are the world’s number one wet processing equipment company for sand and aggregates, mining, C&D waste recycling and wastewater solutions. I am proud to welcome Mr Tony Convery, Founder and Chairman of CDE, on board as our main sponsor for the forthcoming event in April.
This re-branding of our event has added a new dimension to what is now the oldest road race, still going in Ireland!, on behalf of the Club, it’s a pleasure to welcome CDE to the Cookstown road races for 2023.”
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