Wednesday January 15, 2025 at 4:27pm
Since the Wirral 100 club published its decision to suspend its road racing activities for 2025, it has been inundated with messages of sadness, sympathy, understanding and best wishes from the ACU, from other clubs, from the circuit-owners, and of course the paddock community at large, all of whom wished it to continue operating, if at all possible. The Club is strengthened by new members joining its committee to help the Club reconnect with its riders and supporters, and in particular to help in improving its marketing and social media presence, and to help get the Club back on a firm footing.
One particular message was from friends at the NG Road Racing club, offering to provide short-term clerical and other assistance to enable Wirral 100 to re-group and to organise a test day & new riders’ course and race meeting at Anglesey on 21st to 23rd March 2025. It was delighted to accept that generous offer and the intention is to finalise the arrangements and to publish the regulations and entry forms, and proposed timetables, within the next few weeks. It is, of course, still in the planning phase but it expects that the meeting will include its usual classes, together with the first round of the 2025 ACU UltraLightweight series.
The Wirral 100 plans, with the encouragement of the ACU’s Road Race Commission, to seek further race dates in 2025, but this, of course, will be dependant on the availability of circuits and particularly the support of its own officials, marshals and riders at this first meeting; the Club is hopeful that the timing of this event is such that it could also attract riders from other championships, including BSB support classes, NG of course, and those of other clubs, particularly the local clubs in the North West, all looking to benefit from significant amounts of track-time ahead of their 2025 seasons.