By News on Kells, Skerries, Walderstown, Athea and now the latest on another Southern Irish roads jewel, the County Tipperary located Faugheen 50 (lap-record holder Derek Sheils – 106.464 mph).
Disclosed this evening by the Faugheen 50 Supporters Club committee, the meet which first originated in 1970, will not be taking place this year.
Instead, this summer, a two-day sprint time-trial event, similar in nature to the Country Crest Skerries 100 Sprint of 2024 (won by Michael Sweeney) will commence.
Full scale road race thrills are-hoped to-be-revived in 2027.
2026 Irish Road Racing Calendar, as it stands:
24th-25th April – Cookstown 100
4th-9th May – Briggs Equipment Northwest 200
20th-21st June – Kells Road Races
26th-27th June – Tandragee 100
4th-5th July – Skerries 100
18th-19th July – Walderstown ‘Race of The South’
24th-25th July – Armoy Road Races
31st July-1st August – Mid Antrim 150
12th-13th September – Athea Road Races
Photo courtesy of Baylon McCaughey
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
