Nine Irish national meetings are anticipated to take place in 2020, with competitive action for the new decade beginning on the 24th-25th April with the Cookstown 100.
The Tandragee 100 celebrating next year it’s 60th anniversary, then takes centre stage on the 1st-2nd of May.
After a break for the Internationals, attention then focuses upon Kells on the 20th-21st June. One week later it’s the turn of road race action at Cork (27th-28th June).
Photo by Rod Neill
A busy July which begins at Skerries and features the ever popular Walderstown and Faugheen 50 meets, concludes at Armoy which year in year out like the aforementioned events attracts a high calibre entry.
Following the four successive weeks of competitive action in July, the season is planned to conclude on the 12th-13th of September at the East Coast Racing Festival.
The Mid Antrim 150 will once again not form part of the road race calendar, plus as widely reported there’s a strong chance of Enniskillen not featuring in 2020.
The full current proposed schedule for the 2020 Irish national roads season, is as follows:
24th-25th April Cookstown 100
1st-2nd May Tandragee 100
20th-21st June Kells
27th-28th June Cork Road Races (Munster 100)
4th-5th July Skerries
11th-12th July Walderstown
18th-19th July Faugheen 50
24th-25th July Armoy
12th-13th September East Coast Road Racing Festival
Words by Stevie Rial