It was cancelled mainly due to the mist on the mountain which meant that the AirMed helicopters couldn't get to all the course. We also started getting reports of Rain up on the mountain.

I agree that around most of the course conditions were ideal but unless it is OK around all 37 and a bit miles of the course, then the race is a no no.

The Weather for today (Sunday) was even worse which is why they didn't even attempt to try and run it today. The Met Office feel that it should clear up by Monday.

Whilst the nice high-tech Webcams would be nice, the Clerk of the Course much prefers to send a helicopter up into the air to report on the conditions and speaks to the Met Office every 10 minutes to see what the weather radar is saying. We are constantly getting weather reports in from the Marshals and Civil Defence people around the whole course and also people in Peel, Ramsey, South etc who can give us the heads up that a shower is heading across the island and how fast it is moving.

Speaking to the Police last night, it had been misty up on the mountain most of the day so if we had held the roads closed, we still wouldn't of had any racing yesterday.

Fingers crossed for Monday.

Andrew.