One of my colleagues who has never been to the TT but can read, came to me this week and said "Will they produce new trophies for these short TTs ? Surely these new TTs cannot use the trophies won by the big names when the TT was a big race".....Now that is HIS comment not mine, but I had to think about it...There's Hailwood, Ago etc fighting out a race over seven and six laps with pit stops and all the exciting bits and this year we have a four lap dash--And the winner is awarded a prestigeous Mercury trophy.....Is is deserved ?????

Surely this new concept is not in the same ballgame as the older days--

After all my involvement with the TT over more than 50 years, I am fighting to give it support come what may but there are a lot of doubts creeping in when outsiders comment and the comments make sense..

Surely awarding these trophies makes the previous winners greater mortals so perhaps we need to think about a new set of relevant trophies for a TT about to change...............

Please comment on this because I personally have mixed feelings about this..

But I do hope that "they" will reconsider and return to Six lappers for the big races !

It is a fact that reductions have been made in areas more safe than others---Dj crashed---on a Thursday as have other top riders....

So really what is all the reasoning behind these reductions...I hope Tynwald comes up with some good answers..