Members of the Southern 100 Motorcycle Club have offered condolences to families of the three riders who lost their lives during this year’s event and have given assurances the races will continue in the future.
Clerk of the course Phil Taubman said: ‘Our thoughts are with those families who were bereaved by the tragic events this year.’
But he said the club had also received many messages of support from both competitors and spectators.
‘Thank you to everyone who has helped out in any way, we really appreciate what they have done. We especially have to thank those people who helped out at the accident scenes,’ he said.
Three men, all of whom lived in the island, died during this year’s event. On Monday David Jukes died near Ballakeighan corner. On the Thursday’s race day Mark Madsen-Mygdal lost his life in an accident near Stadium corner and sidecar passenger Paul Thomas also died in a separate accident.