Coltness Car Club, the organisers of the annual Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally have just issued a statement announcing the cancellation of this year's event ...
Announcement
It is with deep regret that Coltness Car Club has announced
the cancellation of the 2015 Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally which was
scheduled to run in Perthshire on the weekend of the 3rd/4th
October.
The number of entries received for this final round of the ARR
Craib MSA Scottish Rally Championship fell far short of the break-even point and
as an amateur organisation, the club was faced with a financial shortfall which
would have been unmanageable.
Club chairman Jim Brown said: “It was a difficult decision, and
yet an easy decision, as we didn’t have any choice. It all boiled down to a
simple question of economics, not enough paid entries had been received to make
the event viable which would have incurred heavy and unaffordable losses for
the club.”
“It’s a great pity, months of planning, intense work and
preparation by a small band of dedicated enthusiasts have gone unfulfilled. And
it’s not just our club, rally clubs across Scotland have faced difficult decisions
this past year.”
“At the end of the day we really had no choice. Coltness Car
Club is an amateur organisation and if an event does not pay its way then it
simply cannot be run.”
He concluded: “It’s a great pity, it’s not just the competitors
who will lose out, or the championship, but all those spectators and rally fans
who will be denied the chance to see and cheer their heroes on the final round
of this national championship competition. The club would also like to
apologise to all those affected by this unavoidable decision.”
Note: All those competitors who have submitted a paid-for and
completed Entry Form will receive a full refund in due course. Thanks for your
support, but the numbers simply didn’t stack up.
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