It is with great reluctance and a heavy heart to tell you that we have been forced to cancel the event at this short notice as the headquarters have decided to withdraw their approval to allow us to use it, even only for car parking and toilets, as was the plan. I have pleaded with them explaining our actions we would be taking to reduce and as far as practical eliminate any gatherings within the HQ area (and during the event itself) but they are not being swayed. At this point it is too late to find an alternate HQ - and my club, whom I am obviously in need to help run the event and who I have to follow their instructions have said they will no longer support the event due to the HQ issue.
It will not now be possible to reschedule the event again (this is an already rescheduled event) as by the time I could do so it would be towards the end of October or beyond and most will not want to ride then.
I will refund the entry fee as our expenses are fairly minimal at this point.
I do hope that we can run the event again next year and back at the normal date of mid June.