The Department for Enterprise has announced that Auto-Cycle Union Events Ltd (ACUE) has been awarded a 10-year contract as the event’s Race Organiser.
The landmark agreement will see ACUE in the role up to the conclusion of the 2033 Isle of Man TT Races, 25 years after first taking responsibility for delivery of the event in 2008.
In that time, the TT has experienced significant growth across almost every area of the event, and the new contract comes soon after a period of restructuring and investment into the Race Organisation to reflect the increased complexity and resource required to deliver the TT Races.
ACUE
Headed by Clerk of the Course, Gary Thompson MBE BEM, ACUE will be responsible for all racing elements across the Isle of Man TT Races.
One of the Race Organiser’s most important and largest-scale responsibilities is the provision of marshal and medical cover around the TT Course, and the 10-year contract with ACUE coincides with two further 10-year deals between ACUE and the TTMA marshalling service, and the Manx Road Racing Medical Services (MRMS).
Gary Thompson, ACU Events Ltd said: “It’s an honour for ACU Events Ltd to continue in the role of TT Race Organiser. It’s a long-standing position that we have held and we are extremely proud to continue to do so.”
“Understandably our work comes to the fore when the bikes leave the start line and head towards Bray Hill, but there are thousands of hours of work needed year-round to get to that stage, and it’s a workload that increases as the event grows and our aspirations for its delivery grow too.”
“Without doubt, one of the larger elements of the race organisation is the provision of the marshals and medics, for which we need several hundred in order to go racing.
“We’ve used this new agreement as an opportunity to secure the TTMA and MRMS over the same 10-year period, which has the huge benefit of allowing us to plan and invest for the long-term like never before.”
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