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North West 200 Motorcycle Races & Race Week Festival
10-17 May 2008
Location: various
Event Type: Sport & Active Leisure
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The North West 200 motorcycle races return to the famous Triangle circuit.
Race day is Saturday 17th May (practice sessions Tues 13th and Thurs 15th).
Coleraine Borough Council's Race Week Festival will feature Jason Smyth Adrenaline Tour, motorcycle stunt shows, live concerts, fireworks, Supermoto Racing, Mini Moto Racing, Kart Racing, air display (RAF Hawk, Dakota, Spitfire, Huricane, Wild Geese Parachute Display Team), Skateboard and BMX demos, children's shows, cavalcades and exhibitons.
Family Motor Fest at Lansdowne Crescent, Portrush on Wednesday 14th May from 6.30pm to 8pm featuring mini-moto racing, bmx, skateboard and in-line skate demos by the international display team, Ramp Riders, the fantastic clown double act from England, The Rapide Brothers, and all the way from Devon topping the bill, The Jason Smyth Adrenaline Tour.Jason is one of the UK's leading quad bike and motorbike stunt riders, with many years of experience in top level Motocross.
In addition to his Motocross career he has perfected many tricks and now provides an unrivalled motorcycle display for arena entertainment.
The motorcycle stunt show includes everything from motorbike stunts with wheelies and stoppies to quad stunts which include hair raising quad freestyle jumps 30ft in the air. The display is crammed with spectacular tricks on various quad bikes and motor bikes and is unique in its arrangement. The show doesn’t stop when the stunts do. Spectators are encouraged to visit the Adrenaline Tour display stand after the show to meet Jason and the team. The whole event is free and is compered by Portrush man and BBC Radio Ulster DJ, Alan Simpson.
Coleraine Borough Council is also holding stunt shows at the pits on Thursday and Friday mornings (10.30am-12noon) featuring the Rapide Brothers and the Jez Avery Motorcycle and Mountain Bike Stunt Show. Jez takes his world class stuntshow across the length and breadth of the country, thrilling children and adults alike with his leaps, jumps, stunts and tricks. If you can name a trick or stunt on a mountain bike, chances are Jez can do it - and do it in style! Jez is no stunt cyclist who picked up a few tricks in a car park - he has a long and successful mountain biking career behind him, winning championships and breaking records throughout the Nineties.
He has appeared on national television and in mountain biking magazines, such as You Bet!, Blue Peter and MBUK magazine.
His crowning achievement was breaking the World Record for a ramp to ramp jump in 1998, at a stonking 9.7metres- a record that remains unbroken to this day
Then on Friday night it's time for Portstewart to boogie down with “Boogie Nights” a fabulous 70s disco band who will have the Crescent area dancing in the streets. The band is due to appear at 8.30pm and is followed by the now famous NW200 fireworks display at 10.30pm.
Event Cancelled see attached release.
Race day roars into life with a stunning air display along the coast road from 9.30am to 10.30am with a Spitfire, Hurricane, Dakota and an RAF Hawk jet, plus the fantastic Wild Geese Parachute Display Team from right here in the Borough of Coleraine.Event Cancelled see attached release.
NEWS STATEMENT
10:45AM, FRIDAY 16th May.
THE Mayor of Coleraine, fellow Councillors and management and staff of Coleraine Borough Council wish to express their most sincere and deepest sympathy to the family of Robert Dunlop. Cllr Maurice Bradley, Mayor of Coleraine has expressed his sincere regret over the tragic death of Robert at Thursday evening's Kennedy International North West 200 Practices and stated “Road racing and Northern Ireland have lost a great champion. Our heart felt thoughts and sympathises to Robert’s mother, wife Louise, three sons, William, Michael and Daniel, including his close friends. Robert was well liked, very much loved, larger than life character that was a great ambassador for a sport he very much loved and enjoyed. Robert was kind and always available to promote any events organised by Council and his character shone through in everything he participated in”.
As a mark of respect to the Dunlop family at this difficult time, Coleraine Borough Council cancelled today’s events which include; the family entertainment at the Paddock, the live music and fireworks at the Crescent, Portstewart. The air display on Saturday morning, planned prior to the start of the racing event has also been cancelled.
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