Ulster Superbike opener off because of weather alert
Saturday's scheduled Enkalon Trophy short circuit meeting at Bishopscourt is called off because of a yellow weather warning for high winds issued by The Met Office.
The first scheduled round of the 2026 Ulster Superbike Championship has been called off because of the yellow weather warning in place for high winds on Saturday. The Easter Saturday Enkalon Trophy meeting at the Bishopscourt circuit in county Down is the traditional curtain-raiser to the motorcycle tarmac racing season. "Due to the Met Office weather warning put in place for tomorrow [Saturday] the MCRRCI club have no choice with our duty of care to competitors, officials and spectators to cancel tomorrow's 50th Enkalon Trophy event and first round of the USBK Championship," read a statement released by the MotorCycle Road Racing Club of Ireland on Friday.
"We will endeavour to reschedule the event asap," the statement added. The opening race of the season is now set to be the Belfast and District Motor Club's event at Kirkistown on Easter Monday. Practice is scheduled to commence at 09:00 BST on Monday morning, with a 16-race programme to start at 11:30.
Among the main races will be the first instalments of the 'Big 3' 'King of Kirkistown' Superbike series, the Supersport 'Prince of Kirkistown' and the Presidents Cup Supertwins. The leading entries include reigning Ulster Superbike champion Carl Phillips, Jonny Campbell, Ryan Gibson, seven-time North West 200 race winner Richard Cooper, Mike Browne, Korie McGreevy, Luke Jones, Mark Conlin and Michael Sweeney.