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Temporary arrangement to ensure continuity of Jurby Airfield events

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

A recent procurement process for an organisation to manage Jurby Airfield was unsuccessful and terminated on Friday 31 January 2020, when the site returned to the control of the Department of Infrastructure’s Public Estates and Housing Division. 

A temporary arrangement has been put in place to ensure motorsports events can proceed while an organisation is found to manage the Isle of Man Government-owned facility. 

Motorsports events planned at Jurby Airfield will from this week be managed through the Department for Enterprise under a licence to occupy from the Department of Infrastructure. 

The airfield will be available for motorsport events put on by an affiliated club of, and under a permit issued by, a recognised motorsport governing body. Bookings for non-motorsports events will not be taken during the interim period. 

The Department for Enterprise does not have access to a calendar of existing events and organisers should email the Motorsports team on motorsport@gov.im as soon as possible to ensure availability. 

Any organisation that has made a booking and paid in advance should contact the facility's previous managers to recover their payments. 

The launch of a new procurement exercise will be announced on the Isle of Man Government’s procurement portal in due course.

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