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Hooded Ram Festival CANCELLED for TT 2019

Fri, 10 May 2019

A brewery has lost its application to confirm a designated official for its TT festival event at the Bottleneck car park.

The verdict means the Hooded Ram brewery will now have to cancel its plans for this year’s fortnight.

Event organiser Jim Brookman criticised the delays to the company’s plans to apply for Andrew Cross to be its designated official for the TT festival.

The police said there was no question of Mr Cross’ suitability as a designated official, but he had no experience of an event this size.

High Bailiff Jayne Hughes also said the Hooded Ram, was ’unprofessional’ in its approach to its application.

Council Leader David Christian MBE JP said: ‘The Council is in no way responsible for the cancellation of Hooded Ram’s festival in the Bottleneck car park; it is solely due to the company’s unresolved licensing issues.

‘The Council has always been fully supportive of Hooded Ram’s plans to stage the festival again this year after the company demonstrated its competence in putting on a successful attraction in the Bottleneck over TT fortnight in 2018.

‘While regrettable, the event’s cancellation is totally out of our control and the Council will continue to work closely with the Hooded Ram with a view to the company securing all the appropriate licences and returning to the Bottleneck car park for TT 2020.’

Councillor Christian added that in light of the festival not taking place the Bottleneck would, most likely, operate as a car park as normal over the TT fortnight.

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