THE 2300 Club took the sensational decision to axe the Tour of Mull Rally after financial problems with last year’s 40th anniversary event left the club with a ‘substantial’ loss.
“The organisers left Mull in October 2009 with morale very low indeed,” said rally chairman Neil Molyneux, who lives in Hurst Green.
“We had been looking forward to a bumper 40th event. Problems during the Rally and various PR issues left us wondering why on earth we were subjecting ourselves to this.
“Members of the 2300 Club organise the Tour of Mull in their own time and at their own expense. What they ‘give’ is enormous in these terms.
“We faced some ‘one-off’ costs for the 40th Rally and the underlying trend is that our costs are increasing much faster than our income.
“Also, the organisers have grown weary of the increasing number of negative and critical comments about their running of the event.”
Although they left the door open to come back in 2011, the Mull Car Club stepped in with an offer to organise their own rally.
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