Despite two earlier positive mailings to the eGroup in response to questions about Ironbridge and whether (or not) it would be staged in 2000 it now looks as though the event is unlikely to happen. The reasons outlined in Liz Taylor's email to the eGroup are based around MHR's apparent financial problems. MHR, run by Phil Templar, owns the rights to Ironbridge, having bought the race off 220 a few years back, and so it's unlikely that anyone will be able to pick up the event without his involvement. It seems as though there are interested people (both athletes and volunteers) but until the financial side has been sorted I think we can assume that the race is on hold.

It would be helpful if we could get a statement out of Phil himself as so much of the information that has been passed around is second or third hand. I haven't seen him since I visited the London Triathlon as an observer for the BTA and attempts at telephone and email communication have met with disconnected numbers or no reply. The only person active in making statements about the situation has been Liz, previously a director of MHR herself, and we can only assume that she is getting her information directly from Phil.