Paidi O'Brien takes last year's Silver Pail GP, but the race today, Sunday, and five others down for decision were cancelled due to flooding (Photo: John Coleman of DC Images)
With many people in Cork having awoken this morning to serious flooding, the road racing scene in the county did not escape the damage.
Fermoy CC was unfortunately left with no choice but to cancel the Silver Pail GP.
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A couple hours before the 12 noon planned start it became clear the flooding on the course would make racing possible.
As well as the main event, won by Paid O'Brien (Osbourne Meats-McCarthy Cycles) last year, five other races were also due to unfold over what has always been a great promotion by Fermoy CC.
There were plans for separate A3 and A4 races as well as three youth events; for U16s, U14s and U12s.
The club confirmed the cancellation on its Facebook page this morning, saying:
"Unfortunately a last minute decision had to be made to cancel today's race due to road flooding on the race circuit. Sorry for the inconvenience."
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