One of Kirkcaldy’s most popular public events has been cancelled less than a fortnight before it was due to be staged.
Organisers of the Sand Races motorcycling say the event has struggled to find riders to take part.
A calendar clash with other motorcycle meetings means just eight people were confirmed to take part in the races on Saturday April 9, forcing it to be cancelled for the second time in less than a year.
Despite attracting huge interest from the public, Jake Drummond from Kirkcaldy and District Motor Club said the event was unlikely to return.
“We had to make the event for that date because of the tides,” he said.
“When we chose that date there was no other event that we were aware of taking place in Scotland.
“But we’ve had just eight entries from 84 forms handed out.
“A lot of organisation goes into this so I don’t think we can go down this road again.”
The event returned to the shore of the Lang Toun in 2012, harking back to the days when motorcycles regularly raced on the town’s beach.
Racing took place annually from the late 1920s until 1948, drawing thousands of motorsports fans to the waterfront.
In 2014, the reinstated event attracted around 6,000 spectators to the Promenade however, last year’s event was postponed at short notice due to a lack of participants.
Despite the obvious support of the viewing public, the lack of entrants has once again meant Mr Drummond and others felt it was no longer worthwhile pursuing this year’s races.
“The Scottish Auto Cycle Union has bent over backwards to help us,” he added.
“They want to engage more people in the sport (but) we can’t run with just eight riders.
“Any event needs to flow and you need the riders to have a rest between heats.
“We couldn’t really stage it unless we had 30 people taking part.”