Charity plans clean-up event for Southern 100 course
Beach Buddies will be handing out cleaning materials from the course headquarters from 18:00 BST for people to help spruce up the 4.25 mile (6.8km) Billown Circuit.
The charity said because the event will take place on busy roads children are not encouraged to take part.
Beach Buddies will then be taking a break over the TT fortnight, with no further dates planned until 15 June.
The break would reduce the need for volunteers to travel on the roads at the what is always the busiest time of the year, it said.
The Pre-TT Classics races take place on Thursday and Friday on the Billown Circuit.
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