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Ireland’s premier short circuit race was hit by heavy rain and strong winds as Storm Babet brought adverse weather to the UK and Ireland.

The Hillsborough Club made the decision in the interests of safety, with an unchanged two-day programme now taking place on Saturday and Sunday.

In a statement, the organisers said: “The Hillsborough and District Motorcycle Club have made the decision on safety grounds to postpone racing today and have a full two-day programme on Saturday 21st and Sunday, October 22nd, with the weather changing to dry and sunshine on Sunday.”

Qualifying will take place on Saturday from 9:15am followed by an eight-race programme, including the first Superbike and Supersport races.

The headline J.A.S. Finlay Sunflower Trophy race will be held over 12 laps on Sunday shortly after the lunch break as part of a 13-race programme.

A host of top names are entered, including British Superbike frontrunners Danny Kent on the Mar-Train Racing Yamaha and Lee Jackson and Charlie Nesbitt, who are riding Honda machines for the Hawk Racing team.

Kent, who became Great Britain’s first GP world champion since Barry Sheene in 1977 when he won the Moto3 title in 2015, is making his debut on the Mar-Train Yamaha after replacing Dubliner Jack Kennedy for next year’s British Superbike Championship.

Donegal man Richard Kerr, last year’s winner of the feature Sunflower race, is back to defend the silverware on the AMD Motorsport Honda after clinching second place in the National Superstock 1000 Championship last weekend at Brands Hatch in Kent.

Newly crowned Ulster Superbike champion Jason Lynn (J McC Roofing Racing Kawasaki) and McAdoo Racing Kawasaki’s Korie McGreevy are also leading contenders along with Derek Sheils on his Roadhouse Macau BMW this weekend.

McGreevy, however, is likely to miss Sunday’s action as the Cookstown-based McAdoo Racing team does not allow their machines to be raced on a Sunday.

The Ballynahinch man trails Lynn by 30 points in the Ulster Supersport Championship but his outside chance of the title now looks to be over following the weather-enforced schedule change, with the second Supersport race taking place on Sunday.

Dungannon’s Cameron Dawson will ride for the Gearlink Kawasaki team alongside British Supersport race winner Tom Booth-Amos, while Richard Cooper and Dean Harrison lead the charge for the BPE by Russell Racing Yamaha team.

Dawson and Cooper are also due to ride Kawasaki machines prepared by Ryan Farquhar in the Supertwin class.

Dromara’s Sam Laffins is another live contender in the Supersport races, fresh from a National Junior Superstock double at Brands Hatch last weekend.

National Superstock 1000 riders Simon Reid and Scott Swann add more quality to the Superbike grid, with British Supersport rider Eunan McGlinchey set to ride a Team Polaris BMW S1000RR for former racer Nico Mawhinney.

Admission to the event this weekend is £20, payable at the gate.

British Superbike riders Danny Kent, Lee Jackson and Charlie Nesbitt confirmed for Sunflower Trophy

Friday's Sunflower Trophy schedule abandoned due to adverse weather from Storm Babet as organisers plan to run event on Saturday and Sunday