
Brandish Corner (formerly known as ''Upper-Hillberry Corner'' and previously ''Telegraph Hill'') is situated between the 35th and 36th Milestone road-side markers on the
Snaefell Mountain Course
The Isle of Man TT Mountain Course or ''TT Course'' or ''Snaefell Mountain Course'' or ''Elmo’s Mountain Course'' is a street and Road racing, public rural road circuit located in the Isle of Man, used for motorcycle racing. The motorcycle ''T ...
on the primary
A18 Mountain Road in the parish of Onchan in the
Isle of Man
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. The road was re-engineered in recent years.
Brandish Corner was part of the
Highland Course and
Four Inch Course
The Four Inch Course was a road racing, road-racing circuit first used for the 1908 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (automobiles), 1908 Tourist Trophy Race for cars, held on public roads closed for racing by an Act of Tynwald (the parliament of the I ...
used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and
Tourist Trophy car races held between 1904 and 1922. Brandish Corner is part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1911 for the
Isle of Man TT
The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May and June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907 Isle of Man TT, 1907. The event begins on the UK Spring Bank Holiday at the e ...
and
Manx Grand Prix
The Manx Grand Prix motorcycle races are held on the Isle of Man TT Course (or ' Mountain Circuit') annually, usually at the end of August and early September. Traditionally the event has been staged over a two week period but this was reduce ...
races.
[ ''Motorcycle Mechanics'', June 1973, p.74 Around the TT ''TT Time''. "Brandish is another hike over the fields for those who want fast, tricky corners". Accessed and added 2014-11-12]
This part of the Mountain Course was named Brandish Corner after
Walter Brandish who crashed in the right-hand gutter while trying to pass another competitor at Upper Hilberry Corner, between
Creg-ny-Baa and
Hillberry Corner, and broke a leg during practice for the
1923 Isle of Man TT Races.
During the winter of 2005/2006 road widening occurred at
Windy Corner followed by Brandish Corner during the autumn of 2006 by the Isle of Man Department of Transport, due to collision figures at both locations involving local, two-way traffic.
Brandish improvements take 20 metres off TT course
IoM Today, 31 October 2006, Retrieved 2014-12-17
Sources
External links
Keppel Gate to Cronk ny Mona
with Steve Hislop
Robert Steven Hislop (11 January 1962 – 30 July 2003) was a Scottish motorcycle racer. Hislop won at the Isle of Man TT eleven times, was the British 250cc Champion (1990) and lifted the British Superbike championship on two occasions (199 ...
, 11 times TT winner
TT Spectator Guide Section Creg-ny-Baa to Governor's Bridge
Map of course
Brandish Corner
Corners of the Isle of Man TT
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