A meeting to discuss the future of the Calne Motorcycle Meet will be held at 7pm on Friday in the Lansdowne Strand Hotel.

The future of the event, which attracts thousands of people to the town each year, is in doubt because of a lack of volunteers to run it.

It costs around £5,000 to organise and at least 50 marshals are required on the day, all of which are in short supply.

As well as this there needs to be a select committee of at least five people working from January to July to organise it.

Town councillor Howard Marshall has been involved in organising the event for the past eight years and is keen to find volunteers.

He has called a public meeting to make sure the event goes ahead next year.

He said: “People wishing to volunteer their help should attend so that we can move it forward from there.

“I sincerely hope that we will get a small community that will start work and run it.

"I have had about five people email or phone me and there seems to be a lot of interest from what I can gather.

“We’re still looking for sponsors to financially support the event, or to provide support in kind. There’s printing that needs to be done, banners that need to be bought.

"If there’s anybody who can help with that then that would be gratefully received.”