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Motor Club Notes:
No Rally - Look Back …… HERE Rally 1995 - ……………….. HERE
Maguire’s Champions at the Monaghan Endurance Stranoodan men, Shane and Ciaran Maguire finished 1 st overall on our Endurance Trial which took place last Sunday. The brother duo had a 2m 31s advantage over 2 nd placed Andrew Wedlock and Ryan Treanor. 3 rd place OA went to Graham O’Donoghue/Paul Reilly. Garry Farrelly assisted by Michael Sheridan and Sam Patterson organised this year’s event with was based out of Aughnamullen GAA. The event was a counting round of the Motorsport Ireland National Endurance Trial Championship. Sixteen selectives awaited competitors on the day. Eight before and after a lunch/fuel stop which was at Watters Londis in Castleblaney. In the classes, Karl O’Donoghue/Kevin Fagan were 1 st in class A2M with Ted Gaffney/Damien Quinn finishing 2 nd . Noel Devlin/Deirdre Gallagher were 1 st in class A2S and Michael Connolly/Eoghán Farrell were 1 st in class A2N. In class A2B, Darragh Mullen/Aideen Lynch were 1 st , Mickey Conlon/ Domhnall Lennon were 2 nd and Becky Hollinshed/Lauren Kennedy were 3 rd . In class B, Shane Burns/Dave Ray were 1 st , Geoffrey Conboy/Joey Finneran were 2 nd and David Forde/Patrick O’Leary finished 3 rd . Sean and Caolain McCaffrey finished 5 th in the class. Martin Tynan/David McCrudden finished 1 st in class C. In fact, Martin and David were the fastest crew over the entire day but as class C is for cars that don’t conform to the endurance specification, they were ineligible to finish in the top three overall. Aaron McGorman/Darren Lavery were 2 nd in the class and Michael Carbin/Conor Mohan finished 3 rd . Conor actually flies out to Finland this week in preparation for the next round of the Junior World Rally Championship which starts next week. They have also entered another Finnish event, the HYAcenter Ralli which begins this Friday. Conor and his driver Eamonn Kelly will be hoping for better luck this time as mechanical trouble has plagued them in recent European events. Martin and Gretchen Swinburne finished 4 th in the class, Shane and Molly Maguire finished 5 th , Mickey McNelis/Peter Farrell finished 6 th Cathal and Dara McGlone finished 7 th , Elijah and Isaiah Dixon finished 8 th . Bob Grahan/Caolan Treanor finished in 9th. Matthew McKenna/Ryan McDaid finished 10 th and Francis McElvaney/Ella Gillanders finished 11 th in the highly competitive class. Laoise Shiel/Padraic Shiel were 1 st in class D, Andrew Mackarel/Richard Cassidy were 1 st in class E and Ciaran McGorman/Róisín McGorman were 1 st in class F After the event, Garry thanked all the competitors and marshals for their help and support and the land owners for giving permission for the event to use their property as without their help and support the event couldn’t run. The next round for the Endurance Championship will be, Westmeath Motor Club’s Endurance Trial on August 18 th .
Motor Club Notes:
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No Rally - Look Back …… HERE Clubs Rally 1995 - ……………….. HERE
Maguire’s Champions at the Monaghan Endurance Stranoodan men, Shane and Ciaran Maguire finished 1 st overall on our Endurance Trial which took place last Sunday. The brother duo had a 2m 31s advantage over 2 nd placed Andrew Wedlock and Ryan Treanor. 3 rd place OA went to Graham O’Donoghue/Paul Reilly. Garry Farrelly assisted by Michael Sheridan and Sam Patterson organised this year’s event with was based out of Aughnamullen GAA. The event was a counting round of the Motorsport Ireland National Endurance Trial Championship. Sixteen selectives awaited competitors on the day. Eight before and after a lunch/fuel stop which was at Watters Londis in Castleblaney. In the classes, Karl O’Donoghue/Kevin Fagan were 1 st in class A2M with Ted Gaffney/Damien Quinn finishing 2 nd . Noel Devlin/Deirdre Gallagher were 1 st in class A2S and Michael Connolly/Eoghán Farrell were 1 st in class A2N. In class A2B, Darragh Mullen/Aideen Lynch were 1 st , Mickey Conlon/ Domhnall Lennon were 2 nd and Becky Hollinshed/Lauren Kennedy were 3 rd . In class B, Shane Burns/Dave Ray were 1 st , Geoffrey Conboy/Joey Finneran were 2 nd and David Forde/Patrick O’Leary finished 3 rd . Sean and Caolain McCaffrey finished 5 th in the class. Martin Tynan/David McCrudden finished 1 st in class C. In fact, Martin and David were the fastest crew over the entire day but as class C is for cars that don’t conform to the endurance specification, they were ineligible to finish in the top three overall. Aaron McGorman/Darren Lavery were 2 nd in the class and Michael Carbin/Conor Mohan finished 3 rd . Conor actually flies out to Finland this week in preparation for the next round of the Junior World Rally Championship which starts next week. They have also entered another Finnish event, the HYAcenter Ralli which begins this Friday. Conor and his driver Eamonn Kelly will be hoping for better luck this time as mechanical trouble has plagued them in recent European events. Martin and Gretchen Swinburne finished 4 th in the class, Shane and Molly Maguire finished 5 th , Mickey McNelis/Peter Farrell finished 6 th Cathal and Dara McGlone finished 7 th , Elijah and Isaiah Dixon finished 8 th . Bob Grahan/Caolan Treanor finished in 9th. Matthew McKenna/Ryan McDaid finished 10 th and Francis McElvaney/Ella Gillanders finished 11 th in the highly competitive class. Laoise Shiel/Padraic Shiel were 1 st in class D, Andrew Mackarel/Richard Cassidy were 1 st in class E and Ciaran McGorman/Róisín McGorman were 1 st in class F After the event, Garry thanked all the competitors and marshals for their help and support and the land owners for giving permission for the event to use their property as without their help and support the event couldn’t run. The next round for the Endurance Championship will be, Westmeath Motor Club’s Endurance Trial on August 18 th .