Posted: July 18, 2001 7:42 AM
Runners up in the Mc Carrick Garages (Roscommon & Tubbercurry) series went to Kevin Lunt (Roscommon) Driver and Damien Connolly (Monaghan) Navigator. Third Overall went to Raymond Conlon (Clones) Driver and Liam Higgins (Granard) Navigator.
In the Classes the Novice Award went to Martin Mc Guigan and Conor Foley from Monaghan, the top Semi Experts went to Test Trial Supremo Sam Johnston accompanied by Paul Fitzpatrick, both of whom hail from Longford. Leading Experts were the Monaghan duo of Andy Mackeral and Conor Maguire.
Team award went to the Mountain Men and Lady that consisted of Packie Duffy, Harry Bleakney, Andy Mackeral, Liam Higgins, Dessie Brady, and that nice Lady Kathleen Brady.
This Years championship was an outstanding success with all the events being well organised and having an average of 25 crews starting each event. Sadly we lost the last round in Galway due to the Foot & Mouth Crisis.
A special word of Gratitude is due to Noel Mc Carrick and his staff for sponsoring the Championship. Mc Carrick garages are Main Opel & Peugeot dealers with Branches in Tubbercurry Co Sligo (Peugeot) and Roscommon Town (Opel).
The Rescheduled Prize Giving will take place on Saturday 15th September in the Kilmore Hotel Cavan. It will be combined Prize Giving with the Ears National And Border championships. A great night is promised. Further details from Eoin Longworth (0902) 30126.
RESULTS
1st Overall Packie Duffy/Harry Bleakney 64
2nd Overall Kevin Lunt/Damien Connolly 55/53
3rd Overall Raymond Conlon/Liam Higgins 53/53
EXPERT
1st Andy Mackeral/Conor Maguire 34/29
2nd Derek Coleman/Richard Howard 28/25
3rd Gerry Kelly/Eoin Longworth 25
SEMI EXPERT
1st Sam Johnston/Paul Fitzpatrick 36
2nd Frank Byrnes/Dave Ray 33
3rd Kenneth Prior/John McCorry 30
NOVICE
1st Martin McGuigan/Conor Foley 34
2nd Dessie & Kathleen Brady 31
3rd Richard Cassidy/Warren Carleton 27
4th Martin Quinn/Sean Heneghan 25
5th Shaun Gallagher/Ciaran Coyle 20
TEAM AWARD : Mountain Men and the Lady.