The Hagan brothers, Damien and Stephen, showed everyone the way home in Saturday night's Monaghan Navigation Trial based on Scotstown, with their Impreza leading from the start and never challenged by any of the huge entry, leaving them a clear six marks ahead at the finish.
Posted: November 23, 2005 7:34 PM
They were the only ones to clean the opening plot and bash section, and their lead just kept growing. A tie for second place was decided in favour of the Vectra of novice winners Ashley McAdoo and Adam Murray, ahead of Charlie McMonagle/Aidan Friel in their Mazda 323. Fourth place, also on a tie break, was enough to clinch the club championship for Noel Hall, as usual with Trevor Farrell in the Proton, but National and Border champions Andy Mackarel and Liam Higgins fell foul of a missing signature and slumped from second place to sixth.
Fintan McGorman and Daniel McKenna took the semi-expert class in eighth overall, while the well supported Beginners' section went to former Billy Coleman Award winner Dessie Keenan, navigated by Enda Sherry.
Pos Name Class CAR TOTAL
1 Damien Hagan / Stephen Hagan Expert Impreza 8
2 Charlie McMonagle / Aidan Friel Expert Mazda 323 14
3 Ashley McAdoo / Adam Murray Novice Vectra 14
4 Trevor Farrell / Noel Hall Expert Proton 19
5 John Kelly / Gary Hall Expert Corolla 19
6 Andrew Mackarel / Liam Higgins Expert Vectra 29
7 Martin Tynan / Ciaran Tynan Novice Astra 31
8 Fintan McGorman / Daniel McKenna S/Expert Nova 44
9 Kerry Stevenson / Paul Fitzpatrick S/Expert Golf 57
10 Eamon McKenna / Andrew Grennan Novice Volvo 62
11 Michael Tynan / Garreth Beagan Expert Vectra 81
12 Dessie Dorrian / Ciaran Coyle Expert Mazda 323 82
13 Fintan Larmer / Sean McCaffrey S/Expert Mazda 323 93
14 Sean Heaney / Michael McElwee S/Expert Vectra 103
15 Seamus McBride / Aidan Caddye S/Expert Civic 134
16 Ray O'Neill / Stephen O'Neill Expert Golf 139
17 Derek Coleman / Lee Annett S/Expert Astra 140
18 Colin Deering / Sean Craig Novice Vectra 146
19 Rodney Adams / Richard Cassidy Novice Kadett 156
20 Janice Mackarel / Colin Brady Novice Vectra 173
21 Joe Friel / Paul Goodman Expert Impreza 244
22 Proinsias McKenna / Conor McGinnity Novice Corolla 260
23 Greg O'Reilly / Colm Murphy Novice Civic 271
24 Dessie Keenan / Enda Sherry Beginner Carina 302
25 Sean Curran / David McCrudden Beginner Civic 352
26 Aaron McQuaid / Kieran McCarra Beginner Leone 353
27 David Smyth / Emmet Sherry Novice Golf 360
28 Darren Babington / Francis Keenan Beginner Lancer 371
29 Mervyn Gilmour / Darren Gilliland Beginner Vectra 415
30 Conor Harvey / Kevin McDaid Novice Carina 419
31 Anthony Finnegan / Philip Watson Beginner Colt 425
32 Michael O McMahon / James McCarville Beginner Vectra 442
33 Martin McGuigan / William Kennedy Beginner Corolla 446
34 Jason McKenna / Mickey Brennan Novice Legacy 498
35 Barbera Smyth / Adrian Flynn Beginner Starlet 535
36 Michael Carbin / Shane Maguire Novice Alfa Romeo 558
37 Mark Hamill / Darren McCague Novice Colt 561
Arthur Kierans / Conor Maguire Expert Almera N/F
Malachy Smith / Damien Connolly Expert Astra N/F
Laurence Sherry / James O'Reilly S/Expert Carina N/F
Brian Brogan / John O'Donnell S/Expert Impreza N/F
Mark Slowey / Celina McAree Novice BMW 318 N/F
Christopher Brennan / John Brennan Novice Accord N/F
Adrian Treanor / Steven McKenna Novice BMW 320 N/F
Mark McDermott / Daniel O'Reilly Novice Civic N/F
Vincent McAree / John McAree Beginner Colt N/F
Richard Moffett / Richard Speares Beginner Carina N/F