Castle Mini Stages Rally - 6 Sep 09

Posted: September 10, 2009 11:23 AM

1st 2wd and 2nd O/A - Daniel McKenna/Andrew Grennan

Video Clips

Posted: September 10, 2009 11:19 AM

Photos

Posted: September 10, 2009 11:09 AM

M. Schayer Rally Photography (rallyphoto.biz)
Email: Joe Lane
James Burke Motorsport Photography
Rally Mad Motorsport Photography

Results

Posted: September 10, 2009 11:02 AM

1 Garry Jennings/David Moynihan (Mit. Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 37m 44s,
2 Daniel McKenna/Andrew Grennan (Ford Escort Mk II) 38m 08s,
3 Rodney Wilton/Conor McMahon (Ford Escort Mk II) 38m 25s,
4 Trevor Mulligan/Lisa Roe (Ford Escort Mk II) 38m 44s,
5 Russell Woods/Peter Leahy (Ford Escort Mk II) 38m 51s,
6 Barry Meade/Johnny Hickey (Ford Escort Mk II) 39m 00s,
7 Danny McBride/Karol McBride (Mit. Lancer Evo 8 Gp N) 39m 28s,
8 Andrew Purcell/Alan Moran (Mit. Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 40m 00s,
9 Arthur Kierans/Enda Sherry (Ford Escort Mk II) 40m 45s,
10 Raymond Conlon/Darren McAgue (Toyota Corolla RWD) 41m 01s.

Leaders After:
SS1-4 Garry Jennings/David Moynihan (Mit. Lancer Evo 9 Gp N)

Stage Winners:
SS1-4 Garry Jennings/David Moynihan (Mit. Lancer Evo 9 Gp N)

Full Results: results.shannonsportsit.ie (Angus Sealy)

Posted: September 4, 2009 11:26 PM

Clerk of the Course Mark Monaghan and Laura Clinton Manager of the Oldcastle House Hotel
Photo: Andrew Browne

Marshals Needed

Posted: September 4, 2009 8:54 AM

Marshals urgently needed for Sunday
Contact: 0870534931 / +353870534931

Final Instructions

Posted: September 4, 2009 8:36 AM

Final Instructions

Provisional Seeded Entry List

Posted: September 2, 2009 7:31 PM

Note:
Seedings are only provisional and will be re done on Saturday Night.

No. Driver/Co-Driver [Class]
1 Gary Jennings/David Moynihan [4]
2 Rodney Wilton/Connor McMahon [14]
3 Trevor Mulligan/Martin Byrne [14]
4 Peter Wilson/john Killmurray [4]
5 Michael Curran/Alan Whyte [14]
6 Alan Sheridan/Alan Tuite [14]
7 Russell Woods/Peter Leahy [13]
8 Paul McEnroe/andy donohue [4]
9 Adrian Quinn/Alastair Wylie [4]
10 Danny McBride/karol MacBride [4]
11 Barry Meade/John Hickey [13]
12 Raymond Conlon/Darren McCague [13]
14 Raymond Drury/ TBA [14]
15 Daniel McKenna/ TBA [13]
16 James Cassidy/John Norris [12]
17 Arthur Kierans/Andrew Grennan [12]
18 David Percy/John Kinahan [13]
19 Timmy England/Eoin Fogerty [4]
20 John Odonnell/jonnny baird [13]
21 Jeffrey McMahon/Graham Robberts [4]
22 Tom White/Tom Murphy [4]
23 Declan Boyle/Brian Boyle [14]
24 Barry Ryan/Paul young [11]
25 Mark Wedlock/john Kinkade [11]
26 Benny Kennedy/Brendan Ryan [11]
27 Colm Brady /Enda Gerety [11]
28 neill Tohill/Gerard Tohill [4]
29 Ollie Carroll/Fergal Kelly [6]
30 Gene Callan/Sean Brunton [12]
31 Patrick BONNER/James Ward [12]
32 Richard Casey/Brian McNamara [12]
33 michael cunningham/ tba [4]
34 Gerry Reilly/ TBA [13]
35 John Fitzsimons/ TBA [13]
36 Peter Rahill/Tommis Rogors [13]
37 John McGettrick/James McDermott [13]
38 Eddie Cogan/John Treacy [12]
39 Steven Curran/ TBA []
40 Joseph Smith/Justin Brady [12]
41 john Curran/mark mcnally []
42 Liam Higgins/Derak Feeney [4]
43 Michael Murray/Brian Daniels [4]
44 paul curley/ TBA [2]
45 David Forde/John Nolan [8]
46 Patrick Carberry/ TBA [4]
47 Kieran guinan/alan higgins [12]
48 Kieran Tuite/ TBA [8]
49 Danny McCormack/Brian Smullen [11]
50 Colin Currid/Raymond Currid [9]
51 Paul Keys/Bobby Timbell [9]
52 John Agnew/Ross Crowe [7]
53 Pa Bellew/Jimmy Bellew [9]
54 Thomas Carolan/Declan Smith [9]
55 Anthony Masterson/Thomas Clinton [7]
56 Mark Kelly/ TBA [11]
57 Cathal Oreilly/Gerard Oreilly [7]
58 Patrick Connolly/donna Connolly [4]
59 mark mcdermott/damien flanagan [13]
60 paddy oreilly/declan nevel [14]
61 stephen kellett/russell waller [2]
62 shane Carberry/ TBA [2]
63 Kieran donohue/dermott orourke [8]
64 martin devine/colm dromey [13]
65 gary caldwell/niamh caldwell [3]
66 david buckley/derek lynch [12]
67 dermott hubble/thomas melia [12]
68 martin browne/Declan hubble [10]
69 christopher snow/ tba [16]
70 nicky brunton/ tba [11]
71 joe fay/ tba [11]
72 martin mckeown/Declan ryan [10]
73 donald powell/robert lewis [2]
74 packie duffy/colin duffy [3]
75 Patrick smyth/david fitzsimons []
76 martin Brady / tba [10]
77 ollie tynan/damien mcconnell [11]
78 edward kelly/john Kelly [6]
79 ralph kelleghan/derek devine [2]
80 kevin cleery/Sean ssheridan [10]
81 george McKenna/kevin malone [11]
82 mike garahy/Niall Keane [10]
83 gary gallagher/paddy duffy [11]
84 Gerry mcintyre/pat shields [11]
85 colm flynn/thomas bennett [11]
86 David donoghue/Alan dolan [11]
87 thomas boylan/anthony hoey [11]
88 eamonn Brady /Sean Brady [11]
89 philip smith/michael meehan [6]
90 nathan mcgurrell/richard mullen [11]
91 Alan bardon/ed dunne [16]
92 martin oreilly/ tba [2]
93 william dunne/keith mcfadden [2]
94 bredan Oreilly/ tba [9]
95 damien mccabe/jonathan mcconnon [9]
96 warren carrleton/ tba [11]
97 jp tate/colm smith [11]
98 danny daly/Sean daly [12]
99 eamonn mccafferrty/catriona levis [5]
100 mark murphy/paul stuart [10]
101 jonathan thompson/finbar Boyle [11]
102 Barry grennan/kieran mcphillips [10]
103 Richard kelly/Sean kelly [13]
104 martin kerley/ tba [9]
105 joe Brady /finbar smith [10]
106 padraig mcgee/ tba [11]

Crucial Part of the Season for NJRC

Posted: September 1, 2009 9:28 PM

The culmination of the 2009 NJRC is now only six weeks away with six events still remaining. September the sees the championship part of three events on three consecutive weekends starting with the Castle Mini Stages next Sunday the sixth, then only a week later the championship moves to Wexford for the Dick Bailey Wexford Stages Junior Rally and from there for the third event in as many weeks we travel to the West of the Country for the Clare Stages Junior Rally. The championship finally draws to a close over two weekends in October, first up is the Cork 20 Junior Rally on the fourth of the month, with the culmination of the season on a hectic weekends actions on the tenth and eleventh as the Donegal Harvest Junior Rally and Birr Forestry Junior Rally brings the curtain down.

The last event (Round 8) the Cork Forestry Junior Rally saw a change of leadership as Craig Breen regained a two-point advantage over Jonathan Cunningham with a dominant start to finish win. Third on the table John Byrnes also had a good result as he finished second overall and picked up eight points. These three have opened a gap to the rest of the field and it now looks that the Junior Champion for 2009 will come from Waterford, Galway or Limerick. Craig tops the table on thirty-eight points, Cunningham in second place on thirty-six and John Byrnes in third with thirty-four. The remainder of the championship and the destination of the title now rely on strategy as much as performance on the stages. At the finish ramp in Cork all the competitors viewed the same opinion that with the nature of the championship regulations and points scoring system that it is important to have as many drivers entered on each event to score maximum points.

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Regulations and Points Recap:
The best performance from any 5 events will count towards the Championship. A minimum of 4 events must be completed in order to qualify for an award. For each rally in the championship, a separate classification of the registered drivers in each class will be drawn from the general classification and points will be awarded to the registered drivers in each class according to the following scale: 10 points for a maximum score, eight points for second and six points for third when there's three or more starters in a class. If there are only two starters in a class the maximum points on offer will drop to eight and finally if there is only one registered competitor starting an event the maximum points he can attain is six. With this in mind there are no registered drivers making the trip to Co. Meath for the Castle event or down to Wexford. In this case Jonathan Cunningham and John Byrnes are treating round eleven the Clare Stages as a home event being from neighboring counties. Craig Breen is planning to head to Clare also but to take part in the main field and from there will contest the final round in Nenagh (Birr Forestry) which will be his fifth event and qualifies him for an award in the championship. Both Jonathan Cunningham and John Byrnes have already taken part on five events to date, so if they were to score maximum points in Clare or any other remaining event their point’s totals would then need to be revaluated and dropped scores would come into play.

Apart from the top three both O'Connor brothers from Askeaton, Co. Limerick are intending to take part in Clare. Kevin the younger of the two has suffered some bad luck since winning round six in Carrick on Suir (Ravens Rock Junior Rally). Round seven (ALMC) saw him crash out on the first stage in slippery conditions and then in Cork on round eight he was lying in second place after the opening two stages when on stage three a rock got dragged into the engine and pulled off the timing belt ending his rally. Older brother John’s (G3 Escort) last event was the Ravens Rock and after not competing in Cork he will be hoping for a good result and get back on track for the remainder of the season. Vincent McAree from Co. Monaghan currently holding fourth place in the championship was having a great battle with John Byrnes over the morning stages in Cork but it all came to an abrupt end on stage five when the engine of his Peugeot 206 dropped a valve. Vincent stated a few days later that he had removed the engine and it would need a rebuild. As to the remainder of his season it now looks that Vincent will only contest the final round in Birr.

For up to date information and reports from each event in the championship logon to www.motorsportireland.com and follow the championship link on the homepage.

Rally Launched

Posted: August 31, 2009 5:05 PM

Castle Automobile Club Launch their Rally Wednesday evening at the Oldcastle House Hotel which hosts the rally headquarters for their upcoming event.
On display at the launch were three of this year’s competing cars, which included Paul McEnroe’s Subaru N14, Johnny Fitzsimon’s Mk II and Anthony Masterson’s Millbrook Motorsport Honda Civic.

Pictured above are Clerk of the Course Mark Monaghan and Laura Clinton Manager of the Oldcastle House Hotel who are proud to be associated with and are the main sponsor of the event.
Entries are still available and will be open until reece sign on.

The club would ask competitors who have not yet entered to do at the earliest opportunity so their details can be included in the Entry List.

Unseeded List of Entries

Posted: August 31, 2009 5:01 PM

DRIVER/CO-DRIVER [CLASS]
DONALD POWELL/ROBERT LEWIS [2]
gordon flood/james flood [2]
MARTIN O REILLY/TBA [2]
RALAPH KELLEGHAN/DEREK DEVINE [2]
STEPHEN KELLETT/RUSSELL WALLER [2]
william dunne/keith mcfadden [2]
Packie Duffy/Colin Duffy [3]
ADRIAN QUINN/ALISTAIR WILLIE [4]
MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM/TBA [4]
NEIL TOHILL/GERARD TOHILL [4]
PATRICK CARBERRY/TBA [4]
PATRICK CONNOLLY/DONNA CONNOLLY [4]
PAUL MCENROE/TBA [4]
EAMON MCCAFFERTY/CATHERINE LEVIS [5]
EDWARD KELLY/JOHN KELLY [6]
OLLIE CARROLL/FERGAL KELLY [6]
PHILIP SMITH/MICHAEL MEEHAN [6]
ANDREW BROWNE/TBA [7]
ANTHONY MASTERSON/TOM CLINTON [7]
CATHAL O REILLY/GERARD O REILLY [7]
JOHN AGNEW/ROSS CROWE [7]
LIAM HIGGINS/DERRICK FEENEY [7]
DAVID FORDE/JOHN NOLAN [8]
KIERAN DONOHUE/DERMOT O ROURKE [8]
KIERAN TUITE/TBA [8]
BRENDAN O REILLY/TBA [9]
COLIN CURRID/RAYMOND CURRID [9]
DAMIEN MCCABE/JONATHAN MCCONNOW [9]
MARTIN KERLEY/TBA [9]
PA BELLEW/JIMMY BELLEW [9]
PATRICK SMITH/DAVID FITZSIMONS [9]
PAUL KEYS/BOBBY TIMBELL [9]
THOMAS CAROLAN/DECLAN SMITH [9]
BARNEY GREENAN/CIARAN MCPHILLIPS [10]
KEVIN CLEERE/SEAN SHERIDAN [10]
MARK MURPHY/PAUL STUART [10]
MARTIN BRADY/TBA [10]
MARTIN BROWNE/DECLAN HUBBLE [10]
MARTIN MCKEOWN/DECLAN RYAN [10]
MIKE GARAHY/TBA [10]
BARRY RYAN/TBA [11]
BENNY KENNEDY/BRENDAN RYAN [11]
COLM BRADY/ENDA GERETY [11]
colm flynn/thomas bennett [11]
DANNY MCCORMACK/BRIAN SMULLEN [11]
David Donohue/Alan Dolan [11]
Eamon Brady /sean brady [11]
gary gallagher/paddy duffy [11]
GEORGE MC KENNY/KEVIN MALONE [11]
GERRY MCINTYRE/PAT SHEILDS [11]
JOE FAY/TBA [11]
JOHNATHAN THOMSON/FINBAR BOYLE [11]
JP TATTE/WARREN CARLETON [11]
MARK KELLY/TBA [11]
MARK WEDLOCK/ADAM KINKADE [11]
NATHAN MCGURRELL/RICHARD MULLEN [11]
NICKY BRUNTON/TBA [11]
OLLIE TYNAN/DAMIEN MCCONNELL [11]
PADRAIG MCGEE/TBA [11]
PETER WILSON/JOHN KILMURRAY [11]
STUART DARCY/TBA [11]
THOMAS BOYLAN/ANTHONY HOEY [11]
WILLIE WOODS/TBA [11]
ARTHUR KIERANS/ANDREW GRENNAN [12]
DANNY DALY/SEAN DALY [12]
DAVID BUCKLEY/DEREK LYNCH [12]
EDDIE COOGAN/JOHN TREACY [12]
GENE CALLAN/SEAN BRUNTON [12]
James Cassidy/John Norris [12]
JOSEPH SMITH/JUSTIN BRADY [12]
KIERAN GUINAN/ALAN HIGGINS [12]
PATRICK BONNER/JAMESIE WARD [12]
RICHARD CASEY/BRIAN MCNAMARA [12]
THOMAS MELIA/DERMOT HUBBLE [12]
BARRY MEADE/JOHNNY HICKEY [13]
david percy/john kiernan [13]
GERRY REILLY/LARIS ZDANOVICS [13]
GORDON ROGERS/PHILIP MCENTEE [13]
JOHN CURRAN/TBA [13]
JOHN FITZIMONS/TBA [13]
JOHN MCGETTRICK/JAMES MCDERMOTT [13]
JOHN O DONNELLON/JOHNNY BAIRD [13]
MARC MCDERMOTT/DAMIAN FLANAGAN [13]
MARTIN DEVINE/COLM DRUMMY [13]
Mickey curran/Alan whyte [13]
PETER RAHILL/TOMMY ROGERS [13]
Raymond Conlon/Darren McCague [13]
Raymond Drury/tba [13]
RICHARD KELLY/SEAN KELLY [13]
RUSSELL WOODS/PETER LEAHY [13]
ALAN SHERIDAN/ALAN TUITE [14]
DECLAN BOYLE/BRIAN BOYLE [14]
Paddy O Reilly/Nevel Dicklen [14]
RODNEY WILTON/CONOR MCMAHON [14]
TREVOR MULLIGAN/MARTIN BYRNE [14]
ALAN BARDON/ED DUNNE [16]
Christopher Snow /TBA [16]
BARRY COLEMAN/JOHN CORRIGAN [N3]
GARY CALDWELL/NIAMH CALDWELL [N3]
GARRY JENNINGS/DAVID MOYNIHAN [N4]
JAMES FOLEY/ANDREW CULLEN [N4]
JEFFREY MCMAHON/ROBERT GRAHAM [N4]
Michael Murray/Brian Daniels [N4]
TIMMY ENGLAND/EOIN FOGERTY [N4]
TOM WHITE/ROBERT MURPHY [N4]
BRIAN WARD/TBA [TBA]
JOE BRADY/FINBAR SMITH [TBA]
KIERAN LYNN/TBA [TBA]
PAUL KERLEY/TBA [TBA]
SHANE CARBERRY/TBA [TBA]

Rally is going Ahead

Posted: August 25, 2009 9:30 PM

Castle Automobile Club have confirmed the rally is going ahead.
Note: Entries are still available and will be open until reece sign on.

The club would ask competitors who have not yet entered to do at the earliest opportunity so their details can be included in the Entry List

Update:

Posted: August 21, 2009 11:37 PM

The Castle Mini Stages Rally looks all set for a strong field of competitors this year, last week had seen a low number of entries but after alot of phone calls and texts its looking much better now with thanks to alot of hard working club members.

Some of the top entrants in so far are the likes of Rodney Wilton,Gary Jennings,Russell Woods,James Foley,Peter Wilson and 2005 winner Andrew Browne.

Please continue to send entries in as the official closing date is Tuesday the 25th of August

For more info on entries contact 087 2143382 / +353 87 2143382

Note to Competitors

Posted: August 18, 2009 8:26 PM

Entries are still open for the Castle Mini Stages Rally 6th September.
If sufficent entries are not received by Tuesday 25th August 2009, the Committee will have no choice but to cancel the event.

For further enquiries please contact
087 2143382 / +353 87 2143382

Closing Date -Tuesday 25th August

Posted: August 13, 2009 10:15 PM

Entry still open, Club wish to emphasise that entries must be in by closing date 25th August 2009

WRC Allowed - Class awards only

Posted: August 13, 2009 10:11 PM

WRC Cars are entitled to do the Castle Mini Stage but will not be entitled for overall results WRC Cars are allowed for Class 8 only

Details:

Posted: August 7, 2009 8:59 AM

Once again Castle Automobile Club are privileged and delighted to have the Castle House Hotel as our main Sponsor for this year's Mini Stages Event on 6th Sept 2009.
The Club have chosen super stages that have previously been used by Circuit of Ireland back in 1989 - which the great Colin McCrae and father Jimmy excelled in.

The Club would like to take this opportunity to thank our organisers, marshals, competitors and sponsors for their contributions over previous events. Despite difficult times we are looking forward to a full turnout. Furthermore, we are expecting overseas entries.

It is very important that entries are in before the closing date of 25th August.

Regulations / Details

Posted: January 1, 2009 12:01 AM

Rally Headquarters Oldcastle House Hotel, Oldcastle, Co. Meath

Regulations available:

• Castle Automobile Club