Wexford Stages Rally - 9-10 Sep 23

Entry List Updates

Posted: August 29, 2023 8:59 AM

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Seeded Entry Lists

Posted: August 29, 2023 8:26 AM

1 James Stafford/TBA (Darrian T90 GTR) [14]
2 Daniel Cronin/Donnchadh Burke (VW Polo GTI R5) [5]
3 Daniel Barry/Andy Hayes (Skoda Fabia R5) [5]
4 Andrew Purcell/Shane Buckley (VW Polo GTI R5) [5]
5 Enda O'Brien/John Butler (VW Polo GTI R5) [5]
6 Gary Kiernan/John McGrath (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
7 Aidan Wray/TBA (VW Polo GTI R5) [5]
8 David Moffett/Martin Connolly (Toyota Starlet RWD) [14]
9 Stuart Darcy/TBA (Proton MEM S2500 Millington) [20]
10 Damian Toner/TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
11 Mark Alcorn/Darren O'Brien (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
12 Marty Toner/Ben Teggart (BMW 1M) [14]
14 Jason McSweeney/Liam Brennan (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
15 Tommy Doyle/Liam Moynihan (Hyundai i20 R5) [5]
16 Richard Moore/Enda Kennedy (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
17 Martin McGee/Gavin Doherty (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
18 Conor Moore/Leo Tector (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
19 David Condell/Michael Coady (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
20 John Warren/Ruthann O'Connor (Toyota Corolla Twincam) [13]
21 Patrick McHugh/Pauric O'Donnell (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
22 Aaron McLaughlin/Kenny Bustard (Ford Fiesta WRC) [7]
23 Keith Power/Thomas Hayes (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
24 PJ McDermott/TBA (Ford Fiesta WRC) [20]
25 Leon Galvin/Ger Foley (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
26 Shane Murray/Gary Hade (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
27 John Bonner/Johnny Baird (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
28 Brendan McDaid/Damien McGettigan (ord Fiesta R5) [5]
29 Tomas O'Rourke/TBA (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
30 Paidi Hamill/Mark McGeehan (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
31 Frank Wray/Joe McNulty (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
32 Paul O'Brien/Benny Kennedy (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
33 Barry Murphy/Conal Doherty (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10) [20]
34 James Bradley/Maria Kehoe (Honda Civic) [13]
35 Casey Jay Coleman/Lorcan Moore (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
36 Neil Tohill/Conor Duffy (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10) [20]
37 Jason O'Brien/Ger Clancy (Ford Escort) [13]
38 James Boland/John McCay (Ford Fiesta Rally3) [20]
39 Ollie McPhillips/Billy Collins (Ford Fiesta) [20]
40 Tim Flood/Anthony Smith (Ford Escort) [13]
41 Paschal O'Shea/Larry O'Shea (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
CB42 IN MEMORY OF CRAIG BREEN Don't let anyone put you down, because only you know your true potential"
43 Niall Fitzpatrick/Matthew Reade (Ford Escort Mk1) [12]
44 Liam McMullan/Patrick Durning (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
45 Mac Walsh/Damien Sheridan (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
46 Alan Doherty/Colm Doherty (Toyota Starlet) [13]
47 Kenneth Cullinane/Robert O'Regan (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
48 John Pettit/Michael Coleman (Darrian T90 GTR) [13]
49 Joe Connolly/Brian Connolly (Hyundai i20 R5) [5]
50 John Boland/Paul McPhillips (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
51 John O'Rourke/David Doyle (Opel Corsa Rally4) [2]
52 Bobby Hennessy/Sarah Hennessy (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
53 James John Wall/Pauline Knowles (Ford Escort) [13]
54 Darren O'Connor/John Rafter (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
55 Brian Lavelle/Piaras O'Callaghan (Ford Escort) [13]
56 Huw Jeffreys/Avarina Jeffreys (Subaru Impreza N10) [20]
57 Paddy McDaid/Timmy Lunn (Ford Escort) [14]
58 Mathew Dance/Jason Davies (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
59 Tommy Foley/William Tracey (Honda Civic) [11F]
60 John Lynch/TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
61 Andrew Gillespie/Stephen Doogan (Ford Escort) [13]
62 Robbie Allen/Emer Kearns (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
63 Shaun Price/Marc Clatworthy (Ford Escort F2) [13]
64 Philip Hamilton/Joe Comerford (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
65 Ronan Quinn/Kevin Heffernan (Ford Escort) [13]
66 Shay Delaney/Marc Kavanagh (Honda Civic) [11F]
67 Paul Cloke/Liam Howlett (Honda Civic) [3]
68 Dan Nash/Saoirse Kennedy (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
69 Brian Kirwan/Billy White (Peugeot 205 RWD) [9]
70 Shane Purcell/Amy Stafford (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
71 Dean Raftery/Geraldine McBride (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
72 Eamonn Murphy/Noel Coady (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5) [15]
73 Evan Russell/Richie Long (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
74 Brian Bolger/TBA (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
75 Colum Browne/Kieran Carroll (Honda Civic) [11F]
76 Paul Cullen/Jack Kennedy (Opel Corsa) [10]
77 Seamus Goodfellow/Declan Campbell (Honda Civic) [3]
78 Patrick Fitzpatrick/James McEneaney (Ford Escort Mk2) [9]
79 Richie Dalton/Ger Brett (Subaru Impreza GpN) [1]
80 Peter Keohane/Dylan Doonan (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
81 Tony Canny/Joe O'Brien (Ford Escort) [13]
82 Darren Hayes/Nicholas Mulhall (Hyundai i20 R5) [5]
83 Seamus O'Grady/Kieran Rafter (Ford Escort F2) [13]
84 Eamonn Bates/Alan Maloney (Honda Civic) [3]
85 Eamonn McCarthy/Lisa McCarthy (Honda Civic) [11F]
86 Enda McBride/TBA (Honda Civic) [11F]
87 Philip McDonald/Shane Corcoran (Honda Civic) [11F]
88 John Joe Williams/Aaron McEvoy (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
89 Kenny O'Brien/Tomas Kehoe (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
90 Michael Jewell/Jason Sugden (Citroen C2R2 Max) [11F]
91 Peter Greene/Conor Comack (Ford Escort) [13]
92 Anthony Roche/Mossie Delaney (Opel Corsa) [13]
93 Mikey Ryan/Killian McArdle (Ford Fiesta) [2]
94 Shay Laheen/Kerrill Dempsey (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
95 Dáire Gleeson/TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
96 Alan Commins/TBA (Peugeot 205 RWD) [12]
97 Kieran O'Kane/Niall McKenna (Opel Ascona) [14]
98 Gavin Sheill/Ken Blanche (Ford Fiesta ST) [1]
99 Robert Leech/Denny Greaney (Proton Satria) [2]
100 Tom White/Shane O'Dowd (Honda Civic) [11F]
101 Garry Bradley/William Nolan (Honda Civic) [11F]
102 Dean McDowell/Ashley Trimble (Vauxhall Nova gsi) [11F]
103 Michael Ormond/Paddy King (Honda Civic) [3]
104 Ben Bowler/Patrick Bowler (Honda Civic) [11F]
105 Ken Power/TBA (Honda Civic) [11F]
106 Dave Ashton/David McCormack (Ford Focus RS) [13]
107 Paul Dowling/Myles Redmond (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
108 Paul Robins/Jordan Wilkinson (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
109 Andrew James/Alec Morris (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
110 Chris (Murphy) Lacey/Dec Carroll (Vauxhall Nova) [10]
111 Podge Cronin/Josh Radford (Honda Civic) [11F]
112 Fran Kinsella/Derek Lynch (Vauxhall Nova) [10]
113 Roy Baldrick/Dermot Friel (Talbot Sunbeam) [13]
114 Nigel Molloy/Paul O'Leary (Ford Escort) [10]
115 Dewi Price/Kevin Jones (Ford Escort) [12]
116 Brian Walker/DJ O'Dwyer (Honda Civic) [11F]
117 Aidan Kilkenny/Rosaleen Kelly (Peugeot 208 R2) [3]
118 Ger Kelly/Des Curtis (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
119 Stephen Brennan/Pat Knox (Honda Civic) [3]
120 Kristian Wright/Chris Johns (Renault Clio 197 Cup Car) [13]
121 Barry McCarthy/Jonathan Carroll (Suzuki Swift Gti) [9]
122 James McDermott/Paul McDermott (Opel Kadett) [12]
123 Dermot Roche/Tyra Roche (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
124 Eddie Lyons/Johnny Purcell (Ford Escort) [12]
125 Bobby Macdonald/Martin Maccabe (Subaru Impreza) [20]
126 Tony Ferris/Aoife Ferris (BMW 3 Series Compact) [14]
127 Adrian Quinn/Des Sherlock (Peugeot 208 R2) []
128 Sylvester Shaughnessy/Eoghan Doyle (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
129 Dean Somers/Damien Roche (Honda Civic) [11F]
130 Owen Cardiff/Barry Redmond (Vauxhall Nova) [10]
131 Shay Byrne/John Kelly (Talbot Sunbeam) [10]
132 Keith Cleary/Leon Cleary (Honda Civic) [11F]
133 Ray Kirwan/David Busher (Honda Civic) [3]
134 Ian Roche/Dylan Nacey (Honda Civic) [11F]
135 Kyle Doyle/David Roche (Honda Civic) [1]
136 Chris Lewis/Eilir Rees (BMW 3 Series Compact) [13]
137 Joey Leacy/Michael Leacy (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
138 Kevin Price/Adam Darcy (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
139 Ryan Power/Darragh Byrne (Peugeot 106) [10]
140 Colin Roche/TBA (Ford Escort) [10]
141 George Leech/TBA (Opel Corsa) [10]
142 Kevin O'Dowd/Darren Hayes (Honda Civic) [11F]
143 Larry Doyle/Aaron Doyle (Honda Civic) [11F]

RESERVES
144 Richard Cleary/Niamh Holland (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
145 Ben McIntyre/Andrew Wedlock (Toyota Starlet RWD) [11R]
146 Adrian Rankin/Liam McGlynn (Toyota Ae86) [11R]
147 Padraig Gorman/Dylan Gorman (Toyota Starlet RWD) [10]
148 Jack Kelly/Jack Brunton (Honda Civic) [1]
149 Shaun Doherty/Chris Harley (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
150 Niall McKenna/Caolan McKenna (Ford Fiesta) [2]
151 Padraig Egan/Tomas Ryan (Subaru Impreza N10) [20]
152 Jonathan Strain/Scott Strain (Peugeot 205) [12]
153 Stewart Morrison/Kevin Horgan (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
154 Graham Kelly/Dean Kelly (Ford Escort G4) [13]
155 Vincent O'Shea/Eoin O'Donoghue (Darrian T90) [14]
156 David Cullen/John Cullen (Hillman Avenger) [13]
157 Tom Murphy/Tommy Downes (Toyota Starlet RWD) [11R]
158 John Michael Kennelly/TBA (Honda Civic) [11F]
159 Katie Quinn/Caz Somers (Honda Civic) [2]

HISTORICS
201 Gareth Bevan/TBA (Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2) []
202 Wayne Evans/John Smithwick (Ford Escort Mk2) [18]
203 Endaf Owens/TBA (Ford Escort RS1600 Mk1) [18]
204 Gwyndaf Evans/Jordon Jones (Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2) [18]
205 Philip Rogers/Martin Henry (Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2) [18]
206 Martin Rossiter/Ian Davis (Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800) [18]
207 Noel Doyne/James Murtagh (Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2) [18]
208 James Hall/Tony McCarthy (Audi Coupe) [19]
209 Nigel Creagh/TBA (Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2) [18]
210 David Comley/David Lee (Vauxhall Astra GTE) [18]

JUNIORS
301 Eoin Kelly/Darragh Kelly (Honda Civic) [16]
302 Kyle McDaid/Damien Sheridan (Honda Civic) [16]
303 Jordan Jervis/Joseph Kelly (Honda Civic) [16]
304 Aaron Doran/Eoin Kinsella (Honda Civic) [16]

Press Release 3 - Entries Now Open

Posted: July 25, 2023 10:35 AM

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- 240km over 18 stages
- €1170 entry fee
- Compact recce than can be completed in 1 day (2 pass)
- Guaranteed entry is you provide a marshal for 2 days (or 2 marshals for 1 day)
- The Hot Pedal Rally dedicated to Historic cars over the full 18 stages
- A full 9 stages day of rallying for Juniors at only €570 (if both crew members marshal on the Saturday)
- Repeat of the now famous Saltmills loop of stages
- OnThePaceNote.com coverage
- Quality service areas
- Ceremonial start in Wexfrod Town Friday evening
- Good clean flowing stages
- Rally run by competitors for competitors!

Press Release 2 - PLAY A PART IN WEXFORD’S LARGEST SPORTING EVENT!

Posted: July 25, 2023 10:33 AM

The two day Wexford Volkswagen Stages Rally takes place on 9th and 10th September 2023. Being the largest annual sporting event in the county, the Rally attracts over €1 million to the local economy and provides thousands with free entertainment. After a highly successful 50th anniversary event in 2022, the rally returns with the same format in 2023 with a ceremonial start in the Bullring on Friday 8th September followed by nine stages in the New Ross area on Saturday and nine stages in the Wexford area on Sunday. Over 500 volunteers are needed to run the event safely and this year Wexford Motor Club are appealing to local Wexford people to get involved.

Clerk of the Course, Graham Scallan explains “We made a big effort in 2022 to get a lot of new people involved in the event and the feedback was very positive. We had scores of people attend the Motorsport Ireland Marshal training evenings to become accredited marshals before volunteering to help on the event. Marshalling is a great way to see the event up close while ensuring the safety of spectators and getting some good Sunny South East Weather!”.

Tasked with the enormous job of organising the marshals for the weekend is Chief marshal, James Doran from Carnew. Returning for his second year in the role, James gives an insight into what goes on behind the scenes.
“Planning for the event started back in December with potential routes being investigated. At the same time, we start work on recruiting volunteers for the event. While we need timekeepers, officials, paramedics, rescue crews and lots of other volunteers, my main focus is the 300 or so marshals needed on the days of the event itself. I would have started contacting people to help with the event back in January. A safety plan for the event is being finalised with Motorsport Ireland with details of exactly how many marshals are needed at each location of the event. I then take this safety plan and start to allocate marshals to the various locations. The event cannot run unless the safety plan is fully complied with, so it is vital that we have more than enough people to cover any last-minute issues.”

Running such a large event is serious business as Graham explains,
“With over 300 competitors taking part, over 500 volunteers and thousands of spectators, there is definitely pressure to ensure it all goes off according to plan, and most importantly, safely. The Rally returned to a two-day event in 2022 after a COVID enforced break and it really was a big undertaking to bring the event back to its best. This year, we aim to build on that success, give local tourism a big boost. We hope to see as many local people as possible involved!”

There are some nice perks for those who do volunteer as James adds,
“We provide breakfast/lunch vouchers to keep people topped up during the day and then meals for all volunteers back in the Riverbank House Hotel and other locations at the end of the day as a way of saying thank you. Local businesses have been very kind to assist us in providing goodie bags to all marshals also. A big draw for marshals on our event is our free Marshals draw which has thousands of euros worth of prizes up for grabs including trips to the World Rally Championship. We really do appreciate people giving up their time to help and the free prize draw is a small token of that appreciation!”

Full training and accreditation are provided by Motorsport Ireland for people who would like to volunteer on the weekend. These courses run over the summer and details can be found either on www.MotorsportIreland.com or by contacting Wexford Motor Club. If you would like to get involved in the event, please contact 087-9760000

Press Release 1 - Scallan behind the wheel for 2023 Wexford Volkswagen Stages Rally

Posted: July 25, 2023 10:30 AM

Wexford Motor Club last week announced the appointment of the Clerk of the Course for the Wexford Volkswagen Stages Rally 2023. This year, Graham Scallan will take the reins of the County's biggest sporting event to be held on September 8th to 10th.

Graham is certainly no stranger to Motorsport, having been involved in the sport for 27 years as a competitor, official, organiser and volunteer. He has held many roles within Wexford Motor Club and was heavily involved in the background helping to organise and run the highly successful 50th Anniversary Rally last year.

A successful businessman himself, Graham is keen to continue growing the event which generates over €1m for the local Wexford economy each year. He commented,
“I look forward to helping grow the event and building on a very successful 50th anniversary event in 2022. We had over 150 cars competing last year with some of Ireland’s top rallying talent along with international stars. All told, that brought a large contingent of competitors, team members, spectators, volunteers and officials to Wexford town and surrounding areas for the weekend. We are hoping to repeat that success this year and bring even more buzz to the county.”

The event remains a key part of the calendar for Wexford Hospitality businesses with hotels, shops, restaurants, pubs and nightclubs all benefiting from the annual influx of motorsport enthusiasts. Graham continued,
“Last year, the ceremonial start in Wexford’s Bullring brought the event into the heart of the town and gave people a glimpse of the free entertainment on offer all weekend. We hope to run a similar event in the town this year and celebrate what the rally has to offer, while supporting our hard-hit hospitality industry”.

The event is organised and run by a dedicated team of Wexford Motor Club members who are assisted on the weekend by volunteers from all over the country.
“We have a core team of organisers from the Club who spend over 10 months planning the rally and putting all of the elements into place. Then on the weekend, we need hundreds of volunteer marshals to ensure everything runs smoothly and safely. It’s a great event to be involved in and we always welcome new Club members and volunteers with open arms”. Graham continued “it takes the support of many organisations to make it all happen and we are very grateful to Wexford Volkswagen, Wexford County Council and an Garda Siochana who continue to support the event”

While the event brings over €1m in benefits to the local Wexford economy, it does require significant financial backing as Graham explained, “The budget for running the event amounts to almost €200,000 which is predominantly funded by the competitors and sponsors. We are extremely lucky to have the continued support of Wexford Volkswagen who have been very generous to Wexford Motor Club over the years and thank them for coming on board again in 2023. Wexford Volkswagen’s support ensures that we can continue to run a full two day event annually in times where other events are having to reduce scale. The event provides great exposure for businesses and we are always on the lookout for advertisers, sponsors and partners. We would love to hear from interested local businesses who can contact the organising team on our website, www.wexfordmotorclub.ie”.

Wexford Historic Hot Pedal Rally

Posted: June 24, 2023 12:12 PM

Details

Posted: June 24, 2023 12:11 PM

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Posted: June 24, 2023 12:05 PM

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