GALWAY IT & MOTORSPORT - (Thurs) 2 Feb 06

Posted: January 31, 2006 11:52 AM

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RALLY CHAMPIONS SPEAK AT NUI, GALWAY
The Computer Society of the National University of Ireland, Galway will again host a day of IT & Motorsport on Thursday 2nd of February. The event kicks off from 11.00am with a display of racing and rally machinery at the student services building - Aras na MacLéinn. Including the Irish Hillclimb championship winning Reynard RF81 Opel of Frank Byrnes and the Formula Opel/Lotus of Mike Melia.

Later at 7.45pm at the O'Flaherty Theatre, guest speakers will provide the prelude to a drivers forum hosted by Motorsport journalist Brian Patterson. The panel includes reigning tarmac champions Eugene Donnelly & Paul Kiely together with Dermot O'Gorman, Derek McGarrity, Tim McNulty and Anthony Nestor. The panel will also include Derek McGarrity's Rally Team Manager, Dave Leach who has worked with Prodrive for over 14 years. Local drivers will also feature and all will take questions from the audience.

Slide shows from the world of Formula 1, Irish and World Rallying, taken by Motorsport photographers Joe Laine and John Bayly will be shown. Joe Lane has a considerable collection of photographs from Irish Motorsport and over the years he has built a comprehensive photographic anthology of Jordan Grand Prix. John Bayly photographed the recent Monte Carlo world championship rally. This year's event was particularly interesting as it featured three Irish teams, including Austin McHale, his son Gareth and Wexford's Eamonn Boland.

The event is open to members of the public and will also be broadcast live on the Internet.

O'Flaherty Theatre 7.45pm Thursday 2nd February 2006

The event will also be broadcast live on the Internet.

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EVENT TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON THE INTERNET
Broadband users can view the event by logging on to

NUI Galway Computer Society

(Last year's Event is currently available to view)

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22/01/06
GALWAY IT & MOTORSPORT TO RUN AGAIN
The Computer Society of the National University of Ireland, Galway will again host a day of IT & Motorsport. The event kicks off from 11.00am with a display of racing and rally machinery at the student services building - Aras na MacLéinn.

Including the Irish Hillclimb championship winning car of Frank Byrnes and the Formula Opel/Lotus car of Mike Melia. Later in the evening guest speakers will be a prelude to a drivers forum where the reigning tarmac champions Eugene Donnelly & Paul Kiely will answer questions from the audience. The will be joined by Dermot O’Gorman, Derek McGarrity, Tim McNulty and Anthony Nestor. Questions might include, everything you wanted to know about pace notes, setting up a car, tyre choice, time cards, etc.

More Details to Follow.....