Cork 20 International Rally - 4-5 Oct 14
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2014 Acesigns Cork 20 International - Press Release 7
Posted: September 29, 2014 12:14 PM
The 2014 Acesigns Cork 20 International Rally which is celebrating its centenary year is delighted to announce that they will be running a full Rally Experience in the grounds of the Green Glens Arena Complex in Millstreet over the duration of the Rally which takes place from 3rd to 5th October. So if you fancy your chances at being the next big thing in co-driving come along and experience at first hand the thrill’s and spill’s of sitting with a professional Rally Driver on a specially built rally stage.
Coleman Hegarty the Munster Car Club Chairman stated today that he wanted to do something very different to celebrate our Centenary year and to let people experience what it is really like to sit in a fully prepared Rally Car and experience what it is really like. The action will get underway early Saturday the 4th of October in the service park and will run for the two days of the Rally so come along and try this for yourself.
There will also be limited Edition Acesigns Cork 20 International Rally clothing for sale in the Green Glens arena which can be viewed online at www.cork20internationalrally.com or by calling to the event sponsors premises at unit 1 Southside Industrial Estate, Togher or on 021 4313030. The items that are for sale are Rally Jackets, Polo Shirts, Baseball Caps and Mugs. Please note that these Items are Limited editions so if you want to stand out from the crowd make contact today. Credit card purchases can be made by contacting Acesigns on the number above
The Acesigns Cork 20 International Rally is based in Millstreet in the Greenglens
Arena From October 3rd-5th . Please come down and enjoy the free show.
The Club look forward to a great event and to seeing you all.
Cal Contemplates Cork 20 Rally
Posted: September 29, 2014 12:08 PM
For 25 year old Cal McCarthy and his co-driver Eamonn Dullea, in the Carbery Plastics Honda Civic, the home Irish Tarmac Championship event beckons this weekend. Two days of the Cork 20 Rally lie in store and the team are hoping for better fortunes after mechanical maladies on the Killarney and Donegal rounds of the Clonakilty Black Pudding Irish Tarmac series.
A class winning position in the series is now unobtainable, but Cal dearly wants a class win and a top five place in the National on this event.
“We will have to settle in and speed up as we go. It’s an event that’s not easy to get to the finish of, and there are plenty of twisty bits to test the driver and car. The class will be very hotly contested. Jason Ryan I’m sure will be going well and Noel Kelleher too could be another challenger. In 2012 we had a great run and ran second to Frank Kelly on the National for quite a while, but we know that’s it’s not an easy event by any means.”
The Clare Stages rally was tackled in the class 11F Carbery Honda, two weeks ago and the result was a class victory and an excellent twelfth place overall, despite dropping to thirtieth over the first two stages with a failed clutch. The gearbox issues which have dogged the team of late seem to be put behind them, and the clutch was remedied during the Clare event, the team setting some superb times over the closing stages.
“Clare went better than we expected” added Cal. “We tried a new tyre from Kumho and it worked very well. Once we got the clutch sorted the times were good, so it was a worthwhile exercise before the Cork 20.”
The other Carbery Plastics Honda, driven by Conor McCarthy has been tackling the Irish Forestry Championship this season. So far it’s been a superb year for the young West Cork driver, a potential candidate for the Billy Coleman Award. He is leading the Junior series, despite a break-down on the Cork Forestry event. On Saturday, after making the long trip North to Omagh for the Bushwhacker Rally, Conor recorded another good result, finishing ahead of his Junior rival Shane Kenneally, and now looks forward to the Carrick On Suir and Glens of Antrim rounds of the Irish Forestry series.
Keep up to date with the team’s progress on their website www.carberyplasticsrallying.com Facebook page- Carbery Plastics Rally Team and Twitter @CPRallying.
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Posted: September 26, 2014 9:13 AM
Press Release No 6 - Cronin in DS3 R5
Posted: September 25, 2014 9:12 PM
The Centenerary event of the Acesigns Cork 20 International Rally is delighted to be able to announce that Former Multiple British Rally Champion Keith Cronin is to contest this year’s event in the Irish debut of the new Citroen DS3 R5. This is a great coup for the rally and the Clerk of the Course Kevin O’Riordan and the Munster Car Club are delighted that Keith has chosen our even to debut this new machine.
The car has just landed on Irish Soil so as yet is an unknown quantity on Irish tarmac Rallying but with a driver of Keith’s calibre behind the wheel I am sure that he will be well up on the timesheets and a spectacle to watch out on the stages over the weekend. Keith has won the British Rally Championship three times in 2009, 10 and 12 and was the first Irish Driver to do so since the famous Billy Coleman who was indeed one of Keith Cronin’s hero’s so it is very fitting that Keith will use the Hometown of Billy Coleman; Millstreet to debut this new and exciting machine.
We at the Munster Car Club are delighted to be associated with the next chapter in what will hopefully be a very successful one for all the team at Cronin Motorsport and we would like to take this opportunity to wish Keith and all the Team the very best as he will be tackling events a lot further away from home in the very near future.
The Acesigns Cork 20 International Rally is based in Millstreet in the Greenglens Arena From October 3rd-5th . Please come down and enjoy the free show.
Seeded Entry List
Posted: September 25, 2014 9:09 PM
SILVERSTRAND RALLY TEAM PREPARE FOR R5 DEBUT ON CORK 20 RALLY
Posted: September 24, 2014 6:42 PM
Australia based Pauric Duffy & Kevin Glynn are getting ready for the long trip home to compete in the Cork 20 rally in their recently acquired Ford Fiesta R5.
The pair, who made their rallying debut on the Galway International Rally in February of this year are looking forward to the challenge of the new car, & tough Cork Stages.
Speaking from his Silverstrand HQ in Brisbane Australia, Pauric commented,
“I am really looking forward to driving the new car in Cork, I will be using the r5+ version which will be a huge step up from the Citroen c2r2 I used all year. The biggest challenge will be that the Fiesta is Left hand drive, in Australia you cannot drive a LHD car by law, so I am just going to Cork to, Enjoy it, & get some more rally km’s completed before the 2015 season kicks off in Galway in February. We have planned two days testing before Cork to get familiar with the car, so Saturday 4th October wont come soon enough for us!”
The car is been prepared by Philip Case Rallysport, with the team getting assistance & tuition from Killian Duffy.
The Silverstrand Team have expressed an interest in hiring the car out for Irish, & European rallies in 2015, anyone interested should contact Killian Duffy.
Press Release 5 - Rally Launched
Posted: September 8, 2014 12:25 PM
There was a big turnout last Friday on the 29th September in the Wallis Arms,
Millstreet for the press launch of the 2014 Acesigns Cork 20 International Rally. The
crowd were treated to a vast array of static rally cars on the main street for some
photo opportunities with machines and drivers alike.
There followed the press launch which heard from a number of speakers including
Munster Car Club Chairman Coleman Hegarty, Clerk of the Course Kevin O’Riordan,
Event Sponsor and Managing Director of Acesigns Neil Phelan, Tony McCaul from
the Millstreet Business group, as well as defending Cork 20 Champion and Munster
Car Club Member Daragh O’Riordan. The gathered crowd heard a brief outline from
C.O.C Kevin O’Riordan about the rally itself and the other sideshows that will be
taking place in and around the Green Glens arena on the rally weekend. The 96fm
Streetfleet who are media partners for the Rally were also in attendance.
Kevin O’Riordan announced that entries are open and coming in steadily and urged
anybody wishing to do the event to get their entries in a.s.a.p which can be done
on line on shannonsport.ie as well as munstercarclub.com which will link into same
or by posting your entry form to the event secretary.
This is a very special year for the Munster Car Club and indeed the rally itself
as the 2014 event is the centenary of the Cork 20 one of the oldest rallies not
only in Europe but across the world, second only to the infamous Rally Monte
Carlo. The Acesigns Cork 20 International Rally is the final round of the Clonakilty
Blackpudding Irish tarmac rally championship which there are a lot of classes and
overall categories to be decided. The Acesigns Cork 20 is also a counting round of
the Plasticbag.ie Southern 4 Rally Championship as well as the Munster Car Club
Championship. See you in Millstreet October 3rd-5th and if you want to secure an
entry send your entry form in or e-mail directly to cork20entry@gmail.com or
lisa.olly85@gmail.com
We look forward to a great event and to seeing you all.
AceSigns Cork 20 International Rally 2014 announces New Media Partnership
Posted: August 27, 2014 1:32 PM
The Munster Car Club, who organise and promote the AceSigns Cork 20 International Rally, are today delighted to announce that Corks premier radio station 96fm have come on board as sole media partner for the 2014 Centenary Event. Over the coming weeks, there will be a number of promotions and surprises unveiled from the Rally organisers and the radio station whom have Corks largest radio listenership. Kevin O’Riordan, Clerk Of The Course for the 2014 event commented today that he and the Cork 20 organising committee have put a lot of effort into bringing this partnership to completion and confirmed that to have a media partner in the guise of Cork’s 96fm is a huge and welcome boost for the event.
He added we would like to take this opportunity to thank Cork’s 96fm and we are looking forward to working with them in the build up to the event and over the course of the rally weekend. Munster Car Club Chairman, Colman Hegarty, commented that it is fantastic to have 96fm on board and added that it is great to have one of Irelands best rallies partnered by a radio Station of the calibre of 96fm.
The AceSigns Cork 20 International Rally takes place in the town of Millstreet from the 3rd-5th of October with a centralised service park in the Green Glens Arena. The Munster Car Club are delighted to announce that the Regulations and Entry Form for the event are now available to download by going to www.munstercarclub.com or you can enter online on www.shannonsportit.ie
The Acesigns Cork 20 International Rally is the final round of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish tarmac Rally Chammpionship and with points and a half on offer it will certainly be the deciding factor in this year’s championship. Also there will be a lot of interest as the Club celebrate their Centenary of the Cork 20 Rally. Please get your entries in on time to avoid disappointment as there has been a number of high profile entries already received.
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Posted: August 14, 2014 10:35 AM
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Press Release 3
Posted: July 25, 2014 8:37 AM
With the news breaking last week that AceSigns Cork are to become the title sponsor of this year’s 100 year centenary Cork 20 International Rally, the Club under the leadership of Kevin O’Riordan (Clerk of the Course) are now busying themselves with the organising and running of the event.
Kevin stated now that the Financial side of the Rally is underpinned it leaves the team and I left to concentrate on the rally itself. This year the Rally will have a real Carnival atmosphere surrounding the town of Millstreet. Having an event such as the Cork 20 running for a hundred year’s is something the members of Munster Car Club are very proud about and rightly so. Indeed it is a great honour for me as C.O.C on this very special year. I will be outlining details of the event over the coming months but at this early juncture I would like to point out that we will have centralised service in the renowned Green Glens Arena which proved to be classed as one of the best service area’s on the 2013 Irish tarmac Rally Championship calendar. This means that service crews can set up in the Green Glens arena on Friday and not move a service barge until Sunday evening. We will be basing all our stages around the Millstreet area for the October 3rd – 5th event.
There will be a number of other events happening over the weekend not only in the service area but in Millstreet town as well. O’Riordan continued that he would like to thank the Duggan family for the use of their world renowned venue where Riverdance first came to our screens when the Eurovision song contest was based in the venue.
Full accommodation lists will be published over the coming weeks so as people and crews can book their beds early to avoid disappointment. The 2014 AceSigns Cork 20 International Rally is the final round of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Rally Championship where points and a half will be on offer. The Rally is also a counting round of the Plasticbags.ie Southern 4 Rally championship as well as being a round of the Munster Car Club Championship.
Please mark in your diary the AceSigns Cork 20 International Rally October 3rd – 5th Millstreet, Co.Cork.
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Posted: July 19, 2014 8:49 AM
NEW TITLE SPONSOR FOR CORK “20” INTERNATIONAL RALLY
Posted: July 15, 2014 10:47 AM
THE Munster Car Club, promoters of the world renowned Cork “20” International Rally are delighted to announce that Cork business Acesigns Limited will underpin the event that takes place on the first weekend of October next.
The sign manufacturer is joining the event as the organising club celebrates the centenary of the rally, one of the oldest events in European rallying - the term “20” is derived from its original twenty hour duration.
The rally that will be based in the north Cork town of Millstreet is the final round of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, the penultimate round of the PlasticBags.ie Southern 4 Rally Championship and the Munster Car Club Championship.
Commenting on the new sponsorship arrangement Kevin O’Riordan, the clerk of the course said, “We are delighted to have Acesigns on board as title sponsor of the Cork “20” International. We have a long term association with Neil Phelan’s company through signage of our events and many cars competing in our events bear the graphic designs of Acesigns. We look forward to strengthening the bond between the company and the Munster Car Club.”
The Acesigns Cork “20” International Rally takes place from Friday October 3rd through to Sunday October 5th.
Press Release 1
Posted: July 15, 2014 10:40 AM
The Munster Car Club (M.C.C) which is the Cork based club who run and promote the World Famous Cork 20 International Rally are proud to announce that the 2014 Event will celebrate 100 years of rallying on the famed cork roads. There are a number of special events planned around the Cork 20 this year to mark the occasion.
Indeed the Munster Car Club moved the Headquarters for the event in 2013 to the Cork town of Millstreet. Moving the Event was so popular with crews participating and fans alike that the Munster Car Club felt the right decision was to hold the Centenary Celebrations over the weekend of October 3rd - 5th in the home of Irish rallying again this year in Millstreet.
The Club are delighted to have Kevin O’Riordan as the events Clerk of the Course for the Centenary year. Speaking earlier Kevin expressed his delight at being at the helm of the 2014 100 year Centenary event, He added the Cork 20 International Rally is world famous and in fact is one of the oldest rallies in Europe second only to the World famous Monte Carlo Rally. O’Riordan added that we are again the last round of the 2014 Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Rally Championship and with points and a half on offer should certainly see some tremendous battles over the weekend. He also added we are also a counting round of the plasticbags.ie southern 4 rally championship as well as the Munster Car Club championship.
The Club is very grateful to the people and residents of the area surrounding Millstreet for their assistance putting this year’s event together and we would like to take this opportunity to thank the residents who allow the roads used to be closed to facilitate the event. Again a big word of thanks must go to the Millstreet Traders who have come on board to help run this event and we would like to thank them for their assistance again for this special year. Details for the event will be released shortly and we look forward to seeing you all in Millstreet on the first weekend in October.
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Posted: July 15, 2014 10:39 AM
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