Munster CC Moonraker Forest Rally - (Sat) 2 Jul 22

Final Instructions No 1

Posted: June 28, 2022 3:04 AM

Munster CC Moonraker Forest Rally - (Sat) 2 Jul 22 - FINAL INSTRUCTIONS No 1

Seeded Entry List

Posted: June 28, 2022 2:59 AM

1 Keith Cronin/Mikie Galvin (VW Polo GTI R5) [5]
2 Patrick O'Brien/Stephen O'Brien (Skoda Fabia R5) [5]
3 Jordan Hone/Paul Hone (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
4 Conor McCourt/Caolan McKenna (Skoda Fabia R5) [5]
5 Mark Donnelly/Stephen O'Hanlon (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
6 Keith Power/Donal Balfe (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
7 Niall McCullagh/Ryan McCloskey (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
8 Derek Mackarel/Eamonn Creedon (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [20]
9 Gerard Lucey/Donagh Crowley (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) [20]
10 Gareth Mimnagh/J Barry McCarney (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
11 Pete McCullagh/Callum Maguire (Ford Fiesta) [20]
12 Stephen Dickson/Dermot McCafferty (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
14 Martin Cairns/Peter Ward (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
15 PJ O'Connor/Denny Greaney (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
16 Lukasz Czapnik/Piotr Szadkowski (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
17 Mark Murphy/Anthony O'Sullivan (Subaru Impreza N10) [15]
18 Patsy Keenan/Martin Brady (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
19 Stephen Cullen/TBA (Toyota Corolla) [20]
20 Cyril Wharton/Jason Russell (Subaru Impreza) [15]
21 Jenna McCann/John McCabe (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
22 Michael O'Donoghue/Danny Murphy (Subaru Impreza) [20]
23 Jason Mitchel/TBA (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
24 Barry Murphy/Conal Doherty (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [20]
25 Patricia Denning/Joe Downey (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [20]
26 Brendan Stone/Mick Coady (Subaru Impreza) [15]
27 Joe Stanley/Darren Barrett (VW Polo) [20]

201 John Gordon/Ben Taggart (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
202 Mickey Conlon/Paul McPhillips (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
203 David Condell/Greg Shinnors (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
204 Adrian Hetherington/Gary Nolan (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
205 Hugh McQuaid/TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [3]
206 Ryan Caldwell/Grace O'Brien (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
207 Ashley Dickson/Des Sherlock (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
208 Kyle McBride/Darren Curran (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
209 Brendan Cumiskey/TBA TBA (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
210 Damien McGauran/Ryan Farrell (BMW 320) [13]
211 Raymond Jnr Benskin/Stephen Walsh (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
212 Allen Treacy/Eoin Treacy (Toyota Corolla GT) [11R]
213 Adrian Beattie/Declan Ryan (Ford Fiesta R2) [2]
214 Brian Little/Ben Thompson (Ford Escort G3) [12]
215 Mike Garahy/Iarla McCarthy (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
216 James Dunphy/Steven Mackey (Toyota Corolla RWD) [12]
217 Ciaran McCullagh/Michael White (Honda Civic) [11F]
218 Barry Mahon/Ultan McGowan (Honda Civic) [11F]
219 Christy Butler/Ann Hutchinson (Honda Civic) [11F]
220 Mike Feeney/Ger Clancy (Honda Civic) [11F]
221 Seamus Heaney/Patrick Heaney (Honda Civic) [11F]
222 Mike Jnr O'Connor/PJ O'Dowd (Opel Manta GTE) [13]
223 Sean William Benskin/Eugene Cronin (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
224 Ian McCarthy/Sara McFadden (Honda Civic) [11F]
225 Hal Lewis/Tommy Commane (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
226 Gary Kelleher/Eoghan McCarthy (Opel Corsa) [10]
227 Liam McQuaid/Mervin Galbreth (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
228 Anthony Cullinane/Jason Collins (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
229 Coleman Hurley/Sean Egan (Opel Astra) [12]
230 Donal Connolly/Alistair Wyllie (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
231 Jack Cairns/Darragh Mullen (Ford Fiesta R2) [2]
232 Danny McEvoy/Angiee Michniewicz (Honda Civic) [11F]
233 Dean Murphy/TBA (Peugeot 208 R2) []
234 John Rafter/Kieran Rafter (Ford Escort) [11R]
235 Aoife Raftery/Geraldine McBride (Ford Fiesta R2) [2]
236 Owen-roe Skelly/Anthony Smith (Ford Escort) [11F]
237 Graham Kelly/Dean Kelly (Citroen C2 R2) [11F]
238 Ben Caldwell/TBA (Ford Fiesta) [2]
239 Damien O'Donovan/Vincent Goggin (Ford KA) [9]
240 Richard O'Shea/Liam Mackey (Ford Escort) [10]
241 Adam Semple/Conor Boylan (Ford Escort G3) [11R]
242 Danny O'Leary/Colin O'Leary (Peugeot 205 GTI) [10]
243 Kevin Duggan/Ciara Duggan (Peugeot 206 Cup Car) [11F]
244 Séamus McHugh/Shane Casey (Suzuki Swift GTI) [9]
245 Gearoid O'Regan/Tony McCarthy (Honda Civic Type R) [3]
246 Shane McCanney/Diarmaid Campbell (Toyota Corolla) [11R]
247 Michael Fitzgibbon/Carrie Ryan (Honda Civic EK4) [11F]

301 Jack Brennan/John McGrath (Skoda Citigo) [21]
302 Jack Harris/Aaron O'Regan (VW UP) [21]
303 Tommy Moffett/Gary McCrudden (Toyota Aygo) [21]
304 Mossie Costello/Tom Murphy (Peugeot 107) [21]
305 Jack Kennedy/Mark Kennedy (Nissan J1000 micra) [21]
306 Tommy Cronin/Karl Egan (Toyota Aygo) [21]
307 Ross Ryan/Peter Keohane (Citroen C1) [21]
308 Kyle Browne/Daniel Hanratty (Toyota Agyo) [21]
309 Danny Brady/Gary Kiernan (Peugeot 107) [21]
310 Cameron Crozier/Aine Phelan (Nissan Micra) [21]
311 Patrick Gahan/Conor Moloughney (Chevrolet Spark) [21]
312 Conor Ryan/Billy Collins (Citroen C1) [21]

001 Johnny Kennelly/Ben Kennelly (Ford Escort Mk2)
002 Brian O'Keeffe/Sean Hayde (Subaru Impreza)
003 Mick Morhan/Jenny Morhan (TBA)
004 Michael Linehane/Karen O'Dowd (Ford Escort G3)

The Abbey Hotel Moonraker Forestry Rally Press Release No.3

Posted: June 26, 2022 5:09 AM

Planning for this years Abbey Hotel Moonraker Forestry Rally is now at an advanced and final stage with just one week to go. The organisers have been working very hard over the course of the last few weeks to get the stages up to a high standard and competitors will not be disappointed. Grading and rolling has taken place on all stages so the rally is set to be one of the most competitive forestry rallies this year.

The response from competitors since the entries opened 4 weeks ago has been magnificent with a high quality entry received to date, entries will remain open until this Sunday the 26th June @18:00 hrs and so the organisers would encourage any interested competitors to submit their entries as soon as possible.

Some exciting news is that Keith Cronin has entered the rally, Keith is competing in the BRC this year and is using the Moonraker as a shake down for the next round of the BRC which takes place on the 9th July. Keith has competed in the Moonraker previously in 2015 and 2017, and won the event in 2017. Some other entries received include Keith Power who is contesting the Motorsport Ireland Championship for 2022, Keith finished 9th in the Killarney Forestry Rally and 3rd overall in the Carrig on Suir Forestry Rally.
Another seasoned competitor is Jenna McCann in her Ford Fiesta R5 and Jenna is also registered for the championship. Stephen Dickson who competed in the Moonraker in 2019 finishing 9th overall in his Mitsubishi Evo 9 is competing once again and Stephen has upgraded to a Ford Fiesta R5 for 2022.
Conor McCourt was 4th overall in the Killarney Forestry Rally this year and won the Moonraker Forestry Rally in 2019, Conor will be hoping to have a repeat win. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all competitors the very best of luck.

So for anyone looking to compete or spectate here is a recap about the rally: The Abbey Hotel Moonraker Forestry Rally takes place on 02 July in Ballyvourney, Co.Cork It will be ran in a 4 x 2 format with approx 62 stage kms and 136 road kms. Rally HQ is in the Abbey Hotel, Ballyvourney, Co.Cork and the service area is in the Udaras Complex in Ballyvourney.

Entries are now open online until Sunday 26th June:

CRONIN/GALVIN JOIN MOONRAKER FIELD IN PRE-GRIST REHERSAL

Posted: June 23, 2022 7:38 AM

Current British Rally Championship leader, Keith Cronin, has placed an entry for the Moonraker Rally, which is set to take place in his home county of Cork on Saturday, July 2nd. The Munster Car Club organised event will be based in the village of Ballyvourney and is to be a counting round of the Motorsport Ireland National Forestry Rally Championship. Cronin and co-driver, Mikie Galvin, previously won the Moonraker in 2017, and then as now, are using the outing to gain additional gravel running in aid of a BRC campaign. The duo went on to take the British title that year, and presently head the 2022 points standings following a victory on the Jim Clark Rally last month in their Volkswagen Polo GTi R5.

With the BRC due to resume the following weekend on the Nicky Grist Rally in Wales, the Moonraker is ideally placed to provide the required warm-up, as Cronin explains: “The first two BRC rounds were on tarmac, and we’re now heading into two gravel rounds. We haven’t done a forest rally since the Cambrian last October, and that was in the Fiesta rather than the Polo, plus we’re on Pirelli tyres now, so there’s some learning to be done. The Moonraker suits in every way, it’s only a week before the Nicky Grist and it’s only about forty minutes from home. It’s possible that it will be our only outing in Ireland this year”.

The entry list for the Moonraker features most of the National Forestry Championship frontrunners, including Jordan Hone and Keith Power in Ford Fiestas, Conor McCourt in a Skoda Fabia, and local driver, Gerard Lucey, in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8. The field will also include Motorsport Ireland National Junior Rally Series competitors, divided into 14-18 and 19-25 age groups.

The Moonraker Rally will consist of eight stages, a loop of four repeated twice. It will get underway from Coláiste Ghobnatan at 9am, with the first stage scheduled to start at 09:37. The National Forestry Rally Championship regulations require that two wheel drive cars run first, in reverse seeding order, with four wheel drives after in normal order. Service will be at the Údarás na Gaeltachta complex after stages two, four and six, and the Finish celebrations will take place at the Abbey Hotel in Ballyvourney, which serves as Rally Headquarters, at around 5.45pm.

The Volkswagen Polo of Keith Cronin and Mikie Galvin is prepared by Tom Gahan Motorsport and supported by M O’Brien Group of Companies, Keohane Seafoods, Inver Energy, Cremin Coaches, Cronin’s HomeValue Hardware, Cronin’s Centra and Pirelli Tyres.

Entries Received

Posted: June 15, 2022 4:53 AM

Adam Semple/Conor Boylan (Ford Escort G3) [11R]
Adrian Beattie/TBA (TBA) []
Alan Commins/Joseph O'Brien (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
Allen Tracey/Eoin Treacy (Toyota Corolla GT) [11R]
Anthony Cullinane/Jason Collins (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
Aoife Raftery/TBA (Ford Fiesta R2) []
Ashley Dickson/Des Sherlock (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
Barry Mahon/Ultan McGowan (Honda Civic 1.6VTI) [11F]
Barry Murphy/Conal Doherty (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) []
Ben Caldwell/TBA (Ford Fiesta) [2]
Brian Little/Ben Thompson (Ford Escort G3) [12]
Christy Butler/Ann Hutchinson (Honda Civic) [11F]
Ciaran McCullagh/Michael White (Honda Civic) [11F]
Coleman Hurley/Sean Egan (Opel Astra) [12]
Conor McCourt/Caolan McKenna (Skoda Fabia R5) [5]
Conor Ryan/Billy Collins (Citroen C1) [21]
Damien McGauran/Ryan Farrell (BMW 320) [13]
Damien O'Donovan/Vincent Goggin (Ford KA) [9]
Danny Brady/Gary Kiernan (Peugeot 107) [21]
Danny McEvoy/Angiee Michniewicz (Honda Civic) [11F]
Danny O'Leary/TBA (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
David Condell/Greg Shinnors (Ford Escort) [14]
Dean Murphy/TBA (Peugeot 208 R2) []
Derek Mackarel/Eamonn Creedon (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [20]
Gareth Mimnagh/J Barry McCarney (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
Gearoid O'Regan/Tony McCarthy (Honda Civic Type R) [3]
Gerard Lucey/Donagh Crowley (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) [20]
Hal Lewis/Tommy Commane (Ford Escort) [13]
Hugh McQuaid/TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [3]
Ian McCarthy/Sara McFadden (Honda Civic Vtec) [11F]
Jack Brennan/John McGrath (Skoda Citigo) [21]
Jack Harris/Aaron O'Regan (VW UP) [21]
Jack Kennedy/Mark Kennedy (Nissan J1000 micra) [21]
James Dunphy/Steven Mackey (Toyota Corolla RWD) []
James Ronan/Stephen McGing (Peugeot 107) [21]
Jenna McCann/John McCabe (Ford Fiesta) [5]
John Gordon/Ben Teggart Ben (Ford Escort) [14]
John Rafter/Kieran Rafter (Ford Escort) [11R]
Jordan Hone/Paul Hone (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
Keith Power/Donal Balfe (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
Kevin Duggan/Ciara Duggan (Peugeot 206 Cup Car) [11F]
Kyle Browne/TBA (Toyota Agyo) [21]
Kyle McBride/Curran Darren (Ford Fiesta) [2]
Liam McQuaid/Mervin Galbreth (Ford Escort) [12]
Lukasz Czapnik/Piotr Szadkowski (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
Mark Murphy/Anthony O'Sullivan (Subaru Impreza N10) [15]
Michael Fitzgibbon/Carrie Ryan (Honda Civic EK4) [11F]
Mike Feeney/Ger Clancy (Honda Civic) [11F]
Mike Garahy/Iarla McCarthy (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
Mike Jnr O'Connor/PJ O'Dowd (Opel Manta GTE) [13]
Mossie Costello/Tom Murphy (Peugeot 107) [21]
Niall MC Cullagh/Ryan MC Closkey (Ford Fiesta) []
Owen-roe Skelly/Anthony Smith (Ford Escort) [11F]
Patricia Denning/Joe Downey (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [20]
Pete McCullagh/Callum Maguire (Ford Fiesta) [20]
PJ O'Connor/Denny Greaney (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
Raymond Jnr Benskin/Stephen Walsh (Ford Escort) [12]
Ryan Caldwell/Grace O'Brien (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
Seamus Heaney/Patrick Heaney (Honda Civic) [11F]
Séamus McHugh/Shane Casey (Suzuki Swift GTI) [9]
Sean William Benskin/TBA (TBA) []
Stephen Cullen/TBA (Toyota Corolla) [20]
Stephen Dickson/Dermot McCafferty (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
Tommy Cronin/Karl Egan (Toyota Aygo) [21]
Tommy Moffett/Gary McCrudden (Toyota Aygo) [21]

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Posted: June 9, 2022 4:02 PM

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Marshals Meeting Points for the Moonraker Forestry Rally

Posted: June 9, 2022 8:22 AM

Special Stage 1 & 3, Stage Commander Ger Hayes, Meeting at the Costcutter O’Luasa Shop Ballymakeera @ 7:45am

Special Stage 2 & 4, Stage Commandeer Finbarr Hanratty, Meeting at Centra Shop, Ballymakeera @ 8:00am

Special Stage 5 & 7, Stage Commander Ger Fitzgerald, Meeting at M. J. Kelleher, Clondrohid, Macroom @ 13:00pm

Special Stage 6 & 8, Stage Commender, Declan O’Leary. Meeting at Co Op Store, Ballymakeera @ 13:00pm.

Please contact Chief Marshal if you are available to marshal, radio car or timing. 087-6628637

THE ABBEY HOTEL MOONRAKER FORESTRY RALLY 2022 PRESS RELEASE NO.2

Posted: June 5, 2022 8:24 AM

The Abbey Hotel, Ballyvourney was the place to be last Friday evening the 27th May for the Press Launch of the Munster Car Club’s Forestry event the Abbey Hotel Moonraker Forestry Rally which was launched by the Deputising County Mayor Cllr Gobnait Moynihan , in the opening proceedings Cllr Moynihan welcomed the club back and added in her speech the importance of the rally to the local area and how it brings about huge financial gain to local businesses, she also thanked the committee and the club members of the Moonraker Forestry Rally and wished the organising team led by C.O.C Jim Murphy all the very best for the event. Also in attendance was Deputy Aindrias Moynihan TD who endorsed the Event and the Munster Car Clubs efforts in organising same. He also thanked our main sponsors Michéal and Marie Creedon of the Abbey Hotel, Neil Phelan of Acesigns and Paul Browne Plant Hire who are Associate sponsors. We were delighted to have Cllr Eileen Lynch with us who spoke of the importance of sporting events and she was delighted to welcome such an event to the local area. Next to speak was Michéal Creedon of the Abbey Hotel Ballyvourney who gave a brief outline of his role within the sponsorship of the rally and he congratulated the team on the hard work put in this year to get the Rally up and going. Our Club Chairman Paul Browne welcomed the large crowd on behalf of the club and thanked everyone for attending. Last to speak was the man at the helm C.O.C Jim Murphy he opened by welcoming everyone and thanked them for taking the time to come along on a Friday night.
He went on to thank his team and stated that the event is now ready to be finalised and good to go. He made special mention of the volunteers that come out to marshal the event as well as stage commanders, officials, time keepers and anybody else who helps make this fantastic event the real jewel in the crown of the MI Irish Forestry Rally Championship. Jim spoke highly of all the people locally who have given their time to help with the rally in particular to Coillte who without their support we would not have an event. Thanks to the Udaras Complex, Luceys Garage and to all who are providing assistance your continued support is greatly appreciated.
He urged the gathering to support the Sponsors in anyway they could and thanked them for their financial assistance. He concluded that entries were open and and were steadily coming in.
Thanks to Ger Leahy for photography on the night. A special thanks also to our MC on the night Ciara Griffin.
The Abbey Hotel Moonraker Forestry Rally takes place once again in Ballyvourney, Co.Cork on Saturday the 02nd July 2022.
It will be ran in a 4 x 2 format with approx 62 stage kms and 136 road kms. Rally HQ is in the Abbey Hotel, Ballyvourney, Co.Cork and the service area is in the Udaras Complex in Ballyvourney.

Rally Launch - (Fri) 27 May

Posted: May 20, 2022 12:28 PM

The Press Launch for the event is on next Friday 27th May @ 7.30pm in the Abbey Hotel, Ballyvourney, Co.Cork and all are welcome to attend.

THE ABBEY HOTEL MOONRAKER FORESTRY RALLY 2022 PRESS RELEASE NO.1

Posted: May 20, 2022 12:22 PM

The Abbey Hotel Moonraker Forestry Rally takes place once again in Ballyvourney, Co.Cork on Saturday the 02nd July 2022.
It will be ran in a 4 x 2 format with approx 62 stage kms and 138 road kms. Rally HQ is in the Abbey Hotel, Ballyvourney, Co.Cork and the service area is in the Udaras Complex in Ballyvourney.

We are delighted to announce once again our main sponsor is the Abbey Hotel with Michéal and Marie giving us huge support. We would also like to thank Ace Signs who are our associate sponsors.

This years Clerk of the Course is Jim Murphy and his Deputy Clerk of the Course is Neil Phelan both men are heavily involved in our rallying community and are set to run an excellent event for competitors and crews alike.

On Line Entry / Regulations

Posted: May 19, 2022 10:52 AM

Munster CC Moonraker Forest Rally - (Sat) 2 Jul 22 - REGULATIONS

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