Billy Coleman Award
Posted: December 14, 2005 5:53 PM - 9660 Hits

• Kelleher takes runner up position in 2005 Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver Award
• Gareth MacHale Wins 2005 Billy Coleman Award For Young Rally Driver of the Year
  Kevin Kelleher finishes 2nd and Ian Barret 3rd
• Profiles of the Top 3

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Billy Coleman Award
Posted: December 1, 2004 1:38 PM - 8060 Hits

Young Rally Driver Of The Year Title For Monaghan’s Eamon McElvaney

Billy Coleman presents the Coleman Award to Eamon McElvaney
Photo: motorsportireland.com
Irish Motorsport honoured its top performers for 2004 at a celebration lunch held in Dublin earlier today (Tuesday, 30th November, 2004). The “ Awards for Excellence in Irish Motorsport” event which brought together the leading performers from all disciplines in Irish motorsport was created by the sport’s governing body Motorsport Ireland and sponsored by Alfa Romeo.

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YOUNG GUN OWEN MURPHY (17) GOES FOR BILLY COLEMAN AWARD
Posted: November 8, 2004 10:57 PM - 6369 Hits

Owen Murphy is the youngest rally driver to be selected by Motorsport Ireland as a Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver of the Year 2004 Finalist.

Within weeks of passing his driving test, Owen competed in his first Tarmac Rally

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Dessie Keenan - Winner 2003 Billy Coleman Award
Posted: December 1, 2003 8:13 PM - 7001 Hits

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN IRISH MOTORSPORT PRESENTED IN DUBLIN

• Young Rally Driver Of The Year Title For Monaghan’s Dessie Keenan
• Hall of Fame Award for Billy Coleman

Irish Motorsport honoured its top performers for 2003 at a celebration lunch held in Dublin earlier today (Monday, 1 December, 2003). The “Awards for Excellence in Irish Motorsport” event which brought together the leading performers from all disciplines in Irish motorsport was created by the sport’s governing body Motorsport Ireland and sponsored by Alfa Romeo.
Photo: Motorsportireland.com

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SHAUN GALLAGHER WINS BILLY COLEMAN AWARD
Posted: December 3, 2002 10:05 AM - 18328 Hits

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN IRISH MOTORSPORT PRESENTED IN DUBLIN

• EURO32k Awards for Top Young Drivers
• Donegal's Shaun Gallagher is Young Rally Driver of the Year
• Michael Devaney is Young Racing Driver of the Year / Dunlop Sexton Trophy
  Winner for Second Year in Succession
• Awards scheme to be Extended as Irish Sports Council Increase Funding
• Andrew Nesbitt is International Driver of the Year
• Hall of Fame Award for Michael Roe

Irish Motorsport honoured its top performers of 2002 at a celebration lunch held in Dublin earlier today Monday 2nd December 2002. The "Awards for Excellence in Irish Motorsport" event which brought together the leading performers from all disciplines of Irish Motorsport was created by the sport's governing body Motorsport Ireland and sponsored by Alfa Romeo.

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Gallagher wins 2002 Billy Coleman Award
Posted: December 3, 2002 9:55 AM - 8522 Hits

Shaun Gallagher has won the 2002 Billy Coleman Award. The award, named after one of Ireland's most successful rally drivers, is presented by Motorsport Ireland to the best up and coming driver. This award tops off an outstanding year for the young Letterkenny man, a year that saw him move to the forefront of motorsport both at home and abroad.

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YOUNG DRIVER AWARDS TO BE ANNOUNCED MONDAY 2nd DECEMBER
Posted: November 20, 2002 11:24 AM - 13339 Hits

Date Set for Motorsport's "Awards for Excellence"

The third annual Alfa Romeo / Motorsport Ireland "Awards for Excellence" in Irish motorsport will be presented in the Conrad Hotel, Dublin on Monday 2nd December this year. These Awards have been created to recognise the achievements of drivers across the spectrum of Irish Motorsport both at home and abroad.

The centrepiece of this year's event will be the presentation of awards to the "Young Racing Driver of the Year" and the "Young Rally Driver of the Year". Each award will also carry with it a package worth E32,000 to the winning driver.

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Dessie Keenan - Billy Coleman Award Finalist
Posted: November 5, 2002 1:18 PM - 9406 Hits

Dessie Keenan, one of Irelands most exciting and dynamic young drivers from Monaghan, will contest the much sought after Billy Coleman Award this year, which is geared towards young Irish drivers. A popular driver amongst rally enthusiasts, he has shown that he can get first class results in either a rear-wheel-drive or his recently acquired front-wheel-drive ex-Super Cup Peugeot 106, on both gravel and tarmac surface events. It is this flexibility and ability that allows him to switch between a powerful 2.4Lt rear-wheel-drive MarkII Escort and a front-wheel-drive 1600cc Peugeot 106 and still take class wins and excellent overall positions that makes Dessie such an inspirational driver.

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Stuart Darcy to compete in BRC / 2002 Billy Coleman Award Launched
Posted: April 15, 2002 4:38 PM - 16951 Hits

COLEMAN AWARD WINNER TO CONTEST BRITISH RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

Stuart Darcy to compete in UK in Factory supported Ford Puma Super 1600

2002 Billy Coleman Award Launched - €30,000 for Winner

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Killybegs Stuart Darcy, winner of Motorsport Ireland's prestigious Billy Coleman Award in 2001 has confirmed that he will contest this year's British Rally Championship and will do so in a factory supported Ford Puma Super 1600.
Darcy will be hoping to emulate the achievements of the previous Billy Coleman Award winner Rory Galligan who not alone competed in the UK during 2001 but who won the highly prized Peugeot Super 106 Cup in what was his first season outside Ireland.

Darcy was in Dublin to mark the launch of the 2002 Billy Coleman Award which is worth €30,000 to the winner.

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2002 Billy Coleman Award
Posted: February 21, 2002 6:45 PM - 7328 Hits

Competitors wanting to qualify for the Billy Coleman awards should note that for 2002 the onus is on the competitor, by confirming through registration with Motorsport Ireland, that they are eligible to take part.

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BILLY COLEMAN AWARD
Posted: November 30, 2001 4:54 PM - 12365 Hits

Stuart Darcy is this years winner of the Billy Coleman award.

Shortlisted for the inaugural Billy Coleman Award in 2000, twenty five year old Stuart Darcy from Killybegs, Co Donegal went one better this year to take the top award and a support package worth £25k.

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- BILLY COLEMAN AWARD UPDATE -
Posted: July 6, 2000 5:37 PM - 9996 Hits

FOUR QUALIFY FOR PRESTIGIOUS YOUNG RALLY DRIVER AWARD
by Oisin O'Briain

Top performances by four of Ireland's young up and coming rally drivers have earned them each an entry for the prestigious Billy Coleman Award. Named in recognition of the achievements of perhaps the country's greatest ever rally drivers, the four are the first to meet the criteria for inclusion on the shortlist for the £ 20,000 award.

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Motorsport Ireland Announces £20,000 Award for Young Rally Drivers
Posted: February 10, 2000 5:42 PM - 7024 Hits

by Oisin O'Briain

We have been inundated with calls from drivers asking how they can be selected for the Billy Coleman Award which is aimed at help young Irish Rally drivers. Basically all a driver has to do is meet the criteria outlined below (Click "Read More...") and they will automatically be sent a form by the one of the two championship registrars which must be completed and returned to Motorsport Ireland.

For more details Click "Read More..."

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