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LinksMidland Night Navigation Trial - 15-16 Feb 03
Posted: February 17, 2003 10:04 PM - 10783 Hits
Victory in the Midland Navigation Trial, which finished at Athlone early on Sunday, was enough to clinch the Motorsport Ireland National Navigation Championship for the Monaghan/Cavan pairing of Andy Mackarel and Liam Higgins in their Ascona.
After a tricky 120 mile route in Co Roscommon, they had four marks to spare over local crew Gerry Kelly and Richie Howard, but there was disappointment for the O’Neill brothers, Ray and Stephen, who led the championship points table before the start.
Posted: February 17, 2003 10:04 PM
They shared the lead at the halfway halt, but dropped time on a section through bog roads and fell to fifth place at the finish, leaving them too far behind to challenge for the title in next month’s final round.
1 Andy Mackarel/Liam Higgins (Ascona) 4 marks 2 Gerry Kelly/Richie Howard (Peugeot 205) 8m 3 Diarmuid French/Jason O'Mahony (Corolla) 9m 4 George Mackarel/Ashley McAdoo (Ascona) 11m 5 Ray O'Neill/Stephen O'Neill (Golf) 12m 6 Karl O'Donoghue/Frank O'Donoghue (Peugeot 205) 14m 7 Pakie Duffy/Harry Bleakley (Golf) 17m 8 Ger Gowen/Adrian Deasy (Mazda 323) 18m 9 Joe Shinnors Jnr/Kieran Daly (Nova) 32m 10 Damien Hagan/Stephen Hagan (Primera) 36m Experts: 1 Gerry Kelly/Richie Howard 2 Ray O'Neill/Stephen O'Neill 3 Karl O'Donoghue/Frank O'Donoghue. Semi-experts: 1 George Mackarel/Ashley McAdoo 2 Damien Hagan/Stephen Hagan 3 Donal Healy/Peter Keohane (Peugeot 205) 72m. Novices: 1 Diarmuid French/Jason O'Mahony 2 Joe Shinnors Jnr/Kieran Daly 3 Martin McGuigan/Conor Foley (Corolla) 37m.
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