Posted: November 8, 2004 10:48 PM - 5092 Hits
Round 3 - 2004-05 Executive Logistics National Night Navigation Championship
Round 1 - 2004-05 PJ O'Hea's Munster Navigation Championship
Yet another different winning pair, the third in as many events, took the honours in Saturday night’s Cork Startrek Navigation Trial at Freemount, a round of the Executive Logistics National Championship and the season opener for the P J O’Hea Munster series. 17 year old Owen Murphy, already a winner in autocrossing, was navigated by expert Diarmuid O’Donovan to top place at the wheel of a Rover 216 at the end of a short but slippery 70 mile route in north-west Cork.
Posted: November 8, 2004 10:48 PM
Semi-experts Alan and George Shinnors were second overall, nine marks behind, with top novices Ashley McAdoo and Adam Murray another 2m down in their Vectra, while beginners Carol Liston and Liam O’Connor had an amazing run to fourth overall, showing great promise for the future. Many of the regular National Championship contenders had major problems, with Andy Mackarel/Liam Higgins, Ger O’Connell/Denis O’Donovan and Ger Gowen/Paul Phelan all retiring, while Ray and Stephen O’Neill finished down in twentieth place, earning only finishers’ points.
1 Owen Murphy/Diarmuid O'Donovan (Rover 216 GTI) 26 marks 2 Alan Shinnors/George Shinnors (Vauxhall Astra) 35 marks 3 Ashley McAdoo/Adam Murray (Vauxhall Vectra) 37 marks 4 Carol Liston/Liam O'Connor (Peugeot 205) 64 marks 5 Frank Byrnes/Dave Ray (Honda Civic) 67 marks 6 Joe Shinnors/Derek Brannigan (Opel Nova) 85 marks 7 Ger McCarthy/Kieran Daly (Triumph TR7) 102 marks 8 Nicholas Doherty/Philip Doherty (Peugeot 205) 120 marks 9 Jim Healy/Mark Bowens (Opel Corsa) 131 marks 10 Thomas Roche/Niall O'Keeffe (Honda Civic) 135 marks 11 Jason O'Mahony/Andy Donoghue (Toyota Corolla) 143 marks 12 Michael Murphy/Pat Cashman (Toyota Celica) 154 marks 13 Donal Mullins/James Mullins (Toyota Starlet) 155 marks 14 Conor O'Neill/John Harrington (Suziki Vitara) 189 marks 15 Steve Davis/Jim Oliver (Opel Astra) 213 marks 16 Martin McGuiban/Dave Swanton (Toyota Corolla) 220 marks 17 Adrian Deasy/Rory Henniccy (Mazda 323 F) 238 marks 18 Tadgh O'Shea/Brendan Fahy (Opel Kadett) 251 marks 19 Derek Coleman/Lee Annett (Opel Astra) 275 marks 20 Ray O'Neill/Stephen O'Neill (VW Golf GTI) 281 marks 21 Brendan O'Sullivan/Kevin Flynn (Peugeot 205) 310 marks 22 Jonathan O'Mahony/Eric McCarthy (Toyota Camry) 331 marks 23 Brian O'Mahony/Stephen Quin (Toyota Starlet) 480 marks 24 Allyn Jennings/Henry Jennings (Opel Nova) 489 marks 25 Brian Baker/David Walsh (Opel Kadett) 489 marks 26 Fergus Harrington/Anthony Harrington (Honda Civic) 521 marks 27 James Fitzgerald/Adrian Garde (Opel Corsa) 577 marks 28 Adam Craughan/Philip O'Connor (BMW 316i) 581 marks Ger Gowen/Paul Phelan (Mazda 323) DNF Andrew Mackarel/Liam Higgins (Opel Vectra) DNF Gerard O'Connell/Denis O'Donovan (Toyota Celica) DNF PJ O'connor/Con Mulcahy (Peugeot 106) DNF Jonathan Kenneally/Ken Carmody (Toyota Sprinter) DNF Paudie O'Donovan/Frank Ryan (Mazda 626) DNF Kieran O'Flynn/Richie Lane (Rover 216 GTI) DNF