Southern 4 Championship Prizegiving - (Sat) 3 Jan 08

Posted: January 5, 2009 1:55 AM - 9556 Hits

023 Tiles Southern 4 Rally Championship

Adrian Deasy & Alan Ring (2nd O/A),
James O Sullivan, 023 Tiles (Sponsor),
Liam McCarthy & Kieran Murphy (1st O/A)
Ger Leahy

McCARTHY/MURPHY COLLECT THEIR AWARDS

Posted: January 5, 2009 1:49 AM

Over 350 people attended the Southern 4 Rally Championship prizegiving in Oriel House Hotel ,Ballincolig,Co.Cork on Saturday 3rd of January to witness Dunmanways Liam McCarthy and Kieran Murphy crown their year in the Toyota Corolla WRC by collecting the overall drivers and navigators winners trophies for 2009.

McCarthy/Murphy came out winners after a very tight battle over the year with Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy(Evo 9) which saw both crews finish the year,after dropped scores were taken into account,level on 72 points each.McCarthy/Murphy took the win on a countback tie break as they had maximum scores on two rallies to Ring/Deasy’s one Mximum score.

Welshman Washington James (Darrian T90 GTR) finished the year third overall.

Class award winners on the night were:
Class 2:
1st.Stephen Carey/Mark Lee (Hnda Civic)

Class 3:
1st.Aidan Jackson/Denis Jackson (Civic Type R)
2nd.Billy Hayes/Pierce Doheny Jnr(Civic Type R)

Class 4:
1st.Sean Flanagan/Christine O Leary (Impreza)
2nd.Tom Dunne/Mike Clyne (Impreza)
3rd.Tony Calnan/Fergal O Donoghue (Impreza)

Class 5:
1st. Alan O Riordan (Ford Ka)

Class 6:
1st. Colm Forde (Peugeot 206)

Class 7:
1st.John Corrigan/Claire Shorten(Ford Focus)

Class 8:
1st.Nial Guinevan/Leslie Stanley (Impreza)

Class 9:
1st:Turlough Kenny/Patrick Meade (Escort Mk2)
2nd.Roland Doherty/Pj O Dowd (Vauxhall Nova)

Class 10:
1st. Victor Beamish/Susan Beamish (Vauxhall Nova)
2nd.Richard Lucey/Sean Sheedy (Talbot Sunbeam)
3rd.Stephen Sheehan/Paul Sheehan (Talbot Sunbeam)

Class 11:
1st.John White/Alan O Mahony (Honda Civic)
2nd.Martin Quirke/John Hurley (Talbot Sunbeam)
3rd.Bob Moran/Margaret Browne (Escort Mk2)

Class 12:
1st.Gerard O Connell/Stephen Hayde(Escort Mk2)
2nd.Steve Roberts/Adrian Hayes(Escort Mk 2)

Class 13:
1st.Fergus O Donoghue/Liam Brennan (Escort Mk 2)

Class 14:
1st. Kevin O Donoghue/Ruth Guest (Escort Mk 2)
2nd.Terence O Shaughnessy/Joe O Leary(Corolla )
3rd.Eugene McGrath(Corolla)
Class 15:
1st. Conor Cavanagh/Don Montgomery(Escort)
2nd.John Hickey/Anthony O Conaill(Fubaru)
3rd.Gwynn Thomas (Puma)

Historics
1st Overall. Martin Sheahan/Willie Bullman (Escort Mk1)

Class B.
1st.Mike Smith/David Ryan Volvo 142

Class C.
1st.Jeremiah O Flynn/Sean O Flynn(Escort Mk1)
2nd.Diarmuid Lynch/Owen McCarthy (Escort Mk2)
3rd.James Symington/Jonathon Jennings (Avenger)

Class D.
1st.David Cremin/Johnny O Shea (Escort Mk 1)
2nd.John Curran/Jason O Callaghan(Escort Mk 1)

JUNIORS
1st.Billy A McCarthy/Sean Murphy(Nissan Micra)
2nd.David Duggan/Colm Lenihan (Corolla)
3rd.Shane Kenneally/Kieran Daly (Civic)

1600 Award winners:Daragh O Riordan/Sean McCarthy (Opel Corsa)

Group N Winners: Mark Nangle/Brian Duggan (Impreza)

Two Wheel Drive Winners:James M Staffors/Frank Dwyer(Darrian T90 GTR)