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LinksBirr (Nenagh) Stages Rally (J) - 28 Feb 10
Posted: March 8, 2010 7:15 PM - 33208 Hits
Round 1 - 2010 National Rally Championship (+ Junior)
Round 1 - 2010 West Coast Rally Championship
Round 1 - 2010 Midlands East Rally Championship
- Melvyn Evans/Patrick Walsh win in Nenagh!
Photo: Sideways Shot
- Video Clips
- Setanta TV Times
- EVANS WINS NENAGH RALLY TO TAKE EARLY LEAD IN DUNLOP CHAMPIONSHIP<BR><I>Report courtesy of Dunlop - Proud sponsors of the National Rally Championship</I>
- Young Limerick Crew take victory in Junior Rally
- Driver of the Day Award
- More Photos
- Results
- DUNLOP CONTENDERS SET FOR NENAGH<BR><I>Preview courtesy of Dunlop - Proud sponsors of the National Rally Championship</I>
- MARSHALLS MEETING POINTS
- Updated Entry List
- Final Instructions and Scrutiny Slot Times
- MARSHALL'S REQUIRED
- Rally Programmes:
- DUNLOP CONTENDERS SET FOR NENAGH
- Entries Updates:
- Entry List
- Entries Update:
- Time and Distance Schedule
- Entries update - Draw for Free Entry
- Event Details
- Regulations and On Line Entry
- Event Website / Details
EVANS WINS NENAGH RALLY TO TAKE EARLY LEAD IN DUNLOP CHAMPIONSHIP
Report courtesy of Dunlop - Proud sponsors of the National Rally Championship
Posted: March 2, 2010 4:11 PM
EVANS WINS NENAGH RALLY TO TAKE EARLY LEAD IN DUNLOP CHAMPIONSHIP
A new season of the Dunlop National Rally Championship got underway
with the Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh Rally that was won by Welsh ace,
Mel
Evans (Subaru WRC) and his co-driver, Patrick Walsh. At the finish
of
the six-stage rally, Evans/Walsh were 22 seconds ahead of the
Subaru
pair of Derek McGarrity/Willie McKee. Kevin Kelleher/Adrian Deasy
(Mitsubishi) were some 21 seconds further behind in third. The
Modified category was won by Mike Quinn/Grainne McEnery (Escort)
and
Stephen Cullen/Seamus O'Grady (Subaru) won Group N.
On the opening 20km stage, where the competitors found the roads
frosty and slippery, Evans set the pace and finished the stage some
eight seconds ahead of the Subaru of Derek McGarrity, who was
driving
the ex-Eamonn Boland Subaru S12B. The reigning Northern Ireland
Rally
champion was on his first real outing in this car in terms of
driving
it on narrow stages. Meanwhile, Donegal's, Manus Kelly, in his Mk.
2
Escort, set a terrific pace and occupied third spot - just two
seconds
further behind. Niall Maguire and Kevin Barrett, both in Subaru
WRC's, shared equal fourth place with sixth placed, Kevin Kelleher,
the reigning Paterson's RallyNews Group N champion, leading Group N
in
his Mitsubishi Evo9.
The top ten was completed by Trevor Mulligan (Escort), Aidan Bourke
(Mitsubishi), Mike Quinn (Escort), the reigning rally.ie champion
and
Tom Flaherty (Escort). Daniel McKenna (Escort) lost considerable
time
with transmission woes and ended the stage down in 92nd. place.
Barrett punched in the best time for the second stage that was
enough
to promote him to second spot - ten seconds behind rally leader,
Mel
Evans (Subaru). Tyre choice was proving the decisive factor with
Evans reckoning that he could have done with more grip. Maguire
was
only three seconds behind Barett as Kevin Kelleher (Mitsubishi)
slotted into fourth some three seconds ahead of Derek McGarrity,
who
spun and lost valuable seconds.
Local ace, Aidan Bourke reckoned his Mitsubishi lacked grip in the
conditions - due to his selection of a hard compound tyre.
Manus Kelly (Escort) moved into the lead of the Modified category
when
Mike Quinn lost time with a broken suspension link. Their fellow
rival, Trevor Mulligan crashed out. The final places in the top
ten
were occupied by Tom Flaherty (Escort) and Alan O'Callaghan
(Subaru).
Patrick McKenna, who finished the stage in third gear, made up
twelve
places to occupy 80th. in general classification.
On the repeat of the two stages, Evans punched in a pair of fastest
times and opened up an impressive 33-second lead. Barrett
maintained
second although he had a slight overshoot on the fourth test.
Maguire
was six seconds behind but only a second ahead of a charging Kevin
Kelleher, in his Group N Mitsubishi. The reigning Patterson's
RallyNews champion, lost a few seconds when he spun at a left hand
junction. McGarrity, who admitted he was still learning the
characteristics of his Subaru, was three seconds behind Kelleher.
Quinn regained the lead in the Modified section - aided when Manus
Kelly lost time with a puncture on S.S. 4. Ed Synan (Escort) in
eighth place experienced some electrical woes. The Subaru pair of
Alan O'Callaghan and Pat Kelly rounded off the top ten. Meanwhile,
Daniel McKenna (Escort) moved up 39 places to 41st.
Barrett retired just after leaving the final service halt when a
wheel
nut sheared off one of the front wheels of his Subaru. Out on the
stage, McGarrity set a blistering pace to move into second - 37
seconds behind Evans and two ahead of Maguire. Kelleher and Quinn
retained the lead of their respective Group N and Modified
categories.
Evans did enough on the final stage to secure victory and maximum
Dunlop points. McGarrity took second, he was fastest on the stage
while Kelleher clinched third after Maguire's Subaru developed
turbo
problems.
Quinn got the defence of his rally.ie Modified crown off to the
perfect start, he was also fifth overall - ten seconds ahead of
rival,
Manus Kelly. Alan O'Callaghan (Subaru) was seventh overall while
Washington James, who struggled during the morning stages, finished
eighth overall. Pat Kelly (Subaru) and Jason Roche (Escort)
rounded
off the top ten.
Meanwhile, Daniel McKenna (Escort) battled his way back from 91st
on
the opening stage after to finish 22nd. overall, he was the
recipient
of the inaugural "Driver of the Day" award.
Young Limerick Crew take victory in Junior Rally
Posted: March 2, 2010 3:01 PM
Askeaton's Kevin O'Connor and Donal Balfe drove to an impressive victory in the Nenagh Stages Junior Rally on Sunday.
This was Kevin's first time competing in his new C2R2 and it didnt take him to long to adapt to FWD and left hand drive! his last stage time would have been good enough for 9th O/A in the main field!
This allowed him to take victory from Darren McKenna who also put in some very respectable times during the event. But i'm sure most people will agree with a performance like this, that 19 year old, Kevin is showing great signs of pure natural talent.
He was delighted to have won this event, as he was only hoping for a good clean run and respectable finish.
This event was round 1 of the Dunlop National Junior Rally Championship.
This victory has given the limerick crew a dream start to the season.
Posted: March 2, 2010 2:56 PM
GpN Winners - Kevin Kelleher/Adrian Deasy
First 2WD - Mike Quinn/Grainne McEnery
Photo: James Burke
Junior Winners - Kevin O'Connor/Donal Balfe
Driver of the Day Award
Posted: March 2, 2010 2:51 PM
92 O/A after Stage 1, Daniel McKenna / Andrew Grennan (Ford Escort Mk II) set a string of amazing times and recover to 22nd Overall
Photo: Sideways Shot
Results
Posted: March 2, 2010 2:30 PM
1 Melvyn Evans/Patrick Walsh (Subaru Impreza WRC) 62m 16s,
2 Derek McGarrity/James McKee (Subaru Impreza WRC) 62m 38s,
3 Kevin Kelleher/Adrian Deasy (Mit. Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 62m 59s,
4 Niall Maguire/Barry Goodman (Subaru Impreza WRC) 64m 19s,
5 Mike Quinn/Grainne McEnery (Ford Escort Mk II) 65m 21s,
6 Manus Kelly/Donal Barrett (Ford Escort Mk II) 65m 31s,
7 Alan O’Callaghan/Cathal McGrath (Subaru Impreza WRX) 67m 46s,
8 Washington James/Llinos Jones-Davies (Darrian T90 GTR) 68m 06s,
9 Pat Kelly/Noel Lambert (Subaru Impreza WRX) 68m 29s,
10 Jason Roche/Damien Fleming (Ford Escort Mk II) 69m 34s.
Group N Production class:
1 Stephen Cullen/Seamus O’Grady (Subaru Impreza N12B) 70m 54s,
2 Liam Higgins/Brian Commins (Mit. Lancer Evo 7) 72m 10s,
3 Shane Maguire/Paul Kelly (Subaru Impreza N11) 74m 02s.
JUNIORS:
1 Kevin O'Connor/Donal Balfe (Citroen C2R2) 33m 55s,
2 Darren McKenna/Gary McKenna (Toyota Corolla) 34m 00s,
3 Damien Whoriskey/Michael McClafferty (Ford Escort) 34m 51s.
Leaders After:
SS1-6 Melvyn Evans/Patrick Walsh (Subaru Impreza WRC)
Stage Winners:
SS1 Melvyn Evans/Patrick Walsh (Subaru Impreza WRC)
SS2 Kevin Barrett/Sean Mullally (Subaru Impreza WRC)
SS3 Melvyn Evans/Patrick Walsh (Subaru Impreza WRC)
SS4 Melvyn Evans/Patrick Walsh (Subaru Impreza WRC)
SS5 Derek McGarrity/James McKee (Subaru Impreza WRC)
SS6 Derek McGarrity/James McKee (Subaru Impreza WRC)
DUNLOP CONTENDERS SET FOR NENAGH
Preview courtesy of Dunlop - Proud sponsors of the National Rally Championship
Posted: February 27, 2010 4:14 PM
A new season of the Dunlop National Rally Championship begins on
Sunday February 28th . with the Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh Rally. The
quest for the Vard Memorial Trophy will take competitors through some
1000 kilometres of special stages over the ten round campaign that
will be contested in all four provinces.
The opening round, organised by the Birr & District Motor Club, who
have attracted a superb entry, has all three reigning champions
defending their respective titles - Cavan's, Patrick Elliott, who won
the overall award in the Dunlop series; Kevin Kelleher, the
Patterson's RallyNews Group N champion and Mike Quinn, who won the
inaugural rally.ie award for two wheel drive competitors, begin the
defence of their titles in Nenagh.
Elliott and co-driver, Paul Goodman are the top seeds in their Subaru
WRC with opposition emanating from their 2009 Dunlop rivals,
Monaghan's, Niall Maguire and Maynooth's, Kevin Barrett, both in
Subaru WRC's, while fellow Subaru WRC pair, Glengormley's, Derek
McGarrity and Welsh ace, Mel Evans are also planning to tackle the
Dunlop series.
For Cavan driver, Elliott, the 2010 series presents a unique challenge
as he tries to become the first ever driver in the history of the
national championship to record a straight hat-trick of victories.
"It's not something I have been thinking about. It has been a long
lay off since last October and I have no idea what my pace will be
like." said Elliott. On the opposition, he added, "The more
competition, the better. This is a great start to the championship,
it makes the prize worth winning."
Triple national champion, Niall Maguire is playing it event by event.
"Honestly, I have no plans, I have to see what happens with Enda
(Sherry) in terms of his work commitments. The season has crept in
very quickly, I will wait and see what happens."
Meanwhile, Kevin Barrett, who won the 2009 Galway Summer Rally, is
quite clear on his intentions, "My plan for 2010 is to win the
championship." The Maynooth ace was quite pleased with his
performance in the recent Galway International and will be a force to
be reckoned with in Nenagh.
The decision by former Irish Tarmac champion, Derek McGarrity (Subaru
WRC) to contest the Dunlop series has added an extra dimension and it
will be interesting to see how he adapts to the national campaign.
Welsh ace, Mel Evans is a regular competitor at Irish events, on his
last appearance on the Fastnet Rally last October, he was second
overall. With the top five relatively evenly matched, any error over
six 20km stages will be severely punished.
The change in regulations allowing the Group N cars run the 33mm
restrictor, should see the Mitsubishi trio of Kevin Kelleher, Garry
Jennings and Thomas Fitzmaurice much closer to their World Rally Car
rivals. Patterson's RallyNews Group N award winner, Kelleher
remarked, "With the 33mm restrictor, the car has been transformed. It
is much more responsive and the acceleration in the higher gears is
much more pronounced."
Jennings managed only a few kilometres in the Galway International
Rally and will be keen to make the best possible start to his Dunlop
season. Last season's early leader, Thomas Fitzmaurice will be
equally intent on a strong opening performance.
The top Tipperary entry is that of Aidan Bourke (Mitsubishi), who will
be aiming to match his showroom rivals. Donegal's, Trevor Bustard
(Mitsubishi) completes the top ten.
Rally.ie champion, Mike Quinn (Ford Escort) has some tough opposition
in Nenagh, it includes Trevor Mulligan, who won the category in the
corresponding event in 2009, Donegal's, Manus Kelly (Ford Escort),
Welshman, Washington James (Darrian), Daniel McKenna (Escort), who
made a great impression in the modified category in the Galway
International, Ed Synan (Escort) and local stalwart, David Percy (Ford
Escort) are all amongst a cracking Modified entry. Elsewhere, John
O'Donnell, Gordon Rogers, Eoin Woods, Gary Reidy and Frank Sweeney,
all in Ford Escorts, illustrate the quality of the two-wheel drive
category.
The rally is also the opening round of the Dunlop Junior Rally
Championship.
Kevin O'Connor (Citroen C2R2); Darren McKenna Darren (Toyota Corolla);
Damien Whoriskey (Ford Escort); Damien Boyle (Honda Civic); Cal
McCarthy (Honda Civic); Patrick Slattery (Honda Civic); Michael
McKennedy (Toyota Corolla) and James Whelan (Honda Civic) are some of
the fifteen seeded entries. Todd Falvey (Porsche 911) heads the
Historic entry.
Ahead of the opening round, Dunlop supremo, Richard Warbrick
commented,
"It a positive start to the season in the difficult times
we are in, hopefully, it will maintain that level throughout the
season. In terms of the Dunlop Junior Championship, it is always good
to encourage the Juniors along, they are the future of the sport. One
driver from that series and two from the main championship will go
forward to the interview for the Billy Coleman Award."
Footage of the event - as seen through the cameras of "On the Limit
Sports" - will he screened to a global audience via Motors TV, Sky
Sports and Setanta Sports, dates and times to be advised.
MARSHALLS MEETING POINTS
Posted: February 25, 2010 3:56 PM
SS1, 3 & 5 Casey's Texaco Service Station, Toomevara @ 7.30AM
Stage Commander: Kevin Maher
SS2, 4 & 6 Templemore Arms Hotel, Templemore @ 7.45AM
Stage Commander: Pat Nolan
ENTRIES ARE STILL OPEN.
Contact 086 8179297 / +353 86 8179297 for more information
Updated Entry List
Posted: February 25, 2010 8:55 AM
Updated Entry List on:
Withdrawn:
1 Patrick Elliott/Paul Goodman (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
8 Thomas Fitzmaurice/Fionn Foley (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
Final Instructions and Scrutiny Slot Times
Posted: February 22, 2010 9:48 PM
Final Instructions and Scrutiny Slot Times available on Club Website:
MARSHALL'S REQUIRED
Posted: February 22, 2010 9:45 PM
Marshall’s are still required and anybody that is interested should contact the Chief Marshall on:
087-9638602 / +353 87-9638602 for more details.
Rally Programmes:
Posted: February 22, 2010 9:44 PM
Maps and Programmes for the rally will be available to purchase in the following outlets:
-
Rally HQ)-Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh
Caseys filling stationToomevara
Mulrooneys (Borrisokane Rd)
Quinns shop opposite service area
Shanahans Service station Borrisleigh
Donovans shop Moneygall
Templemore arms Hotel
DUNLOP CONTENDERS SET FOR NENAGH
Posted: February 22, 2010 9:43 PM
A new season of the Dunlop National Rally Championship begins on Sunday February 28th. with the Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh stages Rally. The quest for the Vard Memorial Trophy will take competitors through some 1000 kilometres of special stages over the ten round campaign that will be contested in all four provinces.
The opening round, organised by the Birr & District Motor Club, who have attracted a superb entry, has all three reigning champions defending their respective titles - Cavan's, Patrick Elliott, who won the overall award in the Dunlop series; Kevin Kelleher, the Patterson's RallyNews Group N champion and Mike Quinn, who won the inaugural rally.ie award for two wheel drive competitors, begin the defence of their titles in Nenagh.
Elliott and co-driver, Paul Goodman are the top seeds in their Subaru WRC with opposition emanating from their 2009 Dunlop rivals, Monaghan's, Niall Maguire and Maynooth's, Kevin Barrett, both in Subaru WRC's, while fellow Subaru WRC pair, Glengormley's, Derek McGarrity and Welsh ace, Mel Evans are also planning to tackle the Dunlop series.
For Cavan driver, Elliott, the 2010 series presents a unique challenge as he tries to become the first ever driver in the history of the national championship to record a straight hat-trick of victories. "It's not something I have been thinking about. It has been a long lay off since last October and I have no idea what my pace will be like." said Elliott. On the opposition, he added, "The more competition, the better. This is a great start to the championship, it makes the prize worth winning."
Triple national champion, Niall Maguire is playing it event by event. "Honestly, I have no plans, I have to see what happens with Enda (Sherry) in terms of his work commitments. The season has crept in very quickly, I will wait and see what happens."
Meanwhile, Kevin Barrett, who won the 2009 Galway Summer Rally, is quite clear on his intentions, "My plan for 2010 is to win the championship." The Maynooth ace was quite pleased with his performance in the recent Galway International and will be a force to be reckoned with in Nenagh.
The decision by former Irish Tarmac champion, Derek McGarrity (Subaru WRC) to contest the Dunlop series has added an extra dimension and it will be interesting to see how he adapts to the national campaign.
Welsh ace, Mel Evans is a regular competitor at Irish events, on his last appearance on the Fastnet Rally last October, he was second overall. With the top five relatively evenly matched, any error over six 20km stages will be severely punished.
The change in regulations allowing the Group N cars run the 33mm restrictor, should see the Mitsubishi trio of Kevin Kelleher, Garry Jennings and Thomas Fitzmaurice much closer to their World Rally Car rivals. Patterson's RallyNews Group N award winner, Kelleher remarked, "With the 33mm restrictor, the car has been transformed. It is much more responsive and the acceleration in the higher gears is much more pronounced."
Jennings managed only a few kilometres in the Galway International Rally and will be keen to make the best possible start to his Dunlop season. Last season's early leader, Thomas Fitzmaurice will be equally intent on a strong opening performance.
The top Tipperary entry is that of Aidan Bourke (Mitsubishi), who will be aiming to match his showroom rivals. Donegal's, Trevor Bustard (Mitsubishi) completes the top ten.
Rally.ie 2wd champion, Mike Quinn (Ford Escort) has some tough opposition in Nenagh, it includes Trevor Mulligan, who won the category in the corresponding event in 2009, Donegal's, Manus Kelly (Ford Escort), Welshman, Washington James (Darrian), Daniel McKenna (Escort), who made a great impression in the modified category in the Galway International, Ed Synan (Escort) and local stalwart, David Percy (Ford Escort) are all amongst a cracking Modified entry. Elsewhere, John O'Donnell, Gordon Rogers, Eoin Woods, Gary Reidy and Frank Sweeney, all in Ford Escorts, illustrate the quality of the two-wheel drive category.
The rally is also the opening round of the Dunlop Junior Rally Championship.
Kevin O'Connor (Citroen C2R2); Darren McKenna Darren (Toyota Corolla); Damien Whoriskey (Ford Escort); Damien Boyle (Honda Civic); Cal McCarthy (Honda Civic); Patrick Slattery (Honda Civic); Michael McKennedy (Toyota Corolla) and James Whelan (Honda Civic) are some of the fifteen seeded entries.The Birr motorclub were also pleased to announce that there would be an historic category in this years rally and Todd Falvey (Porsche 911) heads the Historic entry.
Ahead of the opening round, Dunlop supremo, Richard Warbrick commented, "It a positive start to the season in the difficult times we are in, hopefully, it will maintain that level throughout the season. In terms of the Dunlop Junior Championship, it is always good to encourage the Juniors along, they are the future of the sport. One driver from that series and two from the main championship will go forward to the interview for the Billy Coleman Award."
This years event also sees the Birr & District Motor club host the opening round of the other two championships, the Top part west coast and the loughransigns.com midlandseast rally championships.
There is a strong local contingent taking part in Sundays Rally which include:
-
18 David Percy/Olivia Coen (Ford Escort) Cloughjordan
22 Eoin Woods/ TBA (Ford Escort) Cloughjordan
30 Benny Kennedy/Brendan Ryan (Honda SIR Vtec) Nenagh
35 Alan O'Callaghan/Cathal McGrath (Subaru Impreza N11) Nenagh
46 Joey Carroll/Mark Kirwan (Ford Escort Mk2) Laois
47 John Cavanagh/ TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) Cloughjordan
48 David Forde/John Rooky Nolan (Subaru Impreza) Nenagh
56 John Gill/Brian Kirwan (Mitsubishi Evo 9) Laois
59 Andy Poole/Borris in Ossory (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) Laois
61 Paul O'Brien/John Brennan (Honda EG6) Templemore
67 Fergus Kelly/Michael Doherty (Peugeot 205 RWD) Birr
70 Andrew Slattery/Shaun Forde (Peugeot 205 GTi) Nenagh
91 Kevin Lyons/Ronan Shanahan (Honda Civic EK4) Roscrea
96 Mike Garahy/Niall Keane (Ford Escort Mk2) Birr
100 Frank Dwyer/Niall Whitty (Ford KA) Borris-on-ossary
101 Barry Foyle/Kenny O'Brien (Peugeot 106 GTi) Borris-on-ossary
111 Mark Lenon/Edmond Egan (Honda civic) Athlone
112 Declan Rigney/Mary Maher (Honda Civic) Birr
H6 David Ryan/Julieann Culleton (Ford Escort Mk1) Laois
H7 Whitby Moynan/ TBA (Austin Mini Cooper) Nenagh
First Car leaves the start which is located behind the Abbey court hotel Nenagh on Sunday Morning at 9.00 am and will be returning at 4.30pm to the finnish ramp at the front of the Hotel. The Service Area will be located in the Livestock Mart in Nenagh on Sunday with the opening stages in the Toomevara/Templemore area done twice in the morning while the action in the afternoon will also be repeated in the same area. It is anticipated that traffic in these areas will be busy and all motorists travelling in this area should allow extra time to complete their journeys.
Marshall’s are still required and anybody that is interested should contact the Chief Marshall Ger Brophy 087-9638602 for more details. Late entries still excepted contact 086-8179297. If you are intending to spectate at the rally Please THINK SAFETY at all times and obey the Marshall’s instructions at all times. Further details from the club website.
Footage of the event - as seen through the cameras of "On the Limit Sports" - will he screened to a global audience via Motors TV, Sky Sports and Setanta Sports, dates and times to be advised.
Club Website:
Entries Updates:
Posted: February 21, 2010 9:58 PM
Barry Goodman to co-drive for Niall Maguire:
Late Entries still being accepted contact
087 9117707 or 086 8179297
+353 87 9117707 or +353 86 8179297
Entry List
Posted: February 19, 2010 6:12 PM
1 Patrick Elliott/Paul Goodman (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
2 Niall Maguire/ TBA (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
3 Kevin Barrett/Sean Mullally (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
4 Derek McGarrity/James McKee (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
5 Melvyn Evans/Patrick Walsh (Subaru Impreza WRC) [8]
6 Kevin Kelleher/Martin Kelleher (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
7 Garry Jennings/David Moynihan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
8 Thomas Fitzmaurice/Fionn Foley (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
9 Aidan Bourke/John Kinahan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
10 Trevor Bustard/Kenny Bustard (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) [4]
11 Mike Quinn/Grainne McEnery (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
12 Trevor Mulligan/Sean Hayde (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
14 Manus Kelly/Donall Barrett (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
15 Washington James/Llinos Jones-davies (Darrian T90 GTR) [14]
16 Daniel McKenna/Andrew Grennan (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
17 ED Synan/Denis O'Connell (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
18 David Percy/Olivia Coen (Ford Escort) [13]
19 John O'Donnell/Johnny Baird (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
20 Gordon Rogers/Philip McEntee (Ford Escort) [13]
21 Stephen Cullen/Stephen O'Grady (Subaru Impreza) [4]
22 Eoin Woods/ TBA (Ford Escort) [13]
23 Gary Reidy/Emmet Sherry (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
24 Frank Sweeney/Seamus O'Connor (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
25 Pat Kelly/Noel Lambert (Subaru Impreza STI) [8]
26 Paul McEnroe/Andy Donoghue (Subaru N14) [4]
27 Neil Pierce/Enda O'Leary (Honda Civic) [11]
28 Liam Higgins/Derrick Feeney (Mitsubishi Evo 7) [4]
29 Richard Burke/Frank Byrnes (Subaru Impreza) [15]
30 Benny Kennedy/Brendan Ryan (Honda SIR Vtec) [11]
31 Tom Flatherty/Patrick Curley (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
32 Michael Brazil/Ray Fitzpatrick (Peugeot 205 RWD) [11]
33 Declan Boyle/Brian Boyle (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
34 Jason Roche/Damien Fleming (Ford Escort) [13]
35 Alan O'Callaghan/Cathal McGrath (Subaru Impreza N11) [8]
36 David Condell/George Condell (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
37 Joseph Connolly/John J Connolly (Ford Escort RS Mk2) [14]
38 Lloyd Hutchinson/Kevin Flanagan (Austin Mini Cooper S) [9]
39 David Guest/Eamon Hayes (Honda Civic EK4) [11]
40 Alistair Fingleton/Debbie Greene (Peugeot 205 GTi) [13]
41 Pat Barry/Stephen O'Connell (Ford Escort) [14]
42 Sean McHugh/Niall Burns (BMW M3 Compact) [14]
43 Gene Callan/Sean Brunton (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
44 Eoin Duffin/Brenda Duffin (Ford Escort G4) [12]
45 Liam Mulcaire/Shane Meade (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
46 Joey Carroll/Mark Kirwan (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
47 John Cavanagh/ TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
48 David Forde/John Rooky Nolan (Subaru Impreza) [8]
49 Shane Maguire/Paul Kelly (Subaru Impreza N11) [4]
50 Neil Tohill/Gerard Tohill (Subaru Impreza STI) [7]
51 Martin Kelly/Eoin Ryan (Mitsubishi Evo 7) [8]
52 Tom Cahill/Des Sherlock (Mitsubishi Evo 7) [4]
53 Pat Aherne/Mike Cleary (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
54 Trevor Hutton/Tristen Hutton (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) [4]
55 Paul Curley/Des Daniels (Honda Civic EK4) [6]
56 John Gill/Brian Kirwan (Mitsubishi Evo 9) [4]
57 John Collins/John Byrnes (Honda Civic Type R) [11]
58 John Corrigan/Alan Hartigan (Ford Focus) [7]
59 Andy Poole/Borris in Ossory (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
60 Thomas Doody/Jonathan Keane (Honda Civic) [11]
61 Paul O'Brien/John Brennan (Honda EG6) [11]
62 John Coughlan/Mark Parsons (Ford Escort Mk1) [12]
63 Anthony Masterson/Tommy Clinton (Honda Integra Type R) [7]
64 Kieran O'Connell/Gerard Buckley (Honda Civic Type R) [7]
65 Niall Walsh/John McCarthy (Honda Civic) [13]
66 JJ Carroll/ TBA (Vauxhall Astra) [13]
67 Fergus Kelly/Michael Doherty (Peugeot 205 RWD) [13]
68 John Curran/TBA TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
69 Eddie Kennelly/Derek Flynn (Ford Escort) [10]
70 Andrew Slattery/TBA TBA (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
71 Christopher Crowe/Wojiech Gorszczak (Ford Sierra) [13]
72 Jack Newman/Tom Murphy (Honda Civic) [11]
73 Joe Baker/Vicky Baker (Honda SIR Vtec) [11]
74 Michael Ryan/Mark Doody (Peugeot 206 Cup Car) [6]
75 Billy O'Keeffe/Scott Wheeler (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
76 Fergal Heney/Paul Murphy (Toyota Corolla RWD) [11]
77 Denis Dineen/Donal Dineen (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
78 Vincent Collins/Fintan Kilroe (Talbot Sunbeam) [11]
79 Paudie Casey/ TBA (Toyota Corolla RWD) [13]
80 Alan Fair/David Gardiner (Honda Civic) [6]
81 Sean Moran/Con Mulcahy (Toyota Corolla RWD) [11]
82 Pakie Duffy/Colin Duffy (Honda Civic) [3]
83 John Moran/Dave Cummins (Honda Civic 1.6VTI) [11]
84 Declan Gannon/Alan Leonard (Honda Civic Type R) [3]
85 Ciaran Burke/Darina Joyce (Honda Civic Type R) [3]
86 Jason Clifford/ TBA (Vauxhall Astra) [7]
87 PA Bellew/Martin Byrne (Ford Escort Mk2) [9]
88 Patrick Hough/Eddie Kavanagh (Ford Focus rs) [7]
89 Mike Dolan/Jason Ollerenshaw (Honda Civic Vtec) [11]
90 Kenneth Hogan/David Dooley (Honda Civic) [2]
91 Kevin Lyons/Ronan Shanahan (Honda Civic EK4) [2]
92 Thomas Leonard/ TBA (Honda Civic EK4) [6]
93 Charlie Nilan/Ruth O'Kane (Honda Civic) [2]
94 Ciaran Kennedy/Paul McGinnis (Honda Civic) [2]
95 Joe McCarthy/Noel Spencer (Toyota Corolla GTi) [11]
96 Mike Garahy/Niall Keane (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
97 Mike Daly/Cloddagh Madden (Talbot Sunbeam) [10]
98 Shane Coogan/John Hennessy (Opel Corsa) [9]
99 Edward Kelly/Paul Kelly (Peugeot 106 GTi) [6]
100 Frank Dwyer/Niall Whitty (Ford KA) [5]
101 Barry Foyle/Kenny O'Brien (Peugeot 106 GTi) [2]
102 Michael Conneely/Padraic Callanan (Honda Civic EK4) [6]
103 Ger Lyons/Stephen O'Brien (Honda Civic Vtec) [11]
104 Shane Timony/Niall Timony (Ford Puma Kit Car) [5]
105 Ollie Carroll/Fergal Kelly (Citroen C2 R2) [6]
106 Justin Comer/Shane Reidy (Honda Civic EK4) [6]
107 Colum Browne/Lawrence McGrath (Honda Civic EK4) [2]
108 Tony Canny/David O'Brien (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
109 Mark O'Connor/ TBA (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
110 Kenneth Treacy/Martin Comerford (Citroen C2 R2 MAX) [6]
111 Mark Lennon/Edmond Egan (Honda EG6) [11]
112 Declan Rigney/Mary Maher (Honda Civic) [11]
113 George Whelan/Noel McMahon (Honda Civic) [11]
114 Ross Kenny/ TBA (Honda EG6) [11]
115 Noel Coogan/Mick Coady (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
116 Sean Liston/Katrina Walsh (Vauxhall Nova) [10]
117 Sinead Canny/Kerrie Barry (Citroen Saxo) [2]
118 David Cleary/Padraig Denton (Honda Civic Vtec) [2]
119 TJ O'Connell/Calvin Kirby (Opel Corsa) [10]
120 Chris Campbell/Sean Campbell (Honda Civic Vtec) [11]
121 Mike Costello/Paddy Costello (Ford Escort Mk2) [11]
122 Niall O'Sullivan/ TBA (Toyota Corolla RWD) [11]
123 Christopher Dineen/Gavin Sheehan (Honda Civic) [11]
124 Desmond Roche/Mark O'Sullivan (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
125 David Kearney/James Kearney (Peugeot 205 GTi) [10]
JUNIORS
J1 Kevin O'Connor/Donal Balfe (Citroen C2 R2) [16]
J2 Mckenna Darren/Mckenna Gary (Toyota Corolla Twincam) [16]
J3 Damien Whoriskey/Michael McClafferty (Ford Escort Mk2) [16]
J4 Damien Boyle/Nicola Boyle (Honda Civic) [16]
J5 Cal McCarthy/Eamonn Dullea (Honda Civic Type R) [16]
J6 Patrick Slattery/Sean Hegarty (Honda Civic) [16]
J7 Michael McKennedy/Andrew Mahon (Toyota Corolla) [16]
J8 James Whelan/Sarah Whelan (Honda Civic) [16]
J9 Bobby Cooper/Michelle Silke (Toyota Corolla RWD) [16]
J10 Tommy Kelly/John Joe Glavin (Honda Civic EK4) [16]
J11 Martin Casey/Katie Quinn (Honda Civic) [16]
J12 Steven McCabe/ TBA (Ford Fiesta rwd) [16]
J14 Padraig Doory/Brian Purcell (Suzuki Swift GTI) [16]
J15 Darren Young/Kenneth Quirke (Honda Civic) [16]
J16 David Carmody/Trevor Payne (Honda SIR Vtec) [16]
HISTORICS
J1 Todd Falvey/Dan Barry (Porsche 911) [17]
J2 Tommy Mason/Podge Doody (Ford Escort Mk1) [17]
J3 Martin Creaven/Shane Creaven (Ford Escort) [17]
J4 Trevor Hogan/John Maher (Ford Escort) [17]
J5 Edward Walsh/Deirdre O'Riordan (Ford Escort Mk1) [17]
J6 David Ryan/Julieann Culleton (Ford Escort Mk1) [17]
J7 Whitby Moynan/ TBA (Austin Mini Cooper) [17]
J8 David Dee/Rita Dee (BMC Mini) [17]
Entries Update:
Posted: February 17, 2010 3:23 PM
125 Main Field, 14 Juniors & 8 Historics received.
141 Starters allowed.
Entries are still available by contacting
086 8179297 or 087 9117707.
+353 86 8179297 or +353 87 9117707.
Entries update - Draw for Free Entry
Posted: January 11, 2010 11:27 PM
All paid up entry's received by 9pm Monday night the 15th of February will be put into a draw for a free entry into the Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh stages rally 2010.
Entries can be hand delivered to the Monthly Birr and District Motor Meeting on Monday 15th at 8pm in Grant Hotel Roscrea.
Over 100 entry's received to date, including:
Derek McGarrity, Tim McNulty, Patrick Elliot, Kevin Barrett, Garry Jennings, Mike Quinn, Manus Kelly & Trevor Mulligan
Anyone intending in competing on this event please contact the event secretary on 087-9117707 / +353 87-9117707
Due to extremely bad road surfaces on Ss1 the club have been forced to cancel the first stage as it was felt the road was in an unsafe condition for competition cars to compete on and the club regret any inconvenience caused by this.
The Rally will now consist of Two 20km, fast flowing challenging stages done 3 times.
There will be three Service halts, one before the first stage and after stage2 and stage4, with service been held in the centralised mart in Nenagh town.
This is a more relaxed event format with an early recce start on Saturday morning with a very compact recce route and an early start time Sunday morning with the first car away at 9.30am and due back at 4.15pm at rally HQ Sunday evening.
Marshals also required anyone wishing to help out please contact 086-8179297 / +353 86-8179297
all help will be much appreciated.
Event Details
Posted: January 11, 2010 11:27 PM
Entries are now open for the Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh Stages Rally on Sunday 28th February 2010. The popular rally is being organised and promoted by the Birr & District Motor Club. This years rally format is 3 Stages repeated twice and each stage is 20Km in length. Service will be after Stage 1 & 3.With the 6 stage format, a more sociable start is achievable at 9.30am with a finish time of 16.00hrs.We hope this format will give competitors an enjoyable days rallying.
As well as being the opening round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship the Nenagh based rally is also the opening round of the Top Part West Coast and Loughransigns.com Midlands East Rally Championship.
A new departure this year for the Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh Rally will be the inclusion of a Historic Rally for Rally Cars manufactured up to 1975. This Historics will compete over 3 Stages. In addition there will be a class for juniors.
More Details: 087-9117707 or 086-8179297 / +353 87-9117707 or +353 86-8179297
Regulations and On Line Entry
Posted: January 11, 2010 6:11 PM
Rally HQ: Abbey Court Hotel,
Nenagh
The Rally is a qualifying round of the following championships:
Dunlop National Rally Championship,
Top Part West Coast Rally Championship,
Loughransigns.com Midlands East Rally Championship
Regulations and on line Entry:
Upcoming