Niall Maguire & Enda Sherry suffered a set-back in their Triton Showers National Rally Championship campaign after electrical problems forced them to retire on last Sunday’s Circuit of Munster Rally. After six of the nine stages, they were in a strong 2nd position only for their event to end just metres into stage 7. Donagh Kelly/Kevin Flanagan extended their championship lead after taking overall victory. They are now 37 points clear of Maguire/Sherry with four of the eight rounds completed.
Shane Maguire with Mac Kierans on the notes brought their Lancer home 20th overall and 5th in Group N in Shane’s first event since his Monaghan off. Paul Kelly guided local man Paul Purtill to 14th overall and 5th in class 13. Barry Ryan/Emmet Sherry retired after an off on stage two after holding a sensational 2nd overall after the first stage.
National Night Navigation Open Forum & Prizegiving
The annual National Night Navigation Open Forum & Prizegiving takes place this Saturday night in the Gandon Inn, Emo, Portlaoise. The forum will commence at 8pm where organisers & competitors have the opportunities to have their say in the running of the sport. There will also be a discussion on Endurance Trials. The forum will be followed by the National Championship prizegiving. Club members Pakie Duffy & Evin Hughes took overall honours last season after a close battle all year with defending champions, Colin Duffy & Sam Johnston. Other club members to place in the championship included Michael Tynan & Ciaran Tyann who finished 1st Expert crew, Laurence Keenan was 3rd Semi-Expert navigator, Keith McConnan was 1st Novice driver, Micheal McCluskey 2nd Novice navigatior and Derek Mackarel 3rd Novice driver. Paddy & Oisin Sherlock won the Beginners class from Colm & Conor Mohan with Conor Boylan 3rd Navigator.
Upcoming events:
June 7th Laois Heartlands Rally
June 19th-21st Donegal International Rally
June 28th Ravens Rock Rally
July 5th ALMC Stages Rally
County Monaghan Motor Club 