County Monaghan Motor Club

 Evin Hughes was the top finishing club member on last weekend’s ALMC Endurance Trial. The event was Round 1 of the 2020 Endurance Trial Championship. Hughes was navigating for regular driver Karl O’Donoghue.

The event featured some classic selectives in Luttrelstown, Fairy House & Stanley’s with most of the second half tackled in darkness, O’Donoghue/Hughes had led throughout the day closely followed by Peter Barrable/Kevin Fagan. A broken driveshaft put paid to their chances on the very last selective, resulting in them received a maximum time and demoting them to 2^nd place.

Emmet Sherry/Ciaran Geaney had a great run to finish 4^th overall and win class B for navigation cars. Danny McKenna guided Peter Cummins to an impressive 6^th overall and 1^st in class A1. Shane Farrell guided Mark Reilly to 9^th overall and 1^st in the Expert class. Robert Barrable/Damien Connolly had been top seeds but an off on the opening selective put paid to their chances. They recovered from that setting some fastest times throughout the day and finished 22^nd.

The Son & Father team of Shane & Conor Maguire were pleased with 24^th overall and 1^st Beginner. Ciaran & Pauric Duffy took 29^th overall and 2^nd in the same class with Darragh & Josh Kelly in 32^nd making it a Monaghan 1-2-3. Eoghan Corr/Niall Hughes won class F in their Mazda MX5. Robert Graham/Ryan Treanor finished 37^th overall while Alan Langan/Martin McPhillips were 48^th.

Cavan host Round 2 of the Endurance Championship on March 22^nd.