It’s just days until the 2024 Ronnie Hawe Monaghan Stages Rally.
Based out of Monaghan town, three stages in the north Monaghan
area will be run three times on Sunday. Josh Moffett and Keith
Moriarty will lead the full entry away from the Four Seasons Hotel in
their Citroën C3 Rally2. Sam Moffett and James O’Reilly are second
on the road in a Hyundai i20 Rally2. For those unable to make it to
event, Monaghan Motor Club will be providing Facebook Live
coverage with Sean McCaffrey.
Mohan Tops Border Championship
Conor Mohan has claimed the overall win in The Squealing Pig Monaghan
Border Navigation Championship after an extremely tightly fought
championship.
The five round championship began last December with Midland Motor Club’s
Ballinamuck based event. Unable to start the event, Mohan thankfully was able
to rely on the dropped score rule, meaning that only four results out of five will
count. Mohan began his championship challenge on round two, the Monaghan
Motor Club Drumlin Navigation and he got off to the best possible start as he
and his driver Gary Cassidy secured 1 st overall in the Newbliss based event.
Round 2 took competitors to Crosskeys Co. Cavan for the Cavan Motor Club
event. Mohan followed up his Drumlin win with a 2 nd place finish here. He was
however back on the winning step of the podium at the penultimate round in
Ballinode Community Hall as he and driver Michael Carbin sealed victory from
running as the first car on the road. The final round was hosted by Donegal
Motor Club and based out of Termon. A 5 th place finish here was just enough to
secure the championship, despite his closest championship rival David
McCrudden winning the event. With two wins, a 2nd and a 5th place finish,
Conor finished on a total of 55 points, just three points ahead of McCrudden.
Conor Boylan finished in 3 rd place. Martin Tynan won the driver’s
Championship, with Derek Mackarel finishing 2 nd and Shane Dalton in 3 rd .
Circuit of Ireland
Round three of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship took place last weekend
with the Circuit of Ireland Rally. The event consisted of eight stages and was
based between Dungannon and Caledon. Top Monaghan Motor Club finisher
was Josh Moffett with Andy Hayes navigating. They completed the event in 3 rd
place in their Citroën C3 Rally2. The rally got off to a strange start for the pair
as early on SS2 they would come across a herd of cattle blocking the road
causing them to stop momentarily as they waited for people to move the cattle.
Luckily it didn’t ruin their event as they got a nominal time on the stage (same
time as Callum Devine) so were not out of the running. Johno Doogan/Paul
Lennon rounded off their day in 12 th OA. Dessie Keenan/Jason McKenna
finished 12 th OA in preparation for the Ronnie Hawe Four Seasons Hotel
Monaghan Stages Rally this weekend.
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