Michael Conlon and Adam Langan were crowned the 2025 Sligo Pallets Border Rally Championship winners last weekend in the Sligo Park Hotel.
The Co. Monaghan Motor Club pairing competed on all five rounds of this season’s championship and amazingly, they secured maximum scores on all five events onboard their Class 12 Ford Escort MKII.
The 2025 championship win, is Michael’s second border championship victory, as he previously took the championship win in 2017.
For being the winning driver of Class 12, Michael was also presented with the Brian McGrath Memorial Trophy. 2025 was Adam’s first full season competing in stage rallies as he had only competed in five events beforehand.
This year has turned out to be an epic one for Adam in the stage rally circuit as he has been crowned the Sligo Pallets Border Rally Championship champion navigator and he has finished 1st in class on every stage rally event that he has competed in, including the 2025 Loughgall Stages Rally.
There were a few other Co. Monaghan Motor Club success stories in the 2025 Sligo Pallets Border Rally Championship.
In Class 13, James McCarville finished 3rd driver with Arthur Kierans finishing 2nd navigator.
In Class 11F, Jack Maguire finished 3rd driver. In Class 10, Peter Farrell finished 3rd driver
while his son Eoghán finished 2nd navigator.
In Class 5, Josh Moffett finished 2nd driver.
The National Navigation Championship continues this weekend with the Co. Monaghan Motor Club Drumlin Navigation Trial.
Clerk of the Course Ryan Treanor assisted by Shane Dalton have organised a 120-mile event based out of the Slíabh Beagh Hotel in Knockatallon. Sign on is from 17:45 with the first competing crew beginning at 21:01. As ever, marshals are required for the successful running of this event, so if you’re available to marshal, please contact Ryan or any Co. Monaghan Motor Club member.
There were four motor club members competing in a Rallysport Association event in Mondello Park last weekend.
Dessie Keenan, Gary McPhilips and Niall Maguire were all competing in Ford Escorts, while Niall’s daughter Molly was competing in a Peugeot 206.
Gary McPhillips finished 36th overall and 2nd in Class 9, while Dessie Keenan finished 41st overall and 3rd in Class 9.
Niall Maguire finished 63rd overall and 4th in Class 7. Molly Maguire finished 85th overall and 12th in Class 5.
Oisín Sherlock
County Monaghan Motor Club 