24 November 2025

The 2025 Sligo Pallets Forest Rally Championship awards night took place in the Sligo Park Hotel Co. Sligo last weekend.

 The 2024 Sligo Pallets forest champions Derek Mackarel with his navigator Eamonn Creedon finished this year’s championship in 3^rd place overall.

 Jack Casey alongside navigator Ciara Duggan finished 2^nd in class 9. The 2026 Sligo Pallets Forest Rally Championship will commence with the Connacht Forest Rally on February 15th.

The 2025 Škoda Parts Ireland National Endurance Championship awards night also took place last weekend.

 In this awards ceremony Evin Hughes finished 2^nd placed navigator overall.

Andrew Mackarel and Richard Cassidy finished 3^rd in the combined class of E and F.

The postponed Samsonas Fivemiletown Rally took place last weekend.

The event was originally to take place in February, but was postponed because of the damage to the forest tracks caused by Storm Éowyn. 

On this eight special stage gravel event, Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes finished in 3^rd place onboard their Hyundai i20 R5.

James McCarville and Arthur Kierans took their Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 home in 12^th overall.

Tommy Moffett and Ryan Farrell took their Ford Fiesta Rally4 home with 22^nd overall, 1^st in Class 5 and they were the 3^rd 2wd home.

Unfortunately, Derek Mackarel/Eamonn Creedon were forced into retirement while leading the rally, after clipping a rock on finish line of SS2.  

Jack Treanor returned to driving in Kirkistown last weekend. Jack debuted his new j1000 spec Škoda Citigo. On this latest event in the Rallysport Association 2025/26 Winter Championship, Jack finished 2^nd in class and gained valuable seat time in his new car ahead of the big plans he has for 2026.

Gregory Shinnors was competing in the infamous Roger Albert Clark Rally last week. This five-day world-renowned event began in Carmarthen (Wales) on Thursday before moving to Carlisle (North England), for stages in both England and Scotland and finished there on Monday. Unfortunately for Gregory and his driver Seamus Burke, they were forced to retire on SS27 (Twiglees 2) after sustaining damage to a link arm on the rear axle of their Ford Escort RS 2000.   

Oisín Sherlock.