Skibbereen and District Car Club hosted Round 3 of the 2025/26 National Navigation Championship last weekend.
Clerk of the Course Ruaidhri Nash assisted by Brian Oakes organised the Carbery Navigation Trial which was a seventy-five-mile event based out of the Bandon Rugby Club.
County Monaghan Motor Club members and current national championship leaders Evin Hughes and Pakie Duffy finished in 3rd place.
Stephen and Ray O’Neill finished right behind them in 4th place and took a considerable victory in the Semi-Expert class.
Gregory Shinnors and Andrew Mackarel finished in 8th place.
Killian McArdle was competing in the UK over the weekend. Killian was navigating for Daniel O’Brien in a Ford Fiesta Rally2 on the Coppermines Grizedale Stages Rally 2025. In this six special-stage event held entirely in the Grizedale forest complex, Daniel and Killian finished in 6th place overall and 4th in Class 1.
The Motorsport Ireland annual awards night took place in the Crowne Plaza Hotel Santry Co. Dublin on Saturday last.
Ryan Treanor along with is Co. Longford driver Shane Dalton were awarded with their trophies for being crowned as the 2024/25 National Navigation Championship winners.
This was Ryan’s second time to receive this accolade, but it was Shane’s first. Although they are not defending their title this season, they did take on the role of organising round two of this season’s championship, Monaghan Motor Club’s Drumlin Navigation Trial.
Co. Monaghan Motor Club CLG have opened their club membership for 2026. Membership is available on the motor club website, Facebook and the Co. Monaghan Motor Club App. Just search County Monaghan Motor Club on your mobile phone’s app store to download.
Oisín Sherlock.
County Monaghan Motor Club 