The County Monaghan Motor Club CLG annual awards night takes place in the Four Seasons Hotel Monaghan town this coming Sunday night October 25th.
Tickets for this wonderful event are available from any committee member or through the Co. Monaghan Motor Club smartphone ap. Sit-down is at 8pm.
On the night Evin Hughes and Pakie Duffy will be crowned the 2025/26 Gary Nesbitt Monaghan Motor Club navigation championship overall winners having taken the title win on a tiebreak from Conor Boylan and Derek Mackarel.
Derek Mackarel will receive the coveted Traders trophy as the outright winner of the Co. Monaghan Motor Club overall club championship.
This championship consisted of seven events, including four navigation trials, an autotest, an endurance trial and the Ronnie Hawe Monaghan stages rally.
Derek took the championship win with a 7-point advantage over Michael Carbin.
On the 2026 Premier Car Parts Dogleap Rally held on Saturday, Killian McArdle guided Casey Jay Coleman to 8th place overall. Killian will be jetting off to Portugal later this week to be back on the notes for Casey Jay in the European Rally Championship finale, the Rally Six Cities North of Portugal 2026 this weekend.
Back on the Dogleap, Ryan Farrell navigated Richard O’Lone to 23rd overall and 4th in class 4.
The 2026/27 Motorsport Ireland national navigation championship began last weekend with the Cork Motor Club Startrek navigation trial.
On this 80-mile event based around Lisgoold, north of Midleton, the 2025/26 national champions Evin Hughes/Pakie Duffy finished in 2nd place and took the win in the expert class
