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Kaine Treanor guided Chris O’Callaghan to 3rd place overall at the GSMC Mini-
Stages rally last Sunday. The pair finished 22.5 seconds down on winners Ryan
Loughran/Paddy McCrudden. Richard Moffett/Johnny Baird finished in 4 th OA
and 1 st class 14. Johno Doogan/Paul Lennon finished 6 th OA and 2 nd class 14.
Piaras O’Ceallachain navigated Brian Lavelle to 12 th OA and 1 st class 13. Josh
Moffett took brother Sam’s Toyota Starlet for a spin and finished 14 th OA and
2 nd class 13 with Andy Hayes on the notes. Raymond Conlon/Paul Sheridan
finished 15 th OA and 3 rd class 13. Maurice Moffett made his long awaited return
to rallying, he alongside Jason McKenna finished 16 th OA and 8 th class 14. Jack
Maguire/Keith McConnon finished 28 th OA and 1 st class 11F. Barry
McKenna/Raymond Knox finished 31 st OA and 9 th class 13. Oisín Sherlock
guided Anthony O’Brien to 53 rd OA and 5 th class 11R.
James McEneaney navigating for Marty Toner retired after SS2 with a throttle
sensor issue in their BMW. Paddy O’Reilly/David Fitzsimons retired on SS2 after
a minor off road excursion.

Monaghan Navigation Trial

The new navigation season is fast approaching. Evin Hughes and Pakie Duffy
have took on the role of organising the first event which will be the final round
of the club Navigation Championship and the penultimate round of the Traders

Championship. The Navigation will take place this Saturday 1st October and
will be based out of the Pearse Bros GAA Centre, Ballybay. The event will be 80
miles approximately. Please note some minor changes to the regulations since
publication. Sign on will now take place at 7pm, Route Card 1 at 7:30pm, and
first car away at 10:01pm. As ever, plenty of marshals will be needed for the
running of the event, so anyone available to marshal are asked to let the
Motor Club or Evin know as soon as possible.
Cavan Autocross

The final round of the club Traders Championship will take place on Sunday
October 2 nd in Latton Quarry. The event is organised by Cavan Motor Club.

PRO: Oisín Sherlock oisinsherlock97@gmail.com

Ballinode man Conor Mohan and Aghabog man Arthur Kierans secured their respective British Rally Championship titles on this weekends Trackrod Rally Yorkshire. Arthur Kierans alongside Alan Carmichael secured the National title thanks to another class win over the six gravel stages of the Yorkshire forests. Having missed the opening round, dominant displays on each round following, they have secured the title with one event to spare. Conor Mohan had a nerve-wracking few weeks as his Donegal driver Eamonn Kelly had secured his drivers title on the previous round, the ‘Get Connected Rali Bae Ceredigion’, Eamonn determined to make sure Conor got the title he fully deserved, put his boot to the board and won the Junior section outright and claimed their 4th outright win in a row and 5th win in this years championship. With one round still to take place, Conor cannot be beaten. Having secured the Junior BRC tiles, the only challenge left for Eamonn over the 2022 season  is to get his Ewrc profile picture updated… Congratulations all.
PRO Oisín Sherlock oisinsherlock97@gmail.com

Derek Mackarel was once again the top local competitor in the forests at last
weekend’s McKelvey Asbestos Bushwhacker Rally organised by Omagh Motor
Club. Derek back with regular navigator Eamonn Creedon finished the event in
11 th overall and 1 st in class 8 and as usual of late the highest placed non
R5/Rally2 car in their Mitsubishi Evo IX . Right behind in 12 th place OA were
British Rally Championship National Section leaders Alan Carmichael and
Arthur Kierans in their Hyundai i20 R5, just 3.7 seconds in arears.
Gary McCrudden guided Alan Smith to 15 th OA and 1 st in the 2wd section. Kaine
Treanor navigated Marty McKenna to 25 th OA. Paul Kelly guided David Condell
to 27 th OA and 3 rd class 7 in their Escort Mk II. Ryan Farrell navigating for
Damien McGauran finished 28 th OA and 1 st class 6. Steven Corey/Ella Ryan
finished 31 st OA and 4 th class 7. Conor Boylan navigated Adam Semple to 53 rd
OA and 9 th class 4. Mickey Conlon/Paul McPhillips had a tough day and finished
73 rd OA. Martin Hughes navigating for Ciaran McCullagh retired on SS6.

Motor Club AGM

Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday evening 28th
September at 8pm in the Four Seasons Hotel. Our invitation is open to all those
who are interested in motorsport, to come long and discuss topics and events
for the upcoming season. We will have a special address from the President of
our governing body- Motorsport Ireland. This is our first AGM in person since
2019 so please attend where we can collectively discuss matters concerning
our sport.

October Navigation Trial

The new navigation season is fast approaching. Evin Hughes and Pakie Duffy
have took on the role of organising the first event. The Navigation will take
place on Saturday 1 st October and will be based out of the Pearse Bros GAA
Centre, Ballybay. The event will be 80 miles approximately. Regulations and
online entry form are available online and on the Motor Club Facebook page.
Entry’s close Monday evening the 26 th . As ever, plenty of marshals will be
needed for the running of the event, so anyone available to marshal are asked
to let the Motor Club or Evin know as soon as possible.
PRO: Oisín Sherlock oisinsherlock97@gmail.com

Wexford Stages Rally

Richard Moffett and Darragh Kelly were the highest placed Monaghan crew at last weekend’s Wexford Stages Rally. The pair finished the two day, 18 stage event in 5^th place overall and 2^nd in class 14. They had been running as high as 3^rd OA but dropped back on the treacherous Sunday stages, which included a big moment when the car caught a huge puddle of water on the inside of a fast left hand corner sending the crew up the road in a 360° spin. (The video is available to view on the Moffett Motorsport FB page).

Paul Kelly navigated David Condell to 13^th OA and 7^th class 14. Justin Smith/James McEneaney finished 19^th OA and 1^st class 12. Nigel Brennan/James Sherry finished 43^rd OA and 4^th class 11F.

Ryan Farrell navigating for Richard Harney retired after SS2. Paul McPhillips navigating for John Boland had an off on SS7, the team managed to get the car repaired overnight and they returned on Sunday, before mechanical trouble retired them for good on SS15. Shane Farrell on the notes for JT Warnock were having a great weekend up until the last stage, where they broke the crown wheel and pinion on the start line, cruelly ending their weekend.

Andrew Purcell along with Josh Moffett’s Tarmac Championship navigator and local man Andy Hayes won the event in their Skoda Fabia R5. They finished the event with 31.2 seconds to spare over long time leaders James Stafford/Thomas Scallan.  Stafford had a commanding lead of 53.6s over Purcell after day one in his RWD Darrian T90 GTR. However, with the torrential rain over Sundays nine stages, the lightness of the Darrian left that Stafford was unable to match the grip levels of the Skoda and thus dropped back to 2^nd OA on SS15. Former WRC star and Flying Finn, Mikko Hirvonen made the trip over to take part. He finished a fantastic 6^th OA and 3^rd class 14.

Elsewhere, Brendan Cumiskey and Martin Connolly finished 12^th OA on the Galloway Hills Rally in their Ford Fiesta Rally4.

Show and Shine

Monaghan Motor Club would like to thank all who turned up to the Show and Shine event at the Four Seasons Hotel on Sunday last. A large turnout of cars came despite the heavy rain. A huge thank you must go to the organising team and the local businesses who donated spot prizes. Congratulations to Marco Lennon who won the Best car on Display award.  All proceeds of the event will be donated to SOSAD. SOSAD Ireland is a non-profit organisation that provides free counselling services to people who are suffering with-Suicidal Ideation, Self Harming, Depression, Stress and Anxiety or If you simply need to talk. More information is available at www.sosadireland.ie.

Motor Club AGM

Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday evening 28th September at 8pm in the Four Seasons Hotel. Our invitation is open to all those who are interested in motorsport, to come long and discuss topics and events for the upcoming season. We will have a special address from the President of our governing body- Motorsport Ireland. This is our first AGM in person since 2019 so please attend where we can collectively discuss matters concerning our sport.

PRO: Oisín Sherlock oisinsherlock97@gmail.com

Conor Mohan along with Eamonn Kelly have scored their third overall win in the Junior section of the British Rally Championship. The pair finished the Get Connected Rali Ceredigion, round 5 of the championship with a 49.3 second advantage over fellow Irish men and closest championship rivals Kyle White/Sean Topping.

The rally began on Friday with two passes of the Aberystwyth street stage (SS1, SS2) before heading into the proper closed road stages which were to be contested in the dark. After SS2 Kelly/Mohan lay 1s behind White/Topping, but out on the proper stages, Kelly went 9.2s faster on the 5.31km SS3 Glan yr Afon to take the over night lead due to the final stage being cancelled because of an earlier accident.

Day two consisted of a further eight stages. And immediately Kelly/Mohan ran into trouble. Half way through SS5, the longest of the event, they had an impact with a wall which resulted in a bent rear axle on their Rally4 Ford Fiesta. Luckily the damage wasn’t terminal, and they managed to complete the following three stages and amazingly with three stage winning times to hold a 36s lead at midday service.

On SS9, a repeat run over the stage they had their earlier accident on, Kelly/Mohan scored an astonishing stage win by over 20s to extend their lead to just shy of a minute. On the following stage they would however drop 5.1s to White/Topping after suffering a puncture four corners from the stage end. Having left final service with only one spare tyre they sensibly backed off over the final two stages to reduce the risk of last minute drama and secured the rally win and more importantly the Junior British Rally Championship for Eamonn. Eamonn secured the win thanks to a well selected ‘Joker’ round at the Jim Clark Rally.

A ‘Joker’ round is where a driver can select an event to score a max of 5 bonus points providing, they win the event. On the Jim Clarke, Eamonn and Conor did indeed score the overall win, meaning Eamonn came away with a full 30 points rather than the usual 25. Closest rival Kyle White selected the Grampian Forest Rally as his ‘Joker’ event, but would fail to make the finish and thus sored no event points or bonus points.  Eamonn currently has 116 points and even with two more rounds to take place, he cannot be beaten due to the championship having two dropped scores, where the competitor disregards their two lowest points hauls.  Strangely, the ‘Joker’ rounds don’t count for navigators meaning that despite Conor navigating for Eamonn for the entire championship, he has not secured the championship win. With two rounds still to take place, Conor needs to finish ahead of Sean Topping on just one of the two remaining rounds to secure the Navigators title.

Arthur Kierans guided Alan Carmichael to their fourth win in the BRC National Rally Championship finishing the event with almost a 3:30s advantage over 2^nd place Craig Jones/Ian Taylor.

Lakeland Stages Rally

Derek Mackarel and Emmet Sherry were the highest placed Monaghan crew at the Lakeland Forest Rally just outside Enniskillen last Saturday. They finished 8^th OA, and once again Derek was the highest placed non R5/Rally2 competitor. Gary McCrudden navigated Alan Smyth to 10^th OA and 1^st class 7. Paul Kelly guided David Condell 12^th OA and 2^nd class 7. Ryan Farrell on the notes for Fergal McGuinness finished 35^th OA and 2^nd class 6. Declan McKenna navigating for Bryan Jardine retired on SS2.

Show and Shine

Monaghan Motor Club are hosting a Show & Shine event with all proceeds being donated to SOSAD.  Date/Time: Sunday 11^th September, 12-4pm. Venue: Four Seasons Hotel (Rear Car Park). Admission: €20 per car on show-Students half price (With student card). General admission by donations please. Prize for best presented Car. To register to show your car at the event, please direct message the Monaghan Motor Club Facebook page.

Cavan MVAT

Mickey Conlon, Kieran McCarra and James O’Reilly were the sole Monaghan competitors at the Cavan Multi Venue Autotest on Sunday last. Mickey finished 7^th OA and 3^rd in class B, Kieran finished 8^th OA and 2^nd class C and James finished 19^th OA.

Motor Club AGM

Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday evening 28^th September at 8pm in the Four Seasons Hotel. Our invitation is open to all those who are interested in motorsport, to come long and discuss topics and events for the upcoming season. We will have a special address from the President of our governing body- Motorsport Ireland. This is our first AGM in person since 2019 so please attend where we can collectively discuss matters concerning our sport.

Navigation Trial Classes

Navigation Trial classes continue this Friday night at 8pm in the Sean Mac Diarmada GAA Club grounds, Three Mile House.

PRO: Oisín Sherlock oisinsherlock97@gmail.com