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Stranoodan men, Shane and Ciaran Maguire finished 1 st overall on our
Endurance Trial which took place last Sunday.

The brother duo had a 2m 31s advantage over 2 nd placed Andrew Wedlock and Ryan Treanor.

3 rd place OA went to Graham O’Donoghue/Paul Reilly.

Garry Farrelly assisted by Michael Sheridan and Sam Patterson organised this year’s event with was based out of Aughnamullen GAA. The event was a counting round of the Motorsport Ireland
National Endurance Trial Championship.
Sixteen selectives awaited competitors on the day. Eight before and after a lunch/fuel stop which was at Watters Londis in Castleblaney.
In the classes, Karl O’Donoghue/Kevin Fagan were 1 st in class A2M with Ted
Gaffney/Damien Quinn finishing 2 nd .

Noel Devlin/Deirdre Gallagher were 1 st in class A2S and Michael Connolly/Eoghán Farrell were 1 st in class A2N. In class A2B, Darragh Mullen/Aideen Lynch were 1 st , Mickey Conlon/ Domhnall
Lennon were 2 nd and Becky Hollinshed/Lauren Kennedy were 3 rd .
In class B, Shane Burns/Dave Ray were 1 st , Geoffrey Conboy/Joey Finneran
were 2 nd and David Forde/Patrick O’Leary finished 3 rd . Sean and Caolain
McCaffrey finished 5 th in the class.
Martin Tynan/David McCrudden finished 1 st in class C. In fact, Martin and
David were the fastest crew over the entire day but as class C is for cars that
don’t conform to the endurance specification, they were ineligible to finish in
the top three overall. Aaron McGorman/Darren Lavery were 2 nd in the class and
Michael Carbin/Conor Mohan finished 3 rd .

Conor actually flies out to Finland this week in preparation for the next round of the Junior World Rally
Championship which starts next week. They have also entered another Finnish event, the HYAcenter Ralli which begins this Friday. Conor and his driver Eamonn Kelly will be hoping for better luck this time as mechanical trouble has plagued them in recent European events.

and Gretchen Swinburne finished 4 th in the class, Shane and Molly Maguire finished 5 th , Mickey
McNelis/Peter Farrell finished 6 th Cathal and Dara McGlone finished 7 th , Elijah and Isaiah Dixon finished 8 th . Bob Grahan/Caolan Treanor finished in 9th. Matthew McKenna/Ryan McDaid finished 10 th and Francis McElvaney/Ella Gillanders finished 11 th in the highly competitive class.
Laoise Shiel/Padraic Shiel were 1 st in class D,

Andrew Mackarel/Richard Cassidy were 1 st in class E and Ciaran McGorman/Róisín McGorman were 1 st in class F

After the event, Garry thanked all the competitors and marshals for their help
and support and the land owners for giving permission for the event to use their
property as without their help and support the event couldn’t run. The next
round for the Endurance Championship will be, Westmeath Motor Club’s
Endurance Trial on August 18 th .

Josh Moffett with navigator Keith Moriarty made a sudden change last weekend at the Tipperary Stonethrowers Stages Rally.

Josh switched back from his new Rally2 Citroën C3 to his older Hyundai i20 R5 on the morning of the event.  Josh has struggled to get to grips with the new car as he hasn’t been able to reach the same hights as he had with the older Hyundai. The change was evident from the off as Josh set a joined fastest time on the opener with Daniel Cronin/Donnchadh Burke. He then went fastest on Special Stage 2 (SS2), some 3.7s faster than Cronin, which gave Josh the lead, a lead he’d never lose.

Sam Moffett was also in the event driving a Rally2 version of the Hyundai i20. He with navigator James O’Reilly finished the eight stage event in 2^nd overall (OA), just 3.4s in arrears of his brother.

Michael Carbin/Dean O’Sullivan  were out in their new MKII Ford Escort. They had a fantastic rally and finished 10^th OA and more importantly, top 2WD finishers with victory in class 14. Michael, being more used to 4WD machinery had competed on a few earlier events to get himself used to a top modified rear wheel drive car. Many folk after each event had said to him, that a victory was just a stones throw away, and so it proved.

Darragh Kelly navigating for Paul Barrett finished 6^th OA and 3^rd in class 5. Michael Conlon/James McEneaney finished their day in 29^th OA and 1^st in class 12. Anthony Hand/David McCrudden finished 39^th OA and 2^nd in class 11R. Tommy Moffett/Domhnall Lennon finished 52^nd OA and 3^rd in class 2. Cathal Sheridan took his Vauxhall Nova home in 79^th OA and 1^st in class 10.  Daniel McConnon navigating for Francis Rafferty finished 98^th OA.

Ryan Farrell navigating for Dylan Eves retired after SS1. Martin McPhillips/Peter Farrell retired after SS4. Killian McArdle navigating for Michael Cahill retired after SS6.

Endurance Trial

Monaghan Motor Club’s Endurance Trial takes place this Sunday. The event is round 4 of the Motorsport Ireland National Endurance Trial Championship and round 5 of the Co Monaghan Motor Club Championship. 

Clerk of the Course, Garry Farrelly assisted by Michael Sheridan and Sam Patterson have organised this year’s event and it will be based out of Aughnamullen GAA.

Marshals are as ever required for the event, and anyone who is available to help out is asked to let the organisers know as soon as possible.

Josh Moffett was the highest placed Monaghan Motor Club finisher on last
weekend’s Wilton Recycling Donegal International Rally.

He with navigator Andy Hayes finished the nineteen stage event in 5 th place overall (OA).

Next up was Gary McPhillips/Paul Sheridan who took their MKII Ford Escort to 12 th
OA, 2 nd in class 14 and 2 nd in the Modified category.

David Moffett/Martin Connolly rounded off their weekend with 3 rd in class 14 and 14 th OA, a fantastic
result after having a full gearbox change during a service.

Dessie Keenan/Jason McKenna survived an encounter with a bale at a chicane to finish 17 th OA and
5 th in class 14.

Michael Carbin with Junior World Rally Championship navigator and 2022 Junior British Rally Champion Conor Mohan finished off 22 nd OA and 9 th class 14. Kaine Treanor navigated Chris O’Callaghan to 23 rd OA and 10 th in class 14.

Arthur Kierans guided Brendan Cumiskey to 27 th OA and 1 st in class
RC3. Calum Maguire guided Johnnie Mulholland to 36 th OA and 2 nd in class
RC3. Anthony Hand/David McCrudden finished 41 st OA and 1 st in class 11R.
Ryan Farrell on the notes for Dylan Eves finished 43 rd OA and 6th in class RC4.
Shane Farrell navigated Bernard McGinley to 58th OA and 3rd in class 11R.
Killian McArdle navigating for Joseph Kelly finished 83 rd OA. They were
sitting as high as 45 th OA but had to retire on SS10. They were able to rejoin the
event later.
Richard Moffett/Darragh Kelly retired on SS11(High Glen) with mechanical
trouble. Gary Cassidy/Damien Sheridan suffered last minute heartbreak after
being forced to retire on the very last stage. They were sitting 3 rd in class 13 at
that point. John McQuaid/Thomas Treanor retired on SS4. James
McCarville/Conal McNulty retired on SS15 while 4 th in class 13. Brendan
McAree/Peter Farrell retired from the Historic category on SS18.
National Navigation Trian Prizegiving

The National Navigation Trial prizegiving took place recently. Local star
Andrew Mackarel was crowned Drivers Champion once again, his 6 th National
title. In the beginner class, Caolain McCaffery finished 3 rd navigator with Sean
McCaffery finishing 2 nd driver. Eoghan Farrell finished 1 st navigator. Shane
Maguire finished 2 nd driver in the Novice class with Ciaran and Aaron
McGorman finishing 3 rd . Pakie Duffy and Evin Hughes finished 1st in the
Expert class with Michael Carbin and Conor Mohan finishing 2 nd . At the end of
the prizegiving competitors vote for the best event of the season. This years
event of the season went to none other than Ciaran and Michael Tynan who
organised the Monaghan Drumlin Navigation Trial which was based out of
Newbliss.

Static Car Show

Monaghan Motor Club’s ‘Static car show’ returns this Sunday. The charity
fundraiser takes place in the long-stay carpark at Monaghan Shopping Centre on
Sunday June 30th from 12 noon until 4pm. Entry is €20 per car and by donation
for general admission. All money collected will be split equally between Crocus
Monaghan Branch and SOSAD. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Garda Síochána Motor Club’s, Germaine’s of Baltinglass Mini Stages Rally took place last
weekend.

James McCarville with Arthur Kierans on the notes were the top Monaghan Motor
Club finishers, finishing their day in 10 th overall (OA) and 3 rd in class 13.

Kevin Flanaghan/Mark Reilly finished 67 th OA and 3 rd in class 9 in their Austin Mini Cooper.

Jack Maguire/Keith McConnon unfortunately retired on stage 1.

Static Car Show

Monaghan Motor Club’s ‘Static car show’ returns this June. The charity fundraiser takes
place in the long-stay carpark at Monaghan Shopping Centre on Sunday June 30th from 12
noon until 4pm.

Entry is €20 per car and by donation for general admission.

All money collected will be split equally between Crocus Monaghan Branch and SOSAD.

Your support is greatly appreciated.

Conor Mohan was out in Sardinia last weekend taking part in Rally Italia Sardegna which
was a counting round of the Junior Word Rally Championship. Unfortunately for Conor and
his driver Eamonn Kelly, their car was plagued with Mechanical issues from the very start.
An alternator issue on the Shakedown stage forced them to stop, but luckily it was repaired
in time for Special stage 1 (SS1). More Mechanical gremlins arose here however as an
engine temperature warning light came on and they had to do the stage without anti-lag. If
this wasn’t bad enough, they also picked up a puncture towards the end of the stage. They
did have a great run through SS2 (4 th fastest) even with the anti-lag system not turned up
fully following the earlier issue. On SS3 they got caught behind another competitor and with
no room to pass, they were stuck behind them for over six kilometres. On a positive note, the
organisers having viewed in-car footage and the average speed before catching the slower
car, awarded them an amended stage time which bumped them up to 4 th place overnight.
On SS5, the following morning they got off to a great start finishing the stage just 5.6s off
the lead pace. This great start didn’t last however as on SS6 they picked up a puncture
forcing them to stop mid-stage and replace it. The gravel roads of Sardinia were becoming
extremely rough following the Rally1 and Rally2 cars passing before it was the junior’s turn.
On SS8 the roughness caused the steering to break which caused them to go off the road on
the following corner damaging the suspension.
The car was repaired overnight and they restarted the rally for the final four stages. The final
four stages were also very tough as the engine temperature warning light returned and they
once again suffered a puncture. Even with Sardinia being such a disaster for the crew they
remain very excited for the remainder of the championship and are already looking forward
to the next round in Finland.

Circuit of Munster Stages Rally
Josh Moffett was the top placed Monaghan Motor Club member on last weekend’s Circuit of
Munster Stages Rally in Co. Limerick. Josh with Keith Moriarty on the notes finished 5th
overall (OA) and 2nd in class 5.

Kaine Treanor navigating for Chris O’Callaghan finished 13th OA, 1st in class 14 and took the 2wd win, a massive response after their unfortunate accident in the Carlow Stages Rally.

Killian McArdle guided Joseph Kelly to 28th OA and 2nd in class 3.

Anthony Hand/David McCrudden finished 37th OA and 1st in class 11R.
James McCarville/Conal McNulty retired after Stage 1 and Tommy Moffett retired after
Stage 5.

Static Car Show

Monaghan Motor Club’s ‘Static car show’ returns this June. The charity fundraiser takes
place in the long-stay carpark at Monaghan Shopping Centre on Sunday June 30 th from 12
noon until 4pm. Entry is €20 per car and by donation for general admission. All money
collected will be split equally between Crocus Monaghan Branch and SOSAD. Your support
is greatly appreciated.

Marshal’s draw

A Marshal’s draw was held recently for to thank those who assisted with the successful
running of this years Ronnie Hawe, Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan Stages Rally. Sixteen
lucky Marshal’s were given prizes donated by local business’s, namely Combilift, Maguire
International, Flat to the hat, Moran Rally Clothing and McAree Engineering.

Endurance Trial Postponed

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Monaghan Motor Club have rescheduled its Endurance
Trial listed for the 9 th of July to a new date of July 21 st (subject to Motorsport Ireland
approval).
Oisín Sherlock