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O’Regan and Butler win the 1000 Shakes Round five of the Motorsport Ireland National Navigation Championship took place on Saturday night last. Greg Shinnors along with his driver, Andrew Mackarel were the organisers of this latest championship round. The headquarters for this event was Glenroe GAA Club in County Limerick. Shinnors/Mackarel organised a 120-mile route, a majority of which were in the Ballyhoura and surrounding mountains. The event began just to the north west of the HQ, with the departure from checkpoint 1 (Tp1) in through the Fear Bréagach forest for to travel to Tp2 on the R517. The departure of Tp2 was turning right toward Kilfinnane, before turning left into the Ballyroe forest. Navigators had to be careful to avoid passing by Tp4 on the way to Tp3 which was located back on the R517. After departing Tp3, competitors had to re-enter the forest for to reach Tp4. Following Tp4, it was down for to enter the quarry in Keale mountain for to arrive at all of Via 1 (V1), Tp5 and V2. Despite three checkpoints taking place in the same quarry, Greg and the entire organising team had the quarry laid out so that it was relatively straight forward for to locate each checkpoint. After leaving V2, it was over to Ballyorgan to reach Tp6. Travelling to Tp7 located on the R512 just south of Ardpatrick would be the last public roads, competitors would use for a long while. Following Tp7, the checkpoints became numbered in the two hundreds, so after Tp7 was Tp201 etc. Tp201 to Tp213 including V4 were all located deep in the main Ballyhoura mountain. (V3 was removed before the event began). Tp213 was located on the public road after exiting the forest in Ballintlea North. Tp301 was up next, located at the end of the road, and it was here that the events first Speed Regularity Section (SRS) began. The SRS was 8.4 miles long and finished at Tp302 beside the Coolfree forest northern most entrance. Tp302 was where the nights first Supplementary Route Instruction was received for to locate Tp303. The route instruction received here was in the form of a snake shaped herringbone tulip diagram. Navigators first had to plot the location of where the tulip began, arrive there before they could begin locating the first of four missing checkpoints in a row. (Tp303, 304, 305, 306). Tp307 brought competitors back into the maze that was the main Ballyhoura mountain, as Tp308 and 309 were located beside Tp201 and Tp202 respectively. Tp310 was located beside the western exit of the forest so luckily for navigators, the location of it wasn’t muddled in around previous or future checkpoint locations. The halfway point in the event was marked by Control B (CB) at Ballyhay Cross Roads. Following the midpoint Control competitors travelled up to the filling station on the N20 for refuelling and a chance for navigators to sus out their route back through the Ballyhoura mountain to reach the HQ in Glenroe GAA. The events second SRS began immediately after the fuel halt. Tp401 began the second half of the event, so it was Tp402 that signalled the end of the SRS and the imminent return to the gravel tracks of the Ballyhoura’s for everything between Tp402 and Tp419, a section that included three Via’s and four plot and bash checkpoints. Being out of the main Ballyhoura mountain did not signal the end of the forest gravel tracks however, as the departure of Tp419 brought the event into Coolfree mountain for to arrive at V8, and now the named Tp501, 502 and V9. After V9, the event travelled to the Garryarthur forest for Tp503, then onwards to two farms in Tulla for Tp504 and 505. Tp506 was located back where Tp6 had been and from here it was into the Ardnageeha Keale Mountain for Tp507 followed by a newly created track into the same quarry used earlier in the night for Tp508 and 509. A short road trip down the road brought crews to a farm at Smith’s Cross Roads for V10 and the penultimate C510. The final Control now just lay 300m over the road in the Glenroe GAA Club carpark. When results were totted up it was O’Regan/Butler who held a 14 penalty (mark) win over second placed Ken Carmody/James Fitzgerald. Carmody/Fitzgerald will rue a wrong approach penalty they received at Tp303, a penalty that gave them 15 marks. Third place went to the current national championship leaders and clerks of the course for the Midland Navigation Trial, Ryan Treanor/Shane Dalton. In the classes, Adam Coffey/James Dunphy finished 3 rd in the Beginner class, Gary Kelleher/Séamus McHugh finished 2 nd and Susan Smyth/Brian Duggan finished 1 st . Derek O’Donoghue/Tony O’Keeffe finished 1 st in the Novice class. Stephen and Ray O’Neill finished 3 rd in the Semi-Expert Class, with Ruaidhri Nash/Brian Oakes finishing 2 nd and Eoin Longworth/Declan Burke finishing the class in 1 st place. Evin Hughes/Pakie Duffy finished 3 rd in the Expert class, 2 nd went to Treanor/Dalton and winning the Expert was Carmody/Fitzgerald. After the awards were presented, both Aaron and Greg spoke a length about how grateful they are for the plethora of marshal’s who appeared on the night for to man all the checkpoints during the event, most of which were in the wilderness of the Ballyhoura mountains and well off the beaten track. Greg stressed how grateful he is for the assistance he received from his team and from Coillte in getting trees that had fallen in the recent storm removed from the forest tracks to allow cars to be able to pass by. Regulations and Entry Forms are currently available for the next round of the National Navigation Championship, the Skibbereen and District Car Club, 100 Isles Navigation Trial. The event is being organised by Colm Feen and Barry O’Sullivan and will be based out of the Tadgh MacCarthaigh GAA Hall in Aughaville on Saturday night February 8 th . Conor Mohan was competing in Finland over the weekend. Conor and his driver, Eamonn Kelly were using the Hotelli IsoValkeinen SM-ralli Kuopio 250 v as a pre event test for the opening round of the 2025 Junior World Rally Championship, Rally Sweden, which takes place from the 13 to the 16 th of February. The pair were using a Ford Fiesta Rally 3, similar to the one they’ll be
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O’Regan and Butler win the 1000 Shakes Round five of the Motorsport Ireland National Navigation Championship took place on Saturday night last. Greg Shinnors along with his driver, Andrew Mackarel were the organisers of this latest championship round. The headquarters for this event was Glenroe GAA Club in County Limerick. Shinnors/Mackarel organised a 120-mile route, a majority of which were in the Ballyhoura and surrounding mountains. The event began just to the north west of the HQ, with the departure from checkpoint 1 (Tp1) in through the Fear Bréagach forest for to travel to Tp2 on the R517. The departure of Tp2 was turning right toward Kilfinnane, before turning left into the Ballyroe forest. Navigators had to be careful to avoid passing by Tp4 on the way to Tp3 which was located back on the R517. After departing Tp3, competitors had to re-enter the forest for to reach Tp4. Following Tp4, it was down for to enter the quarry in Keale mountain for to arrive at all of Via 1 (V1), Tp5 and V2. Despite three checkpoints taking place in the same quarry, Greg and the entire organising team had the quarry laid out so that it was relatively straight forward for to locate each checkpoint. After leaving V2, it was over to Ballyorgan to reach Tp6. Travelling to Tp7 located on the R512 just south of Ardpatrick would be the last public roads, competitors would use for a long while. Following Tp7, the checkpoints became numbered in the two hundreds, so after Tp7 was Tp201 etc. Tp201 to Tp213 including V4 were all located deep in the main Ballyhoura mountain. (V3 was removed before the event began). Tp213 was located on the public road after exiting the forest in Ballintlea North. Tp301 was up next, located at the end of the road, and it was here that the events first Speed Regularity Section (SRS) began. The SRS was 8.4 miles long and finished at Tp302 beside the Coolfree forest northern most entrance. Tp302 was where the nights first Supplementary Route Instruction was received for to locate Tp303. The route instruction received here was in the form of a snake shaped herringbone tulip diagram. Navigators first had to plot the location of where the tulip began, arrive there before they could begin locating the first of four missing checkpoints in a row. (Tp303, 304, 305, 306). Tp307 brought competitors back into the maze that was the main Ballyhoura mountain, as Tp308 and 309 were located beside Tp201 and Tp202 respectively. Tp310 was located beside the western exit of the forest so luckily for navigators, the location of it wasn’t muddled in around previous or future checkpoint locations. The halfway point in the event was marked by Control B (CB) at Ballyhay Cross Roads. Following the midpoint Control competitors travelled up to the filling station on the N20 for refuelling and a chance for navigators to sus out their route back through the Ballyhoura mountain to reach the HQ in Glenroe GAA. The events second SRS began immediately after the fuel halt. Tp401 began the second half of the event, so it was Tp402 that signalled the end of the SRS and the imminent return to the gravel tracks of the Ballyhoura’s for everything between Tp402 and Tp419, a section that included three Via’s and four plot and bash checkpoints. Being out of the main Ballyhoura mountain did not signal the end of the forest gravel tracks however, as the departure of Tp419 brought the event into Coolfree mountain for to arrive at V8, and now the named Tp501, 502 and V9. After V9, the event travelled to the Garryarthur forest for Tp503, then onwards to two farms in Tulla for Tp504 and 505. Tp506 was located back where Tp6 had been and from here it was into the Ardnageeha Keale Mountain for Tp507 followed by a newly created track into the same quarry used earlier in the night for Tp508 and 509. A short road trip down the road brought crews to a farm at Smith’s Cross Roads for V10 and the penultimate C510. The final Control now just lay 300m over the road in the Glenroe GAA Club carpark. When results were totted up it was O’Regan/Butler who held a 14 penalty (mark) win over second placed Ken Carmody/James Fitzgerald. Carmody/Fitzgerald will rue a wrong approach penalty they received at Tp303, a penalty that gave them 15 marks. Third place went to the current national championship leaders and clerks of the course for the Midland Navigation Trial, Ryan Treanor/Shane Dalton. In the classes, Adam Coffey/James Dunphy finished 3 rd in the Beginner class, Gary Kelleher/Séamus McHugh finished 2 nd and Susan Smyth/Brian Duggan finished 1 st . Derek O’Donoghue/Tony O’Keeffe finished 1 st in the Novice class. Stephen and Ray O’Neill finished 3 rd in the Semi-Expert Class, with Ruaidhri Nash/Brian Oakes finishing 2 nd and Eoin Longworth/Declan Burke finishing the class in 1 st place. Evin Hughes/Pakie Duffy finished 3 rd in the Expert class, 2 nd went to Treanor/Dalton and winning the Expert was Carmody/Fitzgerald. After the awards were presented, both Aaron and Greg spoke a length about how grateful they are for the plethora of marshal’s who appeared on the night for to man all the checkpoints during the event, most of which were in the wilderness of the Ballyhoura mountains and well off the beaten track. Greg stressed how grateful he is for the assistance he received from his team and from Coillte in getting trees that had fallen in the recent storm removed from the forest tracks to allow cars to be able to pass by. Regulations and Entry Forms are currently available for the next round of the National Navigation Championship, the Skibbereen and District Car Club, 100 Isles Navigation Trial. The event is being organised by Colm Feen and Barry O’Sullivan and will be based out of the Tadgh MacCarthaigh GAA Hall in Aughaville on Saturday night February 8 th . Conor Mohan was competing in Finland over the weekend. Conor and his driver, Eamonn Kelly were using the Hotelli IsoValkeinen SM-ralli Kuopio 250 v as a pre event test for the opening round of the 2025 Junior World Rally Championship, Rally Sweden, which takes place from the 13 to the 16 th of February. The pair were using a Ford Fiesta Rally 3, similar to the one they’ll be using in the Swedish event. The event comprised of 8 stages, totalling 96.5kms of snow and ice. At the end of the event the pair finished 10 th overall and 4 th in class SM2 Oisín Sherlock