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Motor Club Notes:
Irish Tarmac Championship Kicks Off
The Irish Tarmac Championship kicks off this weekend with the Corrib Oil Galway International Rally. The fifteen stage two day event
begins this Saturday and is based out of Loughrea. Defending champions Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes will be hoping to get their
campaign off to a perfect start seeded number one in their trusted Hyundai i20 R5. Number two on the road will be the Welsh pairing
of Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson who will be determined to push for the win after securing their first ever triumph on Irish tar on
the last round of the 2022 Tarmac Championship, the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally. Callum Devine/Noel O’Sullivan will be back this year
seeded number four, with Sam Moffett/Keith Moriarty seeded number 5 in what’s reported to be a brand new Hyundai i20 Rally2 car.
Arthur Kierans will be in the navigators seat for Garry Jennings seeded number eight in a Fiesta R5 and Damien Connolly will be on
the notes for Robert Barrable and seeded number 12 in a Citroën C3 Rally2. Brendan Cumiskey with Damien’s brother Martin Connolly
are seeded right behind with number 14 on the door of their VW Polo GTI R5. 2022 Irish Forestry Championship winner and 2022 Billy
Coleman award nominee Patrick O’Brien with brother Stephen on the notes are seeded seventeenth in their Skoda Fabia R5.
Other Monaghan entries include Conor Foley, Ashling McArdle, Piaras O’Ceallachain, Ryan Farrell, Paul McPhillips and Keith McConnon
all in navigators seats while Mickey Conlon and Jack Maguire sit behind a steering wheel.
There is only one Monaghan entry in the junior section and it is number 1 seed Jack McKenna with Damien Dougherty calling the
notes to him.
ALMC Endurance
Evin Hughes was the highest placed Monaghan entrant in the ALMC Winter Endurance Trial which took place last Saturday. Evin along
with regular Dublin driver Karl O’Donoghue finished the sixteen selective event in 2 nd overall, two minutes in arrears of the
Westmeath pairing of Robert Howard/Claire Murtagh. Championship runners up last year Andrew Wedlock along with Stranooden
navigator Ciaran Maguire finished the event in 4 th OA and 1 st in class A2M. Robert Graham took a step out of the drivers seat for
this event and navigated Dublin man Michael Connolly to 11 th OA and 2 nd in class A2N. Warren Carleton navigated Mervyn Wedlock
to 13 th OA and 1 st in class F. Shane Maguire/Nichola McGuigan finished 14 th OA and 3 rd class A2N in their Mitsubishi Colt. Imants
Ignatjevs/Luiza Ieremie finished 16 th OA and 1 st in class A2B. Unfortunately, Cathal McGlone/Dara McGlone failed to make the
finish in their Ford Focus.
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Motor Club Notes:
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Irish Tarmac Championship Kicks Off
The Irish Tarmac Championship kicks off this weekend with the
Corrib Oil Galway International Rally. The fifteen stage two day
event begins this Saturday and is based out of Loughrea.
Defending champions Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes will be hoping
to get their campaign off to a perfect start seeded number one in
their trusted Hyundai i20 R5. Number two on the road will be the
Welsh pairing of Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson who will be
determined to push for the win after securing their first ever
triumph on Irish tar on the last round of the 2022 Tarmac
Championship, the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally. Callum Devine/Noel
O’Sullivan will be back this year seeded number four, with Sam
Moffett/Keith Moriarty seeded number 5 in what’s reported to be
a brand new Hyundai i20 Rally2 car. Arthur Kierans will be in the
navigators seat for Garry Jennings seeded number eight in a
Fiesta R5 and Damien Connolly will be on the notes for Robert
Barrable and seeded number 12 in a Citroën C3 Rally2. Brendan
Cumiskey with Damien’s brother Martin Connolly are seeded right
behind with number 14 on the door of their VW Polo GTI R5.
2022 Irish Forestry Championship winner and 2022 Billy Coleman
award nominee Patrick O’Brien with brother Stephen on the notes
are seeded seventeenth in their Skoda Fabia R5.
Other Monaghan entries include Conor Foley, Ashling McArdle,
Piaras O’Ceallachain, Ryan Farrell, Paul McPhillips and Keith
McConnon all in navigators seats while Mickey Conlon and Jack
Maguire sit behind a steering wheel.
There is only one Monaghan entry in the junior section and it is
number 1 seed Jack McKenna with Damien Dougherty calling the
notes to him.
ALMC Endurance
Evin Hughes was the highest placed Monaghan entrant in the
ALMC Winter Endurance Trial which took place last Saturday. Evin
along with regular Dublin driver Karl O’Donoghue finished the
sixteen selective event in 2 nd overall, two minutes in arrears of
the Westmeath pairing of Robert Howard/Claire Murtagh.
Championship runners up last year Andrew Wedlock along with
Stranooden navigator Ciaran Maguire finished the event in 4 th
OA and 1 st in class A2M. Robert Graham took a step out of the
drivers seat for this event and navigated Dublin man Michael
Connolly to 11 th OA and 2 nd in class A2N. Warren Carleton
navigated Mervyn Wedlock to 13 th OA and 1 st in class F. Shane
Maguire/Nichola McGuigan finished 14 th OA and 3 rd class A2N
in their Mitsubishi Colt. Imants Ignatjevs/Luiza Ieremie finished
16 th OA and 1 st in class A2B. Unfortunately, Cathal
McGlone/Dara McGlone failed to make the finish in their Ford
Focus.
PRO: Oisín Sherlock oisinsherlock97@gmail.com
