Rallying: Donegal Motor Membership crews battle it out at ALMC Rally

It was one other busy week for the Donegal Motor Membership as they took half within the ALMC Rally in Meath over the weekend.

Bruckless navigator Shane Byrne was on board with Kilrea driver Desi Henry for the primary time on Sunday in a final minute entry. That is the primary time that Shane sat with Desi and the crew offered one of many foremost tales of the rally of their Citroen C3 .

Competing towards on type Donegal Worldwide winner Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan with the equally on type Josh Moffet and Keith Moriarty of their Hyundai the battle on the entrance of the ALMC Hellfire Rally with its quick, dedicated and flowing levels was positive to supply a fantastic spectacle.

It was nip and tuck all day between the highest crews with every of the crews successful levels. Desi and Shane had been chasing Devine’s Polo all day going into the final stage with solely a 2.2 second lead. The race was on but it surely was Devine and O’Sullivan who managed to win the final stage by a mere 2 seconds over the chasing crew. All 3 crews are heading to this weekend’s Ulster Rally, positive to be one other epic battle.

Within the 2wd drive modified battle it was once more Donegal’s Kevin Gallagher and Ryan Moore of their Darrian who took the general victory in levels that suited his KGP Darrian. They’re the boys to beat this 12 months with one other dominant efficiency from begin to end, ending fifth total.

Subsequent Donegal Crew was Frosses driver Ryan MacHugh and Glenties’ Declan Boyle ending a snug 2nd within the Rally 4 class and main the championship going into the ultimate Nationwide Championship Street in Clare.

Ryan Moore, Laura Furey and Kevin Gallagher. Photograph: Kevin Shields

Matthew Boyle and Gary Byrne was completed thirty eighth of their Fiesta R2. Dunfanaghy’s Shaun Murphy and Jonny Gallagher completed simply inside within the prime 50 with Dungloe’s Geard Greene and Jamie Ward ending third in 11R.

Shaun Murphy. Photograph: Kevin Shields

Different Donegal crews to complete had been Glasha Motorsports Kevin and Katie Wilson of their Hyundai i20 and Bobby Baldrick and Dermot Friel within the purple Talbot Sunbeam. Glasha Conor Wilson and Sean Marsh in there Fiesta completed in 69th total. Letterkenny’s Andrew Hegarty ventured out of Donegal for the primary time shortly with new navigator Michael Ward, introducing some notes for clipping hedges in the identical means Damian Sherdian took Mac Walsh went ploughing in Cork final weekend.

Andrew Hegarty. Photograph: Kevin Shields

The Falcarragh duo of James Cannon and Paddy Gallagher acquired a end in James first stage rally, ending third in school. The one drama of the day was {that a} bale jumped out in entrance of him however that occurs in rallying.

Once more within the junior class it was all Donegal Crews with Patrick Doherty and Dylan Boyce ending forward of Gortlee Instrument Rent’s Seimi Browne and cousin Mickey Joe Brown calling the notes and ending 2nd.

Seimi Browne. Photograph: Kevin Shields

Knockhalla Hill Climb

As was extensively mentioned eventually Monday evening’s Membership Assembly, there various points which might be of concern for this 12 months’s occasion which have simply surfaced in current days but it surely was clear from the COC’s, the committee members with the assist of all members current that each one avenues shall be exhausted to search out options to run the Knockalla Hillclimb in September this 12 months. An additional assertion shall be made within the coming days as issues develop.

Harvest Rally 2023

COC Tony Boyle additionally confirmed on the membership assembly that this 12 months’s Harvest Rally is confirmed for November and that planning is underneath means with extra particulars to observe quickly.

Rallying: Donegal Motor Membership crews battle it out at ALMC Rally was final modified: August sixteenth, 2023 by Workers Author

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