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2009 Mini Stages

Fantastic Prize
Updated 18:30 17 Movember 2009
Limerick Results at Banna Mini Stages
Ed Synan/Denis O'Connell 5th Overall and 1st in class 13
Eamon Hanley/Padraig Doody 14th Overall and 1st in class 14
John Corrigan/Tony Dineen 46th Overall and 1st in class 7
Kevin O'Connor/Donal Balfe 31st Overall and 2nd in class 9
Pat Ryan/Jack Dalton 35th Overall and 3th in class 9
Sean Moran/Con Mulcahy 18th Overall and 3rd in class 11
Mike Horgan/Mark Doody 79th Overall and 3rd in class 10
Joe McCarthy/Noel Spencer 79th Overall and 3rd in class 10
Well Done to all for their podium finishes
Eamon Barrett/Andrew Ryan 67th Overall and 4th in class 9
Gordon Dreaper/Derek Bovenizer 83rd Overall and 4th in class 10
Thomas Doody/Jonathan Keane 21st Overall and 5th in class 11 tied on time with 4th place!
Mike Walsh/Ger Ryan 71st Overall and 6th in class 12
Denis Dineen/Donal Dineen 76th Overall and 7th in class 12
Anthony Madigan/David Halloran 63rd Overall and 7th in class 6
Hazel O'Callaghan/Kaye Shanahan 70th Overall and 8th in class 6
Kenneth Quirke/Brid Murphy 81st Overall and 8rd in class 16
Ger Lyons/Stephen O'Brien 82nd Overall and 9th in class 16
Henry Nash/Carrie Moroney 94th Overall and 9th in class 13
Robert Moran/Mike Cleary 58th Overall and 10th in class 11
Edward O'Callaghan/Seamus Curtin 95th Overall and 10th in class 13 after losing a lot of time on stage 1
Paddy O'Rourke/Sean Enright retired after completing stage 2
John Collins/Jason O'Brien retired after completing stage 2
Full results on Shannon Sports IT by Angus Sealy

Limerick Motor Club Ghost Hunt
Updated16:15 18 October 2009
The November Meeting will start at 8pm to facilitate a Ghost hunt afterwards organised by James Doherty
It is also a round of the club championship

West Limerick Radio Fundraiser
Updated 16:00 25 September 2009
West Limerick Radio a community radio station has provided many reports about club events since its inception a few years ago
Club members now have a chance to give something back to the station and its volunteers
Trevor Payne of West Limerick Radio and well known to club members sent this invitation
West Limerick 102fm will be holding our annual fundraising Sports Quiz night on Friday October 2nd at 8pm.This year’s event will be held in the Ballintemple Inn, Newcastle West.
We are inviting all clubs and organisations to come along for a guaranteed fun night out- with great prizes to be won. This is a great opportunity to pit your sporting knowledge against friends and rivals alike and see who comes out on top!
Teams are to consist of up to 5 members and each table costs €40.
Please R.S.V.P to westlimerickradiosport@gmail.com
Looking forward to seeing you on the night!!!!!!!!
Thanks,
Trevor Payne
Head of Sport
WLR102fm
So go along and do your bit to support local community radio

Clare Stages Results
Updated 19:00 20 September 2009
Results by Angus Sealy at Shannon Sports IT
Reports from Patterson Rally News
15 Edward O'Callaghan Co. Limerick Ger Clancy Co. Limerick Ford Escort Mk2 3rd Overall
9 Ed Synan Co. Limerick Denis O'Connell Co. Kerry Ford Escort Mk2 7th Overall 1st class 13
29 Tony Murphy Co. Limerick Brid Murphy Co. Limerick Ford Escort RS 24th Overall 3rd class 13
33 Pat Ryan Co. Limerick Jack Dalton Co. Limerick Ford Escort Mk2 34th Overall 1st class 9
49 John Collins Co. Limerick Jason O'Brien Co. Limerick Honda Civic Vtec 3rd Overall 8th class 11
62 Mike Walsh Co. Limerick Ger Ryan Co. Limerick Ford Escort Mk2 58th Overall 3rd class 12
99 Hazel O'Callaghan Co. Limerick Aileen Shanahan Co. Limerick Peugeot 106 GTi 74th Overall 9th class 6
102 Denis Dineen Co. Limerick Donal Dineen Co. Limerick Ford Escort Mk2 75 Overall 5th class 12
J6 John O'Connor Co. Limerick Carrie Moroney Co. Clare Ford Escort G3 1st in Junior Class
12 Aidan Walsh Co. Limerick Jim Casey Co. Clare Ford Escort Mk2 13 See Patterson Rally News
105 John Corrigan Co. Limerick Tony Dineen Co. Cork Ford Focus 7 no times after stage 3
14 Gary Reidy Co. Limerick Paul Kelly Co. Monaghan Ford Escort Mk2 14 No times after stage 3
93 Sean Moran Co. Limerick Keith Moriarty Co. Limerick Toyota Corolla RWD 11 No times after Stage 2
47 Thomas Doody Co. Limerick Jonathan Keane Co. Limerick Honda Civic 1.6VTI 11 DNS?
85 Joe McCarthy Co. Limerick Noel Spencer Co. Tipperary Toyota Corolla GTi 11 DNS?
118 Declan Gannon Co. Limerick Alan Leonard Galway Honda Civic Type R 3 DNS?
J5 Kevin O'Connor Co. Limerick Donal Balfe Limerick Peugeot 205 RWD 16 DNS?
98 Michael Ryan Co. Tipperary Mark Doody Co. Limerick Peugeot 206 Cup Car 6 ?
64 Roland Doherty Co. Limerick P.j O'Dowd Co. Kerry Opel Nova 9 ?
70 Eamon Hanley Co. Limerick Padraig Doody Co. Limerick Peugeot 206 Super 1600 6 ?
111 Denis McKerring Co. Limerick Darragh Enright Co. Limerick Toyota Corolla RWD 11 ?
Full entry List at Clare Motor Club website

Good Result for Donal
Updated 19:00 15 September 2009
Club Member Donal Griffin had a good result at Mondello on Sunday 13th September. After many teething troubles with the car over the last few months including the race the day before, Donal finished 3rd overall and 2nd in the over 2 litre class. Starting from a poor 8th place on the grid after electrical difficulties in Saturday's qualifying, he worked his way to 3rd overall, setting the second fastest race lap in the process.
Full result at MyLaps.com

Donal Griffin, Dan Daly and Ken Fildes with their awards for over 2 litre Formula Libre

Paul's Warrior Powered Delta Wins Wet Donegal Hill
Updated 17:45 9 September 2009
2009 National Hillclimb Champion Paul O'Connell brought his Warrior powered Delta single seater to the last championship round of the 2009 season. There was stiff competition from the Northern Ireland championship contenders Graham Thompson and Galway's Frank Byrne.
The dry conditions of Saturday were more to the advantage of the higher powered cars of Thompson and Byrne. Simon McKinley used Alan Kessie's Pilbeam to deny Paul 3rd place.
However in the wet conditions on Sunday Paul's superb car control in difficult conditions gave him an excellent win.
Paul was one of the few people happy with the typical Irish weather!
Paul's comment about his favourite car "Piggy"
"4th overall Saturday in the dry,1st gear bust and had to hold it in 4th all weekend! The rain came Sunday and Piggy e-mailed herself up the hill and I won it! That'll do Pig.......that'll do"
Full Results for Saturday 5th September 2009 and Sunday 6th September 2009

Results for Galway Rally 30 August 2009
Updated 19:00 31 August 2009
These are the Limerick connected crews results listed on Shannon Sports IT

65 Pat Ryan/Jack Dalton Limerick/Limerick Ford Escort Mk2 Class 9 finished 2nd in class 65th overall
138 Declan Gannon/Alan Leonard Co. Limerick/Galway Honda Civic Type R Class 3 finished 2nd in class 70th overall
130 Hazel O'Callaghan/Kaye Shanahan Co. Limerick/Co. Limerick Peugeot 106 Cup Car Class 6 finished 5th in class 87th overall
51 Thomas Doody/Jonathan Keane Co. Limerick/Co. Limerick Honda Civic Class 11 Finished 6th in class 31st Overall
52 John Collins/Jason O'Brien Co. Limerick/Co. Limerick Honda Civic Vtec Class 11 finsihed 12th in class 50th overall
134 Joe McCarthy/Noel Spencer Co. Limerick/Co. Tipperary Toyota Corolla GTi Class 11 finished 14th ion class 62nd overall
124 Mike Doody/Anthony Madigan Co. Limerick/Co. Limerick Peugeot 106 GTi Class 6 finished stage 4 but alas no more when running 2nd in class
99 Fergal Heney/Paul Murphy Co. Limerick/Co. Tipperary Toyota Corolla RWD Class 11 finished stage 3 but alas no more
155 Sean Liston/Shane McAullife Co. Limerick/Co. Limerick Vauxhall Nova Class 10 finished stage 3 but alas no more
150 TJ O'Connell/Calvin Kirby Co. Limerick/Co. Limerick Opel Corsa Class 10 listed on start list but no time for first stage
148 Ed Synan/Denis O'Connell Co. Limerick/Co. Kerry Ford Escort Mk2 Class 13 not on start list
Early entry lists had Eamon Daly entered at number 6 but now seems to have withdrawn
In the Mini 50 section Limerick Crew David and Rita Dee finished 6th
Connie Ward and Niall O'Connell were seeded at 7 in their Mini but have withdrawn
If there are any omissions let the webmaster know

Phoenix Park Motor Races 8/9 August 2009
Updated 18:30 14 August 2009
Four club members were in action at the Phoenix Park Motor Races.
Donal Griffin was in his Rover powered Reynard single seater. In qualifying he set the 7th fastest time with a lap of the 1.73 mile circuit in 1minute 13.008s compared to a pole time of 1:07.353
Donal did not finish the race with cooling problems but improved his lap time to 1:10.720

Donal Griffin
Sunday was also difficult with fellow club Gerard O'Connor having an accident at the exit of the furry causing a 3 lap safety car period aggravating Donal's cooling problems leading to another DNF.
Gerard's accident was just part of a very difficult weekend for him. Saturday the 160bhp single seater he had rented had clutch problems leading to no realsitic times in qualifying and a DNF in the race.

Gerard's Saturday car
On Sunday Gerard was offered another car, a 340bhp single seater which unfortunately ran wide on the second lap into a concrete barrier causing substantial damage to the car but fortunately Gerard was OK
Paul O'Connell and Denis Hogan Jnr had more success.
Paul finished both historic races in Denis Hogan Snr's Hillman Avenger BRM finishing 7th in both races. Paul's best lap time of the weekend was 1:28.489

Paul O'Connell in action
A personal report by Denis
Well the weekend went well! I was out in the Libre Saloon race which was made up of 3x Elise Type Rs, an Exige, an Integra, a Tascar, my M3 and 11 Porsches. The organisers decided to run a split grid, Porsches to the front and Saloons to the back - giving the Porsches a 15 second head start.
Saturday:
Had qualifying early on Saturday - the car ran great, but I had no brakes to speak of - qualified 13th out of 19 as a result. Our first race was pushed out from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning
Sunday:
Race 1: got off to an ok start. Brakes were a little better. I was having a dice with a TASCAR as we picked off a few Porsches. Unfortunately the race was red flagged after only four laps due to a crash.
Race 2: I decided that I would redden the brakes during the warm up lap to see if it would help matters - it did! Made a diabolical start. Managed to get around the Tascar and a 944 at the start of the second lap. Got around another few 911s on the next lap. Spotted a 996 and a GT3 at the end of the start finish straight as I was coming onto it - had a few clear laps to reel them in. I managed to catch up with them, unfortunately the lad in the GT3 continuously blocked me even though we were in different classes. Finished 5th in my class and 8th overall. Great craic.
My fastest lap was a 1.20.441 which was over a second faster than the quickest Porsche and over two seconds faster than the GT3 that held me up. My average speed for that lap was 124.598 km/h - not bad in a car that was difficult to stop!
The weekend highlighted a few small issues with the car - we've never done those speeds for prolonged times or distances with the car before, so it's all part of the learning curve.
Overall the weekend was a success - the watching public was very disappointed by the Dublin Grand Prix - most of the lads either broke down or crashed on Saturday. I've been told by a number of people that the Libre Saloon race was the best of all on Sunday. Most overtaking and sideways action!

StonethrowersRally 9 August
Updated 18:30 14 August 2009
Eamon Daly went off the road on Stage 3 Eamon had been 7th overall after stage 1
Source Patterson RallyNews

Sligo Stages
Updated 21:45 12 July 2009
Eamon Daly co Driven by Patrick Robinson in a Mitsubishi Evo 9 finished 3rd in Group N and 8th overall

Tipperary Hillclimbs
Updated 12 July 2009
Paul O'Connell had a mixed weekend at the Tipperary Hillclimbs at Dungarvan. On the first day Paul set a winning time on the second run but gearbox woes led to him abandoning the third run and the rest of the weekend

Paul Wins Again
Updated 12:00 2 June 2009
Paul O'Connell stormed to strong wins both days of the Carlow Sprint weekend, taking the wins by 1.4s on Sunday and 1s on Monday. Paul now has a strong lead in the 2009 Magnus Technology Hillclimb and Sprint Championship.

Maguire Wins 2009 Circuit of Munster

Club Member's Carlow stages Result
Updated 18:40 10 May 2009
John O'Connor navigated by Carrie Moroney in a Ford Escort G3 finished 2nd in the Junior catagory Full Results by Angus Sealy

Club Members' Results for the Rally of the Lakes
Updated 21:30 3 May 2009
51 Gary Reidy / Diarmuid Falvey Mk2 Escort National 3th overall
114 Con Mulcahy / Jonathan Keane Vauxhall Nova National 29th overall 2nd class 10
H6 Niall O'Connell / John Liston Mini Cooper S Historic Retired after stage 10
98 Roland Doherty / PJ O'Dowd Opel Corsa DNS
H19 James O'Mahony / Paddy McDonnell Volvo 144s Historic DNS
Full Results by Angus Sealy

Eligibility Check
Updated 17:20 30 April 2009
Ed Synans Mk2 Escort was sealed by scrutineers at the Circruit of Kerry and was found to comply with the regulations in respect to engine capacity.

Wexford Mini Stages
Updated 17:40 30 April 2009
There was 1 club member in the Wexford Mini Stages 26th April
106 Paul Purtill / Alan Kane Mk2 Escort Class 13
Finished 4th O/A 1st in Class.

Serious Challenge for Paul
Updated 17:20 21 April 2009
The Galway hillclimbs at Ballyvaughan on 18/19 April were a record breaking event. Sylvie Mullins broke the hill records both days. Club member Paul O'Connell in his Delata single seater finished 2nd both days

Members Results Moonraker Forest Rally Sunday 12th April
5 Mark Sheehan / Jonathan McGrath Mitsubishi Evo 9 Class 8 7th Overall 2nd Class 9.
206 Kevin O'Connor / John O'Connor Peugeot 206 Claas 9 DNF
Full Results on Rally.ie

Club supports charity event
There was a charity day Sunday April 5 at the community centre in Manister
It was in aid of the Cliona Ring foundation, Childrens hospital in Tallagh and Mid-western radiology unit.
Ger Cusack would like to thank all the club members that bought tickets at the monthly meeting
He also thanks Bill Fitzgerald, Liam Mulcaire, Paul Purtill, Pat Ryan. Kieran and Noelle Ambrose who all helped and provided cars and trailers for the show.

Mixed weekend for Paul at Clare hills 4/5 April
Paul O'Connell in his Delta T79 single seater. He had the gauntlet thrown to him by Sylvia Mullins in his Gould V8, this car is reputed to have 640bhp. At the recently resurfaced Corkscrew on Saturday Sylvie took the win by 4 seconds from Paul.
Sunday at the Scalp was a different matter. The rougher road did not suit Sylvie's Gould, but Paul had a new challenger in Frank Byrnes with his Pilbeam V8. Frank and Paul swapped fastest times with Paul taking the win on the fourth and final run
Other club members Saturday
Des Fitzgerald 37th overall 6th class 3A
John Fitzgerald 54th overall (last actually) due to car problems
Other club members Sunday
Ed Synan was 13th overall 2nd class 3A behind the motorcycle engined Radical of Rory Stephens.
Maurice Meskell 32nd overall 5th class 2
Mervyn Shorten 48th overall 4th class 3B.
Michael Melia 50th overall 5th class 3B

KERRY MOTOR CLUB AUTOTEST AT TRALEE RACECOURSE
ROUND 4 OF PREMIER AUTO PARTS MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP
5 April 2009
Mike Mulcahy (Mini Special) First overall Ciaran Fitzgerald 17th Overall 3rd class F

Members Results in Kerry Rally 29 March 2009
Main Field
Ed Synan / Denis O'Connell 10th O/A 1st in class 13
Aidan Walsh / Jim Casey 15th O/A 2nd in class 13
Anthony Collins / Donal Falvey 23rd O/A 5th in class 13
Pat Ryan / Jack Dalton 30th O/A 1st in class 9
Eamon Hanley / Padraig Doody 34th O/A 3rd in class 6
John Mannion / Jerry Costello 49th O/A 3rd in class 10
TJ O'Connell/ Stephen Casey 58th O/A 5th in class 10
Denis Dineen / Donal Dineen 60th O/A 3rd in class 12
Hazel O'Callaghan / Ger Clancy 68th O/A 7th in class 6
Non Starters
Eamon Daly / Sean Moriarty Mitsubishi Evo 9
Dan Mulcahy / Donnacha O'Callaghan Ford Escort Cosworth
Sean Kennedy / Adrain O'Gorman Toyota Corolla Twin Cam
Non Finishers
After stage 1, Sean Moran / Con Mulcahy Toyota Corolla Twin Cam
After stage 2
John Collins / Jason O'Brien Honda Civic
Ian Roche / Anthony Nestor Citroen C2R2
Joe McCarthy / Noel Spencer Toyota Colloa GTi
After stage 3, Gary Reidy / Stephen Reidy Ford Escort Mk2
After stage 6, Frankie Sweeney / Seamus O'Connor Ford Escort Mk2
After stage 7, Liam Mulcaire / Shane Meade Ford Escort Mk2

Paul continues his winning ways
Paul O'Connell in his Delta T79 single seater won both days of the Wexford Hillclimbs (28/29 March 2009).
Paul has a flywheel problem to sort out if he is to continue his excellent start to the 2009 season at this weekends Clare hillclimbs

Members results in West Cork Rally 14/15 March 2009
Main field
Kieran O'Connell / Gerard Buckley Honda Civic 56th O/A 3rd in class
Hazel O'Callagan / Kaye Shanahan Peugeot 106 71st O/A 11th in class
Historics
James O'Mahony / Paddy McDonald Volvo 144s 4th O/A 1st in class
Pat McDonagh / Thomas MDonagh Ford Cortina GT 9th O/A 2nd in class
Niall O'Connell / John Liston Mini 10th O/A 3rd in class
Non finishers.
19 Edward O'Callaghan / Ger Clancy Mk2 Escort Class 13
30 Peter Cummins / Sean Dillon Darrian T90 GTR Class 13
72 Roland Doherty / Robert Hughes Opel Corsa Class 9

Members results in Mayo Rally 8 March 2009
14 Eamon Daly / Anthony O'Connell Evo 9 35th Overall 9th in class 4

Members results in Carrick On Suir Forestry Rally 1 March 2009
10 Mark Sheehan / Jonathan McGrath Evo9 3rd Overall 2nd Class
210 John Byrnes / Kenneth Sheil Citroen C2R2 17th overall 2nd class
203 Johnny O'Connor / Carrie Moroney G3 Escort DNF
207 Kevin O'Connor / John Sheils Peugeot 205DNF

Members results in Birr Stages 22 Feb 2009
(9) Eamon Daly / Antony O'Connell Evo 9 10th overall 5th class 4
(18) Ed Synan / Denis O'Connell Mk2 Escort 19th overall 2nd class 13
(52) Dan Mulcahy / Donnacha O'Callaghan Escort Cosworth 44th overall 2nd class 15
103 Tommy Doody/ Jonathan Keane Honda Civic. 46th O/A 11th class 11
(61) John Collins / Jason O'Brien Honda Civic 48th overall 12th class 11
(58) Mikey Walsh / Ger Ryan Mk2 Escort 61st overall 4th class 12
(80) Laim Mulcaire / Shane Meade Mk2 Escort 70th overall 5th class 12
(136) Sean Moran / Keith Moriarty Toyota Corolla Twin Cam 78 Overall 17th class 11
(115) Sean Kennedy / Adrain O'Gorman Toyota Corolla Twin Cam 81st overall 19th class 11
(146) James Ryan / Stephen Ryan Mk2 Escort 89th overall 21st class 11
(141) TJ O'Connell / Stephen Casey Opel Corsa 95th overall 6th class 10
(163) Denis Dineen / Donal Dineen Mk2 Escort.97th overall 7th class 12
(19) Gary Riedy / Diarmuid Falvey Mk2 Escort DNF (completed 3 stages)
(84) Barry Evans / David Lyons C2R2 navigator changed to Stephen Hagan retired after completing 6 stages
(107) Eamon Hanley / Padraig Doody Peugeot 106 On start list no stage times
(109) John Caplis / Grainne Caplis Opel Corsa On start list no stage times
(54) Pa Ryan / T B A Mk2 Escort Not on start list
Information from Rally Connect

Members results from Tipperary Forestry 8 Feb 2009
23 Mark Sheehan / Jonathan McGrath Evo 9 12th O/A 4th in class
212 Kevin O'Connor / John Sheils Peugeot 205 30th O/A 4th in class
64 James O'Rourke / David O'Rourke Fiat Punto 51st O/A 5th in class

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