Rounds three & four of the “Connaught Competition Engines Irish Hillclimb& Sprint Championship 2012” will take place near Ballyvaughan in North Clare on
April 14th. & 15th.
This year’s 12 round Championship takes place over six weekends taking in some
of the most scenic parts of Clare, Galway, Wexford, Wicklow and Donegal and the
events bring a much needed boost to the local economy with demand for
accommodation, food and entertainment.
For the second year in succession The Clare Motor Club have teamed up with the
Galway Motor Club to co promote one hillclimb weekend. The Clare Club will run
the Corkscrew Hill on Saturday under Clerk of the Course Dermot Kelleher from
Clarecastle while Sunday’s hill Ballyallaban will be run by the Galway Motor Club
under Clerk of the Course Joan Vaughan from Ballyvaughan. This will give
competitors a great opportunity to compete on two of the best and most
challenging hills in the Hillclimb Championship series.
“Logue’s Lodge”, Ballyvaughan have again stepped in as the main sponsor of this
year’s event and both clubs are very grateful to Alan for his generous
sponsorship.
A special weekend menu will be available each night over the weekend including
prizegiving, video footage of each day’s action and music till late.
All the championship contenders are expected to attend including current
Hillclimb champion Simon McKinley driving his Lant RT4.
There should also be a big turn out in the Rally Car Classes with Clare & Galway
Motor Club members fighting for positions in the various classes.
Event secretary for the Clare / Galway event is Aisling Grimes and Aisling can be
contacted on 087-7753560 between 6.00pm and 9.00pm
Optional Mechanical & Documentation Scrutiny will take place at the Ballyvaughan
Filling Station, Ballyvaughan on this Friday evening 13TH. April between
6.00 and 8.00pm. There will also be Mechanical & Documentation Scrutiny in the
paddock of both hills between 8.00am and 10.00am.
Prizegiving will take place on Saturday & Sunday Evenings at Logues Lodge,
Ballyvaughan and will be followed by music and entertainment. Meals will be
available all day in the restaurant.
Entry forms are now available to download from both club websites -
www.claremotorclub.com. Or www.galwaymotorclub.ie
Dermot Kelleher
Pro Clare Motor Club
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The Safety Direct Galway International Rally is the first major motorsport
event annually in Ireland. Over the years the event has attracted entrants from
England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, the former Czechoslovakia, France, America,
Gambia, Belgium, Arabia, Norway and Finland.
The event is one of the most popular in the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, and has been it's first round since the series was founded in 1978. It is fully sponsored by Safety Direct and based in Galway's Clayton Hotel, and is supported by Failte Ireland.
It is a busy club - all volunteers - we organise one other stage rally each year, the popular Galway Summer Rally, and also a number of Sprints, a two day Hillclimb, an Autotest and various social events and charity fund raisers.
Galway Motor Club is very active in the promotion and development of Motorsport in Ireland, and supports Motorsport Ireland through active participation in it's various committees. |
