Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally Contacts

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The official launch of the Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally 2009

The official launch of the Mór Oil Galway Summer Rally 2009, was held in the Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry, on Friday August 7th. A large number of guests from the local Galway area and the world of motorsport, were in attendance to hear Victor Farrell, the Clerk of the Course and Martin Kearney Managing Director of title sponsors, Mór Oil, announce details of the upcoming event. Martin Kearney wishes the club and organisers all the best and noted how delighted he is to be involved.

The county Mayor Tom McHugh and Councillor Mary Hoade were also in attendance on the night. Tom stated that he looks forward to the event and was delighted that the event is going into the Headford area.

The rally takes place on Sunday 30th of August 2009 and will have its administrative headquarters in the Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry, Co. Galway. The rally gets underway with a Ceremonial Start at the hotel on the Sunday morning, which is always a fantastic occasion and a great opportunity to see the top cars and teams before they hit the stages. There will be a single location for centralised service on the day beside the Trading Post outside Headford on the main Galway to Headford Road. Mechanical scrutiny will take place on Saturday 29th of August between 14.00 and 20.00 in the Raheen Industrial Estate in Athenry and Parc Ferme will be at the Raheen Woods Hotel beside it. The organisers are confident that a single location will lead to a considerable reduction in traffic movements over the weekend.

There are 9 challenging and demanding stages awaiting the competitors. There will be 3 stages and each will be run 3 times, with 2 visits to service at the Trading Post during the day and the winning cars will return to the finish ramp in the Raheen Woods hotel on Sunday evening.

Ex 2007 Billy Coleman award winner Keith Cronin attended the launch.

A full entry list will be published after entries have closed. For further updates, including official Rally Programme outlets, please check the Galway Motor Club website at www.galwaymotorclub.ie

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The official launch of the Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally 2009-Photo Gallery

Galway Motor Club  would like to thank Dermot Kelleher for the photos used on this page

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Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally Launch Night

Galway Motor Club is delighted to announce details of the Launch night details for the 2009 Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally. Clerk of the Course, Victor Farrell from Galway and the Organising Committee are very busy getting ready for this great 2009 event.

The official launch night for the event will be in the lovely Raheen Woods Hotel in Athenry once again. It will take place on Friday the 7th of August and all are welcome to come along and welcome our new event sponsor Mor Oil.

Event Regulations and entry forms are available now on the club website.

The event facilities will be based once again around the Athenry area all within easy access of the Hotel, which will be Parc Ferme once again. More information on the route and schedules will be available at the launch night.

The rally itself takes place on Sunday August 30th with a very compact three stage loop chosen. Each stage will be repeated three times. This year’s event is round 8 of the Dunlop National Rally Championship & Round 4 of the Top Part West Coast Rally Championship.