Galway Motor Club



McPhillips wins Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally 2010

Rally winners Gary McPhillips and Mark Tierney Left to right, Kieran Donohue Clerk of the Course, Gary McPhillips, Mark Tierney and Barry Kilroy of The Lough Rea Hotel and Spa
The 2010 Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally promised a great day of rally action with a packed entry list and it certainly did not disappoint the large crowds of spectators that descended on Loughrea. The rally was a counting round of the Top Part West Coast Rally Championship and The Honda Cup Ireland. Gary McPhillips and Mark Tierney in a Ford Escort Mk2 lead the rally from start to finish and went to win by 16 seconds from Robert Barrable and Damien Connolly in a Ford Focus WRC. It was Barrable’s debut rally in a World Rally Car and a huge performance from the young man who had the winning co-driver from the 2009 Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally sitting with him. Shane Maguire in his dad Niall’s, Subaru Impreza N11 with co-driver Enda Sherry were 5th overall and Group N winners. Jer O Donovan and Sean Hayde on their first rally since the Galway International finished 12th overall in 1:16:34. Tom Flaherty and Patrick Curley in another Mk2 fought a good battle with Ross Forde and Paul Horan in a Mitsubishi Evo 9, for best Galway Motor Club crew. Flaherty and Curley won the day with a comfortable margin of some 26 seconds and a total of 1:15:40. They were presented with the Conroy Cup by Annie Conroy at the prizegiving ceremony in the Lough Rea Hotel and Spa. John Spain and Jarlath Conneely had set consistent top ten times all day until some minor health problems forced John to slacken his pace going in to Stage 8 while still taking second in class 15 with a total of 1:19:43. PJ McDermott and Paul Goodman in a Subaru Impreza WRC S11 had an early end to the rally, going out on stage 5.

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Honda Cup Ireland 2010 – Galway Summer Stages

The Honda Cup Ireland 2010 returns after an unexpectedly long break since early May due to the cancellation of the North East Stages in July. The Cup recommences as part of the MÓR Oil Galway Summer Stages on August 29th. The high profile west of Ireland event is well known for its variety of tight and fast stages and it often attracted an exceptionally strong entry as part of the National championship in previous years – the same is expected in 2010. After two rounds of the championship Richard Whelan and Adrian Cannon are joint leaders having achieved respective class wins in Carlow way back in May. The joint leadership is testament to the highly developed scoring system that allows Group N competitors to fight for the overall championship and encourages Modified competitors to push for high overall finishes to achieve extra bonus points. An up to date points table can be viewed on the championship website at www.hondacupireland.com.
Mor Oil Ltd to sponsor Galway Summer Rally 2010

Galway Motor Club have announced Mor Oil Ltd as the sponsor for the Galway Summer Rally, which will be held on Sunday 29th of August. Commenting on the announcement, Clerk of the Course Kieran Donohue said “ We in Galway Motor Club are delighted with the continued help and support of Martin Kearney and his team in Mor Oil. It allows us to concentrate on running an important event in the Galway sporting calender which will also generate badly needed revenue for local business”. The rally will include round 4 of The Top Part West Coast Rally Championship, Round 5 of the 2010 Honda Cup Ireland, a Mini Challenge run in conjunction with Galway Mini Centre and the “ GRP4 Fabrications King of the Mk2”. The rally headquarters on the weekend of the 28th and 29th of August will be based in The Lough Rea Hotel in Loughrea, County Galway. Further details on The Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally will be available in the comming days. ►Click here for more information →

Welcome to Galway Motor Club
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.

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