Entries for the 2013 ALMC Stages Rally which takes place on Sunday 7th July are now open with full regulations for the event available from the club. This year’s stages rally marks the 50^th anniversary of the founding of the ALMC Motor Club and will for this year’s rally move to a new headquarters at the Dunboyne Castle Hotel, in Co. Meath with the event taking place a week earlier than in previous years on the 7^th July. This year’s rally is yet again a counting round of the highly popular Get Connected REIS UK Asphalt Rally Championship, with the Loughran Signs Midlands East Rally Championship counting the ALMC event and the Citroen C2 championship making a return. The rally will feature nine stages located in County Meath with competitors take to the narrow lanes on a variety of stages that will test all levels of rallying ability, all under the watchful eye of new Clerk of the Course Raymond Scullion. The motor club has linked up with Dunboyne Motor Club for the event with the Dunboyne team providing marshals and officials for the event focusing in particular on special stage one.

2012 ALMC Stages Rally Winner Melvyn Evans in his Subaru Impreza WRC

Work on the event has been well underway since before Christmas, there are lots of changes with a new headquarters, service park and stages so the team are very busy. "Enquiries about the rally have already started to flood in and we are expecting a larger number of crews to travel from the UK due to the interest in the championship and the opportunity to sample the Irish stages. The event as in other years will also feature a strong local entry. The event is the closest stages rally to Dublin and offers ease of access for travelling crews from Ireland and further afield we are hoping to start a maximum entry on the morning of the 7^th July" said Raymond Scullion COC at the launch of the event regulations.

The rally offers great value for money with entries costing just €499 and the opportunity for competing crews to feature on the dedicated TV coverage which will be shown on Motors TV and online following the event. The stages rally will feature classes for Historic and Junior competitors with them competing on the six stages of the rally at a reduced entry fee and there will be additional prizes on offer for the winner of the MkII and the Honda Challenge which was first featured on last year’s rally. The club are providing the opportunity to pay the entry fee on a stage payment basis, details of which can be found on the dedicated stages website www.almcstagesrally.com, there are several methods for submitting entries including the online entry system, details of which and a link to the electronic version can be found on the stages website or via the club website at www.almc.ie where regulations are also available to download.

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Co. Louth played host on Sunday to ALMC's Multi Venue Autotest with over eighteen tests set to challenge the thirty plus competitors, the event with Martin Devine as Clerk of the Course enjoyed a dry and relatively bright day as the crews weaved their way between pillions and some other bigger obstacles tactfully placed about the course. The event was a great success with all the tests covered by teams of willing and helpful marshals, many thanks to all who came out and provided support and to the many crews that made the effort to enter, congratulations and well done to Martin and all the organising team.

Overall

1st Eddie Petersen Toyota Starlet

2nd Simon Echlin Toyota Starlet

3rd John Nolan Toyota Starlet

4th Damien Doran Toyota Starlet

5th Graeme Colfer Toyota Starlet

6th Piers MacFheorais Mazda MX5

7th William Fenton Toyota Starlet

8th David Meeke Toyota Starlet

9th Philip O'Reilly Toyota Starlet

10th Alan Shinnors Toyota Starlet

Class 1

1st Damien Doran Toyota Starlet

2nd Alan Shinnors Toyota Starlet

3rd Owen Murray Toyota Starlet

Class 2

1st Graeme Colfer Toyota Starlet

2nd William Fenton Toyota Starlet

3rd David Meeke Toyota Starlet

Class 3

1st Malcolm Clarke MG Midget

Class 4

1st Piers MacFheorais Mazda MX5

2nd Les Coogan BMW 318i

On Sunday ALMC will run the second of its 2013 events with the now annual Multi Venue Autotest taking place, the event will kick off at 11am and will see the Endurance Trial team of Martin and John Devine present a selection of challenging and interesting tests for the autotesters to try their skills on. The event has attracted a strong field of thirty five cars with the top ten littered with Autotest regulars who will be out to take the overall win, leading entries include Eddie Peterson in his Starlet and club member Graeme Colfer who won the second of the two day autotest that took place in Punchestown over a year ago. Piers Mac Fheorais is also taking to the tests in his MX-5 and is sure to entertain as will John Kelly and Malcolm Clarke in the MG Midget, Patricia Denning known for her Enduro skills is out in her familiar Starlet as is her now regular co-driver Joe Downey with ALMC CoC from the Spring Endurance event Noel Devlin also taking part in a Starlet.

ALMC's Graeme Colfer in Action in his Toyota Starlet

First car leaves Monasterboice Inn at 11am, and is due to Start Test 1 – O’ Brien’s Quarry in Tullyallen at 11:30.  There are three tests in the Tullyallen area repeated three times, ending with a lunch stop at the Mace shop in Tullyallen Village. The afternoon starts with first car leaving the lunch stop at 14:15 and is due in Bellewstown Racecourse at 14:35. Then four tests are repeated three times before cars head back to Monasterboice for results and the prize giving. The event promises to be an exciting days autotesting and with the weather forecast looking favourable for the day will mean the many marshals and setup teams involved can stay warm and dry.

1. Eddie Peterson Toyota Starlet

2. John Nolan Toyota Starlet

3. Simon Echlin Toyota Starlet

4. Graeme Colfer Toyota Starlet

5. Harold Hassard Nissan Sunny

6. Ron Mullen Nissan Sunny

7. Piers Mac Fheorais Mazda MX-5

8. Damien Doran Toyota Starlet

9. William Fenton Toyota Starlet

10. Owen Murray Toyota Starlet

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ALMC competitors impressed on the weekends Midland Stages Rally, club member Pat Donegan lined up at the start of the event in his class 14 Ford Escort MkII and set some impressive stage times as he did battle with the other Escorts in his quest for the overall win. Pat made steady progress from lying fifth overall to eventually finishing 3rd overall 57 seconds behind second place crew of Rodney Wilton & Conor McMahon also in an Escort. The event was won by Chris Armstrong & Tom Clinton who finished the event just three seconds ahead, making it an all Ford Escort top three. Dermott Hassett with his regular co-driver daughter Emily alongside on the notes drove a great rally to bring their Cheverolet Kalos home an impressive 56th overall and fourth in class 9. The ALMC crew started the event 104th and made steady progress up the leader board through the events nine stages to finish just outside the top fifty.

The ALMC marshalling team led by chief marshal Richie Tallon also had a good day on the event providing important support for the Midland club on stages 3, 6 & 9. Well done to all the ALMC competitors and to those who made the effort to come out an marshal, we look forward to seeing you all on the stages soon. Next club event is the Multi Venue Autotest Sunday 7th April, if you are available to marshal please contact Richie on 086 235 5026.

Sunday 7th April will see the leading Autotest drivers do battle on the now annual ALMC Motor Club ‘Bunny Run’ Multi Venue Autotest.  The events tests will be spread through the Boyne Valley area with the organisers arranging a variety of challenging tests to suit all driving styles, with test sites located near the event headquarters at Donegan’s Monasterboice Inn, Drogheda. The event kicks off with sign on from 9.00am followed by drivers briefing at 10.30am and the first of the tests starting at 11.00am. The event has been put together by Martin Devine and his team and promises to be a great day’s autotesting following on from the success of the event last year.  “What better way to spend a Sunday, the tests are a good mix of challenges to test competitors driving techniques with a few added surprises along the route. There are some really cracking tests which should make for a great days enjoyment for all involved” commented Martin at the launch of the event regulations.

ALMC’s Graeme Colfer in Action in his Toyota Starlet Photograph courtesy of fostermotorsport.com

The event which last year ran on Easter Sunday has moved back one week to Sunday 7^th April to facility competitors who were keen to attend but were unable to do so over the Easter weekend due to other motorsport commitments. The event will be run in accordance to the International Sporting Code of the FIA and the general rules of Motorsport Ireland and will feature four classes, front wheel drive cars up to 1300cc, class 2 is for front wheel drive cars over 1300cc with classes 3 and 4 for rear wheel drive cars under and over 1600cc. Entries for the event are now open with full regulations available on the ALMC Motor Club website almc.ie or via the club Facebook page. The event promises to be a great day out for drivers and all involved, completed entries should be sent to the entries Secretary John Carroll with the entry restricted to eighty cars.

Richie O’Mahony with dad Richard alongside on the maps saw their hopes of lifting the 2012-13 night navigation beginners title all but end on Saturdays Cavan night navigation trial. The all ALMC crew took to the Cavan lanes on their first time doing the event and quickly found that local knowledge can play a key part in achieving success. Getting lost on sections in the early stages of the event through the crew somewhat and resulted in them playing catch for much of the event although by the half way point they had got into a good rhythm and were making steady progress, then disaster struck. They got stuck behind another Subaru on a tight section of the course until the car in front missed a turn down a lane and Richie powered by into the lane only to meet another competitor travelling the wrong way they managed to stop the Subaru and avoided a collision only to be hit by the following crew at speed destroying the rear of the Subaru in the process. The back of the car was badly damaged and while both the crew did not sustain serious injury necks were stiff and sore. The incident put them out of the event and while they limped back and made the final controls their championship hopes are over having started the event a single point behind the leaders, with only Monaghan remaining next weekend their will not be enough time to have the Subaru back on the road in time. All at ALMC hope to see them back in the Subaru competing soon and there is always next year for the night navigation title lads.

The O'Mahony Family Subaru before the Start in Cavan

Brian Murphy and William Kelly lead from start to finish to win the ALMC Spring Endurance Trial in their Toyota Starlet finishing the event over a minute ahead of the second place crew of Enda McLoughlin and Declan Tynan also in a Starlet. Karl O'Donoghue with Evan Hughes calling the instructions came in third overall in their Rover 200 preventing a clean sweep for the Toyota's. The event started from its now customary base at the Luttrellstown Golf club in West Dublin and took the fifty competing crews on a loop of selectives through the grounds of various privately owned facilities and estates located in counties Dublin, Louth and Meath before returning to the Luttrellstown Castle estate for the final 15km selective loop of the grounds under the cover of darkness.

Murphy and Kelly made clear their intent right from the opening selective posting fastest time through the test and taking a lead which they did not relinquish for the remainder of the day. McLoughlin and Tynan maintained a steady pace through the course of the day and continued to swap seconds on the tests with the leaders while keeping the gap to less than thirty seconds. On the final test of the day Murphy's outright pace was too much for them and with just twenty seconds separating first and second at the start of the selective the winners emerged a minute and one second up to secure the win. Number one seeds Daniel Byrne and Kevin Fagan stayed in the hunt for the overall victory while battling with Eddie Peterson and Richard Pain both of which were driving Starlets until the final test in Luttrelstown when disaster struck and Byrne and Fagan took the maximum time and dropped to twenty fifth overall. Early indications at the finish were that Peterson and Pain would take third overall but when corrections were made to earlier test times O'Donoghue and Hughes moved ahead to clinch the final podium place ending the event just five seconds behind second placed McLoughlin. Peterson and Pain took first in class one, with the Starlet of Damien Doran and Anthony O'Neill second and Simon and Deirdre McKinley in their Canary yellow Fiat Cinquecento completing the top three in the class, they even had time for a car wash in Turvey prior to the MacHale test.

Irish young rallying talents Robert Barrable and FIA Academy star Alastair Fisher came together for their first event competing together with Alastair taking to the selective notes. Seeded two for the event their hopes of challenging for the overall award ended less than two kilometres into the first selective when they went straight on at a right hander and ended up getting stuck resulting in a loss of two minutes. Class two of the event for modified cars under 1400cc was a hotly fought battle with Martin Devine and dad John alongside coming home class winners and seventh overall following a blistering time through the final selective and the scrubbing of an earlier late penalty. Frank Lenehan and Olwen Blair took second in class two in their Starlet with Niall and James Driver finishing third in the class, five and a half minutes off the class winners. Class three was dominated by ex-track racing ace Patricia Denning with former border championship winning co-driver Joe Downey calling the instructions in the Toyota Starlet, proving they are a formidable team on enduro events. Glyn Gaffney and Alan Doran in their Celica finished one minute forty seconds behind Denning, yet another ageing Toyota put to good use. The final place in the class went to Coffee Perfections Sean McEnroe and navigator Paul Tierney in the Proton Sabia GTi. Ted and Karen Gaffney an all ALMC club crew once again swept the selectives in the Golf GTi, Karen feeling the pre-event pressure sitting with Ted following his recent event success she need not have worried they toped class four.

Dermot Carnegie and Paul Bodset lead the rear wheel drive brigade in their Ford Escort, sliding their way through the slippy tests they finished forth overall and first in class five over five minutes ahead of Martin Nugent and Mark Doran in their Escort with Philip Armstrong and Frank Hussey in the Volvo 544 over seven minutes further back. Ian Downey driving one of several Starlets from the Downey fleet took the inaugural Gary Emmett perpetual Trophy, a tribute to ALMC club member and endurance competitor who passed away late last year. Fifty crews took to the start of the event and with only five crews not making the full distance forty five muck splattered, sump dented, happy crews made it across the finish line late on Saturday night. Congratulations and well done to COC Noel Devlin and his hard working team and all who marshalled on the day.

Results O/A 1st Brian Murphy/William Kelly Toyota Starlet, 2nd Enda McLoughlin/Declan Tynan +1.01 Toyota Starlet 3rd Karl O'Donoghue/Evan Hughes +1.06 Rover 200.

Class 1 - Eddie Peterson/Richard Pain Toyota Starlet, 2nd Damien Doran/Anthony O'Neil Toyota Starlet +0.31, 3rd Simon & Deirdre McKinley Fiat Cinquecento +1.33

(Provisional) Brian Murphy and ALMC member William Kelly have won the ALMC Spring Endurance Trial 2013 in their Toyota Starlet, the crew dominated the event taking the overall lead on the opening selective and maintaining their advantage to the finish. Enda McLoughlin with Declan Tynan on the selective notes also in a Starlet finished second overall just over one minute behind with Karl O'Donoghue and Evan Hughes third a further five seconds back in their Rover 200 preventing the Starlets from a clean sweep. Daniel Byrne and Kevin Fagan who featured in the top four for most of the event saw their dreams of an overall win disappear on the final Luttrellstown test when their Starlet cried enough dropping them to twenty fifth overall. More news, full results and class winners will be posted shortly along with photographs from the days selective's.

With thirteen selectives completed and just three test remaining in the dark, Brian Murphy and William Kelly still lead the field in the spring Endurance Trial although their lead has been cut by 2 seconds, Enda McLoughlin closed the gap slightly, Enda and navigator Declan Tynan are keeping it clean and hoping for a mistake by the leaders. Eddie Peterson holds third and remains just 2 seconds off 2nd place. Daniel Byrne in 4th has made up good time and closed the gap to first to just 30 seconds and only 6 seconds off 3rd spot. It is all still to play form with just three selectives remaining any of the top four could realisrically win the event, the first crews are due back in Luttrellstown at 8.30pm approximately.

1 Brian Murphy/William Kelly Toyota Starlet

After 8 selectives of the 2013 ALMC Endurance Trial Brian Murphy and Wlliam Kelly lead the field by 26 seconds, number 2 seeds of Robert Barrable with Alastair Fisher alongside slid wide on the opening test in Luttrellstown droping close to two minutes and pushing themselves down the field. Enda McLoughlin is keeping it clean on the tests and lies second overall with Eddie Peterson just 2 seconds behind in third. With a further six selectives still to go including Slane Castle, Fairyhouse Race Course and the daunting 15km Luttrellstown test all in the dark it is all to play for and the slightest mistake from the leaders could cost them the event.

With less than two weeks to go to the ALMC Endurance Trial the first event of the 2013 Endurance calendar Noel and the ALMC team have been working hard to put together a difficult and challenging event for competitors to tackle. The trial will see competitors visit ten different selective venues as they tackle a total of 60km of competitive distance, the event will start from the Luttrellstown Golf resort on the out skirts of Dublin to the west of the city taking crews through counties Dublin, Louth and Meath before returning to the finish at the Luttrellstown estate.

Noel Devlin & Deirdre Gallagher on the Fairyhouse Race Course Selective

A number of the selective venues will be familiar to competitors as they have been used for previous events although clerk of the course Noel Devlin assures us that the tests will be very different and have been designed to maximise the distance of the selectives.  The event will open with a run through the Luttrellstown estate a now familiar opening salvo of the ALMC spring Endurance Trial, on making it through the opener crews will move to Fairyhouse Racecourse just up the road where a route that resembles a spiders web awaits competitors and maybe even a TV appearance as the RTE TV camera's follow Greg Starr from Operation Transformation around the racecourse. Following the jumps at Fairyhouse is a new venue for this year Raystown Business Park in Ashbourne again a short distance away with the addition of a bus or two to create some excitement. Turvey at Junction 4 on the old road north is the scheduled coffee stop followed by a test amongst the plant and machinery supplied as unforgiving pylons provided by the MacHale's famous for their combined six Irish Tarmac rally championship titles.

Into the early afternoon and the event gets into full swing and following a road section north west the event moves to Walterstown Farm (near Kentstown) and a reverse run of the very popular test from last year and then a short dash over the road to Harristown Landfill and a chance for competitors to recycle any bits that may have come off their endurance cars. Slane Castle is next up and with Bon Jovi and Eminem due here later this year the wonderful grounds of the world famous concert venue will be alive with the sound of trial cars by mid afternoon as the crews do battle around the castle for the first of two runs through and a chance to perfect the selective notes before darkness falls. Townley Hall joins the list of new for 2013 venues, it is home to the “School of Philosophy” but the crews will need a lot more than "Philo" to negotiate the driveway; logging roads and mud tracks on the two and a half kilometre selective. With the afternoon drawing to a close and the dusk turning to darkness Whiteriver Kart Track will be the final test in whatever is left of daylight and the crews will have a chance to display their track skills all be it in something a lot bigger than a kart.

The first of the night selective's will be a return to Townley Hall which will most definitely look a lot different in the dark and then the afternoons tests will follow in quick succession Slane Castle, Harristown Landfill and Fairyhouse Racecourse to name but a few. Then the "piste de résistance" translated as "Endurance crews worst nightmare in the Dark" 15km of selective around the grounds of the Luttreslltown estate with several laps and cars starting at minute intervals it will surely be a spectacular light show and perfect end to an excellent day and true endurance event. A welcome rest will greet crews at the golf resort beside the final test and for those not driving home and who mastered it all it will be "porter, pie and prizes" to end the day. Entries remain open for the event although places are limited; regulations and event details are available on this site or by contacting Deirdre Gallagher event secretary on 086 336 6186 or by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The UK Iconic based MG METRO 6R4 of Mark Jasper and ALMC club member Don Whyatt will soon be heard in the Irish lanes on full chat, as the crew are planning to do the 2013 Irish Dunlop National Championship, Don who is now based in Dublin with Ecocem Ireland - a low environmentally friendly carbon cement company (free plug) said the crew are really looking forward to throwing the metro down the Irish lanes, hopefully not as they threw it down the Jersey lanes last year as this resulted in a rather large accident resulting in the car having  a full bare shell rebuild. For the tech’s out there the rebuild included, the Proflex suspension, a new Paddle flat shift sequential gearbox fitted and the engine upgraded and freshly rebuilt. Since the rebuild the crew have completed 2 UK single venue events finishing 2nd on the Lynn Stages and 1st on the Woodbridge stages, so far so good!!

Mark Jasper & Don Whyatt's Metro 6R4 in its New Livery

The crew have entered the Birr Stages rally, round 1 of the Irish Dunlop National Championship and the associated ferries, flights and hotel have been booked, the 6R4 will also compete on selected rounds of the UK MSA national championship which includes the Dublin based ALMC Stages rally in July and as many rounds of the Irish Dunlop Championship as the funds allow. Don mentioned that any potential Irish sponsors will be more than welcome to join the team which by its nature is always a crowd pleaser and generates huge interest and media coverage. The team is currently supported by Ian Chamberlain Motorsport and Dunlop Tyres, all at ALMC wish them the very best for the forth coming season and we look forward to tracking their progress through the year.

What is a Rally Seat when it comes to Endurance Trials ?.

Rally Seats:  "Appendix 35  27.6" 

Rally type seats may be considered as one piece including headrest and slots for the harness both back & sides. 

i.e. Seats that do not recline & do not have slip on headrests.

If your car has rollover protection fitted, you are required to have Rally Seats ( that meet the above requirement ) fitted.

Two ALMC crews took to the West Cork lanes at the weekend to take part in the Cork Motor Club 1000 Shakes Navigation Trial, the event provided an interesting evenings entertainment for them all with the weather playing its part, with heavy rain early on followed by frosty conditions for the second half of the night. Richie O'Mahony with father Richard alongside in their Subaru Impreza had an excellent run on the event finishing in 15th place overall and an impressive 2nd in the beginner class. Endurance trialer come Autotester Noel Devlin made a return to his home County for the event and teamed up with stages codriver specialist William Kelly, the crew bringing home their Subaru Impreza in 22nd overall and just missing out on 3rd place in the novice class with an odd sick stop here and there thrown in for good measure. Well done to them all on making it back in one piece and we look forward to catching up with them on their next night nav outing.

2013  Club Membership

The 2013 Club Membership forms are now available for download and payment can be made by using your online banking facility. The Club bank details are:

BANK TRANSFER DETAILS

You can make a bank transfer to our AIB account, ( Reference =  MEMBERS FULL NAME) but you must submit the membership form ( and proof of bank transfer ) to be included as a valid membership payment / renewal

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Swift Code:  AIBKIE2D       IBAN:  IE 94 AIBK 9311 8730 6850 52

The AGM takes place on January 9th at 8pm followed by a Club Meeting where you can renew your membership and get your 2013 MI Competition Licence application stamped.

Melvyn Evans in a Subaru Impreza S12B has extended his lead in the City North Hotel ALMC Stages rally after six stages; Melvyn who has led the rally from the first stage is 1 minute and 9 seconds ahead of James Belton in an Evans Motorsport run Impreza S11 WRC. Leader of the UK Championship Damian Cole remains third a further 1 minute 15 seconds and is focused on maintain his championship lead and bringing the car home. Damian seems set to be awarded maximum championship points as the championship coordinator Andrew Hail has issued both Evans and Belton with an instruction that their cars are in breach of championship regulations, relating to the cars mud flaps. It seems certain that this story will run long after the event is over but will not in any way affect the results of the ALMC Stages Rally.

Fourth place in the rally is held by Stephen Simpson also in an Impreza S12, Stephen is enjoying a better run on this year’s rally having not finished last time out, he is followed in fifth place by Chris Armstrong and codriver Tommy Clinton in their Ford Escort who are also the top crew in class 13. David Armstrong has consolidated his sixth place overall and held his lead in class 14. ALMC’s own Stephen Cullen with Seamus O’Grady leads the group N class and seventh place overall, during the second loop Stephen was briefly passed by Lloyd Hutchinson in the Mini when a heavy rain shower slowed Stephen’s Impreza on the Niall Russell Engineering sponsored SS5. Stephen retook seventh place through stage 6 with Lloyd eight overall just 5 seconds behind and keeping the pressure on. Ninth place overall is held by the fast charging Chris Snow, who only entered the rally yesterday morning and arrived at sign on shortly before teatime when his co driver Sean Brunton finished work, an incredible performance from the lads considering they had two runs through only the first stage. Another ALMC driver rounds out the top ten Graeme Colfer with co driver Dave Woodcock in the Citroen C2R2.

Some of the other retirements on the rally include Simon Chapman and Tony Graham who retired their Austin Metro with a centre differential problem at the end of the opening loop of three stages. Adam Clews with Peter Williams alongside on the notes only managed about one metre of the first stage when their Ford Puma broke a shaft on the start line. Joe Connolly and John J Connolly in the Red Mills backed Ford Escort pulled out of the rally due to an electrical problem; they managed to rectify the problem at service and are running as a 00. PA Bellew and ALMC’s Andres Reid in their Ford Escort crashed out on stage two both the crew were OK but the car will need some work. Third place driver following the first loop of stages Thomas Fitzmaurice withdrew from the rally at service as his co driver Fionn Foley has taken ill with a stomach bug. Desi Henry has also retired his Citroen DS3 from the event although we have not yet been able to determine why

Following a well attended AGM on Wednesday 18th January, the following were elected:

Chairman:         John Carroll

Vice Chairman:  Raymond Scullion

Secretary:         Lyndsay Doran

Treasurer:         Noel Devlin

PRO:                 Alan Binley

New Directors:

John Devine ;   Ivan O'Connor ;  Richie Tallon

Other Directors:

John Carroll ; Conor Crowley ; Noel Devlin ; Joe Downey ; Raymond Scullion

Social Co-ordinator:

Louise Conaghy

New Year Celebrations

Check out the Photo Gallery for some Club Members in action on Lyndsay Doran's Punchestown New Year Celebration event !