Stages Rally - 2nd July 2017
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Endurance Trial - 18th Feb 2017
Amie Gaffney the third generation of Gaffneys to catch the rally bug and was out last weekend Navigating on the A29 Targa Rally driven by her Dad Glyn. This was Amie’s second crack at it after travelling up last year to compete in her first rally aged 12 and a few weeks (as navigators in the north can start at 12) .
Last year went well and the crew made it round in 47th O/A and 5th in class.
This year same as last year she would be competing against the Grandad (Ted Gaffney) with William Kelly (Sitting in For Karen Gaffney) on the notes.
The day started clear enough but soon the wet weather set in and after the first 3 selectives with no penalties on very slippy circumstances and with many other crews having difficulties the pair felt things were going ok.
The second loop went well again and with Amie’s crystal clear calls and enthusiasm the pair shaved off another few seconds from the previous loop and were up to 20th O/A . The only faults of the day remained with Glyn dropping 17 seconds on one test and then again on the next run on the same test failing to stop astride a line but thankfully the selective was later scrubbed due to a timing fault.
At the end of the day and after another professionally run rally by Cookstown Motor Club the pair finished in 25th Overall and 1st in the Novice Front Wheel Drive Class, and if that wasn’t enough the Dublin crew of Mark Walsh and Linda Dempsey only went and came 17th O/A and 1st in the Novice Rear Wheel Drive class.
Other Local crews to travel up were
Eamonn Byrne and Joanna Lenihan 8thOverall and 3rd in Class
Piers MacFheorais and David McAuley 12thO/A and 6th in Class
Dermot Carnegie and Mark Fitzsimon 14thO/A and 7th in Class
James Mansfield and Tim Canniffe 24th O/A and 2nd in Class
Ted Gaffney and William Kelly 37thO/A and 4th in Class
Matthew Walsh and Helen Caulfield 34thO/A and 9th in Class
Peter Faulkner and Anne Smyth 41stO/A and 8th in Class.
Declan Furlong and Derek Beglan 46thO/A and 7th in Class.
Well done to everyone and to the Overall Winners Eric Patterson and Raymond Donaldson who didn’t put a foot wrong, winning the event by 10 Seconds from Trevor Ferguson and David McElroy.
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