Ryan Treanor and his County Longford driver, Shane Dalton extended their National Navigation Championship lead with a 4th place finish on last weekend’s 100 Isles Navigation Trial. The event was hosted by the Skibbereen and District Car Club. Clerk of the Course for this latest championship round was Colm Feen, who is also a County Monaghan Motor Club member. The event was an extremely tight affair as the top three overall finished the 85-mile event on identical penalties (marks). Each of, Denis O’Donovan/Bones O’Connor, Patrick Corcoran/Patsy McDonagh, Patrick O’Sullivan/Owen Murphy finished having acquired a total of 5 marks. O’Donovan/O’Connor took the tiebreak victory for getting the furthest into the event before picking up a mark. Treanor/Dalton finished just a single mark in arrears and took 3rd in the Expert class. Fellow Monaghan Motor Club members Evin Hughes/Pakie Duffy finished right behind them in 5th place, having picked up 8 marks. 1000 Shakes Navigation Trial COC’s, Greg Shinnors/Andrew Mackarel finished 8th overall on 24m. Gretchen and Martin Swinburne, just home from the Caribbean on Wednesday, finished just behind them in 9th overall. Ray and Stephen O’Neill finished 11th overall.
The National Navigation Championship resumes with Cavan Motor Club’s Navigation on Saturday night the 22nd of February. Anthony McDonald and Sean McConnell have organised a tough 85-mile event based out of MacSeains Pub and Golf in Cornafean. Regulations and Entry are available now.
