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Entry Form and Regulations for the 2017 GSMC Baltinglass Mini-Stages Rally are available now from the Entry Forms section on this website. The event will be held on the weekend of the 22nd of October, 2017.

See http://www.mercrallychampionship.com for more information on the championship details

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G.S.M.C.Weekend Sporting Trial 22nd & 23rd April 2017











GSMC Baltinglass Mini Stages Rally 2016 seeded entry list


Seed No Driver
1 Jonathan Pringle
2 Enda O'Brien
3 David Condell
4 Jack Newman
5 David Moffett
6 Mike Quinn
7 Alister Fingleton
8 Marty Toner
9 Seamus O'Connell
10 Sam Smyth
11 Shane Cullen
12 Peter Wilson
14 Maurice Moffett
15 Martin Doherty
16 Seamus Doyle 
17 Jason Roche
18 Ryan Loughrin
19 Richard Harney
19 Gary Reidy
20 James Bradley
21 Gary McNamee
22 Ian Barrett
23 Liam Bowhan
24 Graham Kelly
25 Leo Doyle
26 James Cassidy
27 Johno Doogan
28 Niall Braniff
29 Martin Lordan
30 Vincent McAnee
31 Joe Kiernan
32 Barry Morris
33 Darren O'Brien 
34 Russel Dagg
35 Colin O'Rourke
36 Kevin Cole
37 Gerry Kelly
38 Mark Nongle
39 John Badge
40 Pa Bellew
41 Shane Buckley
42 Jason O'Brien
43 John McCabe
44 Enda Geraty
45 John McCabe
46 Noel O'Brien 
47 Sean Doyle
48 Corey Eves
49 Donal Crossan
50 Shane Hade
51 Philip McDonald 
52 Mark Hayden
53 David Hughes
54 Seamus Heaney
55 Declan Byrne
56 Colum Browne
57 Andy Nash
58 Ed Colton
59 James McCann
60 David Forde
61 John Carroll
62 Francis Kelly
63 Ciaran Cloke
64 Stephon O'Connor
65 Brian Walker
66 David Keane
67 James Sunderland
68 Patrick Delaney
69 John Pettit
70 Evan Downey
71 Tom Holton
72 Brian Brady
73 Adam Faulkner
74 Sean Dunphy
75 Brendan Furlong
76 Richie Dalton
77 Don Keatins
78 Dominic loughran
79 Brian Cooney
80 John Forde
81 Thomas Walsh
82 Mark Allen
83 Colette Rooney
84 Steven Brennan
85 Andy Purser
86 Joe Moffitt
87 John Haues
88 Ned Kelly
89 Wayne O'Reilly
90 Padraig Gorman
91 Robert Leech
92 Martin Dunbar
93 Paul Driver
94 John Barry
95 Dermot Hassett
96 Eoin Kenny 
97 Paul Moore
98 Joesph McDonald
99 Brendan Keenan
100 Damien Driver
101 Laura Mulrooney
102 Darragh Mullen
103 Niamh Driver






MOFFETT HEADS STRONG GARDA RALLY FIELD
 
The Garda Siochana Motor Club’s Germaines of Baltinglass Mini Stages Rally, which takes place this Sunday, October 19th 2014, has attracted a quality field of over one hundred crews, which will be lead away by the No. 1 seeds and winners of last year’s event, Richard Moffett and Martin Connolly.  They will use the same two-litre Toyota Starlet which carried them to a hard-fought victory twelve months ago.  The second seed will be another former Baltinglass winner, James Stafford, who will be guided by Frank Dwyer in their potent Darrian T90 GTR. 
 
Next over the Start Line will be the Kerry crew of Mike Quinn and Tony Healy in a 2.5 Ford Escort, runners-up on the 2013 event.  Having lost out on victory by just three seconds on that occasion, their return to Baltinglass is bound to have added significance for them.
 
Also among the top ten seeds are Limerick driver, Ed O’Callaghan (Ford Escort), Carlow brothers George and David Condell (Toyota Starlet and Ford Escort 2.5 respectively), Monaghan’s Jim McKenna (Escort) and rapid Virginia youngster, Chris Armstrong (Escort).
 
If the weather turns wet on Sunday, the four wheel drive Mitsubishis of Stephen McCann, the 2014 Irish Tarmac Championship Group N runner up, and former National Rally Champion, Aaron McHale (of the famous Rathcoole rallying dynasty), may well come to the fore.
 
The Germaines of Baltinglass Mini Stages Rally 2014 will be the sixth and final round of the LoughranSigns.com Midlands East Rally Championship, which will be fought out between Rodney White (Talbot Sunbeam), James Cassidy (Ford Escort) and Pat Shorthall (Ford Escort).
 
The first stage of the rally will get under way just after 11am on Sunday morning.  The route will consist of three loops of the Brewel Hill and Killelan tests in east Kildare.  Service, after stages 1, 3 and 5, will be based in Crookstown village.   The winning crew is due at the Finish in Baltinglass at 5.30pm.
 
Germaines of Baltinglass GSMC Mini Stages Rally 2014
Top Ten Seeds
No. Driver/Navigator (Address) Car
1    Richard Moffett/Martin Connolly (Monaghan) Toyota Starlet
2    James Stafford/Frank Dwyer (Wellingtonbridge) Darian T90 GTR
3    Mike Quinn/Tony Healy (Listowel) Ford Escort RS
4    Ed O'Callaghan/Ger Clancy (Limerick) Ford Escort RS
5    George Condell/Paul Twomey (Carlow) Toyota Starlet
6    Stephen McCann/Breanard McNamee (Ballyjamesduff) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
7    David Condell/Eugene McGrath (Carlow) Ford Escort RS
8    Jim McKenna/Thomas Tutty (Monaghan) Ford Escort RS
9    Chris Armstrong/James Fulton (Virginia) Ford Escort RS
10  Aaron McHale/Paul McGee (Rathcoole) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9



MOFFETT TO DEFEND GARDA RALLY CROWN
 
Twelve months on from his debut victory in the Germaines of Baltinglass Mini Stages Rally, Monaghan driver, Richard Moffett, will be among the contenders for honours in the 2014 edition of the popular Garda Siochana Motor Club event, which takes place on Sunday, October 19th.  He will be joined among the entrants by another former victor, James Stafford, whose Baltinglass success came ten years ago, while local man, Dan Barry, twice a winner in the past, has also expressed an intention to take part.  Also joining the fray will be Terence ‘Ted’ O’Shaughnessy, twice a runner up on the GSMC Mini Stages, who returns to competition following a sabbatical.
 
For Moffett, the Baltinglass Rally comes at a time he has plenty of ‘match practice’, having taken two-wheel drive honours, and sixth overall, on the National Championship counting Clare Rally last month.  His co-driver for the GSMC event will be Martin Connolly, who guided him to success in 2013, and they will once again campaign the two litre Toyota Starlet which took them to victory last year.
 
The pace of Stafford, in his Darrian T90 GTR, is without question, as demonstrated by the Wellington Bridge driver’s win on the two-day Wexford Rally last year, and his second place results on the Birr and Tipperary Stonethrowers rallies this year.  Baltinglass has brought him mixed results however - his win in 2004 was followed by a final stage accident, while holding the lead, in 2005.  His co-driver this time out will be Frank Dwyer.
 
Enniskerry’s Dan Barry, winner in Baltinglass in 2009 and 2011, has informed the organisers of his desire to return to the event, but has yet to formally lodge an entry.  The Mitsubishi Lancer driver can be relied upon to be in the hunt for overall honours, if he makes the start.
 
The GSMC event sees the return to action of Terence ‘Ted’ O’Shaughnessy from Carlow, who has twice finished second in Baltinglass.  His more recent results came at the wheel of a 2.5 litre Toyota Corolla Twin Cam, but on this occasion, he will pilot a 1.6 version, which will likely confine his attentions to class honours.  Nevertheless, his efforts will be spectacular, and much appreciated by the spectators.
 
The Germaines of Baltinglass Mini Stages Rally 2014 will be the sixth and final round of the LoughranSigns.com Midlands East Rally Championship, which is currently being led by Rodney White (Class 13 Talbot Sunbeam) on 71 points, followed by James Cassidy (Class 12 Ford Escort) on 69 points, and Pat Shorthall (Class 10 Ford Escort) on 60 points.
 
While Germaine’s Hotel in Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow will as always provide the venue for the rally headquarters, the competitive action will for the first time take place over the border in Co. Kildare, where two stages have been set out by the event’s new Clerk of the Course, Derek Brannigan, himself a vastly experienced co-driver.  These tests will run three times, the rally route adopting the now familiar 2 X 3 Mini Stages format.  There will be 96 stage kilometres and approximately 80 road kilometres.
 
Entries remain available for the Garda Siochana Motor Club Rally, and Regulations and Entry Forms may be downloaded from the GSMC website, gardamotorclub.com .



Baltinglass Mini Stages rally 2014

The stages have been chosen for the event, now it's time to start sending in your entries! Entry forms and regulations for the event are now available HERE


The event will take place on Sunday the 19th of October 2014, with prize-giving that evening.

The Entry Fee for the event is €365 (€399 after 19th of September 2014)









GARDA SIOCHANA MOTOR CLUB

WEEKEND SPORTING TRIAL 12TH& 13TH APRIL 2014

Regulations now available below.

Please note: Entries must be submitted by Tuesday 8th April 2014 to the following address:

G.S.M.C. Ltd,

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Click here to download entry form & regulations weekend Sporting trial 2014




Three Rock Sporting Results 2014

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Weekend Booking form also provided for the Seven Oaks Hotel and Leisure Centre

(Hotel bookings MUST be made before the 20th of March 2014)

NOTE: When offered the option to OPEN or SAVE, you should first choose SAVE, and later OPEN the file from the Downloads folder of your computer.


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Seven Oaks Hotel Booking Form

Click to download Regs for the GSMC Kehoe Cup Sporting Trial, 18 Jan 2014

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To View Results of the Hand Trophy Sporting Trial from November 2013 and other recent events, go to our Results page


 
 
MOFFETT GRABS VICTORY IN BALTINGLASS  RALLY, 13 Oct 2013
 
It is said that a good start is half the battle, and  for Monaghan driver, Richard Moffett, and navigator, Martin Connolly, it was  certainly true when they were fastest by ten seconds on the opening stage of the  Garda Siochana Motor Club’s 2013 Germaines of Baltinglass Mini Stages Rally, an  event they went on to win in their rear wheel drive Toyota Starlet.  When  the times were totted at the end of the last stage, the clocks said that Moffett  and Connolly had taken a three second victory.  Remarkably, having held the  initial advantage, they then lost the lead after the second stage, and only  regained it on that final stage.  In what was even more remarkable, the  event had seen four changes of leader over its six stages, and four drivers in  all had their turns at the top of the timesheets.
 
 
Germaines of Baltinglass  GSMC Mini Stages Rally 2013
Results
1: Richard Moffett/Martin Connolly (Clontibret, Co. Monaghan)  Toyota Starlet, 56 mins, 41 secs
2: Mike Quinn/Tony Healy (Listowel, Co. Kerry), Ford Escort  RS, 56:44
3: Shay Power/Paul Collins (Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary),  Ford Escort RS, 57:00
4: Pat Donegan/Alan Keenan (Kells, Co. Meath)  Ford  Escort RS, 57:03
5: George Condell/Paul Twomey (Carlow) Ford Escort RS,  57:12
6: Graham Scallan/Tom Scallan (Wexford) Subaru Impreza N14,  58:05
 

Previous Years Rally Results:
Germaines of Baltinglass GSMC Mini Stages Rally 14 Oct 2012
 
Results
1 Frank Kelly/Martin Brady, Ford Escort RS, 59mins, 50secs.
2 Eugene Meegan/Brian Sharkey, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10, 1:00:43
3 Daniel Barry/Gordon Noble, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10, 1:01:10
4 Alan Ring/Adrian Deasy, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9, 1:01:17
5 Stephen McCann/Lisa O'Dowd, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7, 1:01:35
6 Lloyd Hutchinson/Willie Fitzpatrick, Austin Mini, 1:01:46
7 Liam Bowhan/Damien Connolly, Toyota Starlet, 1:04:42
8 Wayne Evans/John Smithwick, Ford Escort RS, 1:06:34
9 JT Warnock/Andy Hayes, Ford Escort RS, 1:06:46
10 Conor Moore/Stephen Quinn, Honda Civic, 1:06:47

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