The 2008 Jim Walsh Cork Forestry Rally is expected to run a long one day format on Saturday 16th August.

The rally will include 2 runs at a 23km stage

More details to follow :rolleyes:

nice but why on saturday???

so we can have a big session on sat night :dance:

think its a great idea to have it a saturday, i can see more of an overseas entry this way as they have all day sunday to recover and go home :) ,
cant wait though roll on the cork forestry :woohoo: ,
are you all set aidan??

Press Release #1
BEGINS


NEW COMPETITOR FRIENDLY FORMAT FOR CORK FOREST RALLY.

The 2008 Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally is to run under a new format in 2008 which is aimed at making the event more practical and certainly more fun for all involved.
The major change is that instead of the 2 day format which has been run over the last few years the event will now consist of one LONG days rallying on the Saturday with prizegiving leading on to a nights entertainment of music and dance,and all day Sunday to make the journey home thus making the whole weekend an enjoyable and social occasion,(once the serious business of Rallying on the Saturday is complete of course).
Tadhg O Conaill Heating & Plumbing of Ballyvourney,Co,Cork are once again the Title sponsors of the rally.

The rally route will consist of approx 100 kms of competitive stages(including two runs over a 21.7 km stage) on the traditional North Cork forest stages that have made the Cork Forest Rally one of the most popular in these Islands,there will be approx 230 road kms. First car will leave Parc Ferme at 08.30 on Saturday 16th of August and return to the final control at 19.00,with prizegiving and entertainment starting at 10.00pm so that everyone will have time to get on the dancing shoes. Drivers briefing will be held at 10.00pm on Friday night,immediately after documentation,to allow for the early start on Saturday morning.
Speaking on the format change C.O.C. Darren Mc Carthy said “We are constantly looking for ways to make our events more competitor friendly and we feel the one long day format running on the Saturday is the way to go. If the rally were in the two day format scrutiny and documentation would be on the Friday anyway so there’s nothing different there.The big difference is the fact that once the days rallying is over everybody will have time to enjoy the prizegiving and entertainment that’s being laid on without having to worry about getting back up the road and into work on Monday morning,so all in all it should lead to a much more relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere for the weekend.It also reduces the entry fee without losing too much stage mileage,and in these financially challenging times that can only be a good thing.”

The Rally hosts round 7 of the Hankook Tyres National Forest Rally Championship,The Rory Galligan Irish 205 Challenge,the National Junior Rally Championship and the Cork Motor Club Members Championship.

Rally Headquarters will be the Commons Inn Hotel,New Mallow Road,Cork.

Regulations will be available shortly to download on www.corkmotorclub.com.

For further details contact darren@corkmotorclub.com phone +353(0)87 2738387

good luck man for all yours crew. :toot: :up:

Aidan go!!! :toot:

no where near it lad.. car is stripped for bit of a rebuild. gearbox, clutch, suspensions and bit of body work.. So have a busy few weeks ahead..

it'll be like having a new car so :)

i am doing it and cant wait .going to be a busy august what with killarney auto cross on the 3rd the stone throwers a week later , then cork forestry andthen the other killarney autocross . and i am competing in them herself will kill me !! ha ha

good luck Michael.
I would like have calendar of my starst like your one :guru:

:haha: , what you doing them in mike? driving or navi?? you'll be flat out for a bit so

driving a civic in the auto crosses navi for mark butler in a eg6 doch civic (serious car) in the stone throwers and navi for connor bradley in the cork forestry in another very quick class 1 civic :crash:

nice :skid: :up:

Download Regs >> HERE <<

Saturday the 16th of August sees the running of Round 6 of the Hankook Tyres National Forest Rally Championship,The Tadhg O Conaill Heating&Plumbing Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally.

The rally runs in a new competitor friendly format this year in that, instead of the two days run in the past, the rally will now consist of one long days rallying on some of the nicest and best known forest stages in the country and will boast 100 stage kms with 230 road kms.

The day starts with first car off the ramp at 8.30 am and out into the first loop which entails two runs over Bweeng and Mt Hilary before heading on for the Ballyhoura complex and the first run over the massive Streamhill stage which runs for 22kms.

Next stage is Coolfree which at 7.7kms will give the crews time to settle back down before service and then a repeat of Streamhill and Coolfree.
The final stage of the day will be Peters Hill and first car is due back at the finish at 7.00pm, in all 9 excellent stages with service in Mallow after each two.The beauty of the new format is that everyone will have all day Sunday to head back home.

The Championship is wide open with two rounds to go with 20 points for the win and just 7 points separating the top three and another 20 points making up the gap to the top five.
Championship Leader is John Reid(Corolla WRC) who is expected to defend his lead here with entries already in from second placed Ray Breen(Focus WRC) and third placed Denis Cronin(Impreza WRC).

Also confirmed on the entry list is Dominic McNeil(Corolla WRC) James Murphy(Escort WRC) Frank Kelly(Escort Mk2) Brian Lawlor(Escort Mk2) with Adrian Hetherington,Seamus O Connell and others also taking part.

The rally is also a counting round of the Motorsport Ireland National Junior Rally Champioship which is also very close at the top.
JP Ruth leads the forestry junior class on 23 points with Bernard Mulvihill and Amy Moynihan in joint second on 14.

In the Rory Galligan Irish 205 challenge Ultan McGowan holds the lead on 63 points with Andy Slattery 2nd on 49 points and DJ Browne third on 47 points.

So,with the overall positions being so close in all three championships and the class battles far from sorted out this event is sure to be a cracker,regulations are still available on www.corkmotorclub.com so get yours in now(if you haven't already)and make sure you don't miss out on what one competitor once called "Donegal on Gravel"

anyone know where abouts the stages are????

Not a clue but by Saturday evening I should know them fairly well.
Anyone got any tips for forestry rallying?
First time out in the car with the DogBox and first time in the hills.
Anyone got any tips how to survive? :crash:

The day starts with first car off the ramp at 8.30 am and out into the first loop which entails two runs over Bweeng and Mt Hilary before heading on for the Ballyhoura complex and the first run over the massive Streamhill stage which runs for 22kms.

Next stage is Coolfree which at 7.7kms will give the crews time to settle back down before service and then a repeat of Streamhill and Coolfree.
The final stage of the day will be Peters Hill and first car is due back at the finish at 7.00pm, in all 9 excellent stages with service in Mallow after each two.

Stages mount Hilary and bweeng going close road R579 near Banteer.
Stage Streamhill is in Ballyhoura mountains near N20 from Cork.

Thats all I know :D

See ya there :banannahi:

keep the right foot to the floor and keep the left hand on the handbrake and go balls out from the word go :skid: :skid: :guru: :hathi:

Shite..... or....... BURST !!!! :blink:
WOO HOO !!!! :hathi:

the only way to go :lol: :lol:

try to get a buyer............ :toot:

Now your thinking !!!!!!
I've spent the last 2 nights plating and protecting the bottom of the car.
Jeasus I cannot wait...... I've a horn like the top link of a 35 for this weekend. :P

make sure to give us a wave when ya pass, dont worry you wont miss us :lol:

128 Connie Tarrant/Timmy O Callaghan (Felicia) [1]
127 Alan Bardon/Edwin Dunne (Escort MK 2) [9]
126 Conor Bradley/Michael Kelleher (Civic) [1]
125 Colin Fitzgerald/Mark Horgan (Escort) [9]
124 Ben Donnelly/Pat Smyth (Astra) [1]
123 Ciaran O Connor/Kevin Joyce (Civic) [9]
122 Shane Devane/Aidan Buckley (Sunny) [9]
121 Alan O Riordan/Donal Coleman (Puma) [1]
120 Shane Timony/Niall Timony (Ka) [1]
119 Paul Archer/Pat O Mahoney (Nova) [1]
118 Aidan Mulchay/Des Flynn (Civic) [9]
117 Andrew Lehane/Tomas Murphy (Civic) [9]
116 Anthony Cullinane/Tom Murphy (Starlet) [9]
115 Kevin O Connor Jnr/Ger Clancey (RWD 205) [9]
114 Ian Stanley/Alan Whyte (Civic) [9]
113 Seamus Cooke/Gerard Hyland (Escort ) [1]
112 Sarah Moynihan/Amy Moynihan (206) [9]
111 Andrew Fanning/Derek Gibbs (Ka) [1]
110 John Byrnes/Kenneth Sheil (Civic) [9]
109 Jack Newman/David Coyle (Civic) [9]
108 Bernard Mulvihill/Enda Gerety (Civic) [9]
107 Michael McKennedy/Andrew Mahon (Corolla) [9]
106 Jason Ryan/Tadgh O Sullivan (Civic) [9]
105 Patrick Cunningham/Martin Cunningham (Civic) [9]
104 Conor Kelly/Denis Ryan (Corsa) [9]
103 Damien McCarthy/Eamon Hayes (Civic) [9]
102 Peter Wilson/John Killmurray (Civic) [9]
101 Vincent McAree/JP McAree (106) [9]

M003 Danny McEvoy/ (Escort Mk 3) []
M002 Martin Sheehan/ (Escort Mk 1) []
M001 Joe Shinnors Snr/Tadhg Cashman (Escort Mk 2) []

1 Ray Breen/Martin Brady (Focus WRC) [7]
2 John Reid/Enda Shields (Corolla) [7]
3 Denis Cronin/Helen Sullivan (WRC) [7]
4 Donmic McNeill/Francis Kenny (Corolla WRC) [7]
5 James Murphy/James O Brien (Escort WRC) [7]
6 Colin Britton/Arthur Kierans (Evo 9) [8]
7 Peter McCullagh/Alan Dolan (Evo 9) [8]
8 Owen Murphy/Rodney Hicks (Evo 8) [8]
9 Frank Kelly/Liam Brennan (Escort MK 2) [5]
10 Seamus O Connell/Brian Duggan (Escort MK 2) [5]
11 Pat O Connell/Mark Wiley (Evo 8 ) [8]
12 Brian Lawlor/Peter Kavanagh (Escort MK 2) [5]
14 Brendan Murphy/Pat Condon (Evo 6) [6]
15 James Coleman/Michael Haley (Escort MK 2) [5]
16 Jason Roche/Ray Greene (Escort) [5]
17 Connie Smith/Breen McNamee (Sierra Cosworth) [6]
18 John Hickey/Brian O Keeffe (Legacy) [6]
19 Jeremy Drislane/Tony McHugh (Evo 6) [6]
20 Mark Murphy/Carol O Keeffe (Impreza) [6]
21 Connie Delaney/Joseph O' Brien (Impreza) [8]
22 Patrick Keenan/Barry McNulty (Evo 9) [8]
23 Sean Heaney/Liam McLaughlin (Evo 9) [8]
24 John Reddington/Stephen Quinn (Evo 8) [8]
25 Ollie Willilams/Michael Walsh (Escort) [5]
26 Moss Fitzgerald/Alistar Wylie (Corolla GT) [3]
27 Paul Fitzgerald/Alan Naughton (Escort) [3]
28 Ian Miller/Davie McClean (Escort MK 2) [3]
29 Conor Kelly/TBA (Sunny) [3]
30 Gerard Lucey/James Lucey (Celica) [6]
31 Anthony O Halloran/Derek Flynn (Evo ) [6]
32 JJ Carroll/Denis Guiney (Astra) [5]
33 Jimmy Devane/Mike Buckley (Sunny) [5]
34 David Dunne/Mike Feeney (Escort) [5]
35 Michael O Sullivan/Brian O Connor (Escort) [4]
36 Clement Lonergan/Martin Luddy (Civic) [3]
37 Jimmy Deane/Barry Meade (Escort) [3]
38 Padraig Neville/Amy Ryan (Subaru N12b) [8]
39 Paul Elliot/Brian Doherty (Subaru N12b) [8]
40 Raymond Benskin Jnr/TBA (Escort) [4]
41 Sean W Benskin/Bobby Nugent (Escort) [4]
42 Ray Benskin/Peadar Walsh (Escort MK 2) [4]
43 Daragh Raftery/Dean Raftery (Civic) [3]
44 Ed O Callaghan/Thrisha Clancy (106) [3]
45 John O Connor Jnr/Carrie Moroney (Escort MK 2) [4]
46 Ger Connors/Owen O Neill (Astra) [5]
47 Michael Nevin/Des Moran (Escort MK 2) [2]
48 Alan Dineen/Tony Dineen (Nova) [3]
49 Tom Foley/Danny Creedon (Impreza) [6]
50 Declan Cuddy/Nigel Moody (Impreza) [6]
51 Ultan McGowan/Niall Burns (205 GTI) [3]
52 DJ Browne/Turloc O Reilly (205 Gti) [2]
53 Barry Mahon/Mark Feely (205 GTI) [2]
54 Andrew Slattery/Shaun Forde (205 GTI) [2]
55 Kenneth English/David English (205 GTI) [2]
56 Aidan Cooney/Paddy McDonagh (205 GTI) [2]
57 John Fleming/Donal Mullins (Escort MK 2) [3]
58 Mark Dolphin/Brian Hurley (Escort MK 2) [3]
56 Michael Murphy/Pat Cashman (Corolla ) [3]
59 Liam Lynch/Kieran Madden (Escort) [3]
57 Martin Cullinane/Derek Butler (Escort) [2]
61 John Walsh/Michael Walsh (Escort G3) [4]
62 Michael Sheedy/William Bullman (Escort G3) [2]
63 Paul Casey/Kevin Buckley (205 GTI) [2]
64 Colm Forde/Jonathan Trill (206) [3]
65 Jonathan Cassidy/David Keegan (Sunny) [3]
66 Richard Scallan/Steven Scallan (206) [3]
67 Sean Sheedy/Richard Lucey (Corolla) [3]
68 Kevin Fowler/Darren Walsh (Nova) [2]
69 Brendan McAree/TBA (206) [3]
70 Kieran Flynn/Bernard McSweeney (206) [3]
71 Trevor O Callaghan/Brian O Mahoney (Civic) [2]

ray breen is still leading after stage 4,results are on cork motor club website.

www.corkmotorclub.com

x1r going well on stages 1 and 3.
Aidan aswell :toot: :skid:
Was verry good day for ralling.
Photos will be avible soon in my gallery :up:

Wave......!!!
Oh jeasus that was mental.....
I have never experienced anything like that before.
The rear caliper fell off on the left side at the start of stage 2 so we had a drive through.
We got a puncture on stage 3 and nearly wrote off a X5 on the road section from 3 to 4.
We broke a tree in half on stage 7 and just broke a wing mirror ???
Absolutly mental.
Had a blast but fu*k is that hard on a car.
We were flat last after stage 2 by over 30 seconds.
We finished 55th overall. I was happy enough with that.
We were that highest placed sunny :hathi: .

:skid: :up: :car: :toot:

in the future I wish be happy like you.Take part of rallying.
Good luck in next event :toot:

well done lad, saw ya on ss2 alright knew there was something wrong

I had brought cable ties with me just in case and I got the bright idea that they'd hold the caliper !!!!! :stressed: .
Not such a bright idea......
Anyone got any photos?

crikey and i thought I had a bad day.. You make mine sound ok..

fantastic rally.Stages were great some of the best ive seen all year just a pity we had so much trouble all day.. Started off down on power and not able to tick over, then vtec started to getting intermittent then just wouldnt vtec for last stages.. Broke the gear lever on stage 7 tapped it back on for 8. then the linkages gave up at start of last stage so had to do that stuck in 3rd.

We laughed our arses off all the way back to the hotel screaming away in 3rd gear. we got some funny looks.
We were delighted to see the finish.
Hopefully can get it all sorted for Birr..

i should have a few pics,
it was just when ye were cruising through ss2 though :o

it was the best bit of craic we have had in along time never stopped laughing and messing all day even when we did come to avery very sudden stop !! :crash:

What ever you have, stick it up.
Thanks lads.
My navigator has said never again will he sit in the woods.
I guess you cannot blame him, every "incident" was on his side. :D

will get them up during the week