25th May 2013: GSMC Endurance Trial

The GSMC (Garda Siochana Motor Club) will be holding an endurance event ion the 25th of May starting from Germaines of Baltinglass

The event will have five classes as follows:
Class 1: Cars built to Endurance Specification (for details, see Appendix 35,Art 27 MI Yearbook 2013).
Class 2: Navigation Trial cars up to 1400 c.c.
Class 3: Navigation Trial cars from 1401 to 2000 c.c.
Class 4: Front Wheel Drive Retro type cars. (Retro cars as defined in Appendix 33)
Class 5: Rear Wheel Drive Retro type cars. (Retro cars as defined in Appendix 33)
The Overall winner will be decided from Class 1 only

More details to follow...

Entry Form & Regulations

Entry Form & Regulations (pdf)

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Not sure how I'd do as a navigator, but if anyone wants to find out for this event, let me know! Confused

Thanks for the various offers - mostly about navigating! I'm now spoken for! Very Happy

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Hope to make this my 1st endurance event. Now to get starlet ready............

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Long live the 12valve!

Posted on behalf of Derek Brannigan CoC GSMC

The Garda Siochana Motor club are delighted to be hosting our first Endurance Event and we have put together a superb variety of selectives and locations. The selectives which are on a range of surfaces vary in length from 1.2 km to 3km and they will all be repeated so if you make a mess of it on the first loop you can redeem yourself on the second!

The day will start with a challenging run through a quarry near Ballytore, followed by an exciting spin through a delightful farm with some wonderful tracks and surprises.

Crews will then tackle the brickyard ,our first of a number of visits here, so be on your toes and pick your way through here, we then head for another entertaining Co Wicklow farm yard to ensure a real taste of the country air.

These tests are repeated with a lunch-tea stop around 2.30 at Germaines in Baltinglass .

Next up is a visit to Kilrush Airfield where the surface will be smooth so there should be no heavy landings! Then it's a change of surface as PJ's quarry is next and this will prove to be a good test of man /woman and machine.

Just when you thought it was all over we return to another quarry for further punishment, and then to round it off its back to the brick yard for a final selective.

It will be a welcome sight to arrive back to Germaines in Baltinglass for some much deserved sustinence after surviving another Endurance event.

Entries include crews from many different motorsport disciplines including Rallying / Night Navigation / Rallycross and Endurance Trial Specialists. It will be interesting to see how the tarmac terrorists ie Gareth MacHale, Robert Barrable, Sean O'Toole , Brian Murphy, Martin Devine and Ian Downey cope with the different surfaces. Karl and Graham O'Donoghue are very experienced Endurance Trial competitors and will be well used to all sorts of terrain. Rallycrosser Dermot Carnegie has taken to Endurance trials like a duck to water so expect to see him give the Rallying boys a run for their money. The night navigation crews regularly encounter all sorts of terrain and challenges so Rob Lewis, Eoin Longworth and Noel Devlin will no doubt relish the challenge.

Entries are still coming in so if your are thinking of competing , phone me on 087 7980040 and secure your entry to what will be another great fun day out.

We look forward to seeing you on May 25th

Derek Brannigan
CoC GSMC Endurance Trial

Entry list as of 16.5.2013

We are expecting more in the next days and will be doing the seeding on Tuesday Night.We'll post the seeded entry list online along with final instructions.If anyone would like to deliver their entry in person there will be a GSMC member at both days of the Birr Autotest this weekend.

If anyone has any queries please phone me at on 087 7980040.

Derek Brannigan
CoC GSMC Endurance Trial

Dermot Carnegie,
Graham O Donoghue
Karl O Donoghue
Brian Murphy
Gareth MacHale
Robert Barrable
Ian Downey
Rob Lewis
Sean O Toole
Patricia Denning
Owen Murray
Eoin Longworth
Sean Mac Enroe
Noel Devlin
John Carroll
Adrian Beattie
Martin Devine
Joe Doran
Shaun Forde
David Hicks
Dave Fitzgerald
Phillip Mcllvenna
Damien Phillips

GSMC Endurance Trial Seeded Entry List.

car no Driver Name Nav Name Car Class
1 Eamonn Byrne Richard Meeke Toyota Starlet 3
2 Ed Peterson Richard Pain Toyota Starlet 1
3 Brian Murphy William Kelly Toyota Starlet 1
4 Dermot Carnegie Declan Hendrick Ford Escort MK1 5
5 Enda Mc Loughlin Sam Johnston Toyota Starlet 1
6 Karl O'Donoghue Padraig Farrell Rover 200 1
7 Martin Devine John Devine Toyota Starlet 2
8 Ian Downey John Nolan Toyota Starlet 1
9 Joe Doran Stephan Briggs Toyota Starlet 1
10 Simon Evans TBA Toyota Starlet 1
11 Martin Nugent Mark Doran Ford Escort 5
12 Alan Shinnors George Shinnors Toyota Starlet 2
14 Patricia Denning Joe Downey Toyota Starlet 3
15 Sean Mc Enroe Enda Shiels Proton Satria 3
16 Graham O'Donoghue Delippe Lalloo Rover 200 1
17 Sean O'Toole Declan O'Toole Toyota Starlet 1
18 Robert Lewis Eoghan McCarthy Toyota Starlet 1
19 Damien Phillips Paul Tierney Toyota Starlet 2
20 Owen Murray Vincent Fagan Toyota Starlet 1
21 Paul Nolan Iarla McCarthy Toyota Starlet 1
22 David Fitzgerald Ian Mc Culloch MGB GT 5
23 Noel Devlin Deirdre Gallagher Skoda Felicia 1
24 Richard McCarthney George Hamiliton Mazda mx 5 5
25 George McCarthney TBA Tba ?
26 Brendan Brosnan Mark Fagan Nova ?
27 John Carroll Peter Murphy Rover 1
28 Adrian Beatie John Tallon Honda Civic 1
29 David Hicks Carol Hicks Toyota Starlet 1
30 Eoin Longworth Patrick O'Leary Toyota Starlet 2

G.S.M.C
Endurance Trial
Saturday 25th May 2013
Final Instruction Number 1

On behalf of the Clerk of the course and members of G.S.M.C we would like to welcome you all to this event and hope that you have a safe and enjoyable day out.

Please note the following times:

8:30 –10:30 Documentation and Scrutiny Germaines Baltinglass
( Mechanical Scrutiny takes place in the Fire Station opposite Germaines )
11:00 Drivers Briefing
11:30 First Car away
14:30 approx Tea / Coffee Stop Germaines.
19:00 First car finishes
20:00 Prize giving in Germaines.

Google map for Germaines here

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1. Under no circumstances are competitors allowed to use cameras or on board recording equipment on any of the tests as they are held on private land.

2. An unsecured trailer park is available on the Kiltegan Rd out of Baltinglass 500m from rally HQ at secondary school on left opposite petrol station.

3. Each time a competitor encounters a code board on a selective, he is required to strike out one and only one of the multiple choices listed on the time card for that code board location. If the correct choice is struck out, no penalty will apply. If none of the choices are struck out, or if more than one is struck out,the penalty for failing to correctly record code board information (60 seconds) will be applied.

4. At Kilrush Airfield all grass areas are deemed to be out of bounds as in appendix 35 19.12.
Competitors are not allowed to drive on the grass. Any infringement will be penalised by imposing a penalty of 100 seconds for a first offence and exclusion for a second offence.

5. A measured kilometre has been marked and it is located within the first two kilometres of your road book. The start and finish of this 1 kilometre will be clearly marked.

6. All marshals and officials are judges of fact.

7. Scrutiny is at the fire station and will start at 08.30. The fire station is located opposite HQ. Documentaion is at HQ (Germaines)

8. Please be aware of and familiarize yourself with appendix 35 21.10.

9. The onus is on competitors to ensure that you have entered the correct class.

10. There will be a lunch halt in Germaines of Baltingalss (HQ) after the first loop should you require refreshments..

11. We would ask that all competitors to please respect the land owners.

12. Filling stations are located in Baltinglass for the first loop (there are no filling stations on the route on first loop). You will pass a service station on the second loop.

13. The Penalty for failing to STOP in a Selective STOP BOX has been increased to 60 seconds. All Stop boxes will be manned by a marshal. The marshal will raise their flag to indicate that you may proceed. You must stop with all four wheels inside the box otherwise you will incur a penalty of 60 seconds

14. Car numbers must be placed on the rear side windows and not on the doors.

15. Competition Licences for both driver and navigator must be produced at Sign On. Also all drivers must produce IRDS/BRDS Letters.

Derek Brannigan
Clerk of the Course

This was a great event. Well done and thank you to all the Organisers, Marshalls and Landowners.

Thanks very much to all at GSMC, as well as landowners and helpers for a great, well run event yesterday.

Does anyone know which photographers were coveringthis event?

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Long live the 12valve!

Con Brady has some

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