Killarney

<h3>Diarmuid Lynch and Eleanor Looney had the honour of being the first all-Killarney and District Motor Club crew to finish Sunday&rsquo;s Castleisland-based Forestry Rally.</h3>
They won the James O&rsquo;Rourke Memorial Trophy, presented by the O&rsquo;Rourke family from Brosna in memory of James who died in a road traffic accident while returning from a forestry rally in Cork about 20 years ago.
 This was only Eleanor&rsquo;s third rally as a co-driver.
 The rally was run to raise funds for the Irish Community Air Ambulance and was jointly sponsored by Wharton Tool Hire and Castleisland Tyre Centre.
 A huge team of KDMC members worked tirelessly over the last two months to get the rally off the ground.
 &ldquo;A huge thank you to everyone involved. The feedback I got from competitors was unbelievable. They all had a mighty day,&rdquo; said Clerk of the Course Adrian Cronin.
 &ldquo;The team that rowed in behind me was the key to the day&#8217;s success. Each and every one of them deserve every bit of credit that KDMC has received.&rdquo;
 Other locals to do well in the event included Rathmore schoolteacher Declan Casey and his driver Hugh McQuaid who won the overall Two-Wheel driver rally.
 Mike O&rsquo;Donoghue and Padraig Dineen were third in Class 4 in their Mitsubishi Lancer E8.
 London-based Shane Buckley guided Tipperary driver Casey Jay Coleman to second in Class 2 in what was their first time working together.
 Event sponsor Cyril Wharton and co-driver Donal Falvey had to rely on SuperRally rules to get to the finish after the turbo failed in their Subaru Impreza on their road section to the opening stage.

Forestry rally a huge success for KDMC

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