Liam Wall turned in a superb final stage time on last Sunday’s damp and slippy Tipperary Rally to take victory by 13 seconds from Seamus Murphy. Enda O’Brien was 3^rd and young Andrew Purcell did well to take 4^th.

Frank O’Mahony and co-driver Hugh McPhillips, who spearheaded the organisation of the recent successful Cork ‘20’, are to compete on the 27^th October Fastnet Skibbereen Rally in Kenny McKinstry’s RHD Impreza WRC.

This Saturday’s Enniskillen Clubman’s Forest Stages Rally is the final round of the NI Beginners Championship, which Trevor Elliott leads. There are three stages tackled three times. Last year’s winner Raymond McManus heads the entry list, with Garry Jennings at 2 in a warm up for the Tempest and Omagh’s Paul Barrett at 3. Rally HQ is the Lough Erne Hotel, Kesh, and the service area in Irvinestown.

Following the Cork ‘20’ Nigel Hicklin is just about odds-on favourite to take the 023 Tiles Southern 4 Championship, with just one round, the Fastnet, remaining. Tim O’Donovan heads the points, Hicklin is 2^nd and Ollie O’Donovan 3^rd so it should be a tight finish taking into account dropped scores.

Paul Harris is top seed for this weekend’s Donegal Harvest, with National Champion Niall Maguire at 2 and local man Daniel Doherty at 3, all in Subaru’s. The Donegal MC has laid on six very demanding tarmac stages, in the Innishowen Peninsula, with HQ in Buncrana’s Innishowen Gateway Hotel.

Colm Murphy tops the Ford Ireland Focus Championship points after the Cork’20’, with Oliver Stanley 2^nd, Hamilton Bell 3^rd and John Foley 4^th. Despite still being out of action with injuries received in Clare, Gerry Keyes still leads the KA series, with David Lyons the only driver who can now take the title. The West 2002 in Galway is the final round.

Niall Driver leads the KBB Doors Forestry Championship points table going into this weekend’s final round in Killarney. Eugene Donnelly is just 3 points behind, but when dropped scores are taken into account the title is wide open, with Kevin O’Kane, John Donnelly, Paul Staunton and James Murphy all in with a shout.

The Killarney Forestry Rally, backed by BioClear, is based in Castleisland’s River Island Hotel. There are 6 stages planned, with service at Abbeyfeale, and all the top Championship contenders are on the entry list.

Brian Patterson.