Best crew best man

from KILLARNEY ADVERTISER WK30 2023

Best wishes Dara and all the kery team

Rob Duggan gave his friend Mikie Galvin the best possible pre-wedding gift by taking a start to finish victory finish on Sunday’s Imokilly Rally in East Cork.

Galvin is best known for co-driving for Keith Cronin on British Rally Championship events.

Both competitors went to school together, started rallying together and have previously won events as a team. However the last time they worked together was the 2019 Rally of the Lakes. They decided to team-up one more time ahead of Mikie’s big day next week when he marries Ellen O'Shea.

“We don’t get to do this too often,” said Aghadoe man Galvin and the end of the event.

“Rob is my best man in two weeks’ time, so this is brilliant, such a good day.”

Conor Murphy and Sean Collins were third in a similar Ford Escort to Duggan’s making it two Aghadoe crews in the top three.

Milltown’s Amy Burke and her Kilkenny co-driver Emel McNamara won class 11R in their Ford Fiesta Mark 1.

KDMC’s Mark O'Leary made the switch to co-driving and guided Arron Browne to a class 11F win an impressive 10th overall ahead of a lot more powerful machinery in their Honda Civic.