THE Donegal pairing of Charlie McMonagle/Aidan Friel (Mazda 323) won a closely fought Midland Navigation Trial, a counting round of the Executive Logistics National Navigation Trial Championship and the regional championships.

IDENTIFYING each other as their principal rival, Dermot Kelly and John McCarthy have justified the decision of the organisers to seed them in the top two positions for Sunday’s Mitchelstown-based Sean Conlon Memorial Tipperary Forest Rally — the second round of the KBB Doors National Forest Rally Championship.

AUSTIN McHALE has been forced to withdraw from this weekend’s Swedish Rally, the second round of the World Rally Championship.