Garry Jennings storms to victory in rain-sodden Galway

In challenging and wet conditions Fermanagh’s Garry Jennings (Subaru WRC) took a convincing victory on the Corrib Oil Galway International Rally, the opening round of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship.

Co-driven by Donegal’s Rory Kennedy, it was a first Galway win for Jennings. At the end of the 15 stages they were three minutes and 25.4 seconds ahead of the Citroen DS3 R5 of Ballylickey’s Keith Cronin and his Killarney co-driver Mikie Galvin, who are the leaders of the series now confined to R5/S2000 type cars.

The Ulster duo of Alastair Fisher/Gordon Noble (Ford Fiesta R5) were 16.5 seconds further behind in third. The Dunmanway/Donegal pairing of David Guest/Paddy Robinson (Mitsubishi) won the Group N category.