Fisher's pain is Devine's gain at the Rally of the Lakes

Callum Devine and Noel O'Sullivan took victory in the Rally of the Lakes in Killarney on Sunday. Photo by Philip Fitzpatrick/Sportsfile

An enthralling battle for supremacy in the Rally of the Lakes went down to the wire where the unrelenting challenge of Derry’s Callum Devine (VW Polo GTi R5) and his Killarney co-driver Noel O’Sullivan paid dividends after long time leaders Fermanagh’s Alastair Fisher (VW Polo GTi R5) and co-driver Gordon Noble had a brief excursion and stopped on the final stage. 

Leaders of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship Josh Moffett (Hyundai i20 R5) and Andy Hayes came through to take second - a minute and 9.8 seconds adrift with Belfast’s Jonny Greer and co-driver Niall Burns (Citroen C3) 9.4 seconds further behind in third.