Cork's Butler and O'Donovan impress in Carbery Navigation Trial victory

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The Mallow/Drinagh crew of Derek Butler/Denis O’Donovan (Subaru). Pic: Martin Walsh.

On a demanding and often times intricate route, the Cork pairing of Mallow’s Derek Butler and Drinagh’s Denis O’Donovan (Subaru Impreza) took a strong victory in the Carbery Navigation Trial, rounds of the National and Munster Navigation series that was based in Ahiohill in west Cork. 

They finished the 85-mile route with a total of eleven penalties leading home the Subaru Impreza’s of Monaghan crews Darragh Kelly/Oisin Sherlock and Shane Dalton/Ryan Treanor, who finished with respective penalties of thirty-eight and forty-two.