Hugo Loonam Motors Citroën Midlands East Rally Championship 2025/26

The Wexford Men are go!

Photographs by Lorcan Barron

We are now at the half way mark in the 2025/26 Hugo Loonam Motors Citroën Midlands East Rally Championship – 5 Rounds completed (Midland, Laois, Wexford & Birr) and 4 to go in Tipperary, Wexford (2 Days – 2 Rounds) and GSMC.

As it is a class based championship, a number of competitors are in contention for the Overall Awards. In the drivers section Tomas O'Rourke leads on 73 points, John Hayes is on 68 points and John O'Rourke (younger brother and 2024 Champion) is on 65 points. All the drivers are Wexford based. The Wexford drivers must remain consistent with their scoring to see who will win the Ian O'Flynn Memorial Cup.

In the Co-Drivers section Derek Lynch tops the table on 69 points, Andy Hayes is on 68 points, Tomas Scallan is on 49 points followed by Brian Rowan on 48.5 points. Again it will be a challenging battle to see who wins the Joe Lane Memorial Cup. Watch this space.

Class Leaders include Christopher Rose/Fran Kinsella, Jack Byrne/Darragh Mullen, Tommy Furlong/Patrick O'Sullivan, David & John Cullen, Eddie Doherty/Tom Murphy, Lloyd Hutchinson/Willie Fitzpatrick, Paul Cullen/Shane Hagan, Martin McPhillips/James Finnegan, Sean Cahill/Ciara Griffin, Justin Smyth/Ciaran McGorman, Bobby Hennessy/Tadhg Delaney, James Stafford/Richard Cleary, Kieran Murphy/Ann Hutchinson, Noel & Sean Og Doyne, Colum Browne/Dylan Harrington, Louise Bourke/Edwin Walsh and Diarmuid O'Toole/Barry Murphy.

As ever, any registered competitor who assists in a counting round can also score points – this has been in place since the inception of the championship in 2005.

For further information please contact our Registrar Eoin Longworth (086) 817 9297 or Championship PRO Dawn Popham (085) 714 6735.

2026 Remaining Rounds

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