Locals fair best in Border Night Navigation championship

The Squealing Pig Border Navigation Trial Championship awards night took place last Friday night in the Squealing Pig Monaghan. The awards covered the previous two seasons as no awards followed the 2019/20 season due to the pandemic. Due to being a local championship, with rounds in Monaghan, Cavan and Midlands there was a heavy presence of Monaghan winners over both seasons. In the 2019/20 season, the Novice class finished as follows, 1^st Francis McElvaney/Danny McKenna, 2^nd Damien Hagan/Ryan Farrell, 3^rd Kieran McCarra/Aaron McElroy, 4^th Aidan Keenan/Sean Marron, 5^th Aaron McIntyre/Ben McIntyre and 6^th Emmet Sherry/Patrick Corcoran. The Semi-Expert class finished, 1^st James McCabe/Shane Farrell, 2^nd Jack Mckenna/Ryan Treanor and 3^rd Michael Carbin/Conor Mohan. The Expert class finished, 1^st Aidan Sherry/Oisín Sherlock, 2^nd Derek Mackarel/Conor Boylan and 3^rd James Fitzgerald/Ken Carmody. Overall winners were Pakie Duffy/Evin Hughes with Michael Tynan/Ciaran Tynan in 2^nd OA and Martin Tynan/Fintan Clerkin finishing 3^rd OA.

In the 2021/22 season, the Novice class finished, 1^st Eoghan Corr/Shane Maguire, 2^nd Aidan Keenan/Sean Marron, 3^rd Kieran McCarra/Aaron McElroy. 4^th Sean McConnell/Anthony McDonald, 5^th Pat Shields/Eoin Treacy and 6^th Shane Maguire/Ryan Farrell. The Semi-Expert winners were, 1^st Shane Dalton/Christopher McMahon, 2^nd Michael Carbin/ Conor Mohan and 3^rd Robert Graham/Patrick Corcoran. The Expert class finished, 1^st Darragh Kelly/Oisín Sherlock, 2^nd James Fitzgerald/Fintan Clerkin and 3^rd Colin Duffy/Ken Carmody. Overall winners were Michael Tynan/Ciaran Tynan, with Martin Tynan/Conor Boylan in 2^nd OA and Derek Mackarel/Ryan Treanor in 3^rd OA.