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Donagh Kelly gets Championship bid off to winning start in Mayo

written by Chris McNulty March 8, 2020
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DONAGH Kelly won the Mayo Stages Rally today, getting his Triton Showers National Rally Championship bid off to a perfect start.

The Frosses man, with Conor Foley again on the notes, had 30.8 seconds to spare in the end up.

The nine stages had a titanic battle between Kelly, Josh Moffett and Roy White.

Moffett had trouble with the fuel pressure in the Hyundai on stage eight and didn’t take to the start line of stage nine.

Moffett’s withdrawal left Kelly, in a VW Polo GTi R5, with a comfortable advantage for the final stage.

“It was a good race,” Kelly said afterwards.

“It was good to swap times with Josh and Roy. We showed that we can still put in a performance. I really do take it rally-by-rally.”

Next on the list for Kelly will be the West Cork Rally.

Donegal duo Daniel Connaghan and Terence McGee, while Donegal’s Liam McIntyre navigated for Niall Devine, who finished eighth.

Donagh Kelly gets Championship bid off to winning start in Mayo was last modified: March 8th, 2020 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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