Ballymacoda will be a hive of activity on Sunday next June the 12th when the Imokilly Motor Club will kick off their 2011 Motorsport calendar with a grass surface Autocross. The venue for the event will be in a field next to the village. As the event will be round 4 of the National Autocross Championship and round 2 of the Munster Championship a real quality entry is envisaged across all the classes with both the specials and the saloon cars fighting it out for supremacy over the course of the day.

Entries are coming in at a steady pace and all the championship regulars should be there as well as locals like Mark and John Dolphin in their specials the lads will be trying hard to win the local event, in the rally car section Emmet Cronin in his Escort will be one to watch as will Owen Murphy the winner of the first two rounds of the National Forestry Championship, he takes out the Twin Cam and he should be one of the hard chargers.

The format for the day’s action is as follows: Scrutiny at 10 am followed by the practice lap at 11.30 and the first of the days timed runs set to commence at 12.30.Entries for the event have been coming in at a steady rate and let’s hope that by Sunday we will have a capacity entry and entertain all those who will come along to enjoy the action and be treated to some wonderful driving skills. Remember Motorsport events like these take a lot of planning and preparation so that is why we are always looking for some new members to come along and join the club. You can catch up with all that is happening with us by logging on to our website www.imokillymotorclub.com. Or follow us on Facebook.

Until then hope to see you all in Ballymacoda next Sunday and (Lets kick up some Dirt). Event is sign posted from Castlemartyr

The 3rd Annual Classic Ford 4 Cystis Fibrosis (CF 4 CF) run starting point this year was a Farrell’s,  Summerfield Bar,Youghal ( 29th August 2010) Photo: Michael Hussey www.youghalonline.com Email: news@youghalonline.com

The route took the fundraisers to Dungarvan where they turn off along the coast road to take in a lunch stop in Tramore. After lunch the run headed back in the direction of Dungarvan and on towards Cappaquin, Lismore and then Fermoy to finish. The weather was great and there was fantastic support for this charity event. Build 4 Life was founded by friends and family of Cystic Fibrosis patients in Cork and Kerry.

The aim of Build 4 Life is to:-

* Raise Awareness of Cystic Fibrosis in the region
* Raise over €1 million to develop Ireland’s first dedicated Cystic Fibrosis treatment unit within Cork University Hospital.

We are appealing to organisations, schools, businesses and individuals to organise a fund raising event or make a donation to raise vital funds for Cystic Fibrosis.