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Triona Kelly Wins Rallyconnection Scholarship 2007
23rd December 2007.
When Triona Kelly from Gort, Co. Galway signed up for the Rallyconnection Scholarship in 2007, little did she know what lay in store for her.
When she arrived at the rally school in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford for her first assessment round she seemed at ease with the rally environment. Triona drove very well and was full of confidence and began to put in some very quick times. Her natural ability won her a passage to the second round where she improved once more, showing that she had what it would take to be one of the six finalists, who were Amy Kirwan, from Carlow, Martina Kenny, from Co.Meath, Elizabeth Williams from Co.Laois, Laura Greene from Co. Donegal, and Tonya Fortune from Co.Wexford.
The final was held on Sunday 23rd December and was judged by none other than the 2007 Billy Coleman Award winner Keith Cronin and one of the most decorated Co-drivers in the country Mickey-Joe Morrissey. Each finalist was put through their paces driving a Mk2 Escort on a very demanding gravel course.
The quality of all of these finalists was so that nobody in the large crowd of spectators could separate them at the finish. After the last contestant finished, a long agonising wait followed while the Judges deliberated their decision, but eventually the announcement was made that Triona Kelly was to be the newly crowned scholarship winner, which meant that she would pilot a Mk2 escort in the Tipperary Forestry Rally in February 2008.