FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On behalf of Andrew Beamish, we must apologise for the misinformation. The author of the offending piece has been sacked (a nice coal sack, I think) So, here is Andrews correspondence, published in full.
rite lets get it rite we lost the exhaust sump graud an put a hole in the sump so we lost quite a bit oil. half the back bumper is gone. right hand rear door will no longer open due to a misunderstanding of how big the car actually is. the brakes syarted to fail half way through the nite but we finished... i dont no how but we did i think dats about it so if u no ne boby lukin 4 a nite nav car 250squids will take her away
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As you can see from the above, the Red Mist gang are back from the 100 Isles and the gang out competing finished! Big T had The Councillor navigating, and Camper had "The Works Navi" out for more punishment. BunBun, Pippi, Steak, Suggs, Dell and Cobh were out marshalling, and probationary member (Jesus, I must process his membership - Webmaster) Ger Fahy and Anthony O Conaill (Keith Cronin's Navigator) were out giving a hand as well.
Big T had the Mondeo (sump guarded and with R & R Tyres best special tyres) and Camper had the heap (AX). Both cars finished and both crews survived, which is the miracle. Big T & The Councillor finished 26th, while Camper & The Works Navi finished 31st overall.
The night was spent driving the holes out of the cars (not quite, as we had to use the cars to get to work Monday morning), trying "not" to crash into Steak, getting a bolloxing from Ger for indicating coming out of lanes (it's fairly obvious which way for the rest of the crews), arriving home at 7 in the morning, getting sick, getting lost, getting wet but we had a great time.
Petrol was at Cronin's, Ballylicky, where Big T, the crafty bugger, didn't get petrol. He's car was diesel, and it burnt a cup ful on the first half of the event. The AX, however, burnt half a tank of petrol! Keith Cronin was there, feeding the masses with sandwiches and tea, which went down a treat (except for camper, who was feeling green)
Other news is that Andrew Beamish's Mondeo is "officially f*cked" (no sump, no brakes, no bumper, no hope), Johnny Kenneally had a "discussion" with a ditch (and lost) and Michael Murphy & Pat Cashman "lost" a wheel and needed a tow home.
Oh, "The Works Navi" has left the country. He's gone to Abi Dubai working over there for a while! And the onion still isn't ready!
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