The 2011 Darren Swanton Memorial Great Stuff Caterers Cork City Rally Sprint will take place at the Kinsale Road civic amenity site on Sunday, 22 May.
The rally is named in honour of Darren Swanton — a former Cork Motor Club (CMC) member and motorsport fan from Grange, who died of cancer in 2009, aged 30.
The inaugural rally last year, which was won by Brian O’Keeffe, raised just over €28,000 for local charities. Organisers are hoping to top that amount this year. The main beneficiary will be Marymount Hospice, which cared for Darren in the final stages of his illness.
Marymount is due to open its new hospice at Curraheen later this year.
Brian Allen, whose company Great Stuff Caterers is sponsoring the event, said he was delighted to support the cause again. The event is being organised and promoted by Cork Motor Club in association with Cork City Council and the Bishopstown Lions Club.
The pictures below are of the landfill site, the c.180 acres, which are now nearly fully capped by a minimum of five feet in top soil, with nearly E.30 million spent on creating a public park, the grass on which will be planted next month!
