The Craig Breen Foundation team are pleased to announce the receipt of a donation of £4,853 from Jordan McCann of JMC Custom Paintwork based in Loughall, Co. Armagh, being the proceeds of two raffles run by Jordan in January 2024.
Jordan very kindly approached the foundation in January and offered the proceeds of a raffle to mark the occasion of his 500th painted helmet. Tickets for the raffle sold out in under 1 hour, leading to a second raffle being organised within days.
We would like to thank Jordan for his time, effort and exceptional generosity in organising the raffles, putting up the prizes and donating the proceeds to the foundation. The donation comes with perfect timing, just ahead of Round 1 of the J1000 Forestry series the Killarney Forestry rally this weekend. We plan to run a similar raffle at the beginning of each year where the winner will get their helmet custom painted by Jordan, including a special Craig Breen Foundation logo.
JMC are your one stop shop for helmet sales, helmet paintwork and helmet design should it be graphically or sketched. Contact Jordan at +44 7764 848481 or Jordanmcc77@gmail.com
The Craig Breen foundation aims to continue and build on the good work started by Craig in developing the path into top level rallying for young Irish competitors, while honouring his memory.
With the support of Hyundai Motorsport, Sports & You, Hyundai Portugal, Hyundai Spain, Motorsport Ireland and the FIA, the foundation has committed to support for the J1000 Forestry Series for a minimum 5 year period from 2024 onwards.
The foundation aims to continue and build on the good work started by Craig in developing the path into top level rallying for young Irish competitors, while honouring his memory. With the support of Hyundai Motorsport, Sports & You, Hyundai Portugal, Hyundai Spain, Motorsport Ireland and the FIA, the foundation has committed to support for the J1000 Forestry Series for a minimum 5 year period from 2024 onwards.
The foundation will initially see a total prize fund valued at over €35,000 made available for the 2024 J1000 Forestry Series. This includes:
1. Prizes to the value of €1,000 per round for each round of the Championship
2. €16,000 in support toward 2025 rally events for the top 3 placed drivers in the Championship (€5,000 to the winner and €3,000 each to the second and third placed drivers)
3. A funded drive on a round of the 2024 or 2025 Spanish/Portuguese Hyundai i20 Cup with the Sports & You team for the Championship winner (age dependant)
4. 1 day rally tuition at John Haughland Rally School shared between first and second place drivers in the Championship. You can read all about 2023 winner Tommy Moffett’s trip here.
5. 1 days pacenote tuition from Paul Nagle for the top 3 placed drivers in the Championship
The funded drive in the 2024/2025 season with the Sports&You team, owned by Craig’s friend Zé Pedro Fontes, the same team that Craig contested the Portuguese Rally Championship with in 2023. This prize comes with the support of Hyundai Portugal and Hyundai Spain.
If you would like to get involved in supporting the Foundation, please contact either Andrew Fanning or Andy Hayes, with their details available through the Forest Championship team.
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