Motor sport: Reigning Hewison Trophy champion Eddie Peterson (Mini Special), 10-time Hewison winner Eamonn Byrne (Mini), Simon Echlin (Westfield) and James Pringle (Corsa) represent the Republic of Ireland in today's Ken Wharton Memorial International Team Autotest at Arrow Mill, Warwickshire, writes Brian Foley.

Although Christopher Evans has won the British Rallycross Championship, he competes in Sunday's final round at Croft along with Dermot Carnegie and John McCluskey.

Noel Dunne and Kris Loane spearhead the Irish challenge in the weekend's Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch.