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Team Alfa Romeo Ireland score debut win
2003-07-02 - By Philip Byrne
Team Alfa Romeo Ireland enjoyed a successful debut on Sunday (29th June) when 19-year-old Niki Meredith from Dublin took Olympic victory in the third round of the Dutch Alfa 147 GTA Challenge at Zandvoort in Holland. Adding further to the celebrations, Mark Kershaw from Saggart finished fourth for the team.
 Racing at the 4.3Km former Dutch Grand Prix circuit as part of their preparations for the new European Alfa 147 GTA Challenge, the event was the all Irish team's first proper outing having previously only given its brand new N-technology built 147s a systems check at Mondello Park.
Replacing the Dutch Touring Car Championship, the Alfa 147 GTA Challenge is Holland's premiere racing class attracting a strong line-up of professional drivers.
Registered for the Olympic class (non-professional drivers), Niki and Mark quickly settled into the ultra competitive environment improving their lap times with each outing over the weekend culminating in Niki taking the top spot on the podium.
An all Irish staffed team, Team Alfa Romeo Ireland is supported by Alfa Romeo Ireland and Irish waste equipment specialists Manvik. Engineered by AMF Motorsport, the team will compete for the next two seasons in the European Alfa 147 GTA Challenge and their participation already has series organisers talking about an Irish round in 2004.
 Run over three rounds, the 2003 European Alfa 147 GTA Challenge kicks off at Spa in Belgium on July 25/26. From there it moves to Zandvoort in Holland on August 9/10 for the Marlboro Masters. Supporting the European Touring Car Championship finale, the Challenge ends at Monza in Italy on October 18/19.
Attracting entries from all the major teams in both the Dutch and the Italian championships up to 50 cars will line-up on the grid for each event.
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