Pamela Ballantine (UTV) and Phillip McCallen (Road Racing Legend) pictured at the Lisburn Road Safety Evening at Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn last Thursday (18th September) with L to R: Alderman Edwin Poots MLA (Deputy Mayor), Councillor Andrew Ewing (Lisburn Road Safety Vice Chairman), Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson and Councillor Trevor Lunn MLA (Lisburn Road Safety Chairman).

Lisburn Road Safety Committee held a Road Safety Evening at Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn last Thursday (18th September), featuring motorcycling road racing legend Phillip McCallen and local rising star of the rallying world Phillip Morrow. The evening was compered by UTV celebrity presenter Pamela Ballantine and also featured Jim Crozier (Senior Instructor - Super Drive Rally School, Portadown) and representatives from the PSNI, Fire and Rescue Service and Ambulance Service. During an entertaining and informative evening, Councillor Andrew Ewing, Vice Chairman of the Lisburn Road Safety Committee, welcomed the two Phillips and thanked them for coming along and promoting the road safety message that people cannot get away with emulating road racing and rallying on open public roads. In an interview with Pamela Ballantine, both stars talked about their careers and how they got into their chosen motor sports.

19/09/2008