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\title{\Huge \sf \textbf{Dublin University Rifle Club\\Proposed
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\addsec{Executive Summary}

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\section{Introduction}
\label{section:Introduction}

This document states the requirements for the \ac{DURC} in
the proposed New Sports Center. It is an updated version of
the previously submitted Statement of Requirements, compiled
by Mr. Raymond Reilly on September 29, 1998, and reflects
changes in the \ac{ISSF} rules and regulations made after
the Sydney Olympics in 2000, as well as changes in the
Target Shooting sport in Ireland since the preperation of
the previous Statement.

This document was prepared by the Chief Range Officer
and Match Secretary, Mark Dennehy, and was approved by
the Captain and Committee of the \ac{DURC}. It was based
on meetings of that Committee and discussions with the
Committees of all of the major Shooting clubs in Ireland
as well as several clubs in the UK; on correspondance with
the \ac{BSSC}; and on the research carried out in the
preparation of the previous version of this Statement, a
copy of which is attached to this document.

This document is a fair representation of the conclusions of
the majority of those involved in considering the design of
the new range.

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\subsection{The sport of Target Shooting}
\label{section:TheSportOfTargetShooting}

Target shooting is one of the founding sports of the modern
Olympic games, but its origins as a sport date from well
before their founding in 1896, with competitions being documented
throughout the Middle Ages, dating as far back as the
$11^{th}$ century. Modern target shooting is carried out
using an enormous variety of different rifles and pistols,
with calibers ranging from less than .177 up to .50 and
beyond. As a sport, it is enjoyed by hundreds of millions
of people worldwide, shooting with pistols, rifles and
shotguns.

An International sport, ours is contested at such major
events as the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games (though shooters
from the Republic are not eligible to enter the latter). Five
of the Olympic shooting events and six of the Commonwealth
Games shooting events are catered for by this sport and we
have a World Championship every four years, and several World Cup
events each year, along with Regional events, such as the European
Championships.

We currently use .22 calibre rifles and .177 calibre air rifles,
shooting at paper targets. Shot-holes on the
targets are observed with the use of spotting telescopes.

Our sport also boasts a very impressive safety record
- no sport-related accidents have been reported in any
competitions or training sessions in the history of the
sport in Ireland.

In the Olympics, the shooting sports  continue to draw the
third-greatest number of countries, and the largest number of
competitors -- this is not a recent development, as shooting sports
have had the largest number of competitors as far back as the first
modern Olympics in 1896. There are currently a total
of 17 events - a number which has varied between 13 and 22
events since the founding of the modern Olympics. One of the
greatest surges in participation came in 1984, when separate
women's events were first added to the Olympic program.

While only 17 events are featured in the Olympic Games, 
the \ac{ISSF} recognizes a 59 seperate shooting
events in rifle, pistol, shotgun, and running target. And while
there are great differences between disciplines, all rely
on stamina and concentration to successfully shoot
with such precision. The sport's reliance on such
skills makes shooting a sport in which size, gender and age, unlike
athletics or gymnastics, have little bearing on success.

For example, Oscar Swahn from Sweden was 72 years old in
1920 when he won his last shooting medal, becoming the
oldest medalist in the history of the Games. The youngest
shooter to win a medal was 16 year old Konstantin Lukashik
from Belarus, who won a Gold medal in 1992. It is not
uncommon for Olympic shooters to have been competing in the
games for more than 20 years. However, it is certainly not
a requirement to compete -- Nancy Johnson, who won the 10m
ladies Air Rifle gold medal in Sydney in 2000 for the USA,
had at the time only been competing for two years and was
only 26 years old, while her two of her competitors in the
final were 17 years old.

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\subsection{The structure of governing bodies}

\subsubsection{The International Shooting Sport Federation}

The \ac{ISSF}, under the leadership of its President Dr.
Olegario Vázquez Raña from Mexico, is formally recognized
by the \ac{IOC} as the sole controlling body of the
international amateur shooting sports at worldwide levels
of competition. As such, it supervises sport shooting
competition in the Olympic Games, World Championships, World
Cups and Continental Championships/Games. 

\subsubsection{The National Rifle and Pistol Association of Ireland}

Shooting in Ireland is organised at club level, and is 32 county based.
All rifle shooting in Ireland is governed by the \ac{NRPAI}. The
original \ac{NRPAI} was established in 1966 and was the
governing body of all rifle and pistol shooting in Ireland.
In 1987 it was restructured and became a Federation in
order to give support to the two major types of shooting sports -
the Olympic/\ac{ISSF} disciplines and
the Sporting rifle groups. As a federation of shooting
sports, its membership is open to national associations
catering for shooting sports. 

The current member associations to the \ac{NRPAI} are 
the \ac{NTSA}, the \ac{NASRC}, the \ac{NSAI} and the \ac{IPCRA}.
The \ac{NRPAI} is recognised by the sporting body of the
Department of Education, headed by former athlete John Tracey,
as the official \ac{NGB} for rifle shooting in Ireland. 

\subsubsection{The National Target Shooting Association}

The \ac{NTSA} is the association which governs Olympic style
shooting in Ireland. It is affiliated to the \ac{ISSF}, to
the \ac{ESC} and to the \ac{NRPAI}. It is recognised and
supported by the \ac{ISC} and the \ac{OCI}.

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\subsection{The Dublin University Rifle Club}
\label{section:TheDURC}

\subsubsection{History}

\ac{DURC} is one of the oldest sports clubs in Dublin University,
having existed in the College from before the war. However
the club in its modern format was founded at the start of 1962 by
P.G.L. Coulson, M.C.C. Heaton and C.R. Oakley, with an initial
membership fee of \pounds5. Even though the club at
the time possessed no equipment, interest was so high that the club
ended its first year with fifty members, and in July of that year they
went to Bisley shooting fullbore rifles. For many years, most of the
matches shot were in Bisley or shoulder-to-shoulder with
\ac{QUB} - sadly Queens' rifle club closed in 1972 due to
the
security situation of the time, thus rendering it impossible for the
Club to partake in any offical Intervarsities (an Intervarsity
requiring three University teams). The Clubs first Range was located on
campus in the Lincoln Gate end of College, with three Firing Points, and
was operational by the start of the 1964/5 academic year.
Progress was made quickly with this Range, the Club entering the 
prestigous British Universities Top XX in 1967.

The period following sadly saw difficulties for the club : the security
situation in Northern Ireland resulted in severe restrictions on
firearms being put in place thus removing a large number of the clubs
rifles, \ac{QUB} was closed, and membership in the
club fell to an all-time low. From 1970 to 1975 the Club ebbed : only
from 1976 did the Club begin to grow once again, with fullbore shooting
now taking a back seat to smallbore events. In 1978, College announced
that a new eight-point firing range would be constructed to serve the
Club, which had by now recovered from its serious decline.
Unfortunately, this new range was never built.

By 1981, performance of the Clubs Members in smallbore shooting was
quite high, with Susan FitzSimon finishing fifth in the Universities
Top XX, a magnificant performance. Air Rifle was introduced in 1982,
and our annual grudge match with the Fencing Club was begun in 1983. In
1985, DURC hosted two seperate National Championships, the Air Rifle
and indoor Target Rifle championships. Work began in 1986 to construct
a 6 yard Air Rifle range -- this proved to be less than adaquate and
was later replaced by the present 10 metre range. At this time the Club
had in excess of 250 members, and was at the time one of the largest
sport clubs in College - a claim which it still holds.

In the Club's Silver Jubilee year, more Members were
recruited (to a then-record high of more than 270) and the
Club distinguished itself shooting fullbore in Bisley once
more. Further, at the time, \ac{DURC} Committee Members were
serving on the Committees of \ac{NASRC}, the \ac{NTSA} and
indeed one of our members, Dr. Albert Jordan, was serving as
both the vice-Chairman of the \ac{NTSA} and Chairman of the
\ac{NRPAI}.

In more recent times, the Club has achieved even higher levels of
success. Now facing our $40^{th}$ year, 

\subsubsection{Organisation}
\label{section:DURCOrganisation}

From the \ac{DURC} Constitution, Article 5 :

\begin{quote}
The Club shall consist of
\begin{itemize}
\item a President
\item one or more vice-Presidents
\item a Captain
\item a Secretary
\item a Treasurer
\item up to five Ordinary Members of Committee
\item up to twenty Range Officers and
\item the Ordinary Members
\end{itemize}
\end{quote}

Article 7 :
\begin{quote}
The Committee shall consist of the Captain, the Secretary, the
Treasurer (referred to collectively as ``the Club Officers'') together
with the Ordinary Members of Committee.
\end{quote}

Duties for each Club Officer, the Committee and the Range Officers
are set out in the DURC constitution. Range Officers are supervised by
the Chief Range Officer, who is a member of committee.

Ordinary Members who wish to shoot book a detail (a block of time 
during which they may shoot) on a printed grid made publicly available
at the end of each week on the Club Noticeboard in Front Arch. They may
not book more than one detail a week during Michaelmas Term; and may
book more details per week only when demand allows, at which time the
Committee announces the restriction lifted (usually midway through
Hillary Term). Members may not book more than two consecutive details
at any time. These rules exist due to availability problems with the
current facility, see Section~\ref{section:Availability}.  

Upon arriving at the Range (15 minutes in advance of their booked
detail), they are supervised by the Duty Range Officers. The Duty Range
Officers dispense ammunition, keep the accounts of ammunition
dispensed, assist members in their training, give safety talks and
train new members to shoot in a safe manner, and are in general
responsible for the progress of the shooting on the range on that
night.

Range Officers are Ordinary Members, invited by Committee
to volunteer to be trained as Range Officers. Designated
Trainee Range Officers, they are then trained and observed
over a period of at least one full college term (except in
such cases where the Member has received external training,
for example in Rifle Clubs abroad). Once the Committee
are in agreement that the Trainee Range Officer has shown
sufficent technical knowlege, regard for safety and displays
an appropriate public image on behalf of the Club, he or she
is made a full Range Officer. At that point, he or she can
no longer book a detail during regular hours, but may shoot
outside these hours. For dedicated shooters, this ability
is worth the work involved in being a Range Officer for the
Club.

\subsubsection{Sporting Record and Club Reputation}

\ac{DURC} can lay claim to an exceedingly impressive sporting record,
certainly one of the most impressive in the College today.

\ac{DURC} currently has two of the three Irish National Champions among it's
members - Raymond Reilly holding the 50m Prone Rifle championship, and
Mark Dennehy holding the 25yd Indoor Prone Rifle championship. Ray
Reilly has also represented Ireland internationally at levels of
competition up to and including the World Cup. Mark Dennehy is
currently scheduled to travel to Munich in June 2001 to serve as the
Team Offical for the Irish team in the World Cup, and he also serves as
Public Relations Officer for the \ac{NTSA}. Both are currently active
members of the National Squad. 

Past members of \ac{DURC} have included many great sportsmen and
sportswomen, including\\
\begin{description}
\item[\large Derval Tubridy] Derval was the first Irish shooter to win
a Gold Medal shooting in an International event. Shot for the Irish
team on many occasions.
\item[\large Conor Tighe] Conor holds college Pinks and has represented
Ireland at Bisley. He also holds the highest proficency award, the
Mastershot, from the British Shooting Association.
\item[\large Ian Marnane]
\item[\large Simon Kennedy] Simon holds college Pinks.
\end{description}

In its history, the Club has awarded almost twenty Pinks.

Our reputation at competitions throughout Ireland is
excellent, with standing invitations at clubs from Fermoy, Co.Cork to
Comber, Co.Down. 

\subsubsection{Affiliations}
\ac{DURC} is affiliated to the \ac{NRPAI} through the \ac{NTSA}.
\ac{DURC} is affiliated to the \ac{ISSF} through the \ac{NTSA}.


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\section{Current Facilities}
\label{section:CurrentFacilities}
The most obvious and necessary requirement for any shooting
club is the facility in which the shooting takes place. In
the case of \ac{DURC}, this facility is currently situated on campus,
in Park Lane.

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\label{fig:mapDURC}
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This current facility, while servicable, is the most
restrictive and ill-equipped in the country today, both
in the Republic and in Northern Ireland. Indeed,
we have yet to encounter a more restrictive rifle range
anywhere in Ireland or the United Kingdom. This is
understandable given that the current facility was to
have been a temporary one, never intended to serve as the
location of the Club for more than thirty years. \ac{DURC}
initially occupied the Park Lane facility in late 1970, at
which time the club membership was quite small compared to
today - approximately 100 as opposed to the current total of
nearly 400. Indeed the College has announced as far back as
1978 that it understood the pressure on the Club for space
and that a new larger range was to be built.

For the purpose of more fully understanding the need
for a better facility, the following list of specific
problems is presented; though it should be noted that it
is not considered exhaustive by those who have shot on the
\ac{DURC} range.

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\subsection{Availability}
\label{section:Availability}
At present the Club is limited by space to providing only
one of two possible configurations of the Range :
\begin{enumerate}
\item Two firing points for 25 yard smallbore Prone Rifle.
This configuration also allows for training in the Kneeling
position for the 3-Position Free Rifle and Sporter Rifle
disciplines. The standing position, however, cannot be
correctly trained for due to restrictions in mounting targets
at the correct height. See Figure~\ref{fig:smallboreSetup}.

\item Three firing points for 10 metre Air Rifle. See
Figure~\ref{fig:airRifleSetup}.
\end{enumerate}

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The Club currently has nearly 400 members. This is an average
figure for membership. The Club has been forced to implement 
rules for booking details. Even following these rules, and with Range 
Officers working from 5pm to 10pm each night of the week, 
it would take eight weeks to allow each member of the club 
to shoot for thirty minutes for Air Rifle, over twelve weeks
for Prone Rifle, and more than twenty-five weeks for Sporter.
Obviously, this means that many shooters are turned away each
year for no other reason than a lack of space. This is an
intolerable situation for the Club as it leads to a form of
elitism, where students that are able to reach the booking
form first gain access to the range while those whose studies
prevent that access for more than a few hours on a Friday are
unable to book a detail. For night students especially,
this has been a source of much anguish.

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\subsection{Competition Hosting}
\label{section:CompetitionHosting}
The Club is in the unfortunate position of being
unable to host its Open competitions. These are events 
which \ac{DURC} hosts and which are open to the Irish
shooting community in general. As such, they represent a
major component in \ac{DURC}'s public image, and hence are
also a 
major component in the public image the College projects in
the sport. These competitions attract shooters from 
all over the Republic, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom.
We regularly have the entire National Squad in attendance, 
including Olympians Rhona Barry, Gary Duff and Alan Lewis. 
Scores achieved in these competitions are Registered by the
\ac{NTSA} and used in determining those shooters who may be
selected to represent Ireland in International events such as
the European Championships and the World Cup events held each
year, as well as the Olympic Games. 

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\centering
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\caption{DURC Air Rifle Open being held in the Luce Sports Center}
\label{fig:airRifleOpen1}
\end{figure}

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\caption{DURC Air Rifle Open being held in the Luce Sports Center}
\label{fig:airRifleOpen2}
\end{figure}

In previous years, \ac{DURC} has held its annual Free
Rifle Open in \ac{FSC}. Due to this discipline shooting
over a 50 metre range, this is a situation that the
Club has had to accept. However, the annual Air Rifle
Open was recently moved back to the College campus
(for the 1997 Air Rifle Open) in the Luce Hall sports
center, after a period of having hosted the competition
in other clubs (see Figures~\ref{fig:airRifleOpen1}
and~\ref{fig:airRifleOpen2}). While imperfect, it was felt
that at least the competition was being hosted on the
college campus. However by 2000, conditions had become
unworkable: the target changers which \ac{DURC} had to
use within Luce Hall were several years past their design
life expectancy and were failing on a regular basis.
This resulted in the de-registering of the competition
- the \ac{NTSA} ruled that any scores achieved at the
competition was null and void due to unacceptably poor
conditions. Transporting the target boxes (the large boxes
holding the targets in Figures~\ref{fig:airRifleOpen1}
and~\ref{fig:airRifleOpen2})to the first floor of the center
was always recognised as a hazardous operation -- it was
felt now that it was no longer worth the possibility of
injury to run the competition in the main hall. The lower
hall was not made available by College for the competition.
Parking facilities for competitors coming from as far afield
as Antrim and Comber (including the Irish National Squad)
were not made available. Due to all of these conditions,
the decision was made to hold the Air Rifle Open in the UCD
Air Rifle range in 2001. This was seen as a very public
embarressment to both the Club and the College.


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\subsection{Technical Nonconformities} 
\label{section:TechnicalNonconformities}
From the sport's technical point of view, the current
facility does not conform to the appropriate regulations.
There are numerous nonconformities in the current facility,
listed below. It is to be noted that while these are
quite numerous, the design of a range which complies
with \ac{ISSF} regulations is not an onerous task, but a
relatively simple one. 

\subsubsection{Firing Lanes}

\subsubsection{Firing Points}

\ac{ISSF} General Technical Rules, section 6.3.14.1 state
that firing points for Prone Rifle must be at least 1.6
metres wide and 2.5 metres deep. The current Prone Rifle
firing points in \ac{DURC} are approximately 1.2 metres wide
and 1.8 metres deep, though it is not practicable to use more than
1.75m of this depth. As can be seen from 

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\subsection{Safety}
\label{section:Safety}
While the Club enjoys one of the College's finest Safety records --
with no injuries after thiry-nine years of continous
activity -- the current facilities are a constant source of
minor bumps and bruises due to the low ceiling and mismatched
floor levels between the Range and the Office. While this
is a tolerable situation for minor bumps, the possibility of
a serious injury is a real one. Further, were there ever
a fire on the Range, there is no seperate fire exit apart
from the normal entrance to the Club. This has caused the
Club to issue rules to its Range Officers regarding procedure
during a fire -- namely to leave the facility with great
haste, including the abandonment of any live ammunition in
the building due to the proximity of explosive pressurised
containers being stored in the Buildings Office nearby. 
This is not a pleasant thought for any Range Officer or 
Ordinary Member to contemplate. 

More serious safety risks come from the lack of any armour to
deflect ricochetting projectiles from the offices of the
Buildings Office which are situated above the current range.
The Office of the Club has such armour installed; and the
probability of a round deflecting to the angle required to
strike the roof of the Range is extremely low; but it is
still a real risk and one which is stressed during the
training of shooters in the Club.

Finally, the general conditions of the present facility are a
health risk. On many occasions the sewerage system in the
building has become blocked and the resultant overflow
emerges from inspection drains in the Range and Office --
these drains were initially outside the main buildings in
Park Lane but the current facility is part of an extension
which was built in the late 1960s and the standard of
construction was quite poor. The general dustiness of the
Range was a source of much irritation for nasal passages and
aggravation for asthma sufferers and was only rectified this
year when the Committee cleaned and painted the floor with
floor paint in the Range -- a task which was undertaken at
significant expense to a single member of the Club with no 
funding from College. 

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\subsection{Coaching}
\label{section:Coaching}

The present facility does not allow for the possibility of
running coaching courses on anything more than a strictly
informal basis with a very limited number of shooters
attending. Due to these restrictions, we are unable to
secure the services of any of the major national-level
coaches which we require to allow students to make
significant progress in the sport without sacrificing their
academic interests. At present, progress to the higher
levels of the sport either takes upwards of five to ten
years of training in the club; a prodigious talent for
shooting; or a resolve to sacrifice academic performance
to dedicate more time to shooting. None of these are
acceptable, therefore coaches are a vital necessity for the
Club.

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\subsection{Public Interest}
\label{section:PublicInterest}

The present facility does not allow for spectators to observe
smallbore shooting on the Range at all, and only at a limited
level for the Air Rifle discipline. This is a greater
hinderance than would seem at first, since it prevents
students who are curious about the sport from observing
before committing to joining the club and training. It also
prevents competitions to be observed and prevents shooters
from improving their sporting ability by observing those who
are shooting at a higher level. This is one of the main ways
of improving a shooters performance and we are currently
prevented from doing it. 

This lack of ability to observe shooting is also a serious
hinderance to the recruitment of new members and the
promotion of the sport on many levels. Closed-circuit
television was considered for the purposes of observation :
however the costs of such a scheme remain prohibitivly high.


\newpage
\section{Objectives}
\label{section:Objectives}
The primary objective of \ac{DURC} is stated in its
constitution
\footnote{\ac{DURC} Constitution, Article 3}: 
\begin{quote}
\it
The object of the Club shall be to instil an abiding        
interest in marksmanship among its members. 
\end{quote}
\noindent
As such, the objectives of the Club with regard to the new range are as
follows :
\begin{itemize}
\item To secure a facility which will not reduce, but substantially
improve the quality of the service which the Club is capable of
providing to its constituent Members, the students.

\item To ensure that the important attributes of the current facility
are carried over to the new facility; and that likewise those
attributes which are detrimental to the sport are not carried over.

\item To ensure that the new facility will be capable of housing the
Club at its present level of membership and also the near-term (1-5
years) projected membership

\item To ensure that the new facility will be approved by the Garda
Siochana as a safe venue for a Firearms club.

\item To ensure that the new facility will be capable of accomodating
the needs of the club in the long term. Given that the previous
facility was designated a temporary one when first occupied in 1970, it is
envisaged that the Club will occupy the new facility for a considerable
period of time : as such it must be capable of supporting the Club for
the next thirty years.

\item To allow for the adoption of new shooting disciplines by the
Club.

\item To ensure that the Club may be operated in a safe and secure
fashion.
\end{itemize}

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\subsection{Membership projections}
\label{section:MembershipProjections}

When the current facility was occupied in 1970, the annual
average membership was approximately 100 members. Currently
the Club is emerging from a fall in membership which
occurred in 1997 with the graduation and departure of the
majority of the Club's active competitors and Committee.
At that time the average membership was approximately
400 to 500 members per year. This then fell to a low of
approximately 200 members before a recruitment drive was
begun two years ago. The Club in the current year has almost
reached the 400 members mark. However, though the overall
membership level is only now reaching the 400 mark again,
the number of actively competing members has returned to its
previous high point, and since nearly 50\% of those actively
competing are in their first two years of membership (and of
attendance at college), we can reasonably expect an increase
in the level of membership in the next two years.

Allready this year we have seen several members display sufficent
natural ability that, in their first year of membership they have won
prizes in open competition. This does happen on a regular basis within
the club, but usually with one or two students per year.
This year that figure is much larger - closer to eight students between
Air Rifle and Prone Rifle.

Given these circumstances and the the level of facilities
under which they were achieved, it is not unreasonable to
expect that the club membership could reach 750 students
or more within four years of occupying the proposed new
facility. We can expect a higher level of competitive
ability from these members with proper national-level
coaching and increased training time. Given that the club
currently ranks as one of the most competitive in the
country, this would be an excellent public image for both
the Club and the College.

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\subsection{Health and Safety}
\label{section:HealthAndSafety}

Safety is the main priority for the Club's Range Officers,
as well as for the competitors in the sport in general. Due
to diligence and a commitment to safety, the Club enjoys
perhaps the best safety record in the College, without
a single injury during its thirty-nine years of active
competition, not only with the current Air and Smallbore
rifles, but also with Fullbore (7.62mm calibre) rifle and
both Smallbore (.22 calibre) and Fullbore (.32 to .45
calibre) pistol (which the club shot with prior to 1970).
The new facility cannot compromise on safety: were it to do
so, the Garda
Siochana would not certify it as a Firearms
Range. DUCAC and the Department of Sport have both
stated this will not be allowed to transpire. However,
the Committee feels that consultations on safety issues 
should be held at a very early stage in the design process.
More points on safety are made in Section~\ref{section:Requirements}.

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\subsection{Disciplines}
\label{section:Disciplines}

Currently the Club can train and compete in the following
disciplines:
\begin{itemize}
\item Prone 25 yard Free Rifle
\item 10 metre Olympic Air Rifle
\end{itemize}

\noindent
Further, we can train for the following disciplines in a
reduced capacity :
\begin{itemize}
\item 50 metre Prone Free Rifle
\item 100 yard Prone Free Rifle
\item 50 metre 3-Position Free Rifle
\item 50 metre Sport Rifle
\item Silhouette Rifle
\end{itemize}
Though it must be noted that in these disciplines, external
competitions are actually a main source of training for
\ac{DURC} shooters, with the result that our competitive
standing in these disciplines is less than those listed
above.

Given the current economic situation of the College, the possiblility
of a full 50 metre range seems unlikely, though further examination
proves it to be less unlikely than it would first appear. However,
extending the number of disciplines that can be successfully trained
for is less demanding. The proposed new Range caters for the following
disciplines :
\begin{itemize}
\item 10 metre Air Rifle
\item 10 metre Running Target
\item 25 yard Prone Rifle
\item 25 yard 3-Position Free Rifle
\item 25 yard Sport Rifle
\item 10 metre Standard Air Pistol
\item 10 metre Five Shot Air Pistol
\item 25 metre Rapid Fire Pistol
\item 25 metre Pistol
\item 25 metre Center Fire Pistol
\item 25 metre Standard Pistol
\end{itemize}

\noindent
It also allows for training in a reduced capacity for the following :
\begin{itemize}
\item 50 metre Prone Rifle
\item 50 metre 3-Position Free Rifle
\item 100 yard Prone Rifle
\item 50 metre Sport Rifle
\item Silhouette Rifle
\item 50 metre Running Target
\end{itemize}

\noindent
All of these events can be progressed to World Cup level; the following
can be progressed as far as the Olympic games :

\begin{itemize}
\item 50 metre Prone Rifle
\item 50 metre 3-Position Free Rifle
\item 10 metre Air Rifle
\item 10 metre Running Target
\item 10 metre Standard Air Pistol
\item 25 metre Rapid Fire Pistol
\item 25 metre Pistol
\end{itemize}

\noindent
Note that while Pistols are currently barred by an internal policy in
the Department of Justice, a review of this policy has
recently been completed and the first applications for pistol licences
have been drafted at the time of preparation of this document.
The Club feels that to ignore this development would be extremely
foolhardy -- the pistol events comprise fully a third of the Olympic
shooting events and are logistically far easier to deal with. The Club
feels that with the current facility it is not possible to avail of the
change in policy, but the proposed range design must take take it into
account.

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\newpage
\section{Requirements}
\label{section:Requirements}

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\newpage
\subsection{Physical layout of Range Facility}
\label{section:PhysicalLayoutOfRangeFacility}

\newpage
\subsubsection{Firing Points}
\label{section:FiringPoints}

\newpage
\subsubsection{Passage Area}
\label{section:PassageArea}

\newpage
\subsubsection{Observation Area}
\label{section:ObservationArea}

\newpage
\subsubsection{Targets and Backstops}
\label{section:TargetsAndBackstops}

\newpage
\subsubsection{Soundproofing}
\label{section:Soundproofing}

\newpage
\subsubsection{Security}
\label{section:Security}

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\newpage
\subsection{Lighting}
\label{section:Lighting}

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\newpage
\subsection{Administration/Preparation Area}
\label{section:Administration/Preparation Area}

\subsubsection{Network Access}
\label{section:NetworkAccess}

\subsubsection{Power}
\label{section:Power}

\subsubsection{Security}
\label{section:Security}

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\newpage
\subsection{Meeting/Conference Area}
\label{section:Meeting/ConferenceArea}

\subsubsection{Power}
\label{section:Power}

\subsubsection{Water supply}
\label{section:WaterSupply}

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\newpage
\subsection{Secure Equipment Storage Area}
\label{section:SecureEquipmentStorageArea}

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\newpage
\subsection{Washing and Lavatory Facilities}
\label{section:WashingAndLavatoryFacilities}

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\newpage
\subsection{Access}
\label{section:Access}

The level of access to the facilities for the Club is by
necessity very high. Ordinary Members of the Club shoot
between 6pm and 10pm on weekday nights, under the supervision
of trained Range Officers. These Range Officers are
volunteers, the most experienced shooters in the Club and
normally constitute the core of the Club's competitive squads.
However, due to the lack of space, the
Range Officers agree not to book details during regular hours, 
in order that Ordinary
Members can use these details. In return, they are given
access to the range outside these hours to train. \textbf{Without
this facility, the Club could not attract volunteers to
become Range Officers and would be unable to function as a
result.} Therefore the issue of permanent, 24-hour access for
Range Officers cannot be stressed strongly enough, and is one
of the characteristics of the current range that the
Committee believes is essential.

Further, when attending competitions in other clubs (which
happens on three to four weekends per month, on average),
there is a serious requirement for safe and secure access for
private vechicles to the range. A single competitor's
equipment for a competition is surprisingly extensive,
including :
\begin{itemize}
\item Rifle
\item Bolt (which must be transported seperately to the Rifle)
\item Ammunition
\item Sights
\item Spotting Scope
\item Shooting Mat
\item Shooting Jacket
\item Shooting Glove
\item Shooting Glasses, if required
\item Ammunition boxes
\item Shooting Shoes/Trousers, if used
\item Shooting Sling
\end{itemize}
Note that along with this list of individual shooter's
equipment, there is an associated list of items that the Club
must bring for all shooters :
\begin{itemize}
\item Paperwork, including authorisations, shooting diaries,
datacards for each competitor and so forth
\item Toolboxes for adjustments of various parts of the Clubs
rifles to suit individual shooters
\item Ancillary items (shooting blinds, spare parts in case
of failure on the firing line, rulebooks for consultation
on rulings, cameras for recording the competition for the
Members who did not attend the competition, and so forth)
\end{itemize}

In total, there can between ten and thirty kilograms of
equipment for each competitior, plus another ten to twenty
which the Club must bring to each competition. Transporting
all of this equipment to private vehicles from the range and
back again must be a safe procedure because it is carried out
almost every weekend during term and every two weeks outside
of term. The current facility allows for this, if somewhat
akwardly due to the large size of the equipment and the small
size of the main door of the building.

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\newpage
\section{Proposed Design}
\label{section:ProposedDesign}

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\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\fbox{
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Graphics/newRange.AirConfig2.eps}
}
\caption{Proposed new range : 10m Air Rifle, Running Target and Air Pistol configuration}
\label{fig:proposedAirConfig}
\end{figure}


%---------------------------------------
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\fbox{
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Graphics/newRange.FreeRifleConfig2.eps}
}
\caption{Proposed new range : 25 yard Prone Rifle, 3-Position Free Rifle and Sporter Rifle configuration}
\label{fig:proposedFreeRifleConfig}
\end{figure}


%---------------------------------------
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\fbox{
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Graphics/newRange.FreePistolConfig2.eps}
}
\caption{Proposed new range : 25m Pistol configuration}
\label{fig:proposedFreePistolConfig}
\end{figure}


\newpage
\section{Conclusion}
\label{section:Conclusion}

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\appendix

\include{OlympicSportsIntroAppendix}

\include{ExampleRangesAppendix}

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\newpage
\addsec{Acronyms}
\label{section:Acronyms}
\begin{acronym}

\acro{DURC}[{\textbf \sf D.U.R.C.}]{Dublin University Rifle Club}
\acro{BSSC}[{\textbf \sf B.S.S.C.}]{British Shooting Sports Council}
\acro{NSRA}[{\textbf \sf N.S.R.A.}]{National Small-bore Rifle Association}
\acro{NTSA}[{\textbf \sf N.T.S.A.}]{National Target Shooting Association}
\acro{ISSF}[{\textbf \sf I.S.S.F.}]{International Shooting Sport Federation}
\acro{NRPAI}[{\textbf \sf N.R.P.A.I.}]{National Rifle and Pistol Association of Ireland} 
\acro{NSARC}[{\textbf \sf N.A.S.R.C.}]{National Association of Sporting Rifle Clubs}
\acro{NSAI}[{\textbf \sf N.S.A.I.}]{National Silhouette Association of Ireland}
\acro{IPCRA}[{\textbf \sf I.P.C.R.A.}]{Irish Pony Club Rifle Association}
\acro{IOC}[{\textbf \sf I.O.C.}]{International Olympic Committee}
\acro{ISC}[{\textbf \sf I.S.C.}]{Irish Sports Council}
\acro{OCI}[{\textbf \sf O.C.I.}]{Olympic Council of Ireland}
\acro{ESC}[{\textbf \sf E.S.C.}]{European Shooting Confederation}
\acro{NGB}[{\textbf \sf N.G.B.}]{National Governing Body}

\acro{UCDRC}[{\textbf \sf U.C.D.R.C.}]{University College Dublin Rifle Club}
\acro{WTSC}[{\textbf \sf W.T.S.C.}]{Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club}
\acro{FSC}[{\textbf \sf F.S.C.}]{Fassaroe Shooting Club}
\acro{RRPC}[{\textbf \sf R.R.P.C.}]{Rathdrum Rifle and Pistol Club}
\acro{DRC}[{\textbf \sf D.R.C.}]{Dublin Rifle Club}
\acro{EARC}[{\textbf \sf E.A.R.C.}]{East Antrim Rifle Club}
\acro{MRC}[{\textbf \sf M.R.C.}]{Midlands Rifle Club}
\acro{QUB}[{\textbf \sf Q.U.B.}]{Queens University Belfast}

\end{acronym}

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\addsec{Referenced Materials}

\begin{itemize}
\item \ac{ISSF} Offical Statutes and Regulations, Edition 2001, in
force from Janurary 1st, 2001 : Comprising 
\begin{itemize}
\item \ac{ISSF} General Regulations
\item \ac{ISSF} General Technical Rules
\item \ac{ISSF} Rifle Rules
\item \ac{ISSF} Pistol Rules
\end{itemize}
\item \ac{DURC} Constitution
\item \ac{DURC} Statement of Requirements for the proposed New Sports Hall
\item \textit{From Bisley to Park Lane : A history of Dublin
University Rifle Club}, Albert Jordan, PhD., 1987
\item \textsf{MIL-HDBK-1027/3B}, \textit{Range Facilities and
Miscellaneous Training Facilities other than Buildings}, US Naval
Facilities Engineering Command

\end{itemize}

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\end{document}
