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\title{DURC 10m Air Rifle Open}
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Dr. Trevor West& DUCAC Chairman\\
Aubrey Storey & DUCAC Secretary\\
Terry McAuley& DURC President and Director of Sport\\
Michelle Bennett& Physical Recreation Officer\\
Tony O'Donnell& Student Record\\
Susan Thompson&Trinity News\\
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\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club, Belfield\\
\textbf{Date}&24-25 November 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle\\
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Steven Watterson&Mark Dennehy\\
Ray Reilly&Liam Murray\\
Alan Smyth&Peter Byrne\\
Adrian Costigan&Dave Barron\\
Victoria McDowell&\\
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Steven Watterson&565\\
Mark Dennehy&554,548,533\\
Ray Reilly&535\\
Liam Murray&502\\
Alan Smyth&497\\
Peter Byrne&467,500\\
Adrian Costigan&456\\
Dave Barron&382\\
Victoria McDowell&363\\
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Steven Watterson&Third place overall\\
Liam Murray&First place class D\\
Peter Byrne&Third place, Juniors\\
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The annual DURC registered 10m Air Rifle Open took place this
year on the weekend of the 24th and 25th of November in the
UCD Rifle Range. Attendance was high, with 35 entrants and
some 43 entrys in total, from clubs as far away as Antrim.
The shoot was a registered event,
which means it is one of the 6 air rifle events during the
year where the scores may qualify a shooter for selection to
represent Ireland internationally. 

The standard of competition was higher than it has been in
many years, with all eight finalists scoring above 550 in the
qualifying round. Two DURC members, Mark Dennehy and Steven
Watterson (the secretary and captain of the club) made it to
the finals. Mark placed in last place in the finals. Steven
went into the finals tied for third place with Junior Squad
shooter Richard Stapleton on 565 points (the olympic minimum
qualifying score). A very tight finals ensued, with Richard
and Steven exchanging places with nearly every shot. Steven
managed to fend off Richard with his last two shots however,
to take third place by 0.3 points on 662.9 points (out of a
possible 709.0).

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\footnotesize\it The Finals firing line.\\ Left picture: Mark
Dennehy.\\ Right Picture, Left to Right: Alan
Lewis (Sydney Olympic Games), Steven Watterson (DURC Captain)
, Richard Stapleton Jr. (Irish National Junior Squad), Rhona
Barry (Atlanta Olympic Games), Nicola Murphy (Overall Winner)\\
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\footnotesize\it John Keeney acting as Range Officer during
the ten-shot Finals, with Ben Jones acting as Statistics
Officer\\
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The finals saw three such ties decided - Declan Kelly and
Robert Clarke started on 561 and exchanged places several
times, with Declan finally winning out by 0.7 points. Rhona
Barry and Nicola Murphy both started on 574, tied for first
place, but Nicola proved to be the stronger shooter on the
day and won by 1.1 points in total with a final score of
673.5. Nicola was in fact the story of the day - a trigger
malfunction had caused her to lose 9 points in one shot
during the qualifying round - that she was able to put this
disaster firmly behind her and go on to tie for first place
was an inspiring performance.

Other DURC members did well also, with Liam Murray breaking
500 for the first time and claiming the first place in Class
D, even though he couldn't attend the award-giving ceremony.
Peter Byrne also set a personal best, hitting 500 right on
the nose. 
Alan Smyth has nearly returned to his old standard, just
missing the 500 mark by 3 points. Ben Jones is also closing
in on his previous standard, with 494. Adrian
Costigan is making excellent strides in his training, with
scores of 467 and 456 repectively. Newcomers Dave Barron,
Steven Beck and Victoria McDowell also did admirably, though
they have not reached the rostrum yet. And Ray Reilly has
made a welcome return to the Air Rifle scene after a
prolonged absence caused by a back injury. He put in a
respectable 535. 

Keith White, though he did not shoot, proved invaluable yet
again as a Statistics Officer, responsible for scoring targets
and tracking peoples scores during the competition, which he
did using his own custom software which is due for general
release soon.

Mr. Terry McAuley, the DURC president and Director of Sport
for Trinity College, graciously agreed to come to the Open
and present the prizes. Fortunately, he was able to observe
the 10-shot Finals and was suitably impressed by the high
level of shooting. He gave a short speech on the plans for
the new Sports Center and it's planned Rifle Range, and then
presented the prizes. We'd like to thank Mr. McAuley for
donating his time to the club for this event, as it certainly
made an impression on the target shooting community.

We would also like to thank Hammerli, who sponsored us with
some baseball caps for all the Junior shooters at the event,
and especially Mr. Simon Kennedy, an ex-Captain of DURC,
who gave a large contribution to the prize fund. As Simon was
a member of the National Air Rifle Squad for many years and
represented Ireland internationally in Air Rifle, we felt
that the commissioning of the Simon Kennedy Air Rifle Shield
was appropriate: it will be awarded each year to the overall
winner of the DURC 10m Air Rifle Open.

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\footnotesize\it Director of Sport Terry McAuley presents the
Simon Kennedy Air Rifle Shield to the overall winner Nicola
Murphy, pictured here with Runner-up Rhona Barry and bronze
medallist Steven Watterson.\\
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\textit{\sf Mark Dennehy, DURC Secretary}


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