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\section{Summary}

We attended 19 external competitions this year, down on last
year's 24, but we did achieve higher scores, so we did have
an improvement overall. DURC shooters competed in 3
international competitions, and a DURC shooter was the Head
of Delegation in the Munich World Cup. Records are not
totally complete, but as shown in the table, we have at least
142 entries in various competitions this year, and took away
13 medals and 44 prizes in total. This is quite impressive
for one club. We also saw a return to Bisley this year, and
hopefully this marks a resumption of the traditional
involvement in competitions in the UK and abroad. 

\begin{sidewaystable}
\begin{tabular}{r|ccc|ccc|ccc|ccc|ccc|ccc}
\toprule
Competition&\multicolumn{3}{c}{Entries}&\multicolumn{15}{c}{Prizes
Won}\\
&&&&\multicolumn{3}{c}{Overall}&\multicolumn{12}{c}{Class}\\
&&&&&&&\multicolumn{3}{c}{A}&\multicolumn{3}{c}{B}&\multicolumn{3}{c}{C}&\multicolumn{3}{c}{D}\\
&10m&50m&25yd&1&2&3&1&2&3&1&2&3&1&2&3&1&2&3\\

\midrule
%				    OA	 A     B     C     D
%			&10m&50&25&1&2&3&1&2&3&1&2&3&1&2&3&1&2&3\\

DURC 10m Open		& 12&  &  & & &1& & & & & & & & & &1& & \\
DURC 50m Open		&   & 7&  &1&1& & &1&1& & & & &1& &1&1& \\
EARC Festival		&  2& 3&  & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & \\
FSC 50m Open		&   & 7&  &1& & & & & & & & & & & & & & \\
Island Games		&  1& 1&  & &2&1& & & & & & & & & & & & \\
NSRA Postal		&  2&  & 4& & & & & & & & & & & & & & & \\
Leinster Indoor		&   &  & 9& &1& & & & &1& & &1& & &1& & \\
UCD Open 1		& 10&  &  & & &1& & &1& & &1& & & & &1&1\\
UCD Open 2		&  6&  &  & & & & & & & & & & &1& & & & \\
FSC 10m Open 1		& 10&  &  & & & & & & &1& & & & & & & &1\\
WTSC Open 1		&  4&  &  & & &1& & &1& &1& &1& & & & & \\
WTSC Open 2		&  3&  &  & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & \\
Air Nationals 2001	&  3&  &  & & & & & & & & & & & & & & &1\\
Air Nationals 2002	& 24&  &  & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & \\
50m Nationals 2001	&   & 9&  & &1& & & & &1& & & &1&1&1& &1\\
25yd Nationals 2002	&   &  & 9&1& & & & & &1& & &1&1& &1&1&1\\
Comber Open 2001	&   & 5&  & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & \\
IoM Easter Shoot	&  2& 3&  & & &1& & & & & & & & & & & & \\
Bisley Open		&  6&  &  & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & \\
\midrule
      			& 85&35&22&3&5&5& &1&3&4&1&1&3&4&1&5&3&5\\
Totals			&   &  &142& & &13& & &4& & &6& & &8& & &13\\
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\section{DURC competitions hosted}

Foot and Mouth played havoc with last year's calendar,
and this year's calendar seems not to have settled yet. As a
result, we have not yet held the 2002 50m Open, but have the
result of the 2001 50m Open instead. 

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\subsection{DURC 10m Air Rifle Open}

The DURC 10m Open maintained the high level of excellence
that was set in the 2000-1 academic year. We had 35
competitors and 43 entries. All finalists shot 550 or above.
Mark and Steven made it to the finals, Steven taking third
place. The finals had three close competitions with tied
scores, on first place, third place and fifth place. Nicola
Murphy won, despite a misfire costing her nine points. Simon
Kennedy donated a large sum towards prizes and as a result we
now have the Simon Kennedy Air Rifle Shield for the next few
years as a perpetual prize. Hammereli declined to sponsor us,
but did send lots of caps which were given out to all the
juniors.

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\subsection{DURC 50m Open}

The DURC 50m Open was sponsored by Shilen Barrels, who gave
us a voucher for a custom rifle barrel. This was quite a
valuable prize and was given out for first place. Steven kept
the prize in the club with a 585, and Ray came in second with
582 to ensure the barrel stayed with us. We also held a 50m
rapid-fire competition, which proved quite novel, and which
was won by Ray with a 97/100. Steven and Alan Lewis had a
shoot-off for second place, which Steven won. 
The barbecue was a success, but this year instead of too much
vegetarian food, we had too much meat. This year we must
ensure that we include the other FSC shooters in the barbecue
or we'll have food being wasted again.


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\subsection{Trinity Top Ten}

The Trinity Top Ten has almost completely collapsed. The
level of difficulty in running this big a competition was
totally underestimated, and when some clubs did not respond
and delayed sending their paperwork, the whole competition
was comprimised. The results are still unavailable, and I
believe that we cannot run the TTT next year. We should
instead concentrate on other aspects of the club. This is
regrettable, but it is simply not possible to run a postal
competition without having one person whose only job is the
TTT, as opposed to having a committee member with other
duties assigned to running it.

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\section{External Competitions}

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\subsection{National Level}

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\subsubsection{Air Rifle Nationals 2001}


\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club, Belfield\\
\textbf{Date}&May 12/13, 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Mark Dennehy&Ben Jones\\
Keith White&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
Mark Dennehy		& 513\\
Ben Jones		& 505\\
			& 488\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
Ben Jones & $3^{rd}$ Class D\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
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\addsec{Report}

The 2001 Air Rifle National Championships were held in the
UCD rifle range on May $12^{th}$ and $13^{th}$. DURC were
asked to assist with the logistics for the competition by
the National Target Shooting Association on the basis of the
standard set by the DURC Air Rifle Open earlier this season
- an excellent compliment given that our previous Open was
deregistered due to the poor facilities in Luce Hall.

Competing were Mark Dennehy and Ben Jones; Keith White was
the offical scorer and statistician for the competition.
Our computer was transported to the UCD range on the
Wednesday prior to the competition to allow for setting up
and debugging. Unfortunately we were unable to secure an
additional laptop and projector as we had for our Open,
so a second monitor was connected to our PC to allow one
screen for editing of results and one for display. This
was accomplished using Keith White's SCORP program - we
expect this program to be adopted by the rest of the country
once Keith releases his final version, given the interest
expressed by clubs from Rathdrum to Comber to Wales.

   The competition consisted of an Open, which comprised
two 60-shot matches, and the Nationals itself, which was a
single 60-shot match, shot concurrently with the Open. Mark
shot a 513 (ex600) on the first day but due to an admin
foul-up was disqualified from the Open when his second
match had only 55 shots, one of his target cards being lost
in the mele\'{e} that Sundays shooting proved to be. Ben
Jones shot very well, scoring a 505 on his first day, which
is the first time he has broken 500 - a major milestone
in Air Rifle. Sadly neither of our competitors made the
ten-shot finals due to the excellent standards of the other
shooters - but in their defence, they were competing against
two Olympic shooters, all but two of the Irish National
Squad, and two of the Welsh Squad as well! Ben Jones did
manage to get third place in Class D however, beating off
virtually all of the Wilkinstown club to do so (some twenty
shooters!); and he has now been promoted to Class C; and
since 510 is the cutoff for Class B, he may well be promoted
to Class B within two more Air Rifle competitions. This
marks the end of the 2000-2001 Air Rifle season: The next
Air Rifle shoot in Ireland is the East Antrim Festival in
early October, which we plan to attend.

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\subsubsection{Fassaroe 50m Open 2001}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&Fassaroe Shooting Club, Enniskerry\\
\textbf{Date}&June 16-17, 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&50m Three Position Rifle,\\
&50m Prone Rifle,\\
&100yd Prone Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Mark Dennehy\\
John Keeney&Alan Smyth\\
Joe Lalor&Peter Byrne\\
Ray Reilly&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{50m Prone Rifle}}\\
\hline
Ray Reilly&571\\
Steven Watterson&570\\
Mark Dennehy&556\\
Peter Byrne&549\\
Joe Lalor&534\\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{100yd Prone Rifle}}\\
\hline
John Keeney&555\\
Alan Smyth&511\\
Joe Lalor&338\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
John Keeney&First Place, 100yd Prone Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
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\addsec{Report}

DURC attended the Fassaroe Open this weekend despite
inclement weather and various other logistical difficulties.
While we had no entrants for the Three Position match
(\textit{which is the most rigorous discipline in target
shooting and which cannot be trained for in Trinity due
to range restrictions; it is an Olympic discipline}),
we had great success in the Scottish Match (100yd Prone
Rifle), with John Keeney winning not only the handicapped
section but the open section as well, with an excellent
score of 555 -- beating Olympic veterans Alan Lewis and Rhona
Barry. The most heavily attended competition
was, as usual, the English Match (\textit{50m Prone Rifle,
which is an Olympic discipline also -- the name is purely
historical}) and DURC acquitted themselves reasonably well
here despite low scores from Mark Dennehy (who is currently
breaking in a full set of new equipment). Joe Lalor, on his
first outdoor shoot, did quite well, as did Peter Byrne.
Steven Watterson shot somewhat below his normal standard,
as did Ray Reilly, but hopefully some more training will
rectify this now that exam season is completed. Overall, a
satisfactory outdoor shoot given the conditions involved,
but we hope to have more attendants and higher scores for
the National 50m Championships at the beginning of July.

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\subsubsection{50m Prone and 3P Nationals 2001}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&Fassaroe Shooting Club\\
\textbf{Date}&July 7th, 8th, 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&50m Three-Position and 50m Prone Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Mark Dennehy&John Keeney\\
Alan Smyth&Adrian Costigan\\
Peter Byrne&Conor McDermottroe\\
Joe Lalor\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textit{Three Position Rifle}}\\
Mark Dennehy&937(ex1200)\\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textit{Prone Rifle}}\\
John Keeney&577\\
Alan Smyth&569\\
Ray Reilly&566\\
Conor McDermottroe&562\\
Mark Dennehy&561\\
Peter Byrne&557\\
Adrian Costigan&554\\
Joe Lalor&522\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
John Keeney&First in Class B, Silver Medal overall\\
Alan Smyth&First in Class D\\
Adrian Costigan&Second in Class C\\
Peter Byrne&Third in Class D\\
Joe Lalor&Third in Class C\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

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\addsec{Report}

DURC entered a reasonable contingent in this year's 50m Prone
Nationals this weekend and all did extremely well. John
Keeney managed to score 577 and take the overall second
place, making up for Ray Reilly losing the title of National
Champion somewhat. Alan Smyth also shot well, making it to
the 10-shot final and placing 7th to do so. Newcomers to the
50m sport did well also, with Adrian Costigan, Joe Lalor,
and Peter Byrne walking away with prizes, though Conor
McDermottroe was only denied a prize by a contraversial
classification decision. 

Only one competitor entered the three-position match however,
and I did not shoot as well as I had hoped, coming in fourth
but increasing my score by about a hundred points from my
last national 3P match. DURC will begin training for 3P in
earnest this coming academic year using Air Rifles 
due to range restictions, so hopefully we will have a better
team fielded next year for the 3P match.

In summary then, DURC has lost the Gold medal in 50m Prone,
but has taken the silver by way of compensation; Five of the
eight shooters who competed took prizes, and two made it to
the final; and we shared joint first for the highest-scoring
team at the competition with Fassaroe Sporting Club (who can
count two National Champions and an Olympian amongst their
team against our beginners and two or three ``old hands''
with a few years behind them). Proving once again that DURC
has fully recovered from the 1996-98 slump to take it's place
as one of the best clubs in Ireland.
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/Prone_Winners.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it Prone Rifle Competition Winners : John
Keeney (Silver), Alan Lewis (Gold) and Rhona Barry (Bronze)\\
\includegraphics[height=2in]{Photos/MarkProne.eps}
\includegraphics[height=2in]{Photos/MarkDennehy_Standing.eps}\\
Mark Dennehy shooting Prone and Standing at the 3P event\\
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/JohnKeeney_Prone.eps}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/AlanLewis_Kneeling.eps}\\
John Keeney shooting at the Prone Rifle Championships and
Alan Lewis shooting kneeling at the 3P competition\\
\includegraphics[width=4in]{Photos/RhonaBarry_AlanLewis_Prone.eps}\\
Rhona Barry (Atlanta Olympics) and Alan Lewis (Sydney
Olympics) shooting Prone during the 3P championships\\
\end{center}

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\subsubsection{DURC 50m Open 2001}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club, Belfield\\
\textbf{Date}&24-25 November 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Mark Dennehy\\
Ray Reilly&Liam Murray\\
Alan Smyth&Peter Byrne\\
Adrian Costigan&Dave Barron\\
Victoria McDowell&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
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\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Third place overall\\
Liam Murray&First place class D\\
Peter Byrne&Third place, Juniors\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

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\addsec{Report}

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).

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[height=2.5in]{Photos/DURC10mOpen/MarkFinal1.eps}
\includegraphics[height=2.5in]{Photos/DURC10mOpen/Final5.eps}\\
\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)\\
\includegraphics[height=3in]{Photos/DURC10mOpen/Final2.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it John Keeney acting as Range Officer during
the ten-shot Finals, with Ben Jones acting as Statistics
Officer\\
\end{center}

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.

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[height=3in]{Photos/DURC10mOpen/TopThree.eps}\\
\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.\\
\end{center}


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\subsubsection{Comber Open 2001}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&Comber Rifle Club, Comber\\
\textbf{Date}&August 4-5, 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&50m Prone, 100yd Prone\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Mark Dennehy\\
John Keeney&Peter Byrne\\
Ray Reilly&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{100 Yards}}\\
Steven Watterson&384\\
Ray Reilly&380\\
John Keeney&383\\
Peter Byrne&384\\
Mark Dennehy&342\\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{50 Metres}}\\
Steven Watterson&577\\
Ray Reilly&562\\
John Keeney&570\\
Peter Byrne&569\\
Mark Dennehy&536\\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Teams Competition}}\\
\textit{DURC Angles}&\\
Mark Dennehy&567\\
John Keeney&583\\
Peter Byrne&578\\
Ray Reilly&579\\
Total&2307\\
&Third Place\\
\textit{North\&South}\\
Steven Watterson&581\\
Total&2332\\
&First Place\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&First place, teams competition\\
&Eight place overall\\
John Keeney&3rd, Class B, 50m\\
Peter Byrne&2nd, Class B, 100yds\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

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\addsec{Report}

The Comber Rifle Club is renowned throughout Ireland and the
UK as being the toughest range in either island to shoot on.
Situated so close to the shore, tidal winds are an enormous
challange, and the topography of the range means that wind
conditions can change from moment to moment and one firing
point can have a totally different wind direction from
another only a few feet away. As a result, the 50m Open held
in Comber each year is perhaps the most challenging 
Ireland has to offer and it is little surprise that shooters
from Comber such as Olympian Gary Duff, are heavily featured
amongst Ireland's best. 

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/Comber_1.eps}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/Comber_2.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it Comber Rifle Club
\end{center}

DURC competeted in this year's Comber Open with a squad of
five shooters. Logistics proved to be a stumbling block, with
far too much equipment for one car. Olympian Rhona Barry
kindly helped out by ferrying equipment and one of our
shooters. The conditions were typical for Comber - changing
winds, changing light levels and occasional torrents of rain. 

All of the DURC shooters acquitted themselves well, except
perhaps for myself, though I had more than my fair share of
problems - the sights for my rifle were accidentally not
packed so I had to jury-rig a sights setup, and to add insult
to injury I was bitten by some insect and had an allergic
reaction to the bite.

Steven managed to display a total lack of impediment however,
and made it to the finals round, though he didn't place for a
medal. 

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/ComberOpen_JK_Prone.eps}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/ComberOpen_RR_Prone.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it John Keeney and Ray Reilly \\
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/ComberOpen_SW_Final1.eps}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/ComberOpen_SW_Final2.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it Steven Watterson reflecting between cards
during the finals\\
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/ComberOpen_Final.eps}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/ComberOpen_SWJK_Tired.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it The finals; and John and Steven relaxing
after a long day of shooting\\
\end{center}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{East Antrim Festival 2001}
\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&East Antrim Rifle Club\\
\textbf{Date}&7-9 October, 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&50m Prone Rifle, 10m Air Rifle, 25m smallbore pistol\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
John Keeney&Ray Reilly\\
Alan Smyth&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{10m Air Rifle}}\\
John Keeney&477\\
Alan Smyth&485\\
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{10m Air Pistol}}\\
John Keeney&426\\
Alan Smyth&477\\
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{50m Prone Rifle}}\\
John Keeney&543\\
Ray Reilly&575\\
Alan Smyth&540\\
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{25m Smallbore Pistol}}\\
John Keeney&303\\
Alan Smyth&427\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{center}

%-----------------------------------------------------------------------

\addsec{Report}

Following the successful Freshers' Week membership drive,
three members of DURC attended the EARC Festival. Due to
complications with paperwork, a change of dates and the 
level of work during Freshers' Week, our original planned
team of eight was seriously whittled down. 

John and Alan shot very disappointing scores due to extreme lighting
conditions early saturday morning, where the early morning sun was directly
behind the target thereby eliminating almost all contrast in the sight                 
picture.

It's hoped that next year we will be able to send more people
to EARC for the competition, this year saw a lot of factors
come together to prevent this.



%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Wilkinstown Open 1 2001}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club\\
\textbf{Date}&14 October 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Mark Dennehy\\
Ben Jones&Peter Byrne\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&571\\
Mark Dennehy&544\\
Ben Jones&485\\
Peter Byrne&453\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&3rd Place, Class A\\
&3rd Place Overall\\
&Personal Best Score\\
Mark Dennehy&2nd Place, Class B\\
&Personal Best Score\\
Peter Byrne&1st Place, Class C\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

%-----------------------------------------------------------------------

\addsec{Report}

DURC sent a team of four to this year's WTSC Open, the first
competition of the Air Rifle season. Attendance was low due
to difficulties with transport and lack of training time for
new club members. The UCD Open in two weeks should see a much
higher attendance from DURC. 

The new WTSC mobile range was used: this range is currently
the largest in the country with 15 firing points. It
currently hosts the National Squad training sessions as well
as other large competitions. Previously, only the UCD range
could cope with these events. 

The DURC contingent arrived in WTSC early on Sunday morning,
despite having attended the Olympic Council of Ireland's
seminar on coaching in the University of Limerick the day
before. Mark, Peter and Ben shot on the first detail, Steven
acting as ``buddy'' for all three. The ``buddy'' system,
recently introduced in DURC by Steven, has proven a great
success - the ``buddy'' acts as another pair of hands for the
shooter while setting up on his/her firing point and general
dogsbody during the match to minimize disruption for the
shooter, who then trades role with the ``buddy'' on the next
detail. This allows for one-to-one supervision of new
shooters as well as improved performance of experienced
shooters.

Steven and Mark both set personal bests of 571 and 544
respectively and both went through to the ten-shot final,
where Steven had the best final score of the match. Mark was
shooting with his new air rifle and other gear - and despite
some silly technical errors that lost him up to 15 points,
shot a PB. Proving that the right equipment can make a
serious difference to performance. For reference, 565 is the
Minimum Qualifying Score, or MQS, for the Olympics; 537 is
the qualifying score for the National Developmental Squad;
and 559 is the qualifying score for the National Squad.

Peter Byrne and Ben Jones had dissappointing scores given
their recent averages - Ben has competed in the finals of the
Centenary Bisley postal in air rifle (an international match
where he placed fourth out of hundreds), and Peter is
currently one of the top three junior shooters in Ireland.

\vspace{5mm}

\includegraphics[width=2in]{Photos/wtsc_4.eps}
{\it\footnotesize\\Steven Watterson, DURC Captain at the WTSC
Open}


%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{UCD Open 1 2001}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club, Belfield\\
\textbf{Date}&28-29 October 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&\textit{Captain}\\
Mark Dennehy&\textit{Secretary}\\
Ben Jones&\textit{Treasurer}\\
Peter Byrne&Adrian Costigan\\
Nithin Santhosh&Dave Barron\\
Colman Marcus-Quinn&Ljiljana Skrba\\
Daniel O'Neill&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&571 (669.8)\\
Mark Dennehy&550\\
Ben Jones&491\\
Peter Byrne&475\\
Adrian Costigan&474\\
Nithin Santosh&430\\
Dave Banon&377\\
Colman Marcus-Quinn&359\\
Ljiljana Skrba&321\\
Daniel O'Neill&281\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Third Place Overall\\
&Third Place, Class A\\
Mark Dennehy&Third Place, Class B\\
Peter Byrne&Second Place, Class D\\
Adrian Costigan&Third Place, Class D\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

%-----------------------------------------------------------------------

\addsec{Report}

DURC sent a moderate contingent to the UCD Air Rifle Open
this weekend. This is the first Air Rifle competition of the
season that we can get large numbers of people to, owing to
the nearby location of UCD. We had ten people attend in
total, breaking down to five experienced shooters and five
novices, a reasonable demographic. 

Steven, Mark, Peter and Adrian all shot personal bests, and
secured prizes. Mark, at 550, is now set to enter class A
after the next competition. Nithin, Dave, Colman and Ljiljana all shot
very well for their first competition, especially considering
that they had only had two or three half-hour details of
shooting prior to the competition. 

The next competition will be the Co. Wicklow Open in Rathdrum
on November 4, and DURC will be sending another squad to
attend. 

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/Picture26.eps} \includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/Picture27.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it Peter shooting opposite Collette Kane of
Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club; and Ben shooting opposite Robert Clarke of East Antrim
Rifle Club
\end{center}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Leinster Indoor Open}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&Rathdrum Rifle and Pistol Club\\
\textbf{Date}&November 4th, 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&25yd Prone Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Mark Dennehy&John Keeney\\
Peter Byrne&Deirdre Ninaber\\
Adrian Costigan&Eric Farrell\\
Michael Madigan&Shane Kelly\\
Alan Smyth&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
John Keeney&581\\
Alan Smyth&578\\
Deirdre Ninaber&568\\
Peter Byrne&564\\
Adrian Costigan&550\\
Eric Farrell&550\\
Mark Dennehy&549\\
Shane Kelly&535\\
Michael Madigan&518\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
John Keeney&Second place overall\\
&First place, Class B\\
Alan Smyth&First place, Class C\\
Deirdre Ninaber&First place, Class D\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

%-----------------------------------------------------------------------

\addsec{Report}

DURC sent a squad to the last open smallbore competition of
the calendar year to Rathdrum for the Leinster Indoor Open.
The early start took it's toll on some - Mark Dennehy, the
current National Champion in 25yd prone rifle, shot the worst
score he has shoot indoors since he began competing eight
years ago. However, he felt that this was justified by having
spent the previous two days representing the National
Governing Body of target shooting (the National Rifle and
Pistol Association of Ireland) at the Sports Development
Conference, where the Irish Sports Council and the Sports
Council for Northern Ireland set out the path they wanted
Sport in Ireland to progress along for the next decade.

John Keeney, however, proved far more resiliant and despite
having travelled from Kildare only the night before, shot a
581 to take second place overall, beaten only by Dave Cullen,
a 40-year veteran of target shooting, by a mere 5 points 
and on Dave's home range too! John also took the first place
prize in class B. 

In face, DURC swept the boards in the classification prizes -
first place in Classes B, C and D went to DURC shooters John
Keeney, Alan Smyth and Deirdre Ninaber. Deirdre was in fact
competing in only her second competition ever - having only
ever shot once before (in the 25yd Nationals) scoring a 491.
Therefore in one competition she has improved by 77 points -
an incredible leap in performance which hasn't been seen in
DURC in many years. We expect big things of Deirdre in next
year's Target Rifle Season, which begins in March, and
possibly in the annual invitational shoot in RRPC at
christmas as well!

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/RRPCLeinsterOpen_JK.eps}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/RRPCLeinsterOpen_DN.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it 
John Keeney and Deirdre Ninaber accepting their prizes

\end{center}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Fassaroe 10m Open 1 2001}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club\\
\textbf{Date}&10-11 November 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{1ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Mark Dennehy\\
Ben Jones&John Keeney\\
Peter Byrne&Adrian Costigan\\
Coleman Marcus-Quinn&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{1ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&565\\
Mark Dennehy&553, \textit{552 (reentry)}\\
Ben Jones&486\\
John Keeney&438\\
Peter Byrne&476, \textit{465 (reentry)}\\
Adrian Costigan&457, \textit{427 (reentry)}\\
Coleman Marcus-Quinn&441\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{1ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
Mark Dennehy&Class B, 1st place\\
Peter Byrne&Class D, 3rd place\\
Coleman Marcus-Quinn&Best DURC Novice shooter\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

%-----------------------------------------------------------------------

\addsec{Report}

DURC sent a small team to compete in the Fassaroe Club's Air
Rifle Open (aka the WAIDAM open) this year, with a total of 7
competitors. 

The standard of competition was high, the winning score being
578 from Nicola Murphy of Wilkinstown (an ex-UCD shooter),
who recently won silver in the English championship and who
has competed internationally representing Ireland many times.
Steven shot lower than his previous average, with his 565
beaten into 4th place by one point by Declan Kelly of the
Fassaroe Club (566). (Second place was taken by Olympian
Rhona Barry with 570). 

Unfortunately, most of the DURC
shooters were only just recovering from their annual bout of
'flu and so scores were generally down. 
Mark shot a personal best on Saturday with 553 and then
reentered on Sunday hoping to push that further, but instead
dropped one point to 552. Peter Byrne shot lower than he had hoped,
but still managed to take third place in class D. Novice
Colman Marcus-Quinn managed to increase his Personal Best
score by 82 points to 441 and took the prize for best DURC
novice. 

The next competition is our own DURC 10m Air Rifle Open, to
be held in UCD on the 24$^{th}$ and 25$^{th}$ of November.
We're hoping to get about 40 competitiors including our own
members. 

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/WAIDAM_2001/Picture9.eps}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/WAIDAM_2001/Picture23.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it 
John Keeney and Steven Watterson shooting; Adrian Costigan
shooting\\
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/WAIDAM_2001/Picture35.eps}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/WAIDAM_2001/Picture25.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it Peter Byrne shooting; John Woodward
(Wilkinstown) shooting - note the size and distance of the
target!
\end{center}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{DURC 10m Open 2001}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club, Belfield\\
\textbf{Date}&24-25 November 2001\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Mark Dennehy\\
Ray Reilly&Liam Murray\\
Alan Smyth&Peter Byrne\\
Adrian Costigan&Dave Barron\\
Victoria McDowell&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
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\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Third place overall\\
Liam Murray&First place class D\\
Peter Byrne&Third place, Juniors\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

%-----------------------------------------------------------------------

\addsec{Report}

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).

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[height=2.5in]{Photos/DURC10mOpen/MarkFinal1.eps}
\includegraphics[height=2.5in]{Photos/DURC10mOpen/Final5.eps}\\
\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)\\
\includegraphics[height=3in]{Photos/DURC10mOpen/Final2.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it John Keeney acting as Range Officer during
the ten-shot Finals, with Ben Jones acting as Statistics
Officer\\
\end{center}

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.

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[height=3in]{Photos/DURC10mOpen/TopThree.eps}\\
\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.\\
\end{center}


%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{UCD Open 2 2002}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club, Belfield\\
\textbf{Date}&23-24 February 2002\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Mark Dennehy\\
Ben Jones&Nithin Santhosh\\
Rob McAdoo&Ljiljana Skrba\\
Kate Fanning&Victoria McDowell\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
Mark Dennehy&541\\
Ben Jones&504\\
Nithin Santhosh&504\\
Kate Fanning&442\\
Victoria McDowell&413\\
Ljiljana Skrba&382\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
Ben Jones&Second Place, class C\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

%-----------------------------------------------------------------------

\addsec{Report}

DURC took part in UCD's second air rifle open of the
year this weekend. Our 40th anniversary celebration
took place the night before, and unfortunately all this 
celebrating meant that our numbers were depleted, as many
people were still asleep when thy should be shooting! 

Many congratulations to Nithin Santhosh, who shot a personal
best of 504 and earns promotion to class C, breaking the
500 barrier for the first time. Ben Jones equalled Nithin's
score (after two successful challanges when shots were
mis-scored). Mark Dennehy, though disapointed with his
score, reached the final and moved himself up to sixth
place when John Woodward of WTSC had a disasterous first
shot. Steven Watterson was unable to shoot as supervisory
duty claimed the first day of competition and the DURC
anniversary claimed the second - a shame, as given Steven's
recent scores and those put in on the weekend, we probably
missed out on second place in the overall competition.

Kate Fanning, Victoria McDowell and Ljiljana Skrba
all shot well and improved on their personal best scores. 
All this means we're going to have an excellent team for the
colours match against UCD, which is taking place next term 
on April 27th.


%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Wilkinstown Open 2 2002}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club, Wilkinstown\\
\textbf{Date}&March 9-10, 2002\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Mark Dennehy&Kate Fanning\\
Ray Reilly&Keith White\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
Mark Dennehy&555\\
Ray Reilly&547\\
Kate Fanning&383\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
Mark Dennehy&6th place in Finals\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

%-----------------------------------------------------------------------

\addsec{Report}
Despite inclement weather and horrible driving conditions,
DURC sent a small team to the WTSC Open this weekend.
Shooting conditions were less than optimal as the weather
caused the light in the range to vary from bright to dull,
which of course upset the sight picture for the shooters.
Kate Fanning was particularly offput by this as she has not
shot in outdoor .22 competitions yet, which is the only place
where it is possible to learn to compensate for such
problems. 

Mark Dennehy managed to compensate well, and set a new
personal best of 555 points, and placed 6th in the final,
fighting off Helen Meade for the second competition in a row. 

Ray Reilly is also showing progress back to his original form
with a 541. Ray was forced to retire from air shooting for
almost a year with a back injury, but hopefully will now make
a comeback to the scene.

And finally, Keith White's software for administering
competitions, developed soley by him, is nearing it's first
release. Allready it has become the standard software for
this purpose in Ireland, and he should be congradulated on
this as he has put nearly 8 years of development into it,
with extensive user testing.


%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Air Rifle Nationals 2002}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club, Navan,
Co.Meath\\
\textbf{Date}&April 13/14, 2002\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson& Mark Dennehy\\
Ray Reilly & Keith White\\
Peter Byrne& Nithin Santhosh\\
Adrian Costigan& Kate Fanning\\
John Keeney& Rob McAdoo\\
Victoria McDowell& Doug Woolett\\
Deirdre Ninaber& Ben Jones \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|ll|}
\hline
\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
\hline
Steven Watterson&574&578\\
Mark Dennehy&543&538\\
Ray Reilly&544&519\\
Peter Byrne&531&528\\
Nithin Santhosh&526&524\\
Adrian Costigan&488&522\\
Kate Fanning&491&500\\
John Keeney&506&483\\
Rob McAdoo&457&422\\
Victoria McDowell&426&419\\
Doug Woolett&378&427\\
Deirdre Ninaber&&537\\
Ben Jones&&533\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson&Bronze, National Open; 3rd, Class A\\
Peter Byrne&2nd Class C, National Open; 3rd Class C, National
Championships\\
Nithin Santhosh&3rd ClassC, National Open\\
Kate Fanning&1st Class D, National Open\\
John Keeney&2nd Class D, National Open; 3rd Class D, National
Championships\\
Rob McAdoo&3rd Class D, National Open\\
Deirdre Ninaber&1st Class D, National Championships\\
Ben Jones&2nd Class C, National Championship\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

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\addsec{Report}

\parpic[r]{
    \begin{minipage}{3.1in}
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=3in]{Photos/Nationals_1.eps}\\
    \end{minipage}
}
DURC sent a large team of 14 people (13 competitors and one
administrative officer) to this year's Air Rifle National
Championships, which were held in Wilkinstown this year for
the first time in a decade, in the new NTSA portable range.
This range shows how uncomplicated the requirements are for
an olympic discipline like 10m Air Rifle. The full range seen
here can be disassembled and moved in only three hours,
though it does require several people and vans to move the
various components. So long as an appropriately sized venue
is available, the range can be used. This range should be
examined with the new projectile design in mind - it
demonstrates how the most important requirement is the
physical size of the hall, but also the necessity for
permanent fixtures - a three hour setup time would be
prohibitive in anything but a temporary range like this one.


\parpic[l]{
    \begin{minipage}{2.25in}
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=2in]{Photos/Steven_3.eps}\\
    \end{minipage}
}
The DURC squad shot extremely well, even given the required
5am starts on Saturday and Sunday (necessary to arrive in
Wilkinstown with sufficent time to prepare to shoot). All bar
Mark Dennehy and Steven Watterson set personal best scores,
and Steven held the lead in the National Open until the last
few shots. The National Open was held concurrently with the
National Championship to allow for international shooters
like Steven to compete. Steven managed to secure the bronze
medal for DURC in the Open. 

The Colours squad used this event as a warm-up and training
exercise for the colours match (due to be held in Wilkinstown
on April 26th), and given the scores acheived, this was
judged to be a resounding success. The squad learnt many
valuable lessons in match strategy, and also gained some
experience of shooting under pressure. Deirdre Ninaber,
shooting in her first ever air rifle match, managed to take
first place in class D with a 537, a phenonomally high score
for a beginner, and which will see her moved up to class B
with her next competition. This bodes very well for the
upcoming colours match, which this year is an offically
CUSAI--recognised Intervarsity for the first time.

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=5in]{Photos/DURC_10mAR_Nationals2002.eps}\\
\footnotesize\it The DURC Squad. Back Row, left to right:
Doug Woolett, Ray Reilly, Peter Byrne, John Keeney, Adrian
Costigan, Ben Jones, Mark Dennehy\\
Front Row, left to right: Victoria McDowell, Deirdre Ninaber,
Kate Fanning and captain Steven Watterson\\
\end{center}


%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Colours}

Colours is no longer simply the UCD/TCD colours match of old.
CUSAI finally offically recognised the competition this year,
and so this year is the first Irish 10m Air Rifle
Intervarsity. The colours match remains, as a seperate sub-competition
between us and UCD, at least for the moment. Final teams have
not yet been selected, but this year has seen the most
serious and organised training to date for this event, and
I'm happy to predict a thorough stomping for UCD, with us
taking the Senior and Junior shields back.

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{International}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Island Games 2001}

\addsec{Summary}

\begin{center}
\sf \small
\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Venue}&Isle of Man\\
\textbf{Date}&July 7-13\\
\textbf{Discipline}&10m Air Rifle, 50m 3 Position Rifle\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|lr|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{DURC Attendees}}\\
\hline
Steven Watterson, DURC Captain&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Scores}}\\
\hline
50m 3P Individual&1075(ex1200)\\
50m 3P Team&1091(ex1200)\\
10m Air Rifle Individual&561(ex600)\\
10m Air Rifle Team&554(ex600)\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{2ex}

\begin{tabular}{|r|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\textbf{Prizes Won}}\\
\hline
10m Air Rifle&3rd Place Individual\\
&4th Place Team event\\
50m 3P Rifle&2nd Place Individual\\
&2nd Place Team event\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

%-----------------------------------------------------------------------

\addsec{Report}


The first Island Games were held in July 1985 as part of
'The Year of Sport' in the Isle of Man. The intention was
to bring together sportsmen and sportswomen from a number
of small islands from different parts of the world to
participate in a festival of sport. So from 14 islands -
Aland, Anglesey, the Faroes, Froya, Gotland, Guernsey,
Hitra, Iceland, Jersey, Malta, the Orkney Islands, the
Shetland Islands, St. Helena and the Isle of Wight -
athletes came to the Isle of Man to compete in 7 sports -
badminton, athletics, cycling, shooting, swimming, soccer
and volleyball. The 'festival' was such a success that
at its conclusion the Island Games Association (IGA) was
instituted and the decision was taken to hold Island Games
every two years in different member islands.

This year, DURC Captain Steven Watterson, a Manx native, was
competing, and did spendidly well. In 10m Air Rifle, he
placed third in the Individual event, shooting his first
offical 'possible' (the maximum possible score, 100/100, also
known as a 'tun'). Despite a setback of shooting a 7.0 on his
first shot in the final, he fought hard and managed to fend
off David Turner and Pierre Goubert for third place. In the
Team event, Steven and teammate Jaccie Hamilton-Jones came
fourth, beaten by the Gotland, Jersey and Aland teams -
though Jaccie had some problems with her air rifle causing
her to shoot a very low score of 493 to Steven's 554. 

In 50m 3P rifle (the most rigorous and demanding of all rifle
disciplines), Steven managed to take the silver medal, beaten
only by Mattias Magnusson of Gotland. It was a close race for
the qualification round, as Stevens 1075 beat Birger
Johansson of Gotland into third place by only one point!
However, in the final Steven widened the gap to 12.4 points,
taking second place with no problems whatsoever. In fact, his
89.7 was the highest score shot in the final round. In the
team match, Steven and teammate Barry Jones took second
place, beating the Jersey team off by only eleven points at 2064
to 2053, thus securing Steven's third medal of the Games.

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Munich World Cup}

The Munich World Cup was attended this year by 65 nations
with nearly 650 shooters competing. Ireland sent a team of
two this year, Rhona Barry (who competed in the Atlanta
Olympic games) and Alan Lewis (who competed in the Sydney
Olympic games). Mark Dennehy, was sent to act
as Team Manager. 

Alan's competition, Mens 50m Prone Rifle, did not go well for
him and he missed the cutoff in the elimination round by one
place, with a score of 583 (584 being high enough to qualify
for the next round). 

Rhona did not have an elimination round in her event, women's
10m Air Rifle. She shot a 383 in qualification, which is a
Minimum Qualifying Score (MQS) for the Athens Olympic Games.
This makes her the first Irish shooter to qualify for
selection to fill a quota place for the games, and also one
of the first Irish athletes to do so. 

Mark was present in an administrative capacity during the
event, and also represented the Irish contingent at the
Technical Meeting and the Delegates Meeting during the World
Cup. 

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Isle of Man Easter Shoot}

The Isle of Man Easter shoot was supposed to be a major event
this year. Last year's ``fact-finding'' mission provided the
data on organisation and logisitics, UCD and WTSC were all
sending teams and it was going to be a large event. Sadly,
however, interest fell apart in the last few days, with noone
willing or able to spend the cash on attending, and with the
GB Juniors training taking members of both WTSC and DURC's
teams. Next year, we should be promoting this a bit more as
it is an idea small-scale multi-disciplinary international
event.

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Bisley Week}

John, Ben, Alan and Ray attended Bisley Week this year, and
happily promised a write-up. In August 2001. Which I still
don't have, though we do have the photos, which are on the
website.

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{Postal Competitions}

Postal competitions represent the easiest and cheapest way
for DURC to compete internationally, and as such are vital to
the club's competitive edge. This year we have taken on
summer season postals along with the traditional winter
UCESSA ones, to keep the 10m people sharp during the
``off-season''. 
%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{UCESSA 25yd Prone Rifle}

This competition saw it's usual share of late shooters, cards
filled out incompletely and missed by me before posting.
However, we had an exceptionally good year aside from this,
with almost everyone who shot all their cards coming in the
top three of their class. 

\begin{sidewaystable}
\begin{tabular}{ll|ccccccccccr|ccccccccccr|l}
\toprule
Division&Name&\multicolumn{11}{|c|}{Score}&\multicolumn{11}{|c|}{Points}&Place\\
&&1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&Total&1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&Total&\\
\midrule
%  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
2&Reilly R.	&ncr&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
2&Watterson S.	& 99&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
3&Keeney J.	&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
5&Byrne P.	&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
7&Dennehy M.	&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
9&McDermottroe C.& 1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
14&Smyth A.	&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
16&Costigan A.	&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
19&Murray L.	&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
21&Ninaber D.	&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
21&Madigan M.	&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
21&Gallagher D.	&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{sidewaystable}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{UCESSA 10m Air Rifle}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{NSRA 10m Team}

We have entered this competition to keep the air rifle
section of the club active. Shooting has not yet started,
though entries are closed. DURC competitors in this
competition are :

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{NSRA 10m Individual}

We have entered this competition to keep the air rifle
section of the club active. Shooting has not yet started,
though entries are closed. DURC competitors in this
competition are :

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\section{Internal Competitions}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{Ladders}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{25yd Prone Rifle}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{10m Air Rifle}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{25yd 3P Sporter Rifle}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{Championships}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{25yd Prone Rifle}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{10m Air Rifle}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{3P Sporter Rifle}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Rapid Fire}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{Other}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsubsection{Standards}

Disappointingly, noone shot for standards this year, despite
the interest shown in the NSRA version of the standards. I
would urge anyone who is shooting regularly to try for the
standards, and anyone on the colours team should definitely
try for them. Anyone interested should contact me or the next
Match Secretary.

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\section{Club Records}

This year sees a reorganisation of the Club records by
discipline. It also sees the introduction of the 3P 25yd
Sporter Records, as we have not shot 4P in some time. Next
year should see a more standardised approach to club records,
with individual divisions having standard records - Best
Individual Card, Highest Ladder Average and Best Competition
Score and Best Competition Placing for all. Also, record
equalling should be tracked.

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{25yd Prone Rifle}
\minisec{Best Individual Card}
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\toprule
Andy Trayler&1993&100, 9 pips shot out\\
Ray Reilly&2002&100, 9 pips shot out\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

\minisec{Highest Ladder Average}
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\toprule
Steven Watterson&2002&98.714\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\
This displaces Ray Reilly's previous record of 98.231, set in
1999.

\minisec{Highest Competition Score}
\begin{tabular}{rllr}
\toprule
Score&Ray Reilly&1999&595\\
&(Rathdrum Autumn Open)&\\
Placing&Mark Dennehy&2001&Gold Medal, National
Championships\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

\minisec{Highest Rapid-Fire Score}
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\toprule
Derval Tubridy&1993&98\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{100yds Prone Rifle}
\minisec{Best Individual Card}
\begin{tabular}{rllr}
\toprule
100yds&William Walsh&1987&200(ex200)\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{50m Prone Rifle}

There is no Best Individual Card division, due to a lack of
records. My successor should endeavour to locate records to
establish who holds this record.

\minisec{Highest Competition Score}
\begin{tabular}{rllr}
\toprule
50m Prone&Ray Reilly&1999&591\\
&&(EARC Festival)&\\
Placing&Ray Reilly&2000&Gold Medal, National
Championships\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{50m 3P Rifle}
\minisec{Highest Competition Score}
\begin{tabular}{rllr}
\toprule
50m 3P&Simon Kennedy&1995&1084\\
50m 3P ladies&Derval Tubridy&&519\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{25yd 4P Sporter Rifle}
\minisec{Best Individual Card}
\begin{tabular}{rllr}
\toprule
4P, Sling&Keith White&1993&114(ex120)\\
4P, No Sling&Simon Kennedy&1993&107(ex120)\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

\minisec{Highest Ladder Average}
\begin{tabular}{rlr}
\toprule
Conor Tighe&1994&107\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{50m 4P Sporter Rifle}
\minisec{Highest Competition Score}
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\toprule
Conor Tighe&1994&160(ex200)\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{25yd 3P Sporter Rifle}

This is a partially new section, as the 3P records started in
2001. 

\minisec{Highest Ladder Average}
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\toprule
Frank De Salle&2001&126.25\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

\minisec{Highest Competition Score}
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\toprule
Kenneth Suzuki&2001&134(ex150)\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{Prone Sporter Rifle}

We have not shot this in many years apparently.

\minisec{Highest Competition Score}
\begin{tabular}{rllr}
\toprule
25yd&Simon Kennedy&1994&384(ex400)\\
100m&Alan Murphy&1990&363(ex400)\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{10m Air Rifle}

\minisec{Best Ten-Shot Series}
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\toprule
Conor Tighe&1995&99\\
Steven Watterson&2002&99\\
Steven Watterson&2002&100\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

Steven's tun was shot while representing the Isle of Man in
the Island Games. As such, we're not sure if it should be a
DURC record, but a tun in air rifle is worth remembering.

\minisec{Highest Ladder Average}
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\toprule
Steven Watterson&2002&95.2\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

This displaces Simon Kennedy's 1997 record of 94.467.

\minisec{Highest Competition Score}
\begin{tabular}{rllr}
\toprule
60-shot&Steven Watterson&2002, IoM Easter Shoot&578\\
40-shot&Derval Tubridy&1997&380\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

This displaces Ray Reilly's previous 575 record from 1999.

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{Fullbore Rifle}
\minisec{Highest Competition Score}
\begin{tabular}{rllr}
\toprule
200yds&M.G.Notley&1963&48(ex50)\\
300yds&M.C.C.Heaton&1962&49(ex50)\\
500yds&P.G.Coulson&?&48(ex50)\\
&P.Gardiner&?&48(ex50)\\
&M.G.Notley&?&48(ex50)\\
600yds&William Walsh&?&48(ex50)\\
900yds&C.Day&?&45(ex50)\\
1000yds&C.Oakley&?&45(ex50)\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

Note that fullbore records date circa 1960 and are spotty at
best!

%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\subsection{Miscellaneous Records}
\begin{tabular}{rllr}
\toprule
3P Air Rifle&Andy Traylor&1992&278(ex300)\\
Triathlon&Conor Tighe&1994&298(ex300)\\
University Top XX&Albert Jordan&1998&7 points lost\\
&&first Irish shooter to win\\
&&Individual Gold Medal\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

My successor should tidy up this section.

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\end{document}
