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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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\newpage
\section{External Competitions}

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\subsection{National Level}

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\subsubsection{Air Rifle Nationals 2001}


\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club, Belfield\\
\textbf{Date}&May 12/13, 2001\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}&Mark Dennehy\\&Ben Jones\\&Keith White\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
%\begin{tabular}{lr}
Mark Dennehy		& 513\\
Ben Jones		& 505, 488\\
%\end{tabular}\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
Ben Jones & $3^{rd}$ Class D\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

DURC were asked to assist with the logistics for the
Nationals by the NTSA on the basis of the standard set by
the DURC Air Rifle Open earlier in the season. This was a
vindication of the effort we put into the DURC 10m Open last
year.

Keith White was the offical scorer and statistician for the
competition, as he has been for most of the 10m competitions
in the past few seasons. I shot a 513 (ex600) on the first
day but due to a foul-up, was disqualified from the Open
when my second match had only 55 shots, one of my target
cards being lost in the mele\'{e} that Sundays shooting
proved to be. Ben shot very well, scoring a 505 on his
first day, which was the first time he has broken 500. Ben
Jones managed to get third place in Class D, beating off
virtually all of the Wilkinstown club to do so (some twenty
shooters!); and he was promoted to Class C. This was the
last air shoot of the 2000-2001 season.

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\subsubsection{Fassaroe 50m Open 2001}

\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&Fassaroe Shooting Club, Enniskerry\\
\textbf{Date}&June 16-17, 2001\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}&Steven Watterson\\&Mark Dennehy\\
&John Keeney\\&Alan Smyth\\
&Joe Lalor\\&Peter Byrne\\
&Ray Reilly\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
\textbf{50m Prone Rifle}\\
Ray Reilly&571\\
Steven Watterson&570\\
Mark Dennehy&556\\
Peter Byrne&549\\
Joe Lalor&534\\
\textbf{100yd Prone Rifle}\\
John Keeney&555\\
Alan Smyth&511\\
Joe Lalor&338\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
John Keeney&First Place, 100yd Prone Rifle\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

The weather was awful on the Sunday. While we had no entrants
for the Three Position match , 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. 50m saw more entrys,
but this was Joe and Peter's first 50m competition, and I
was breaking in my new gear, so we took it as a training
exercise.

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

\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&Fassaroe Shooting Club\\
\textbf{Date}&July 7th, 8th, 2001\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}&Mark Dennehy\\&John Keeney\\
&Alan Smyth\\&Adrian Costigan\\
&Peter Byrne\\&Conor McDermottroe\\
&Joe Lalor\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
\textbf{Three Position Rifle}\\
Mark Dennehy&937\\
\textbf{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\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
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\\
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DURC entered a reasonable contingent in this year's 50m Prone
Nationals and all did 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 3P match. DURC was planning on training for
3P in earnest this year, using Air Rifles due to range
restictions, but time pressures on the committee mooted this
idea.

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\subsubsection{DURC 50m Open 2001}

\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&Fassaroe Sporting Club\\
\textbf{Date}&July 22\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}
&Steven Watterson\\& Ray Reilly\\
&Peter Byrne\\& Alan Smyth\\
&Mark Dennehy\\& John Keeney\\
&Adrian Costigan\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
Steven Watterson&585\\
Ray Reilly&582\\
Peter Byrne&577\\
Alan Smyth&572\\
Mark Dennehy&568\\
John Keeney &566\\
Adrian Costigan&545\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
Steven Watterson&1st place overall, 2nd place class A, 2nd
place Rapid-Fire\\
Ray Reilly&2nd place overall,3rd place class A, 1st place rapid-fire\\
Adrian Costigan&2nd place class C\\
Alan Smyth&1st place class D\\
Peter Byrne&2nd place class D\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

Steven Watterson won the Dublin University Rifle Club
Open, beating Olympian Alan Lewis with a score of 585.
Steven had just returned
from the Island Games in the Isle of Man where he won two
silver medals in Air Rifle and 50m three-position Rifle, as
well as a bronze medal. Steven won a custom rifle barrel
kindly donated by Shilen ltd. Second place went to Ray Reilly
and third to Tony Cogan who travelled to Zagreb later
that week to represent Ireland in the European Championships.

The Rapid-Fire competition was won by Raymond Reilly,
with an impressive 97/100. Second place was decided by
a shoot-off between Steven Watterson and Alan Lewis, and was
won by Steven Watterson.

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\subsubsection{Comber Open 2001}

\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&Comber Rifle Club, Comber\\
\textbf{Date}&August 4-5, 2001\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}\\
Steven Watterson&Mark Dennehy\\
John Keeney&Peter Byrne\\
Ray Reilly&\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
\textbf{100 Yards}\\
Steven Watterson&384\\
Ray Reilly&380\\
John Keeney&383\\
Peter Byrne&384\\
Mark Dennehy&342\\
\textbf{50 Metres}\\
Steven Watterson&577\\
Ray Reilly&562\\
John Keeney&570\\
Peter Byrne&569\\
Mark Dennehy&536\\
\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\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
Steven Watterson&First place, teams competition\\
&Eight place overall\\
John Keeney&3rd, Class B, 50m\\
Peter Byrne&2nd, Class B, 100yds\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

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. 

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\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. 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. 

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\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}

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\subsubsection{East Antrim Festival 2001}

\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&East Antrim Rifle Club\\
\textbf{Date}&7-9 October, 2001\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}
&John Keeney\\&Ray Reilly\\
&Alan Smyth\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
\textbf{10m Air Rifle}\\
John Keeney&477\\
Alan Smyth&485\\
\textbf{10m Air Pistol}\\
John Keeney&426\\
Alan Smyth&477\\
\textbf{50m Prone Rifle}\\
John Keeney&543\\
Ray Reilly&575\\
Alan Smyth&540\\
\textbf{25m Smallbore Pistol}\\
John Keeney&303\\
Alan Smyth&427\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

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.



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\subsubsection{Wilkinstown Open 1 2001}

\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club\\
\textbf{Date}&14 October 2001\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}&
Steven Watterson\\&Mark Dennehy\\
&Ben Jones\\&Peter Byrne\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
Steven Watterson&571\\
Mark Dennehy&544\\
Ben Jones&485\\
Peter Byrne&453\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
Steven Watterson&3rd Place, Class A\\
&3rd Place Overall\\
Mark Dennehy&2nd Place, Class B\\
Peter Byrne&1st Place, Class C\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

DURC sent a team of four to the first
competition of the 2001-2 Air Rifle season. Attendance was low due
to difficulties with transport and lack of training time for
new club members.

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, 570 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.

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\subsubsection{UCD Open 1 2001}

\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club, Belfield\\
\textbf{Date}&28-29 October 2001\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}&
Steven Watterson\\
&Mark Dennehy\\
&Ben Jones\\
&Peter Byrne\\&Adrian Costigan\\
&Nithin Santhosh\\&Dave Barron\\
&Colman Marcus-Quinn\\&Ljiljana Skrba\\
&Daniel O'Neill\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
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\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
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\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

This was 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. 

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\subsubsection{Leinster Indoor Open}


\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&Rathdrum Rifle and Pistol Club\\
\textbf{Date}&November 4th, 2001\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}&
Mark Dennehy\\&John Keeney\\
&Peter Byrne\\&Deirdre Ninaber\\
&Adrian Costigan\\&Eric Farrell\\
&Michael Madigan\\&Shane Kelly\\
&Alan Smyth&\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
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\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
John Keeney&Second place overall\\
&First place, Class B\\
Alan Smyth&First place, Class C\\
Deirdre Ninaber&First place, Class D\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

DURC sent a squad to Rathdrum for the Leinster Indoor Open.
The early start took it's toll on some - I shot the worst
score I have shoot indoors since I began competing eight
years ago. 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 fact, 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 
competing in her second competition ever - having only
ever shot 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. 
\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}

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\subsubsection{Fassaroe 10m Open 1 2001}


\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club\\
\textbf{Date}&10-11 November 2001\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}&
Steven Watterson\\&Mark Dennehy\\
&Ben Jones\\&John Keeney\\
&Peter Byrne\\&Adrian Costigan\\
&Coleman Marcus-Quinn\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
Steven Watterson&565\\
Mark Dennehy&553, 552 \\
Ben Jones&486\\
John Keeney&438\\
Peter Byrne&476, 465 \\
Adrian Costigan&457, 427 \\
Coleman Marcus-Quinn&441\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
Mark Dennehy&Class B, 1st place\\
Peter Byrne&Class D, 3rd place\\
Coleman Marcus-Quinn&Best DURC Novice shooter\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

DURC sent a small team to compete in the Fassaroe Club's Air
Rifle Open (aka the WAIDAM open), 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.
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 
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. I 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.

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

\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club, Belfield\\
\textbf{Date}&24-25 November 2001\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}&Steven Watterson\\
&Mark Dennehy\\
&Ray Reilly\\&Liam Murray\\
&Alan Smyth\\&Peter Byrne\\
&Adrian Costigan\\&Dave Barron\\
&Victoria McDowell\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
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\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
Steven Watterson&Third place overall\\
Liam Murray&First place class D\\
Peter Byrne&Third place, Juniors\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

The annual DURC 10m Air Rifle Open is one of our two most
important external competitions. 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 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. 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=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 just missed the 500 mark
by 3 points. Ben Jones missed it by 6 with 494. Adrian
Costigan put in scores of 467 and 456 repectively. Newcomers
Dave Barron, Steven Beck and Victoria McDowell also did
admirably, though they did not reach the rostrum. And Ray
Reilly 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 Real Soon Now.

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}


\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&UCD Rifle Club, Belfield\\
\textbf{Date}&23-24 February 2002\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}
&Steven Watterson\\&Mark Dennehy\\
&Ben Jones\\&Nithin Santhosh\\
&Rob McAdoo\\&Ljiljana Skrba\\
&Kate Fanning\\&Victoria McDowell\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
Mark Dennehy&541\\
Ben Jones&504\\
Nithin Santhosh&504\\
Kate Fanning&442\\
Victoria McDowell&413\\
Ljiljana Skrba&382\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
Ben Jones&Second Place, class C\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

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! 

Nithin Santhosh shot a personal
best of 504 and earned 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). I reached the final and moved 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 on April 27th.

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

\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club, Wilkinstown\\
\textbf{Date}&March 9-10, 2002\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}
&Mark Dennehy\\&Kate Fanning\\
&Ray Reilly\\&Keith White\\
\textbf{Scores}\\
Mark Dennehy&555\\
Ray Reilly&547\\
Kate Fanning&383\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

Despite inclement weather and horrible driving conditions,
DURC sent a small team to the WTSC Open. 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. I managed to
compensate, 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 also showed progress
back to his original form with a 541.

And finally, Keith White's software for administering
competitions 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}


\framebox{\small 
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\textbf{Venue}&Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club, Navan,
Co.Meath\\
\textbf{Date}&April 13/14, 2002\\
\textbf{DURC Attendees}
&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 \\
\textbf{Scores}\\
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\\
\textbf{Prizes Won}\\
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\\
\end{tabular}\\
}\\

\parpic[l]{
    \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
myself 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. He would have taken a national
championship medal home, but for his passport.

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 27th), 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 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}

The first Island Games were held in 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 Steven, who is a Manx native, was
competing, and did spendidly well. In 10m Air Rifle, he
placed third in the Individual event, shooting his first
offical 'tun'. We're still not sure if this is a club record though,
because he wasn't shooting to represent DURC at the time.
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. And we know Ben took fourth in the NSRA/Eley Postal Finals,
which was impressive.


%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\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. First places were taken by John Keeney,
Alan Smyth and Deirdre Ninaber, seconds by Peter Byrne, myself,
Adrian Costigan and Michael Madigan. Special note to Deirdre, who won
nine out of ten rounds for a nearly-perfect points score of 99/100.

\newpage

\begin{tabular}{ll|ccccccccccr|l}
\toprule
Division&Name&\multicolumn{11}{|c|}{Score}&Place\\
&&1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&Total&\\
\midrule
%                  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&Place\\
2&Reilly R.	&\textit{NCR}& 99& 98& 99& 98& 95& 97& 96& 98& 99&  879& 7th \\
2&Watterson S.	& 99& 99& 97& dq& 97& 98& 97& 97&\textbf{100}&\textbf{100}&  884& 6th \\ 
3&Keeney J.	& 96& 99& 99&\textbf{100}& 99& 98& 95& 98& 98& 99&  981& 1st \\
5&Byrne P.	& 99& 97& 95&\textbf{100}& 97& 96& 97& 98& 99& 98&  976&  2nd \\
7&Dennehy M.	& 97& 99& 98& 98& 95& 95& 97& 96& 96& 95&  966& 2nd \\
9&McDermottroe C.&dq& 97& 97& 96& 98& 97& 94& 99&\textit{NCR}&\textit{NCR}&  678&  5th \\
14&Smyth A.	& dq& 97& 97& 98& 98& 96& 97& 96& 95& 99&  873&  1st \\
16&Costigan A.	& 95& 92& 98& 89& 96& 95& 94& 97& 96& 96&  948&  2nd  \\
19&Murray L.	& 94& 92&\textit{NCR}& 91& 87& 97& 94&\textit{NCR}&\textit{NCR}&\textit{NCR}&  555&   7th  \\
21&Ninaber D.	& 99& 97& 96& 95& 94& 98& 91& 94& 96& 94&  954&  1st  \\
21&Madigan M.	&\textit{NCR}& 94& 95& 88& 95& 95& 91& 93& 96& 91&  838&  2nd  \\
21&Gallagher D.	&\textit{NCR}& 86&\textit{NCR}&\textit{NCR}&\textit{NCR}&\textit{NCR}&\textit{NCR}&\textit{NCR}&\textit{NCR}&\textit{NCR}&   86&  8th \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}

\begin{tabular}{ll|ccccccccccr|l}
\toprule
Division&Name&\multicolumn{11}{|c|}{Points}&Place\\
&&1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&Total&\\
\midrule
%                  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10&Total&Place\\
2&Reilly R.	&  0&  8&  6&  9&  6&  4&  5&  3&  5&  9&   55& 7th \\
2&Watterson S.	&  7&  8&  3&  0&  4&  6&  5&  4& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}&   57& 6th \\ 
3&Keeney J.	&  6& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}&  9&  9&  4&  8&  9& \textbf{10}&   85& 1st \\
5&Byrne P.	&  9&  8&  4& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}&  4&  6&  9& \textbf{10}&  9&   79& 2nd \\
7&Dennehy M.	& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}&  4&  6&  8& \textbf{10}&  9&  7&   84& 2nd \\
9&McDermottroe C.& 0&  9&  9&  7& \textbf{10}&  9&  3& \textbf{10}&  0&  0&   57& 5th \\
14&Smyth A.	&  0& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}&  8& \textbf{10}&   88& 1st \\
16&Costigan A.	& \textbf{10}&  7& \textbf{10}&  1& \textbf{10}&  9&  8& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}&   85& 2nd  \\
19&Murray L.	&  9& \textbf{10}&  0&  6&  5& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}&  0&  0&  0&   50& 7th  \\
21&Ninaber D.	& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}&  9& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}& \textbf{10}&   99& 1st  \\
21&Madigan M.	&  0&  9&  9&  8& \textbf{10}&  9& \textbf{10}&  8& \textbf{10}&  9&   82& 2nd  \\
21&Gallagher D.	&  0&  6&  0&  0&  0&  0&  0&  0&  0&  0&    6& 8th \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}




\begin{tabular}{ll|cccccccccc}
\toprule
Division&Name&\multicolumn{10}{|c|}{Rank}\\
&&1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 \& Final\\
\midrule
%                  1&  2&  3&  4&  5&  6&  7&  8&  9& 10\&Final\\
2&Reilly R.	&   &  8&  9&  7&  6&  6&  6&  7&  9&  7    \\
2&Watterson S.	&  4&  2&  6&  9&  9&  8&  8&  9&  7&  6    \\
3&Keeney J.	&  5&  2& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}    \\
5&Byrne P.	&  2&  2&  4&  2&  2&  3&  4&  4&  3&  2    \\
7&Dennehy M.	& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}&  2&  2&  2&  2&  2& 2     \\
9&McDermottroe C.&  &  8&  6&  4&  4&  4&  4&  4&  4& 5     \\
14&Smyth A.	&   & \textbf{1}&  5&  3&  2&  2& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}&\textbf{1}     \\
16&Costigan A.	& \textbf{1}&  7& \textbf{1}&  4&  2&  2&  2&  2&  2&  2    \\
19&Murray L.	&  2& \textbf{1}&  5&  4&  5&  3&  2&  5&  7&   7  \\
21&Ninaber D.	& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}& \textbf{1}&  \textbf{1}   \\
21&Madigan M.	&   &  7&  5&  4&  3&  3&  2&  2&  2&    2 \\
21&Gallagher D.	&   &  8&  8&  8&  8&  8&  8&  8&  8&     8 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}


%\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&Place\\
%2&Reilly R.	&ncr& 99& 98& 99& 98& 95& 97& 96& 98& 99&  879&  0&  8&  6&  9&  6&  4&  5&  3&  5&  9&   55& 7th \\
%2&Watterson S.	& 99& 99& 97& dq& 97& 98& 97& 97&100&100&  884&  7&  8&  3&  0&  4&  6&  5&  4& 10& 10&   57& 6th \\ 
%3&Keeney J.	& 96& 99& 99&100& 99& 98& 95& 98& 98& 99&  981&  6& 10& 10& 10&  9&  9&  4&  8&  9& 10&   85& 1st \\
%5&Byrne P.	& 99& 97& 95&100& 97& 96& 97& 98& 99& 98&  976&  9&  8&  4& 10& 10&  4&  6&  9& 10&  9&   79& 2nd \\
%7&Dennehy M.	& 97& 99& 98& 98& 95& 95& 97& 96& 96& 95&  966& 10& 10& 10& 10&  4&  6&  8& 10&  9&  7&   84& 2nd \\
%9&McDermottroe C.&dq& 97& 97& 96& 98& 97& 94& 99&ncr&ncr&  678&  0&  9&  9&  7& 10&  9&  3& 10&  0&  0&   57& 5th \\
%14&Smyth A.	& dq& 97& 97& 98& 98& 96& 97& 96& 95& 99&  873&  0& 10& 10& 10& 10& 10& 10& 10&  8& 10&   88& 1st \\
%16&Costigan A.	& 95& 92& 98& 89& 96& 95& 94& 97& 96& 96&  948& 10&  7& 10&  1& 10&  9&  8& 10& 10& 10&   85& 2nd  \\
%19&Murray L.	& 94& 92&ncr& 91& 87& 97& 94&ncr&ncr&ncr&  555&  9& 10&  0&  6&  5& 10& 10&  0&  0&  0&   50& 7th  \\
%21&Ninaber D.	& 99& 97& 96& 95& 94& 98& 91& 94& 96& 94&  954& 10& 10& 10& 10&  9& 10& 10& 10& 10& 10&   99& 1st  \\
%21&Madigan M.	&ncr& 94& 95& 88& 95& 95& 91& 93& 96& 91&  838&  0&  9&  9&  8& 10&  9& 10&  8& 10&  9&   82& 2nd  \\
%21&Gallagher D.	&ncr& 86&ncr&ncr&ncr&ncr&ncr&ncr&ncr&ncr&   86&  0&  6&  0&  0&  0&  0&  0&  0&  0&  0&    6& 8th \\
%\bottomrule
%\end{tabular}
%\end{sidewaystable}

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\subsubsection{UCESSA 10m Air Rifle}

This hasn't finished yet, but Steven's tearing off ahead as usual,
currently holding in fourth place with an aggregate score of 29
points and an aggregate gunscore of 759.

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\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 :\\

\textbf{Team 1 :} Mark Dennehy, Steven Watterson and Ben Jones.\\

\textbf{Team 2 :} Nithin Santhosh, Ljiljana Skrba and Rob McAdoo.\\

\textbf{Team 3 :} Ray Reilly, Kate Fanning and Peter Byrne.\\

Good luck to all.

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\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 :\\

\begin{tabular}{lll}
Steven Watterson& Mark Dennehy& Ray Reilly\\ Ben Jones& Peter Byrne&
Ljiljana Skrba\\ Nithin Santhosh\\
\end{tabular}

Good luck to all.

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\section{Internal Competitions}

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\subsection{Ladders}

The ladders have seen a fair amount of activity over the past year.
The closing date for the ladders was set at Friday, April 19. This
year saw the return of the advanced classes in 10m and 25yd, for the
first time in some years. Hopefully they're here to stay!

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\subsubsection{25yd Prone Rifle}

In the advanced class, Steven Watterson took first place with 98.714
points as an average, setting a new club record while doing so.
Second place on 97.769 went to John Keeney, beating out Ray Reilly's
97.250 which took third. Some results have been omitted from this
ladder, however, including Ray's NSRA/Eley tun which also made it to
the record books this year. There were 74 cards on the ladder from 5
shooters, not an unreasonable activity level.

In the experienced class, Peter Byrne's 97.1 took first, followed by
Conor on 96.2 and Deirdre on 95.071. 174 cards made it onto the
ladder in this section, showing the level of activity. 

In the novice class, Brian Long's 91 beat out Ghandi Solayar's 90.9
by a tight margin to take first place, with W.Sim's 87.125 taking
third. Activity was not so high here, with only 30 cards on the
ladder in total.

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\subsubsection{10m Air Rifle}

119 cards from three shooters made up the advanced ladder, an
startlingly high level of shooting. First place was, without
surprise, Steven Watterson, with 95.2 as an average (some of us count
that as our personal best, dammit). I got second place with 92.4 and
Ray is making a good comeback to 10m with 91.1 as his average.

In the experienced class, Peter and Ben had a scrap to see who could
shoot the most cards, Peter winning with a staggering 97 cards shot.
(that actually 194 5-strip targets...) Deirdre, however, took first
place with 87.893 to Peter's second-place 87.494, with Ben taking
third place on 86.4. All very close indeed, and with a total of 330
cards on the ladder, we can be absolutely sure that the results are
no fluke.

Novice class wasn't terribly quiet by comparison, 269 cards from 15
people made it the most crowded, if not the busiest of the ladders,
but the level of training belies the shooters' novice status, as most
of the colours squad is hiding in here doing dry-firing to train.
Nithin the incorrigible took first place with 82.889, with Ye
``Elena'' Wang taking second on 78.636 and Kate Fanning in third
place on 76.8. Nithin also shot the most cards, with 43 compared to
the next nearest total of 35 (shot by both Kate and Victoria
McDowell).

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\subsubsection{25yd 3P Sporter Rifle}

Sporter was very much the ``try it once and walk away'' discipline
this year - of the 11 people on the ladders, only 3 people had the
necessary three cards to qualify for a prize. In fact the top two on
the ladder, myself and Steven (125 each), didn't shoot enough cards
and so the first place goes to Adrian Costigan, with 123.333. Second
place skips John Keeney's single 123 entry to go to Frank De Salle,
who shot the most cards (8) and got an average of 122.429. Third
place goes to Mick Durcan, who shot an average of 117 and 6 cards in
total, skipping Ben and Michael Madigan.  A total of 29 cards were
shot, an extremely quite discipline. We need to get some people going
to external competitions with these rifles, wheither in Silhouette or
Sporter competitions, or we risk the discipline dying out altogether.

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\subsection{Championships}

The championships this year were not as well-organised as last year,
though they did succeed better on the social gathering side of
things. Next year's committee are \textbf{strongly} urged to set the
calendar for events \textit{before the start of michaelmas term}, and
to announce it widely well in advance. 

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\subsubsection{25yd Prone Rifle}

25yd proved contraversial this year, with three people tied on 98 for
first place. After much arguing as to whether a pip had to be clipped
or obliterated to count, graduated guages were instead used to
rescore the cards. Following this, Steven took first place, Adrian
second and Ray took third place. Following this, it should be
suggested that next year the rules be written down *before* the
event, and that anyone who thinks they may have first place shouldn't
join the party in case a shoot-off is called for!

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\subsubsection{10m Air Rifle}

Air Rifle proved interesting this year, with equipment limitations
for the first time (no trousers for anyone). Kate Fanning took first
place, trouncing all comers with an 86, while Peter, Frank and Adrian
all tied on second place with 80. Counting tens to break the tie,
Peter took second with 3 tens, Frank takes 3rd with 2, and Adrian 4th
with 1. 

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\subsubsection{3P Sporter Rifle}

3P was well attended, being the first internal competition and while
John Keeney left early with a 123, happily convinced of a win, Steven
and Mark stomped all over this with Steven taking second with 125 and
Mark taking first with 130. 


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\subsubsection{Rapid Fire}

Rapid Fire was again interesting, with myself getting a really
disappointing 85 (with a -10 on the last shot) - which would have
been less crushing if my scope hadn't been pointed at Steven's
card...

First place went to Alan with 93, second to Conor on 92 and Steven
took third on 91.

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\subsection{Other}

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\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.

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\subsubsection{GB Team stuff}

Though they haven't happened yet, and they're not open to
DURC shooters, we ought to note that Steven's going to the
Commonwealth Games on the GB team. These are at a level somewhere
between the World Cups and the Olympics, and it's quite an
achievement, especially given the high standards of the GB team.

And while we're at it, also note that Peter Byrne was
invited to go training with the GB Juniors this easter,
which is the first time we've had someone do that in many
years.


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\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.

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\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
Ray Reilly&1999&98.231\\
Steven Watterson&2002&98.714\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\
This displaces Ray Reilly's previous record of 98.231, set in
1999. However, some records arer missing from the ladder, so this has
yet to be verified.

\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}\\

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

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\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&593\\
&&(EARC Festival)&\\
Placing&Ray Reilly&2000&Gold Medal, National
Championships\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

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\subsection{50m 3P Rifle}
\minisec{Highest Competition Score}
\begin{tabular}{rllr}
\toprule
50m 3P mens&Steven Watterson&2002 Easter Shoot IoM&1093\\
50m 3P ladies&Derval Tubridy&&519\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\
This displaces Simon Kennedy's 1995 record of 1084 for men's 3P.

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\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}\\

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

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\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}\\

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\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}\\

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\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, National Open&578\\
40-shot&Derval Tubridy&1997&380\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}\\

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

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\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!

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\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}
