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    Nammo Lapua Oy\\P.O.Box 5\\FIN-62101 Lapua\\Finland
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\telefax{+353-1-6772204}
\telephone{+353-1-6081281}
\email{Mark.Dennehy@cs.tcd.ie}
\name{Mark Dennehy,\\{\itshape DURC Secretary}\\Vision Lab\\O'Reilly Institute\\Trinity College Dublin\\Dublin 2}
\signature{\rule{3in}{0.01in}\\Mark Dennehy,\\{\itshape DURC Secretary}}


\subject{Dublin University Rifle Club Sponsorship}
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The Dublin University Rifle Club is one of the oldest,
largest and most successful sports clubs in Trinity College
today. We celebrate the $40^{th}$ anniversary of the
founding of the modern club this year, and last year saw
the 160$^{th}$ anniversary of the original college rifle
club. We currently have 398 members, making us the largest
sporting club in the College. DURC members act as part of
the National Target Shooting Association committee and we
have been requested by the NTSA to manage the logistics for
the Air Rifle Nationals for the last two years. This past
year alone, DURC members have competed in 27 national-level
competitions and four international level competitions,
including two World Cups; we won a total of 38 prizes at
these competitions. DURC has had at least one competitor
qualify for the Irish National Squad every year for the
past twenty years; at present we have four, including two
juniors. This year's Munich World Cup saw a DURC member
acting as Irish Team Manager. We have a long history of
international competition, and an excellent reputation both
here and abroad. A DURC competitor was the first Irish
competitor to win a gold medal abroad and DURC competitors
have represented Ireland at international level many times.
We also have a healthy public image, with many articles in
national, local and College newspapers and magazines, as
well as occasional television coverage.

However, the grants which the College provide for the
running of the club do not cover all of our
expenses, and are limited in their coverage - for example,
travel to competitions outside Ireland, prizes for
competitions or office expenses are not covered by these
grants. As such, we seek external sponsorship wherever
possible. We feel that our club is a prime opportunity for
corporate sponsorship given our reputation and history.

The prime events for which we are seeking
sponsorship are the DURC 10m Air Rifle Open and the
DURC 50m Free Rifle Open, our main external competitions
during the year. Both of these events are Olympic
disciplines, and usually have upwards of forty
senior competitors and twenty junior competitors, from
all over the country, though that number has been rising
steadily in recent years. They receive coverage in national,
local and college newsletters.
The opens are also open to competitors from abroad,
and this year we are hoping to invite competitors from the
Isle of Man and from the UK. We would welcome an ``Lapua 
Cup'' in both competitions, with the Lapua logo on all
prizes given out. We feel that this would be an ideal
opportunity to promote Lapua ammunition on the Irish market.
Prizes in the form of ammunition could be
offered. Obviously Lapua
promotional posters, products and information would be on
display during the competition.

Alternatively, sponsorship could take the form of providing sports 
clothing for the DURC squad with your corporate logo or funding
the formal events held during the year such as the 
40$^{th}$ anniversary formal dinner
function (to be held in Trinity College to mark the actual
anniversary of the club's founding).

I would be grateful for the opportunity to discuss this
proposal further. I can be contacted at the above addresses; 
I look forward to hearing from you.


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