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Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd.\\
4030 Kingswood Avenue \\
Citywest Business Park \\
Naas Road \\
Dublin 24
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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.

The prime event for which we are seeking sponsorship at
present is the DURC 10m Air Rifle Open, our main external
air rifle competition of the year, to be held on November
24$^{th}$ and 25$^{th}$. This event is the standard 10m
Air Rifle Olympic discipline, and usually has upwards of
forty senior competitors and twenty junior competitors from
all over the country, though that number has been rising
steadily in recent years. The competition receives 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 ``Meteor Cup'' in both
competitions, with the Meteor logo on all prizes given
out. Such prizes could include mobile phones or other such
promotional items.

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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