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\subject{Dublin University Rifle Club}
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I collected the notes in this document from running the
\ac{TTT} for two years. Since I had to learn the job on the
fly at the start, I felt that a set of notes was the best
legacy I could leave to whoever had to be the Match Secretary
after me; I hope they prove useful to you.

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\textit{Mark Dennehy\\DURC Match Secretary 1999-2002}



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\item Be organised early on. I can't stress this enough - if
you fall behind in marking cards, \textbf{you will not catch
up} and will have to duck people at competition as they ask
about the results and who's won and so forth. So get yourself
organised well ahead of time.

\item Set the dates before you send out the first invitation.
Ensure everyone knows whether the date is when the card is to
be shot by; or posted by; or with you by. 

\item Ensure people know that dropping 2 cards will result in
disqualification. 

\item Be prepared to spend one saturday each fortnight or
each month (depending on the length of time for shooting each
card) taking all the cards for that round and scoring them.
Scoring them as they arrive would be better, but that's like
doing your homework before watching TV...

\item Bring home the .22 gauge for these sessions. You do
know how to use it, right ? Also have a well-lit area with a
desk and a magnifying glass for this.

\item When scoring the cards, keep a written record of the
scores in a notebook and archive the cards themselves. Record
as well who has submitted cards for what round and so on.
This makes it a lot easier if you have to reenter all the
results into a computer because you accidentally overwrote
the full set of results with an earlier incomplete backup ...

\item Spreadsheets a mystery? Then learn them. Now. You
really cannot do this job without the aid of a computer --
well, actually you can, but you can't do anything else at the
same time because it will eat all your time! 

\item Unix, \LaTeX, unix spreadsheets like gnumeric or kspread, and
plain ASCII text file formats (comma seperated value --
.csv files) are all your friends. Get to know them and your
life will be a lot easier than you can currently imagine.
The ability to do work over a modem line from home is one
which you will find yourself in dire need of at least once
during your year. That's Murphy's Law for you.

\item Buy a hardbacked notebook and keep notes on everything.
Computers are wonderful tools that mean you can do this job
without giving up your BA/MSc/PhD; but the hard disk you can
bet your life on hasn't been invented yet. 

\item The first invites usually go out at the DURC 50m Open.
Post them off the day before and bring copies to the range
for the open to hand out. Give a month to six weeks for
replies, then send off the stickers.

\item Once the entry fees are in, buy the prizes immediately.
In fact, hanging onto the entry fees until the prizes are
bought and paid for is a better idea than releasing them to
the mercies of the front arch locker -- the first year I did
that and the entire entry fee income was spent in one night
on beer after the fencing club grudge match.

\item Remember, ten patches for the top ten shooters, and a
medal for the top three.



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\acro{TTT}[{\textbf{ \sf T.T.T}}]{Trinity Top Ten}
%\acro{DURC}[{\bf \sf D.U.R.C.}]{Dublin University Rifle Club}
%\acro{BSSC}[{\bf \sf B.S.S.C.}]{British Shooting Sports Council}
%\acro{NSRA}[{\bf \sf N.S.R.A.}]{National Small-bore Rifle Association}
%\acro{NTSA}[{\bf \sf N.T.S.A.}]{National Target Shooting Association}
%\acro{ISSF}[{\bf \sf I.S.S.F.}]{International Shooting Sport Federation}
%\acro{NRPAI}[{\bf \sf N.R.P.A.I.}]{National Rifle and Pistol Association of Ireland} 
%\acro{NSARC}[{\bf \sf N.A.S.R.C.}]{National Association of Sporting Rifle Clubs}
%\acro{NSAI}[{\bf \sf N.S.A.I.}]{National Silhouette Association of Ireland}
%\acro{IPCRA}[{\bf \sf I.P.C.R.A.}]{Irish Pony Club Rifle Association}
%\acro{IOC}[{\bf \sf I.O.C.}]{International Olympic Committee}
%\acro{ISC}[{\bf \sf I.S.C.}]{Irish Sports Council}
%\acro{OCI}[{\bf \sf O.C.I.}]{Olympic Council of Ireland}
%\acro{ESC}[{\bf \sf E.S.C.}]{European Shooting Confederation}
%\acro{NGB}[{\bf \sf N.G.B.}]{National Governing Body}
%\acro{UCDRC}[{\bf \sf U.C.D.R.C.}]{University College Dublin Rifle Club}
%\acro{WTSC}[{\bf \sf W.T.S.C.}]{Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club}
%\acro{FSC}[{\bf \sf F.S.C.}]{Fassaroe Shooting Club}
%\acro{RRPC}[{\bf \sf R.R.P.C.}]{Rathdrum Rifle and Pistol Club}
%\acro{DRC}[{\bf \sf D.R.C.}]{Dublin Rifle Club}
%\acro{EARC}[{\bf \sf E.A.R.C.}]{East Antrim Rifle Club}
%\acro{MRC}[{\bf \sf M.R.C.}]{Midlands Rifle Club}
%\acro{QUB}[{\bf \sf Q.U.B.}]{Queens University Belfast}

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