Back in 2007, WTSC shooter Richard Stapleton Jr won the 50m prone rifle national championships out in the Midlands and it was covered by RTE for their OB Sports program. The link on the RTE website to this was acting a bit funny, so here are the relevant four minutes of the show:
Offical results are not yet to hand, but congratulations to Ray Kane, John Lancaster and Sean Baldwin, for winning the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively. Well done Guys!
We are hosting an air rifle event next Sunday in Wilkinstown. There will be 2 details one at 11.00am and the other at 1.00pm. Extra details can be arranged depending on numbers. The entry fee will be €10.00 per person and proceeds are being set aside to a fund to but 6 x megalink units for the range. (We need to raise around €20,000)
Please contact me at
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or 046 9054167 to book a slot.
Some of our members have put a lot of work into painting and cleaning up the range so come on down and enjoy a great match.
Congratulations to all our shooters who competed in this weekends National Championships. Susan, Laura and Paula Cunningham Took gold,silver and bronze medals in the Women's match. Well done Ladies!
Mark G, Patrick, Shane and Paul took part in the Men's match. Paul's rifle stock came undone and caused him grief. Patrick and Mark G both hit scores in the high 490's, which would have been somewhat below their target scores. Shane made a welcome return to the competition circut and hopefully we will see him on the line again next week at our match in Wilkinstown!
Mark C and I excelled in the AP 60 match! Donal Lynch, however, qualified for the final in 8th place and through classic shooting aided by very vocal support from his clubmates and fans managed to move up into 7th place. Well done 'you boy you'!
Thanks to UCD for hosting and all who competed and assisted in running the event.
Now lets start working on National Cahmpionships 2011.
