The DURC/UCDRC Colours Match
3/3/01
Mark Dennehy

The traditional TCD vs. UCD colours match took place on Saturday, March
3rd. Due to the Foot&Mouth situation, this year saw it held in UCDs
range, followed by a retirement to DURC for some post-match debate and
entertainment. 

The day started quite well, with DURC only being able to locate 10
of our 14 shooters, and UCD managing to somehow sleep in until 1230!
However, we managed to finally get everyone together in the same range
and start shooting by 1400 that day. DURC, having lost last year by a
narrow margin, were definitely out to put in the best possible score,
despite minor hindrances from equipment. However, some of our shooters
had bad days and as a result, the novice team did not do as well as they
had thought they could and UCD's novice team secured the Novice colours
trophy. But, the Senior UCD team proved no match for our superior
ability to stand still and DURC were victorious, bringing home the
Colours Trophy for the first time in three years. 

Sadly, the post-colours celebrations were not as heavily attended as in
previous years, due to the sudden change in venue. However, we were
determined that tradition would be satisfied and so gave our best
effort to make up for the lack of people with a surplus of partying!
And given that the festivites continued until eight the next morning, I
think we succeeded! Some photographs have been take and are being
developed, though this year they proved to be somewhat less useful for
blackmail purposes. We hope to do better in that regard for next year,
when we successfully defend our title against UCDRC, and retake the
Junior trophy for good measure!