DURC Air Rifle Open 26/11/00 Mark Dennehy Nearly forty shooters competed in the DURC Air Rifle Open in UCD's air rifle range this year, a pleasantly large turn-out, especially since a few people turned up on the day just to spectate. The level of competition was quite high, with quite a few shooters shooting personal bests. Many new shooters were present, mainly from the Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club, and there were new faces from other clubs as well. The technical side of the competition was (thankfully) free from major hiccups, with two computers, a small LAN, three monitors and an LCD projector all running smoothly throughout the day (despite the rather hair-raising clambering needed to setup the projector!) and thanks to a marathon 7-hour stint in the stats office by Keith White, as well as his now-famous software, the scores were kept up-to-date as the match progressed, allowing all to observe progress. It was interesting to note how many new shooters WTSC produced from the secondary school level - and how well they did for their first competition. This makes for a most interesting development for the sport in Ireland, and hopefully will receive a lot of favorable media attention in due course. The competition was won by Rhona Barry with an impressive 582 in the qualification round and an equally impressive string of 10s in the championship final to give an overall score of 682.5. Nicola Murphy took second place with an overall 674.9, and third place went to Paul O'Boyle with 664.2. Notable mentions go to Aisling Broderick, with a personal best of 503, showing that her breaking the 500 at the UCD Open was no fluke. Steven Watterson, an old hand from the Isle of Man and now studying for his PhD in TCD put in an excellent 562 with a borrowed club rifle while he waits for his paperwork to come through for his own rifle. Pat O'Brien put in a 555 for his new rifle club, the MKBRC, and hence bought the first round in the Sports Bar after the match, and Richard Stapleton put in the highest score from the WTSC 'new guys' category. Kennethy Suzuki put in a respectable 439 in his first competition (he only started shooting in October), and Hsin Tak came first in UCDRC's 'new guys' class with 431, again in his first competition. Highest scores in Classes A,B,C and D were put in by Rhona Barry, Dave Cooney (showing he's not all _that_ old and wrinkly just yet), Mark Dennehy and Richard Stapleton. And everyone loved the cheesecake, so the chef has been re-elected to do the barbeque for the DURC Free Rifle Open, as well as breakfasts on the rest of DURC's away trips this year! DURC AIR RIFLE OPEN 2000 26/11/2000 RANKINGS - CHAMPIONSHIP RANK NAME CLASS CLUB TEN-SHOT SERIES QUAL FINAL TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Rhona Barry A FSC 98 95 96 97 98 97 581 101.5 682.5 2. Nicola Murphy A WTSC 98 96 95 99 95 93 576 98.9 674.9 3. Paul O'Boyle A WTSC 97 94 92 95 92 97 567 97.2 664.2 4. Declan Kelly A DRC 94 94 95 93 97 94 567 95.2 662.2 5. Pat O'Brien A MKBRC 89 93 93 95 91 94 555 94.9 649.9 6. Mark Dennehy C DURC 88 93 85 82 84 85 517 85.9 602.9 7. Aisling Broderick C DURC 82 80 81 85 86 89 503 84.5 587.5 8. Robert Clarke A EARC 94 93 98 98 95 96 574 9. Steven Watterson A DURC 94 91 93 95 92 97 562 10. Dave Cooney B FSC 95 92 93 91 89 91 551 11. Alan Smyth C DURC 79 79 79 78 76 81 472 71.5 543.5 12. James Fahey C FSC 86 82 84 87 84 87 510 13. Kevin Doyle B Condor 87 89 78 82 80 88 504 14. Shane O'Sullivan C UCDRC 83 87 79 88 84 82 503 15. Richard Stapleton D WTSC 74 83 84 79 80 88 488 16. Jason Sibley D DURC 78 85 79 76 75 77 470 17. Stephen Kellegan D WTSC 75 74 75 75 81 77 457 18. Dick Stapleton D WTSC 70 83 78 73 69 83 456 19. Kenneth Suzuki D DURC 60 81 80 73 72 73 439 20. Geoff Cooney C WTSC 73 63 72 69 84 73 434 21. Hsin Tak D UCDRC 70 56 74 75 77 79 431 22. Ben Jones D DURC 65 71 75 73 66 78 428 23. Cormac Rooney D UCDRC 72 76 71 69 82 55 425 24. Declan Walsh D WTSC 59 61 77 81 71 67 416 25. John Woodward D WTSC 69 64 64 65 74 70 406 26. Shane Kelly D DURC 68 60 71 66 74 66 405 27. Stephen Corrigan D WTSC 64 60 69 69 63 77p 402 28. Barry Hennessy D UCDRC 65 69 56 71 67 70 398 29. Steven Walsh D WTSC 67 73 75 55 61 63p 394 30. Claire McMahon D UCDRC 66 64 60 57 63 80 390 31. John Mahon D UCDRC 74 61 59 58 61 76 389 32. Michael Monaghan D WTSC 58 74 60 58 58 63 371 33. Darragh Kavanagh D UCDRC 66 62 52 65 61 54 360 34. Stewart Chan D UCDRC 59 61 64 57 70 41 352 35. Michael Greiner D UCDRC 41 65 72 50 59 50 337 36. Jason Toher D WTSC 42 52 67 62 48 62p 333 37. Colin Walsh D WTSC 54 52 42 53 65 64 330 38. Kevin Smith D WTSC 53 62 50 59 52 53p 329 39. Conor McGee D FSC 56 55 50 27 55 62 305 CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL NAME RANK TOTAL FINAL | r1 r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 r10 ----------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Rhona Barry 1 682.5 101.5 |10.6 9.1 9.8 10.5 10.3 10.4 10.2 10.3 10.6 9.7 Nicola Murphy 2 674.9 98.9 | 9.3 10.5 9.5 9.4 9.8 9.9 9.6 10.2 10.1 10.6 Paul O'Boyle 3 664.2 97.2 |10.5 9.6 9.9 10.1 9.6 10.2 10.1 7.9 9.0 10.3 Declan Kelly 4 662.2 95.2 | 9.9 10.3 9.7 9.5 8.9 9.1 8.7 9.9 9.7 9.5 Pat O'Brien 5 649.9 94.9 | 9.8 10.3 9.8 9.5 9.3 10.2 10.0 8.7 8.0 9.3 Mark Dennehy 6 602.9 85.9 | 9.4 7.9 7.9 8.9 8.4 5.7 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.0 Aisling Brode 7 587.5 84.5 | 9.5 8.5 8.7 7.6 6.5 9.3 8.2 8.6 9.8 7.8 Alan Smyth 11 543.5 71.5 | 7.1 5.7 8.7 8.1 5.7 8.2 6.7 7.9 8.1 5.3 RANKINGS - CLASS A RANK NAME CLUB TEN-SHOT SERIES TOTAL --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Rhona Barry FSC 98 95 96 97 98 97 581 2. Nicola Murphy WTSC 98 96 95 99 95 93 576 3. Robert Clarke EARC 94 93 98 98 95 96 574 4= Declan Kelly DRC 94 94 95 93 97 94 567 Paul O'Boyle WTSC 97 94 92 95 92 97 567 6. Steven Watterson DURC 94 91 93 95 92 97 562 7. Pat O'Brien MKBRC 89 93 93 95 91 94 555 RANKINGS - CLASS B RANK NAME CLUB TEN-SHOT SERIES TOTAL --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Dave Cooney FSC 95 92 93 91 89 91 551 2. Kevin Doyle Condor 87 89 78 82 80 88 504 RANKINGS - CLASS C RANK NAME CLUB TEN-SHOT SERIES TOTAL --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mark Dennehy DURC 88 93 85 82 84 85 517 2. James Fahey FSC 86 82 84 87 84 87 510 3. Aisling Broderick DURC 82 80 81 85 86 89 503 4. Shane O'Sullivan UCDRC 83 87 79 88 84 82 503 5. Alan Smyth DURC 79 79 79 78 76 81 472 6. Geoff Cooney WTSC 73 63 72 69 84 73 434 RANKINGS - CLASS D RANK NAME CLUB TEN-SHOT SERIES TOTAL --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Richard Stapleton WTSC 74 83 84 79 80 88 488 2. Jason Sibley DURC 78 85 79 76 75 77 470 3. Stephen Kellegan WTSC 75 74 75 75 81 77 457 4. Dick Stapleton WTSC 70 83 78 73 69 83 456 5. Kenneth Suzuki DURC 60 81 80 73 72 73 439 6. Hsin Tak UCDRC 70 56 74 75 77 79 431 7. Ben Jones DURC 65 71 75 73 66 78 428 8. Cormac Rooney UCDRC 72 76 71 69 82 55 425 9. Declan Walsh WTSC 59 61 77 81 71 67 416 10. John Woodward WTSC 69 64 64 65 74 70 406 11. Shane Kelly DURC 68 60 71 66 74 66 405 12. Stephen Corrigan WTSC 64 60 69 69 63 77p 402 13. Barry Hennessy UCDRC 65 69 56 71 67 70 398 14. Steven Walsh WTSC 67 73 75 55 61 63p 394 15. Claire McMahon UCDRC 66 64 60 57 63 80 390 16. John Mahon UCDRC 74 61 59 58 61 76 389 17. Michael Monaghan WTSC 58 74 60 58 58 63 371 18. Darragh Kavanagh UCDRC 66 62 52 65 61 54 360 19. Stewart Chan UCDRC 59 61 64 57 70 41 352 20. Michael Greiner UCDRC 41 65 72 50 59 50 337 21. Jason Toher WTSC 42 52 67 62 48 62p 333 22. Colin Walsh WTSC 54 52 42 53 65 64 330 23. Kevin Smith WTSC 53 62 50 59 52 53p 329 24. Conor McGee FSC 56 55 50 27 55 62 305