DURC sweeps boards at Air Rifle Nationals

The Rifle Club squad was out in force this weekend at the Air
Rifle National Championships. Led by Captain Steven
Watterson, virtually all of the squad set personal bests in
the event, taking home prizes in almost every class. In the
National Open, held concurrently with the National
Championships, Steven Watterson took third place overall,
only losing first place in the last few shots of the match,
and posting a new club record score of 579 in the process. In
the same event, Peter Byrne took first place in class C, with
Nithin Santhosh taking second, Kate Fanning took first place
in class D with John Keeney and Rob McAdoo taking second and
third places. 

In the National Championships, Mark Dennehy failed to make
the finals, but Ben Jones and Peter Byrne took second and
third place in class C, while Deirdre Ninaber (on her first
ever air rifle competition) took first place in class D,
closely followed by John Keeney in third place. 

Attached photo:
DURC Squad at the Air Rifle Nationals. 

Back row, left to right: 
Doug Woolett, Ray Reilly, Peter Byrne, John Keeney, Adrian
Costigan, Ben Jones, Mark Dennehy.

Front row, left to right:
Victoria McDowell, Deirdre Ninaber, Kate Fanning and captain
Steven Watterson.