Trinity dominates first Irish Air Rifle Intervarsities

The first Irish Air Rifle Intervarsity was held this sunday
in Wilkinstown, Co. Meath - neutral territory for both
Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. The
event had been eagerly anticipated by both rifle clubs, with
squads in training for six months in both physical training
and technical training. 

On the day, however, Trinity dominated in both the Senior and
Junior categories. As expected, both captains Steven
Watterson of Trinity and Denise O'Brien of UCD posted high
scores, the two highest of the competition in fact. However,
UCD's seniors posted a total team score of 2496 to Trinity's
2715, and their juniors posted a score of 1920 to Trinity's
2504: getting soundly trounced in both categories. UCD
Captain Denise O'Brien, however, promised that "next year
will be UCD's year". 

Notable mentions from the teams included UCD's Jessica
McArdle who set a personal best while leading the UCD Junior
team and Trinity's Deirdre Ninaber who posted a phenonomenal
545 in only her second air rifle competition - a score that
most shooters take years to achieve.