13/2/00		DURC at the Rathdrum Free Rifle Open

DURC fielded a team of six shooters to the Rathdrum Free Rifle Open
this year. Three of these were attending their first competition, in
fact Aisling Broderick was shooting with free rifle for only her third
time ever, and she still managed to score a remarkable 493! Two DURC
shooters, Mark Dennehy and John Keeney, won second and third prize in
their class with a 557 and a 555 respectively, even if there was later
some confusion during the announcements when Mark Dennehy and Mick
Delaney momentarily traded identities! Alan Smyth scored a 543, but
since he'd had to drive four of the DURC team from Trinity, he was
understandably somewhat unfocused at the time. Conor Laver shot an
impressive 531 on his first competition. Michael Madigan scored a 428,
and gathered some comments from the Rathdrum club members when they
discovered he was a local and hadn't frequented the club up until now.
However, we anticipate a more regular presence from now on, if under
DURC's colours! For some strange reason though, the team was once again
most reluctant to pose for the event photo, as opposed to the rest of
the shooters present who were much less camera-shy.