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Written by Kealan Symes
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Monday, 16 November 2009 |
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The 2009 National Standard Pistol Champion is Paul Flanagan of Rathdrum Rifle & Pistol Club. In winning the competition, Paul also set a new Irish record of 537 beating the previous record of 536 set by Joe O'Donohoe in 2007. Second was Peter Friend of Addiscombe and Rathdrum with a score of 524 and third was Caroline O'Brien of Rathdrum Rifle & Pistol Club with a personal best of 510. |
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Written by Kealan Symes
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Monday, 09 November 2009 |
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Ray Reilly of Rathdrum Rifle & Pistol Club won the Leinster Indoor Open with a combined score of 688.2. In second place was Sean Baldwin of the Defence Forces Shooting Team with a score of 687.4 and in third place, Sandy Wilson of East Coast Shooting Club with a score of 681.5. The standard of competition was extremely high with the finalists being separated by eleven points and with 16 of the 22 competitors scoring over 570. The next rifle match will be the DURC Indoor Open on 22nd November. |
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Written by Kealan Symes
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009 |
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Paul Flanagan of Rathdrum won the Leinster Standard Pistol Match with a score of 529. This is the second highest score ever recorded in this competition to date and the day was marked by a large number of personal bests. Four of the competitors also broke 500 (another first). In second place was John O'Brien of Rathdrum with Alan Kelly of Hilltop coming third. |
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Written by Kealan Symes
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Monday, 21 September 2009 |
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The Autumn Indoor Open was won by Richard Stapleton of Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club. Richard went into the final three points behind Gary Duff of Comber Rifle Club and overtook him on his second last shot of the final to eventually finish 0.6 ahead of Gary's 693 with a record final score of 105.6 and a combined score (also a record) of 693.6. Third was Kealan Symes of Rathdrum Rifle and Pistol Club with a combined score of 688.9. |
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Written by Kealan Symes
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Monday, 07 September 2009 |
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The new bullet catchers were fitted on the range yesterday. These bullet catchers were based on the prototype that was fitted on lane 2 for the last year except that the deflection plate was made completely out of ABRO 500 hardened steel. 
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Written by Kealan Symes
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 |
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The rescheduled February Open was won by Tony Cogan of Dublin Rifle Club with a combined score of 685.4 followed by Sean Baldwin of the Defence Forces Shooting Team and Sandy Wilson of East Coast Shooting Club. |
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