NTSA National Airgun Championships 2013



The NTSA are delighted to announce the 2013 National Air Rifle Championships, which will now be held in University College Dublin’s range on Saturday 20th of April and Sunday 21st of April.

Pre-booking is required. Mod: Prebooking is done on the NTSA website, click on the above link to do so

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This year's competitions will be run using the new ISSF rules and regulations. If you are unsure of the new timings or rules that have been put in place, please refer to the rulebook which is available for download here.

The format for the competitions is as follows:

Event 1 - Men’s National Air Rifle Championships:
This will be an Air Rifle 60 shot qualifying event leading into a final.

Event 2 - Women’s National Air Rifle Championships:

This will be an Air Rifle 40 shot qualifying event leading into a final.

Event 3 - Junior National Air Rifle Championships:

Male and Female (Under 21 - I.S.S.F.) This will be based on an Air Rifle 40 shot score. Juniors wishing to compete in this Event must compete in either Event One or Event Two above. In the case of male junior shooters, the 40 shot score that will be used for this junior event will be the first 40 competition shots taken from their 60 shot event above. In the case of female shooters the 40 shot score which will be used in this junior event will be the same as their 40 shot event above. There is no separate entry required for this event.
Event 4: National Pistol Championships:

Male and Female, Senior and Junior. This will be an Air Pistol 60 shot qualifying event leading into a final.

Finals for the above:

The Finals for the above will be restricted to NTSA members who are eligible to shoot for Ireland. Selection of the top eight shooters for the purposes of the finals will be done on this basis. NTSA membership applications will be available on the day for those who haven't affiliated individually or through their clubs beforehand.

All Finals will be run under the new ISSF rules and timings.
Class Prizes:

All Competitors in Classes A, B, C, and D will be able to compete for prizes in these Classes. There will be three prizes per class. For this event, the class prizes will be based on the first 40 shot score recorded from the 60 in Event One and the 40 shot score of Event Two. There are no class prizes for Air Pistol. Re-entry is not permitted.


Fees:
For event one, two and four, the fees are as follows:

Adult entry = €20.00
Student and/or Junior entry = €15.00
Closing date for entries: 12 hours before detail start time.

Event Schedule:

Air Pistol - Saturday, 20th April 2012:
Detail 1: 10.00
Detail 2: 12.00
Final: 15.30 (Finals may be held earlier depending on attendance of Detail 2)

Medal Ceremony to follow

Air Rifle - Sunday, 21st April 2012:
Detail 1: 10.00
Detail 2: 12.00
Detail 3: 14.00
Men's Final: 16.15
Women's Final: 17.15

Medal Ceremony to follow

Shooters - Please note that under the new rules, your sighting and preparation time will begin 15 minutes prior to your detail time.

Subject to technical issues on the day, Live Scoring of the events will be available from the Main Menu on www.targetshooting.ie
NOTE: You must be logged into the www.targetshooting.ie website as a member to book a detail.

Detail times subject to demand and may be changed depending on entries.
We wish to thank UCD Rifle Club for their continued support and use of their facilities.
All queries regarding this event should be forwarded to the Airgun Coordinator using the committee link on the main menu.
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