[Jan 3] UCD New Year's Air Open

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UCD Rifle Club will hold an Air Open, the UCD New Year's Air Open, on Sunday, 3rd of January 2010.

This is an open competition for 10 metre Air Rifle and Air Pistol and a qualification competition for Intershoot 2010.

Competitions:

Air Rifle 60 shot

Air Rifle 40 shot

Air Pistol 60

Pre-booking is essential.

All entries and enquiries should be directed to ucdrifleclub@gmail.com

The full list of details is as follows:

Sunday, 3 January 2010:

11:00
13:00

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UCD Rifle Club will hold an Air Open, the UCD New Year's Air Open, on Sunday, 3rd of January 2010.

This is an open competition for 10 metre Air Rifle and Air Pistol and a qualification competition for Intershoot 2010.

Competitions:

Air Rifle 60 shot

Air Rifle 40 shot

Air Pistol 60

Pre-booking is essential.

All entries and enquiries should be directed to ucdrifleclub@gmail.com

The full list of details is as follows:

Sunday, 3 January 2010:

11:00
13:00

psf32

good luck to all trying to qualify for intershoot tomorrow:)

psf32

did any one qualify for intershoot today?

xesse

psf32 wrote: »

did any one qualify for intershoot today?

not in the first detail anyway
i shot pistol but one guy shooting rifle would have qualified except he shot a zero somehow
and still scored a 567
:eek::eek::eek::eek:
i have to say that this air pistol stuff is really getting interesting

It wasn't me!

xesse wrote: »

not in the first detail anyway
i shot pistol but one guy shooting rifle would have qualified except he shot a zero somehow
and still scored a 567
:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Jesus, think Ray really needs to get his rifle fixed! It's a sear issue from what people have been telling me.

Sparks

He would definitely have qualified, and with a nice margin too, if it wasn't for that allright - and it wasn't the sear, he's fixed that as far as I know, it was just a moment's lapse of concentration. Had one of them myself when they called the ten minute warning just as I was letting off a shot, and I put it squarely into the eight ring instead of the ten It wasn't a great day really

Have a bunch of video to go through now to do the post-match what-the-hell-caused-that analysis

It wasn't me!

Sparks wrote: »

and it wasn't the sear, he's fixed that as far as I know, it was just a moment's lapse of concentration.

Oh, ouch. That really stings. This was the last qualification match, wasn't it? Results going up here?

FLOYDSTER

Thats really dissappointing!, you really do feel for the shooter!!:(

psf32

xesse wrote: »

not in the first detail anyway
i shot pistol but one guy shooting rifle would have qualified except he shot a zero somehow
and still scored a 567
:eek::eek::eek::eek:
i have to say that this air pistol stuff is really getting interesting

That is a bad luck, how about the pistol did any one get the score?

It would be good to have a team at Intershoot

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Thanks to all those who came out in bad conditions today to shoot in the UCD New Year's Open.

The weather had a big impact on the turnout so it ended up being a fairly small event overall.

Congratulations to all those who took part and we hope to see you all at our next competition on the 7th of February.

Air Rifle 60 shot
Rank|Shooter|Club|||||||Total|Inner 10s|Remarks
1|Ray Kane|DFST|96|83|99|95|97|97|567|(27*)
2|John Lancaster|UCDRC|86|92|95|93|94|95|555|(17*)
3|Mark Dennehy|WTSC|93|92|93|96|90|90|554|(16*)
4|Colin Fowler|DURC|82|23|||||105|(0*)|DNF


Air Pistol 60 shot
Rank|Shooter|Club|||||||Total|Inner 10s|Remarks
1|Joe Conroy|Fermoy|88|94|90|88|85|90|535|(4*)
2|Paul Flanagan|RRPC|87|90|90|93|89|83|532|(4*)
3|Carin Stritch|UCDRC|89|86|82|84|85|85|511|(8*)
4|James Farrell|WTSC|80|86|82|86|92|79|505|(5*)

FowlerC

Thanks for the loaner John. Just couldn't keep her on target. Weird.

FowlerC

FowlerC wrote: »

Thanks for the loaner John. Just couldn't keep her on target. Weird.

If it was the first time you used a PCP, I wouldn't get hung up on it - its a very different rifle from what you are used to.

convert

Congratulations to all those who braved the weather to compete yesterday. And well done to those who managed to hit new PBs despite what looked like arctic conditions in the UCD Range.

FowlerC wrote: »

Thanks for the loaner John. Just couldn't keep her on target. Weird.

Don't worry about it too much; we all have those sort of days (even when we're using our own gear!). As Z said, it's a completely different rifle to what you're used to, and having to set it up during the match doesn't help either. Just put it down to experience, record how it felt (so that if you do start to use a rifle like it you'll know what to expect), and move on!

Sparks

Some photos from the day...


Joe and BigRed shooting air pistol.







FowlerC shooting:

Sparks

And some more...







And this is what ISSF shooters look like after firing a perfect 10.9 shot...

Sparks

And the match in four and a half minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMqF7PB9HwM

FLOYDSTER

So who is going (if anyone) to compete at Inter shoot 2010 in rifle or pistol ??

It wasn't me!

FLOYDSTER wrote: »

So who is going (if anyone) to compete at Inter shoot 2010 in rifle or pistol ??

Peter Friend qualified for the pistol. Think he's the only one going to Intershoot. Means plenty of scope for smallbore matches this year. I'm hoping for the World University Shooting Championships. To apply the usual top 66% qualifying score, that'll be about 582, so a perfect developmental and intermediate level smallbore match, albeit for a fairly small demographic. Still though, 'tis the students that have the most time to be developed! I believe there are several others interested too, not sure whether they've submitted EoIs or anything, but if not, they should be doing so soon.