Wilkinstown Air Rifle Open

Sparks

From Target Shooting Ireland here and here:

The results for the first day's shooting in WTSC for the WTSC Open...At the end of the first day, a good attendance with lots of Pony Club shooters turning up and shooting both standing matches and prone air rifle matches. Some initial photos are up already here.

The results at the end of the first day (and these are very provisional) are as follows:

Place 	Name 	Club 	10-shot series 	  	Total
  	  	  	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	 
1 	Dennehy Mark 	DURC 	92 	93 	90 	94 	95 	87 	551
2 	Wearen Terry 	Army 	83 	93 	91 	93 	89 	94 	543
3 	Murphy Alice 	  	89 	92 	86 	89 	82 	85 	523
4 	Flynn Shane 	Wilkinstown 	89 	86 	86 	86 	77 	77 	501
5 	Byrne Jimmy 	Wilkinstown 	85 	83 	79 	78 	80 	78 	483
6 	O' Hagan Elizabeth  	Louth Pony Club 	72 	76 	80 	72 	72 	76 	448
7 	Stapleton Dick 	Wilkinstown 	81 	67 	70 	69 	74 	65 	426
8 	O' Hagan Jim 	Louth Pony Club 	75 	62 	70 	72 	67 	69 	415
9 	Bourke Miriam 	Louth Pony Club 	62 	45 	73 	76 	78 	75 	409
10 	Pereira Matthew 	  	44 	66 	74 	78 	61 	81 	404
11 	Bourke David  	  	54 	58 	50 	52 	63 	63 	340
12 	Kearney Luke 	Wilkinstown 	42 	39 	44 	54 	48 	58 	285
13 	Collins Johnny  	Louth Pony Club 	25 	40 	37 	45 	31 	28 	206

The WTSC target scoring machine made an appearance for this match, with badly-behaving software, so each competitior's targets were automatically scored by computer. This system will be somewhat familiar to most air rifle shooters from last year.



This handy piece of equipment eliminates the usual hassle with having to have a single target scorer and his attendtant workload. Plus, the machine tracks where every shot lands, and produces group diagrams on summary sheets for each shooter. More on this tomorrow.

There are more shooting details tomorrow, starting at 1000. Hope to see you all there, and we'll put up the final results as soon as possible.


And then today...


The final results for the first Wilkinstown Open of the season are in.An excellent turnout, with a total of 26 people and 30 entries, with a very strong showing from the Pony Club tetrathletes. Significantly, one tetrathlete, Shane Flynn (who has been training with WTSC as well), shooting at his first ever 60-shot match, put in a 501. Which goes to prove what we've been saying for years - 500 is not a real barrier in air rifle!

Congratulations go to Rhona Barry who took first place, and commisserations to Alan Lewis who missed the gold medal by a single point!

Thanks to all who attended and took part, and let's see you back on the range again soon!

Place 	Name 	
	Club 	10-shot series 	
	Total
	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	
1 	Barry Rhona 	
	Wilkinstown 	96 	94 	92 	94 	94 	92 	562
2 	Lewis Alan 	
	EARC 	97 	89 	94 	94 	92 	95 	561
3 	Dennehy Mark 	
	DURC 	92 	93 	90 	94 	95 	87 	551
4 	Wearen Terry 	
	Army 	83 	93 	91 	93 	89 	94 	543
5 	Fleming Daniel (reentry) 	
	Wilkinstown 	89 	92 	90 	92 	89 	88 	540
6 	Smith Kevin 	
	Wilkinstown 	86 	87 	94 	90 	90 	92 	539
7 	Dennehy Mark (reentry) 	
	DURC 	89 	88 	93 	89 	89 	87 	535
8 	Fleming Daniel 	
	Wilkinstown 	83 	94 	83 	90 	85 	88 	523
9 	Murphy Alice 	
	Pony Club Bray 	89 	92 	86 	89 	82 	85 	523
10 	Fagan Damian 	
	Wilkinstown 	83 	87 	77 	87 	84 	90 	508
11 	Cunningham Susan 	
	Wilkinstown 	85 	88 	85 	77 	89 	83 	507
12 	Patek Micheal 	
	Wilkinstown 	84 	77 	81 	87 	81 	91 	501
13 	Flynn Shane 	
	Wilkinstown 	89 	86 	86 	86 	77 	77 	501
14 	Byrne Jimmy (reentry) 	
	Wilkinstown 	77 	82 	79 	82 	79 	84 	483
15 	Byrne Jimmy 	
	Wilkinstown 	85 	83 	79 	78 	80 	78 	483
16 	Corballis Anthony 	
	EARC 	74 	75 	81 	74 	85 	78 	467
17 	Russell Cliona 	
	Pony Club Louth 	81 	80 	75 	83 	71 	77 	467
18 	Skelly Thomas 	
	Pony Club Meath 	76 	78 	83 	74 	77 	74 	462
19 	Stapleton Dick 	
	Wilkinstown 	78 	75 	72 	80 	69 	77 	451
20 	O'Hagan Elizabeth 	
	Pony Club Louth 	72 	76 	80 	72 	72 	76 	448
21 	Bailey Lara 	
	Pony Club Ward 	73 	67 	77 	68 	75 	76 	436
22 	Stapleton Dick (reentry) 	
	Wilkinstown 	81 	67 	70 	69 	74 	65 	426
23 	Lynn Mark 	
	Wilkinstown 	71 	65 	71 	71 	71 	74 	423
24 	O'Hagan Jim 	
	Pony Club Louth 	75 	62 	70 	72 	67 	69 	415
25 	Bourke Miriam 	
	Pony Club Bray 	62 	45 	73 	76 	78 	75 	409
26 	Pereira Matthew 	
	Pony Club Bray 	44 	66 	74 	78 	61 	81 	404
27 	Bourke David 	
	Pony Club Bray 	54 	58 	50 	52 	63 	63 	340
28 	Bailey Emma 	
	Pony Club Ward 	54 	48 	59 	50 	64 	63 	338
29 	Kearney Luke 	
	Wilkinstown 	42 	39 	44 	54 	48 	58 	285
30 	Collins Johnny 	
	Pony Club Bray 	25 	40 	37 	45 	31 	28 	206

The computerised target scoring machine worked quite well also, and all competitors received the following sheet with their scores and groups:



Hopefully, by keeping a record of these sheets over several competitions, shooters will be able to monitor their progress.