Wilkinstown Open.

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Wilkinstown Airgun Open 2
Wilkinstown, Co.Meath
April 16-17, 2005

Competitions
Standard ISSF Air Rifle 60-shot match.
Standard ISSF Air Pistol 60-shot match.

Prizes
Air Rifle: Prizes for Overall, as well as for Classes, Ladies and Juniors.
Air Pistol: Prizes for Overall; Commerative prizes for all competitors. Classifications currently have not been drafted for this event in Ireland and we need more data on people's shooting levels to do this, so for the moment, we won't be seeing class prizes (But then, virtually everyone in the republic is at the same beginner level anyway at the moment!)

Schedule of shooting details
All details will have ten minutes of preparation time as per ISSF rules before the scheduled start time - ie. Prep time for the 1000 detail will begin at 0950, etc. There will be 35 minutes between details just in case any glitches arise.

Saturday: Air Rifle and Air Pistol
Detail 1 : 1000
Detail 2 : 1230
Detail 3 : 1500
(A fourth detail may be run at 1730 if absolutely necessary)

Sunday: Air Rifle and Air Pistol
Detail 1 : 1000
Detail 2 : 1230

Finals, Air Rifle:
Sunday, 1500

Entries
Air Pistol Match: 15 euro (10 euro for juniors and students)
Air Rifle Match: 15 euro (10 euro for juniors and students)
Both Matches: 25 euro (15 euro for juniors and students)
(Junior here refers to ISSF juniors, ie. under 21 on 31st December 2005)

Telephone entries will be taken by Geoff Cooney on 046 905 4167 or by email to acooney@iol.ie

Notes

• This will be the first ISSF Pistol match held in the Republic since 1972 (outside of an army barracks at any rate). We're not certain, but we believe it will be the first ISSF Air Pistol match held ever outside an army barracks in the Republic (anyone remember the history on this better?).
• Safety will be paramount for this event. Range Officer instructions must be obeyed at all times!
• Commerative awards will be issued to all competitors in the air pistol match (but allow a few weeks for them to arrive).
• We're trying to arrange for club air pistols for those shooters who do not presently own air pistols, or those from N.Ireland who wish to participate but have insufficient time to arrange paperwork to use their own air pistols. However, we're not sure how many will be available at present. Updates on this to follow.
• Since this is the first competition of its type in the Republic, we have no data for classification, and the entire competition is going to be a learning experience. We'll be asking for competitors to pass on any notes they might have on what gets done wrong (because this isn't going to be a finely tuned machine!) or what could be done better.

We already have a few shooters coming up from Tralee, from Leitrim, from the college clubs, and a few other places, so the more the merrier!

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