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Post-Kuortane disaster recovery 2008-05-06 12:37:37 So I got back from Kuortane with a great deal of motivation and a notebook full of technical and training ideas, and a plan to dive back into the training and go for the British Nationals in Feb ‘08 and on then to Munich in June ‘08.
Unfortunately, work was waiting at the airport with three [...]
Kuortane Training Camp, 11-16/11/07 2007-11-13 06:27:56 So it’s lunchtime in Finland, and I’m in day two of a training camp in Kuortane. My back’s aching, my arms are tired, I’m generally run into the ground, but I got told yesterday by Jozef Gonci that if I change my jacket (it’s binding in some spots) I’d be shooting around 580 or so. [...] Read more:Training
GB Junior International, homecoming 2007-08-11 12:04:04 Well, my dreams of uninterrupted broadband access for the entire trip didn’t quite work out - for the last two days I wasn’t able to upload photos or access email. Oh well. Next year I’ll figure something else out.
For now though, we’re back, I’m 14 hours of sleep down and still feeling exhausted and I [...] Read more:Junior
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Ireland takes Silver medal! 2007-08-08 07:56:10 Sorry folks, little time here, but a quick update - Susan Cunningham has taken a silver medal in the Junior Women’s Air Rifle match here! More later tonight! Read more:Ireland
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GB Jr Intl 07 - Day One 2007-08-06 18:54:03 The first day of the event proper kicked off early this morning, with the team having breakfast together in the Surrey Rifle Club at 0730. Not quite bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, but we perked up a bit after breakfast. At that point, the shooters and Marina headed back to their rooms to prepare their kitbags and [...] Read more:Day One
GB Jr Intl 07 - Day Zero! 2007-08-05 18:44:25 Well, we made it here in one piece - eventually! - and everyone’s settled into their accommodations. A bit of changing around of rooms and so on when we got here, but you expect hiccups like that; and Matt and Geoff got far too little sleep on the way over with all the gear in [...]
GB Jr Intl ‘07 2007-08-01 07:54:39 Kickoff is getting closer. Final itinerary being prepared, but we’re hampered by the lack of squadding times from the NSRA, who are swamped, since they’ve gone from 130 to 160 shooters this year. Sent to the team today:
Okay folks, here’s what we have so far. Excuse the minddump format.
Flights are booked, Accomodation is booked, Car [...]
GB Junior International 2007 2007-07-26 17:37:02 Long time since posting here last, but it’s not been idle time. We’ve just spent the last year concluding a review of the NTSA’s internal structures and processes and we’re writing them up as we speak. Expect announcements before the NTSA AGM (September 8 this year). Work and other stuff has kept my head [...] Read more:Junior
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Competitive vs. Recreational 2007-03-06 12:07:13 One of the things that has come up in the aftermath of the Colours loss is the question of where the squad goes from here. That’s led in turn to a degree of soul-searching being needed by the squad members. It’s not an easy task. The problem is that there are different parts in this [...] Read more:Competitive
Colours Results 2007-03-05 08:18:22 From the NTSA website:
Colours
2007 Results Contributed by Collegiate Officer
Sunday, 04 March 2007
The Results are in….
The 2007 Colours Event between UCD and Trinity College Dublin was held yesterday, March 3rd, in Wilkinstown Target Shooting Club.
After a six year drought, UCDRC have finally reclaimed the Overall prize. In a closely fought match, just 61 points out [...]
Firearms Consultation Panel conference 2008-05-06 14:02:15 One of the odd things about target shooting administration in Ireland is that there aren’t many people in it. Most of the shooters want to, well, shoot. Meaning that about 2% of the people do 98% of the work involved in running matches, keeping clubs going, meeting the Powers That Be and so forth - [...] Read more:Firearms
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Firearms Consultation Panel conference 2008-05-09 14:08:50 Well, that’s the conference
over. A lot of further detail on what happened is up on this thread on boards.ie, so I won’t duplicate it here, save this:
…I’m of the opinion that people (not necessarily me, and I’d prefer it if there were a lot more doing it) showing up at these things and blogging [...] Read more:Firearms
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Hobby versus Sport 2008-05-12 07:07:34 Been pondering that distinction for a fair while now. Up to now, you see, I’ve not been much of a plinker. I did plink once, back before I got drafted/dragged onto the DURC committee years ago. From that point onwards, I’ve been pretty much solidly committed to competitive shooting and I tend to go all-in [...] Read more:Hobby
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Prime Time 2008-05-20 18:49:16 Some news coverage is more infuriating than others. For anyone who didn’t see the Prime Time
hatchet job on the shooting community, these letters ought to give you a good idea of how shooters received it. First to Prime Time themselves:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have watched Prime Time and it’s predecessors for many years now, but until [...]
Snappy disaster. 2008-05-23 16:14:54 Was moving the rifles from the safe at home to the safe in DURC so that I could train there during lunchtime. As I’m walking, the strap on the Anschutz rucksack bag undid itself and the bag fell off my shoulder and dropped the three feet to the ground. It’s happened once or twice before [...]
Club tidy-up 2008-06-20 17:49:46 Cough. Splutter. Ich.
Lots of brushing and sweeping and hoovering and mopping and wiping and washing and tidying and dumping and hauling and moving and a lot of other verbs as well.
But now the club is neat, tidy, clean, smelling vaugely of a mix of bleach and dettol, has considerably fewer spiders and considerably less rubbish [...]
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