The Spring Special was won by Terry Wearen of the Defence Forces with a final score of 245.8. Terry took the lead from club chairman Nick West after the 19th shot of the 24 shot final, Nick having stormed into an early lead with a succession of high inner tens including a 10.9. Conor McDermottroe came third with a score of 220.1 behind Nick who finished second on 242.7. Many thanks to all who turned up and competed and especially to Sean Baldwin who ran the final for us. The next competition is the April Open on April 15th. Full results are below.

All,

With the weather conditions being very unfavorable for travel, we regret to inform you that this weekends competition is POSTPONED.

We will review the calendar for an available date to reschedule and will advise once agreed.

The February Open was won by Stephen Murphy of Dublin University Rifle Club with a final score of 248.2. In second place with a score of 244.3 was Siobhan Scarlett and Ivan De Wergifosse came third with a score of 222.5.

The Leinster Indoor Open was won by Sean Baldwin of the Defence Forces with a record final score of 255.6 beating the previous record of 250.7 set by Siobhan Scarlett in the Wicklow Open. In second place was Terry Wearen also of the Defence Forces with a final score of 254.4 and in third place was Liam Kinsella of Dublin Rifle Club.

We wish to inform that the pricing structure for all RRPC competitions in 2018 will now be:

• €10 for RRPC members
• €10 for undergraduate students
• €15 for others and for all PayPal transactions

The DURC Open was won by Conor McDermottroe of DURC. In the final, Conor led from the start but was slowly overhauled by Ray Kane of the Defence Forces who overtook Conor on the 19th shot by 0.1. Ray increased his lead to 0.7 by the 22nd shot, but a remarkable final two shots of 10.9 and 10.8 from Conor put the title out of reach of Ray who trailed by 1.0 at the end. Siobhan Scarlett of DURC came third. The high standard continues with scores in excess of 605 being required to make the final. Results are as follows: