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.

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.

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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:

The Wicklow Open Championship was won by Siobhan Scarlett of DURC. Siobhan stormed into an early lead with a string of inner tens and continued scoring tens throughout the final with her only nine coming on her last shot when she had the final sewn up with an unassailable lead of over four points. Siobhan's final score of 250.7 is a new record for the twenty-four shot final, beating the previous record of 250.4 set by Conor McDermottroe. In second place was Ray Kane of the Defence Forces followed by Conor McDermottroe in third.

Standards continue to rise. Had Peter Daynes been present, a score in excess of 608.0 decimal would have been required to make the final. Many thanks to all who turned up on  the day and to Val Pierce for running the final. Full results as follows: