Welcome
The DURC Jubilee is approaching and we're going to be holding some events in celebration!. Please take a venture over to our dedicated DURC Jubilee website to find out more about what's happening - http://www.durcjubilee.com
This is the homepage of Dublin University Rifle Club. Dedicated to the sport of Target Shooting. We are one of the largest and most successful sports clubs in college, taking home many prizes each year in both Junior and Senior categories. We cater for both novices and experienced shooters. Whether you shoot casually or start to enter competitions with us is entirely up to yourself you're more than welcome either way!. Have a look around to see a little more about what we do and we hope to see you down in to the range sometime to get a taste of what Target Shooting in Ireland is all about :).
Recent News
DURC Updates
We've updated our gallery with some photos from the recent colours match.
Some of our shooters also travelled to the Isle of Man to participate in the Easter Shoot over the weekend. Congratulations to everyone who went over, there were 15 matches shot by just of our shooters over the 2 days. Emily Bowe took home the gold medal for the Junior AR Competition, a great achievement for Emily and for DURC. Conor McDermottroe also won the blind pairs competition with Erika Lawrence. Results can be seen here and there has also been plenty of photos from the trip added to the gallery.
The results from the Air Rifle Nationals are also available now in our results section or click here. There was a good turnout from DURC with a number of medals being brought home. Congratulations to Aisling Miller who won the bronze medal in the Ladies AR40, Emily Bowe who won the bronze medal in the Junior Competition, Michael Cullinan who won the gold medal in Class B, Diyu Wu who won the bronze medal in Class B and Marina Bogue who won the silver medal for Class D.
Posted on 11/04/2012
Aisling Miller awarded Pinks
DURC shooter Aisling Miller was recently awarded University pinks for her sporting prowess. Aisling is primarily an air rifle shooter, and has shot internationally, representing Ireland in InterShoot at the Hague and the European Championships in Helsinki. She will also take part in the London World cup in April which is a test event for the Olympic games later in the year.
Aisling is currently pursuing a Phd in Microbiology but has been a member of the rifle club since she was an undergraduate. Last year she was club captain and she continues to play an integral role in the running of the club despite the huge time commitment she must make to her training. She has received coaching with the national squad for the past 15 months, under the guidance of Matt Fox and Geoff Cooney.
Aisling has been ranked in Class A of the NTSA Classification list for some time now and is the highest ranked female air rifle shooter in the country. Her recent results in the European Championships means she is now eligible for a Tripartite Commission Olympic Quota Place (a wild card) for the London games. As well as her air rifle success she is also a talented smallbore shooter and was formerly ranked in class A before turning her attention to air rifle.
The presentation of the Pinks took place at the annual Sports Commons on the 28th of March in the Dining Hall. Cyril Smyth, DUCAC Chairperson was keen to lavish praise on Aisling drawing particular attention to her chances of competing in the London games.
Aisling’s performance on the international stage shows just what DURC shooters can accomplish with the right coaching team behind them. Hopefully we will see more similarly gifted sports people in the coming years.
Posted on 28/03/2012
DURC wins Intervarsities and Colours!
The Colours competition took place on Saturday 3rd of March and after months of effort and training put in by our Colours squad we brought the trophy back to where it belongs!
A massive congratulations to everyone who shot in the competition and thanks to all the people who came along to offer help and support throughout the day. This is a wonderful achievement for the club.
The results were very close with DURC winning by 26 points overall (out of 6000). Although we lost out on the senior match, the junior squad won their match and we took home the overall prize.
The captains match was won by Claire Leyden of UCD.
The best novice score on the day was shot by Emily Bowe of DURC who shot 549.
The best senior score on the day was shot by Aisling Miller of DURC who shot 576.
Results from the day can be seen here.
Posted on 07/03/2012
DURC AGM
Dublin University Rifle Club will hold it's Annual General Meeting on Thursday 8th of March at 7:30 in room 4050A, the Arts Block. The provisional agenda is as follows:
Minutes of the previous meeting
Matters Arising
Officers' Reports
Awards
Election of Officers and Committee
AOB
If you have any interest in running for committee next year please come along. Everyone is welcome.
Posted on 07/03/2012
Jubilee Weekend
Our Jubilee weekend is coming up. There are events running all weekend and tickets are still available. Head over to http://www.durcjubilee.com for more details on everything that's happening. You can purchase tickets in the range to any of the events taking place.
Posted on 24/01/2012
Things that have happened and are happening!
We ran a table quiz last Wednesday to fundraising for our upcoming Jubilee. Thanks to everyone who came down and participated in it, we couldn't have been successful without you. We'd also like to thank everyone who donated prizes and to all the businesses who sponsored prizes for us. A full list can be see here.
Christmas is coming, you know what that means... Fun Shoot and Drinks! Yes we'll be having our Christmas Fun Shoot this Thursday at 6pm. Everyone is welcome even if you haven't shot before. We've also been holding an internal competition over the past few weeks and the results will be announced following the fun shoot. Hope to see you all there.
Posted on 13/12/2011
UCD Winter Open Results
The UCD Winter Open took place on the 24th and 27th of November. Well done to everyone who participated, there was a great turnout. Vladamir Untila came 2nd in the AR60, Aisling Miller took first in the AR40 with Kate Wilhelm placing 3rd. Aisling Miller placed 2nd in Class A, Anna Fonton placed 2nd in Class C along with Kate Wilhelm who placed 3rd and Emily Bowe placed 2nd in Class D.
Full Results can be seen here.
Posted on 28/11/2011
Fundraising Jubilee Table Quiz
To help cover the costs of the DURC jubilee celebrations, a fundraising table quiz will take place in The Pavilion bar on Wednesday 7th of December at 7pm. All are welcome. Entry will be €30 per table with a maximum of 4 people per team.
Gifts for overall prizes and spot prizes would be very much appreciated.
Posted on 24/11/2011
DURC Indoor Open 2011 Results
The DURC .22 Indoor Open took place on the 20th of November. Great day out for everyone, almost all the details were full. Big congratulations to all of our novices who shot personal bests on the day.
We had a very exciting final taking place aswell which saw a new national record being set by Ray Reilly. A huge congratulations to him for this wonderful achievement.
All the results can be viewed here.
Posted on 23/11/2011
Jubilee Events
As some of you may know, this is the 50th year of the club and we'll be celebrating it with a number of events throughout the year. We've placed some of the details on our events page and will be updating them as more details are finalised! If you'd like any more information please ask us in the range or else send an e-mail to info@durcjubilee.com.
Posted on 21/11/2011
New Classification Lists
A new classification list for both Air Rifle and .22 have been released.
Click the classification link above to get downloads for both.
Posted on 21/11/2011
DURC Open 2011
Our first open of the year was held in UCD on the 10th and 13th of November. 30 shooters took part in the Air Rifle Event along with another 7 shooting Air Pistol. A big thank you to everyone who participated!
Thanks to all the DURC Shooters who took part and congratulations to all our novices who shot new personal bests. DURC brought home prizes in almost every category. Aisling Miller came first in the Ladies 40 shot and second in Class A, Diyu Wu came second in Class B, Ivan De Wergifosse came second in Class C and Emily Bowe won her first Air Rifle medal after coming Second in Class D.
Full results can be viewed here.
Posted on 14/10/2011
New AR Classification and UCD Open Results
UCD's October Open saw a fantastic turn out from all the new shooters. 4 of the 5 details were filled up and we saw some great results.
The full results have been posted here. Congratulations to everyone who shot and to all the novices who took part in their first Air Rifle Competition.
The Air Rifle Classification list has also been updated as of the 24th of October. It can be viewed here. For those of you new to the world of the Target Shooting, the classification list takes your 10 shot average from previous competitons in order to place you in a suitable class based on your scores.
Posted on 05/11/11
Recent DURC News
We've updated our committee page so you can check out who's going to be taking care of Rifle Club affairs for the year.
Great seeing so many new shooters coming down to give Air Rifle a try. We hope you're prepared to try out some Smallbore .22 shooting in the coming weeks. Don't forget you get free ammo for your first shoot on each discipline so there's nothing stopping you from coming down to try it out!
Interested in the squad? Keep on coming down to shoot, we value enthusiasm and offer some great opportunities if you get picked. You'll get a dedicated squad night, free ammo, training from a qualified shooting coach and a chance to shoot in the highly competitive Colours competition against UCD. This is always a trip to remember, some great shooting takes place and is followed by a night of drinking and banter. You don't have to sign up for anything just yet, just keep on coming down, maybe express some interest and you'll be hearing from us when we need to know who's interested.
Although this website is lovely and colourful, we can also keep you updated with our weekly happenings through our Facebook page. If you have any questions just post it up and one of our members will be happy to answer. Head to http://www.facebook.com/groups/durifleclub
Posted on 05/10/11
Fun Shoot / Safety Talk
Thanks to everyone to turned up to a very successful fun shoot. We hope everyone enjoyed it and will be coming back to the range soon.
We also held our safety talk last Monday, hopefully this gave everyone a nice introduction to the Rifle Club and some information about what we do. If you weren't able to make it we have the slides available here for you to take a look at.
Safety Talk Slides
Our sign-up sheet is in front arch, just write your name down and we'll see you in the range!
Posted on 04/10/2011
