National Air Rifle Championships 2007

We are delighted to announce this year's National Air Rifle Championships, which are to be held in University College Dublin's range on the weekend of the 14th and 15th of April 2007.


National Target Shooting Association of Ireland

The formats for this year’s competitions are as follows:

Event One: Men’s National Air Rifle Championship

This will be an Air Rifle 60 shot qualifying event leading into a 10 shot final. The three highest placed Irish men, after the final, will be the Irish National Champions and Championship medals will be awarded accordingly. Non Irish men are invited to take part also and will be eligible to win other prizes.

Event Two: Women’s National Air Rifle Championships

This will be an Air Rifle 40 shot qualifying event leading into a 10 shot final. The three highest placed Irish women, after the final, will be the Irish National Champions and Championship medals will be awarded accordingly. Non Irish women are invited to take part also and will be eligible to win other prizes.


Event Three: Junior National Air Rifle Championships

Male and Female (Under 21- I.S.S.F.)

This will be based on an Air Rifle 40 shot score. The three highest placed Irish Juniors, Male and or Female will be the Irish National Champions and Championship medals will be awarded accordingly. Non Irish Juniors are invited to take part also and will be eligible to win other prizes. Juniors wishing to compete in this Event must compete in either Event One or Event Two above. In the case of male junior shooters, the 40 shot score that will be used for this junior event will be the first 40 competition shots taken from their 60 shot event above. In the case of female shooters the 40 shot score which will be used in this junior event will be the same as their 40 shot event above.

There is no separate entry into this Event.

Class Prizes

All Competitors in Classes A, B, C, and D will be able to compete for prizes in these Classes. There will be three prizes per class. For this event, the class prizes will be based on the first 40 shot score recorded from the 60 in Event One and the 40 shot score of Event Two.

Re-entry is not permitted.

The fees for event one and two are as follows:

Adult entry = €15.00
Student and / or Junior entry = €10.00.


Event Timetable

Saturday 14th April 07


Start Time

Detail 1 10.00am

Detail 2 12.15pm

Detail 3 2.30pm


Sunday 15th of April 07

Start Time

Detail 4 9.00am

Detail 5 11.15am

Detail 6 1.30pm


Final 1 Men’s 4.00pm

Final 2 Lady’s 5.00pm

Medal Ceremony 6.00pm


Pre booking is necessary.

No entries will be accepted after 5.00pm on Thursday the 12th of April 2007.

Please contact me through the NTSA website or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and or at 046 9054167


We wish to thank the UCD club for their continued support and use of their facilities. We wish to congratulate them too on the refurbishment of their range.


Anthony G Cooney.

Airgun Coordinator