Results

The winner of the National Standard Pistol 2008 championships was Joe O'Donohoe of the Defence Forces Shooting Team. Joe scored a 505 followed by Martin Hayes of Hilltop who took second on countback from John O'Brien of Rathdrum; both on 488.

National 25m Standard Pistol - 16th November 2008
		150 Second		20 Second		10 Second		Total
		1	2	1	2	1	2
Joe O'Donohoe	DFST	92	87	90	84	69	83	505
Martin Hayes	HSC	88	85	77	83	72	83	488
John O'Brien	RRPC	89	79	84	73	84	79	488
Alan Kelly	HSC	89	87	81	82	79	69	487
Paul Flanagan	RRPC	93	89	92	81	67	64	486
Jeff Kehoe	HSC	79	87	82	85	75	74	482
Caroline O'Brien	RRPC	79	81	80	78	79	64	461
J.K. Walsh	DRC	79	78	78	76	56	68	435
PJ Harding	DRC	80	90	74	70	50	62	426
Michael Madigan	RRPC	77	77	47	52	49	72	374
Kealan Symes	RRPC	65	76	72	70	37	47	367
Sandy Wilson	ECSC	52	68	66	51	53	59	349
Michael Ryan	ECSSC	67	64	51	51	54	50	337
Liam Crawford	DFST	60	62	58	59	54	43	336

Scores were very tight at the top end with four competitors separated by just two points. Scores weren't as high as previous years, but there is definitely an increase in competition.

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Thank you to everyone who turned up on the day and especially to Mr. Andrew Doyle TD who also came to spectate and showed great interest in the proceedings.

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Thanks to Alan and Gerry Kelly for the photos