Monthly Archives: March 2009
Fame and Glory…
Well, of a sort š
From Desked, a neat little diversion of a blog, two photos of a work desk
and a sports desk of mine.
… WTSC AGM
The WTSC AGM was held on Monday night out in Wilkinstown. We were afraid that the falling participation and attendance numbers we’ve seen (which we’re fa… Read the rest
Evil black gun shooting
When you’re in the Midlands, you can shoot an awful lot of stuff (really, only airgun and archery are omitted at the moment). Joe Costello (Chair of the SSAI and on… Read the rest
VCRAI Vintage Rifle Shoot
Every so often, you should try something new, even if only for the craic, so this weekend myself and Conor and Dave wandered off to the Midlands range to shoot some fullbo… Read the rest
Irish Shooting Politics…
…is messy and unpleasant at the best of times. Oddly enough, the actual sport-related stuff is fairly free of acrimony; the negotiations between Governing Bod… Read the rest
Back to smallbore…
So I gave up on finding my missing smallbore sights (I think they’ve walked at this stage š ) and last night went down to the range, took out the 2013 and put a pair … Read the rest
To be banned?
As mentioned here before (and in several other places and discussed extensively over on boards.ie), the Minister for Justice announced last November that all handgu… Read the rest
Money matters
Today saw the Irish Sports Council announce its funding for the High Performance Awards and the Carding Grants Scheme. These two grant schemes go to the governing body … Read the rest
Olympic Reports and the Irish Sports Monitor
February saw a flurry of reports into sport in Ireland, starting on Feb 9 with the Irish Sports Council review of the Beijing Games, followed on Feb 18 by the ISC-commiss… Read the rest
Pistol case
Finally got round to buying a proper case for the Izzy. I had been thinking about a Storm or a Peli case, but the idea of a ā¬150 case for a ā¬250 pistol was a bit, well, off-… Read the rest