Veteran target shooter Tony Cogan (59), a veteran of Irish Olympic Target Shooting, showed yet again today the steadiness of aim and mental focus which he has shown time and again over the past twenty-five years of his sporting career, winning the National Indoor Smallbore Rifle Championships, held today at the Rathdrum Rifle Club in Co.Wicklow.


Tony, a postal worker from Tallagh, who represented Ireland at international competitions for tweny years before his retirement from international competition three years ago, scored 583 (out of 600) tying for first place with Sandy Wilson, also a veteran international shooter. However, upon re-scoring the targets, the decision fell to Tony.

"I'm delighted to have won the championships", Tony said, "But while it's nice to see some young shooters here like the ones from Trinity College, we aren't seeing enough of them enter the sport at the moment, mainly because it's difficult to find a place to train. Hopefully that will soon be fixed, and then we'll see the junior side of the sport take off"

Sandy Wilson took the silver medal after losing the tie-breaker for first place, and Leslie Fagan took the bronze.




The scores were as follows:
National Indoor Smallbore Rifle Championships 2004
National Indoor Smallbore Rifle Championships 2004
















No. Competitor Club Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Av O/A Best 4 Class












Place
Place
8 Tony Cogan DRC A 98 99 96 97 98 95 583 97.17 1 392 2A
11 Sandy Wilson FSC A 100 96 98 100 96 93 583 97.17 2 394 1A
10 Leslie Fagan WTSC A 97 96 95 96 97 97 578 96.33 3 387 3A
7 P.J. Harding DRC A 96 96 96 91 96 97 572 95.33 4 385

1 Kealan Symes RRPC B 94 95 93 98 90 99 569 94.83 5 386 1B
5 Michael Madigan DURC D 94 96 94 95 93 96 568 94.67 6 381 1D
12 Brendan Byrne RRPC C 94 95 94 96 95 93 567 94.50 7 380 1C
2 John Carroll RRPC A 95 95 94 95 87 100 566 94.33 8 385

9 Dave Trumper RRPC B 94 92 93 95 90 95 559 93.17 9 377 2B
3 Conor McDermottroe DURC B 89 94 96 93 90 92 554 92.33 10 375 3B
4 Peter Daynes DURC D 86 89 82 88 82 89 516 86.00 11 352 2D
6 Patsy Tyrrell RRPC C DNS



























































































































































Split for 1st Championship - 1st graduated gauge

























8 Tony Cogan DRC
92 98 93 95 95 91 564 1st



11 Sandy Wilson FSC
94 93 95 94 94 89 559 2nd