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