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Shooting Sports Association of Ireland

Promoting the safe enjoyment of Shooting Sports

The new National 50m Prone Champion is Tony Cogan of DRC. On what was a very good day for shooting, some extremely strange results were recorded, Tony Cogan was one of the few who were able to handle the changing light conditions and blitzed both the qualification and the final with a great display of composed shooting. Tony scored a 587 in the qualifying round and then followed up three hours later with a 102.9 in the final, never being challenged at any stage by runner up and last years champion Richard Stapleton.

Associations affiliated to the SSAI are:

The National Target Shooting Association of Ireland

Recognised by the Olympic Council of Ireland and ISSF(International Shooting Sports Federation) as the association dealing with Olympic Style shooting. The events covered by this association are all the events governed by ISSF.

The National Silhouette Association
This association organises silhouette shooting in Ireland, and are members of the International and European Silhouette governing bodies. Silhouette shooting comprises of shooting at shaped metallic animals of various sizes at different distances, with scoped sporting rifles.

The National Association of Sporting Rifle Clubs

Responsible for the organising of sporting rifle and pistol events, mainly dealing with scoped and open sights competitions. Events on paper targets at 50m outdoors and 25yd indoors.

National Rifle Association of Ireland

The NRAI cater for F-Class, Match Rifle and Target Rifle

Pony Club Shooting Association

Mainly involved in the training of members of the Pony Club involved in the tetrathlon (athletes run, ride, swim and shoot). The shooting involves air rifle in Ireland and Air-Pistol Internationally.

The Firearms Consultative Panel - On the 2nd October last the SSAI received a written invitation from Mr. Brian Lenihan T.D., Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform, requesting that the SSAI nominate a representative to participate and join the Firearms Consultative Panel. This consists of shooting interested groups, An Garda Siochana and relevant Government Departments. The Panel will be chaired by the Dept. of Justice. Declan Cahill, Chairman of the SSAI is your representative on the Panel. Liam Crawford of the NTSA and John Paul Craven of Midlands (MNSCI) also form part of the Panel. Their reservoir of knowledge will demonstrate that we have a dynamic and energetic representation in this process. They will be supported by a knowledgeable and hardworking SSAI Review Group all through the lifetime of the process. The process of the Firearms Consultative Panel will, it appears, take approximately, 18 months to 2 years to complete its terms of reference. The Panel held its first meeting at 10.30am on the 6th November last. It is clear that there is a lot of work, e.g. research, submissions etc., to be done at regular intervals. In order to ensure that all issues which need to be put in place are actively addressed in a structured way, we ask that you take some time out and consider what “issues or concerns” you feel are most important to you as a “shooter”. I am sure that like us all you have experienced various difficulties throughout your career in our sport, and have identified problem areas that will need to be addressed. Please e-mail your comments, with your club and contact information to shootingsportsireland@gmail.com, where they will be collated and researched by the SSAI Review Group for reference as the Panel goes forward through its various stages over the coming months. Yours in Sport, Kieran Barry SSAI National Development Officer.
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