28 Jan 2017
Leg-1 of the 2017 League will be held at Bray CPC on Sunday 19 Feb
For information, queries, etc
to enter a Club or to enter a Team of Shooters or just to enter as an Individual
please contact
Dick Conroy
(Chairman, Leinster League)
Mobile: 087 250 3543
Email: conroyrichard@hotmail.com
Start – Finish Dates:
The League starts in February and runs until September.
Safety Course on 4 Feb at NSG at Ashbourne – click on link
Leg-1 is at Bray on Sunday 19 February 2017
Leg-2 is at CarrickGlen on Sunday 12 March 2017
Other Legs – see Website Calendar as Fixtures are confirmed.
The Grande Finale Shoot will be at Carrickglen in September, after they host the Sporting International.
CarrickGlen are kindly sponsoring the Grande Finale to the tune of €1,000 in prizes.
It will be an ECO Grande Finale, where only eco-Clays and Fibre-Wads will be used.
In 2016 over 10,000 Cartridges were given out, paid for by the prize fund.
This year we are looking for SPONSORS, to add to the prizes.
(Would-be Sponsors should contact Dick Conroy at 087 250 3543)
Watch out on Facebook or www.icpsa.ie or and in the Shooters Digest for dates and calendar of events
Link to full League results and photos for 2016 – click HERE
Prizes in 2017:
Over 10,000 cartridges were given out in 2016.
With Sponsorship and increase participation we hope to far exceed that this year with a target of 15,000+.
Individual Prizes:
– This Year a Shotgun will be the top prize, competed for on a handicap system
– Trophies
– Medals
– Thousands of cartridges
Club Prizes: – In 2016 this was 1st: €300, 2nd: €200 3rd: €100
Participating Clubs:
The following clubs participated in 2016;
Balheary, Ballivor, Bray, Carrick Glen, Courtlough, ECSC, Knockbrack, Lispopple and Pine Ridge.
We are happy to announce that Lakelands and Mourne will also participate in 2017.
A number of other clubs are in discussions with Dick Conroy and may also participate.
More on this later.
2017 League Format:
The League is open to Clay Clubs and Game Clubs, Teams of Shooters and Individuals.
There’s no charge for being part of the League or for entering a team.
It’s not only Inter Club but is also Inter Team and includes non-Club Individuals as well.
The League is there to promote Clay Shooting at very reasonable prices and all surplus monies are ploughed back in as prizes for the participants.
Prizes are divide up over all the Classes and based on Handicaps to ensure a level playing field for beginners and less experienced people.
The League is open to beginners and improvers at Clay Shooting.
It is also open to game shooters who want to hone their shooting skills in the off-season.
If you are looking for a clay shoot where there is a friendly, welcoming atmosphere and where you will get coaching on the stand as you shoot, from experienced shooters, then this League is for you.
It’s based on Sporting Shooting and the standard for targets are designed to be softer than at an ICTSA Registered Shoot.
It’s usually run over 50 Targets.
All safety rules fully apply and must be adhered to.
Wearing of Eye and Ear Protection is compulsory.
It’s open to all licenced shotgun holders.
As participants become more skilled and confident, the aim is for them to move towards participation in Registered 100 Bird Shoots and join the ICTSA, if they are not already members.
The entry fee at each event is
€15 for ICTSA members
€20 for non-ICTSA members or lapsed ICTSA members.
There are no restrictions on the number of times the €20 entry can be availed of in the year.
Re-entry at an event is allowed but for birds only.
Colts and Juniors pay just €5 per event.
Geography:
While it started as the Leinster League, you don’t have to be from Leinster to participate in it.
Shooters from the 32 counties and beyond are welcome.
Introductory Days / Open Days:
Introductory / Open Days were a major feature of the League in 2016.
Permits for Introductory/Open Days can be applied for to the ICTSA to allow non-ICTSA Clubs, who have the appropriate standards to host events for the League, for a nominal sum.
Possibilities: (Endless)
The League has always been a feeder event for the introduction of new people to the ICTSA, ever since it was established by people like Des Foley, a former Chairman of the ICPSA, and others, back in 1979.
Being part of the ICTSA affords a person the opportunity of entry to increasingly higher levels of competition across multiple shooting disciplines, not just Sporting, like DTL, ABT, Skeet, FITASC, COMPAK, Olympic Sheet and Olympic Trap, to mention but a few.
Many of the people who started shooting the League many years ago, have since shot on International Teams for Ireland, and who knows there is also the opportunity and possibility of representing the country in the Olympics some day. There is a defined Pathway from the novice, the whole way to the top.
LEINSTER LEAGUE 2016 – Summary Cartridges
- Already distributed on the Final Day9,250
Below – still to be distributed / collected
– Classes
Junior 3rd PlaceCian McLoughlin.100.Bronze Medal
Class CJohn Stuart.150.Silver Medal
Class CM. Pereira.100.Bronze Medal
– Remainder of Sunday High Guns – still to be collected
.Martin KingA50
.Matthew PereiraC50
.Cian McLoughlinAA50
.David KiernanA50
.Willie BennettAA50
.Stephen DevlinD50
.Denis O’SullivanAA50
.David BrownrigB50
.Jason DoyleA50
.John StuartC100
- Summary 2016 still to be collected. total cartridges by Individual
– will be available at the first 2017 League Shoot for collection 19 Feb
.Martin KingA50
.Matthew PereiraC150
.Cian McLoughlinAA150
.David KiernanA50
.Willie BennettAA50
.Stephen DevlinD50
.Denis O’SullivanAA50
.David BrownrigB50
.Jason DoyleA50
.John StuartC250
.Total.900
Please collect your prize(s) on that day or arrange for someone to collect for you.
Prizes from 2016 not collected on that day will go back into the pool of prizes for 2017.
Note:
The ICPSA has changed its name slightly.
The word “Pigeon” has been replaced with “Target”.
So it’s called the Irish Clay Target Shooting Association, or ICTSA, now.
It will take a bit of time to transition the name change to all levels.
