There will be parking limitations at Bray CPC for next weekends leg of the League, the club therefore recomments that shooters should:

•  Car pool as much as possible
•  Arrive at your designated time (Max 30 mins early)
•  Follow the instructions of the parking steward and the parking signs 
• Do not block gateways or the laneway
• Most parking will be in the new Football Club, past the Bray Club entrance.

Bray CPC would like to thank everyone for their cooperation.

Please note that this year's ICTSC FITASC Home Countries Invitational Tournament will take place on Friday 21st September and not Saturday as originally notified and full details are posted on the 2012 Ireland Team page. 

A meeting of members of the CCPSA will take place at Gullanes Hotel, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway on Tuesday 21st February next at 9pm with a view to discussing the possibility of running a Connaught Sporting League.

Interested CCPSA members are asked to please attend this meeting.

Mental Training:

Phil Coley is running a series of mental training master classes at Knocknagoshel Shooting Grounds in 2012. Full details of this programme are now available

Task Groups:

Following on from proposals recently received by the ICPSA National Executive from among the membership, the Association is now looking at the role of discipline Task Groups within the sport.  The first part of this process is a review of the makeup and selection of the Task Group members and it has been suggested that rather than relying on volunteers, appointments should be by election within the specific disciplines.

To this end the following proposals are being put forward and the ICPSA would welcome feedback on same from the membership through the General Secretary.

• Discipline Task Groups shall consist of 5 persons.
• Members of the Task Group shall be elected annually by secret ballot at the Irish Open Championships of each specific discipline.
• Members who wish to apply for nomination as a candidate to a Task Group must submit same in writing two weeks before the Championship.
• Each ICPSA participant on the day of the Championships shall have one vote and will receive a ballot sheet at the time of entry.
• The five members of the Task Group shall be decided on the basis of the top five qualifiers in the poll.
• No more than one member from any one club can be a member of a Task Group and where two members from the same club finish in the top five in the poll the second placed candidate shall be excluded and the sixth placed finisher shall be deemed elected.
• All ties shall be decided by lottery at the next available meeting of the ICPSA National Executive.
• Where a member of the Task Group stands down mid-term, the next placed candidate in the poll shall be appointed.
• Where less than five candidates are nominated the ICPSA National Executive shall have the authority to appoint members from within the discipline to the Task Group.
• Where a vacancy arises on a Task Group and there is no candidate available the ICPSA National Executive shall have the authority to appoint members from within the discipline to the Task Group. 

The Joe Malone Cup:

ACTA would like to remind members that the shoot for the Joe Malone Cup takes place at Ashbourne on Sunday 19th February next and the Malone family has provided additional cash sponsorship for both the High Gun and class prizes.

FITASC News:

Newly affiliated club Cedar Brook is preparing for its first Registered FITASC Sporting shoot on Saturday 25th February next.  This club (which operates from Rath House, Nobber, Co. Meath) will be running a series of Registered FITASC shoots this spring and further details as well as entry is available from Naji el Mayss on 086 6050571.

This year's ICTSC FITASC Home Countries Invitational Tournament will take place on Friday 21st September and not Saturday as originally notified and full details are posted on the 2012 Ireland Team page.

CISM:

Thanks to the efforts of FITAV and its President Luciano Rossi MP, clay target shooting through the discipline of Olympic Trap has for the first time been accepted as a CISM event with the first CISM World OT Championships scheduled for May next in Italy.  Members of the Irish Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces interested in becoming involved in this venture in the future should contact the DFAA for further details.

ICPSA AGM:

We would also like to remind members that the 79th ICPSA AGM will take place on Thursday 29th March next at the Spa Hotel, Lucan, Co. Dublin and full details of the meeting are published in the 2012 ICPSA members handbook as well as on the ICPSA web site.  All clubs who wish to have voting delegates in attendance at the AGM on the night should note that the requirements which must be met are also published in the ICPSA member's handbook. 

Mexico Olympics 1968:

An article originally published by the OCI detailing the ICPSA's first involvement in the Mexico Olympic Games of 1968 recently came the way of the Association.  The article is published here as an attachment along with a photograph of the Ireland Shooting Team. 

We would greatly appreciate all assistance in confirming the names of those pictured in the photograph and any information should be forwarded to the General Secretary.