This year's International Clay Target Shooting Council Olympic Skeet Home Countries International Tournament takes place on 20th August next.
The venue for 2011 is Esker Shooting Grounds which is located at Banagher, Co Galway (www.esker.ie ).
The Satellite Navigation coordinates of the club are N53.205361 W7.997083 or N53° 12′ 19.3 W007° 59′ 49.5″.
Pat Donaghy (00 353 87 2621281 or gun@esker.ie ) will be the venue liaison point of contact for any queries you might have with regard to the Tournament or your general requirements.
The Tournament will be held over 100 targets with Teams of 12:
- Seniors- Team of 9 with 5 scores to count.
- Lady-1 person.
- Veteran (55 or over on 01/01/11)-1 person.
- Junior (under 21 on 01/01/11)-1 person.
Practice will be available at the venue on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th August plus there will be an Open Shoot on the Sunday.
The post-Tournament banquet plus the Team photographs will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, Co. Westmeath (http://www.radissonblu.ie/hotelathlone/Contact ).
The Radisson will be offering a special accommodation rate of €95 per person single B+B or €65 per person sharing B+B (twin or double) for one night which reduces to €80 per person single B+B or €55 per person sharing B+B (twin or double) for two nights and we would recommend that those who intend availing of this offer should make their booking ASAP as August is the high season.
Some other hotels in Athlone which might be of interest for visiting Teams are:
- The Prince of Wales- www.theprinceofwales.ie
- The Hodson Bay Hotel- www.hodsonbayhotel.com
- The Sheraton Hotel- www.sheratonathlonehotel.com
- The Athlone Springs- www.athlonespringshotel.com
- The Creggan Court- www.creggancourt.com
- The Shamrock Lodge Hotel- www.shamrocklodgehotel.ie
The area is also well served by B+B accommodation.
Visitors from outside the Republic of Ireland will need a visitors shotgun permit. Please find attached an application form for a visitor’s firearms certificate and some details on the process.
The cost per certificate is €45 which includes administration and postage charges.
The minimum age for the granting of a visitors certificate is 16 and therefore all Team members MUST be a minimum of this age at the time of the event and we would like to remind you that a licence is required for each firearm.
Applications for visitor’s certificates must be made through the host venue please and we would request that these be made en-bloc and at least 30 days in advance of the event to allow for processing.
