Dessie on target in Germany
GOrey man Dessie Owens won two prestigious trophies at a shooting competition in Germany recently.
Dessie who is a former member of St Enda’s GAA club was part of a four man Irish team, the Irish Rimfire Benchrest team, who travelled to Hamminkeln, Germany, to compete in the largest shooting competition of its type in Europe this year with 70 invited shooters competing from over ten countries.
Dessie who is a member of the Hilltop Sporting Club in Newtownmountkennedy, Wicklow won the BR 50 Hamminkeln Cup and the BR50 Hamminkeln Masters Cup which are the two main perpetual trophies up for grabs at the tournament.
There is also a team event which uses the combined scores of three nominated individuals from a country for their three cards on the Saturday shoot. Team Ireland came 1st in the Team event with over 22 teams competing.
Team Ireland also won the ‘Ireland vs. UK Challenge cup’, based on the team totals over 5 Heavy varmint cards each.
Shortly after his return home Dessie also won the National title for three different classes in rimfire Benchrest, which no other person has previously achieved.
He is also a member of the NRBAI (National Rimfire Benchrest Association of Ireland) who can easily be contacted on facebook at facebook. com/NRBAI/