RIFLE SHOOTING.
NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. SECOND DAY'S MATCHES. TRENTHAM, This Day. Following are further results at the National Rifle Association's Championship Meeting, which opened yesterday morning:— . . No. 2 Match, snapshooting, disc target, 300 yards (possible 50).—J. Scoitt (Petone). £4, 44; H. W. Feast (Greytown) £3, 39; P. Hamilton (Wanganui) 265, 37; Captain Simmons (Wanganui) 265, 37; J. Ball (Kaiapoi), 265, 37. H. Cromie (Rakaia) 31, and D. Clement (Ashburton) were also prizetakers. No 3 Match, Tile Shooting Competition, five shots 200yds (possible 25).—F. M. Ching (Karori), £3 10s, 25; J. U Feast (Greytown), £3 10s 25. No, 4 Match, Moving-figure target. Six shots at 200 yards (possible 30). J McKelvie (Scots College Cadets, Wellington), £4, 26; L. Hitchcock (Tahaka), £2 10s, 25; W. Mclyer (Petone), £2 10s, 25. Among the prizetakers was G. Cromie (Rakaia) 16. Service Championship (aggregate of scores in matches 1,2, 3 and 4), £lO, gold medal and Kynoch Cup. Captain H. Simmonds (Wanganui), £lO. "-old medal and Kynoch Cup 109 R. H. Nicholl (Petone), £6 and silver medal • 1"8 S. McNabb (Dannevirke), £4 and bronze medal «J* A. Devore (Akarana) £2 ... ... 98 Lieutenant F. Soler (Marton), £2 9b J. Ball (Kaiapoi), £2 ... ... ... H. A. Cromie (Rakaia), 93, takes | £l. I Champion Service Teams Match. For teams of five men, counting scores m matches 1. 2, 3 and 4. r Wanganui No. 1 £B' and Logan Campbell Shield, 392; Opaki, £5, 370; Petone, £3, 366; Karori No, 1, £2, 363; Akarana, £2, 354 In the opening match to-day, 300yds, SOOvds, 600yds, 7 shots each, the leading* scores in A Grade were:—J. Feast (Greytown) 100, S. W. Feast (Greytown) 98, Capt. Simmons (Wanganui) 97, W. J. Henry (Chnstchurch) 96, A. Barker (Lincoln) 97, A Swinson (Karori) 96, W. Healey (Wellington) 97 In the B Grade, the. leading scores were: W. Harris (Chnstchurch) 98, Major J. Potter (Auckland) 96. D. * • Keir (Ashburton) 95, won £l. In the tyros, W. J. Gibson scored 101 the highest for the match. D. Clement (Ashburton) 96, won £l.
ASHBURTON COMPETITORS.
DETAILS OF THEIR. SCORER
(Special to the "Guardian.")
TRENTHAM, This Day. Service matches were fired at Trenthnm yesterday, the Ashburton competitors scoring as under:— Rapid Shooting, 300 Cromie Rnkaia) 31, D Ken- 29 F. Clark 23 J. Clements (Ealing) 23, J. firr (Methven) 19, J. Yeandle (Lynnford) 17, G- Cromie (Rakaia) 11. Snapshooting, 300 y*rds._H. Cromie 5E 3- Clements 27 F Clark U, D. F. Keir 12, J. Yeandle 9, J. Carr 9 G Cromie 5. _, Competition, 200 yards-G. Cromie 15, D. F. Keir 10. H. jClements 10, J. Yeandle o, F. Clark 0, C Punning Man. 200 yards.-H Cromie 21 G. Cromie 16, J. Clements 15 J. Yeandlel2, J. Carr 10 D F.Keir 3 H. Cromie won ninth place in the Service Championship. , In the opening match, owing to the failing light, only two ranges were bred and the match is to be finished to-mor-row The Ashburton scores were:— U. Cromie 300 yd, 33 .Wyds 32; D 1 Keir 32 and 33; J. Clements, 33 and m i< Carr 30 and 32; J. Yeandle, 29 and 29; F. Clark, 28 and 28; G. Cromie 26 and 31.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10385, 2 May 1925, Page 5
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