TRAP SHOOTING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 249, 29 July 1940, Page 3

TRAP SHOOTING.

THE METHVEN CLUB. Perfect shooting conditions prevailed for the monthly shoot of the Metliven Gun Club. There was a larger attendance of members than usual. "While there was no wind to make shooting tricky, the majority of shooters had excellent scores. For three of the four shoots the popular “five-track” system was used. S. H. Anderson, who nas evidently struck form, was the most consistent shooter, for he was straight-out winner of the principal match, the President’s Handicap, of 14 clays, with the possible. In the otliei sweepstakes he shared first money, and in a 15-clay-bird match, in which he tied with A. McLeod and L. C. Anderson, he had to fight the shoot-off out ffnallv with McLeod up to the 23rd round. In all he shot G 7 birds straight, of which seven were on the second barrel. A. McLeod also showed a return to form, being in the money twice, and his contest with Anderson in the trophy match was full of merit.. In a sweepstake of five birds on the “five-track” system the following scored uossibles and divided the sweepstake: W. M. Holland, G. A. Franks, S. H. Anderson, T. S. Harrison, J. T. Corbitt and W. J. Robertson. A 15-bird clay match for trophies presented by Messrs J. O’Connell and W. J. Halliday and sweepstake, resulted: S. H. Anderson, A. McLeod and L. O. Anderson 15, T. S. Harrison

J. T. Corbett 14, W. M. Holland 13, G. A. Franks, G. Gerard, F. Quested 12. In the shoot off L. C. Anderson went out on the sixth bird and took first money in the sweepstake. McLeod missed his 23rd bird and took second prize, leaving Anderson the winner. Harrison and Corbitt divided second money and Holland got third. In the fourth shoot of the series for the president’s handicap of 14 birds, S. H. Anderson was the only one to score the possible and won first money in the sweepstake. L. C. Anderson, G. A. Franks ,J. T. Corbet, T. S. Harrison and F. Quested werp next with 13 birds and divided the balance of the sweepstake. W. J. Robertson, W. M. Holland and A. 'McLeod broke 12 and G. Gerald 11.

In a special five-track match of 10 birds S. H. Anderson, F. Quested and A- McLeod broke the possible and divided the sweepstake. Holland, Franks Harrison missed one each and L. C. Anderson, J. T. Corbett with 8 breaks were the next best.

Next Friday the club will inaugurate the series of matches to be held in Christchurch for the New Zealand championships and handicaps by a special £SO match at Methven.