BRILLIANT SHOOTING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 143, 18 June 1910, Page 5

BRILLIANT SHOOTING.

GOVERNMENT PEIZE >rRT)4T.S. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. The results of the competition for the Government prize medals (adult corps) for the year ended February 28 are available. The conditions were 10 shots at' I 600 and 700 yards (four practices of five shots each). The scoring of the top men showed some particularly 'brilliant shooting, >both Brownlee and Carlsen (Auckland) registering 20 consecutive bull'seyes, the former winnig on the "shoot ■off" with three additional bulls, making his grand total 23 bulla. Gold medal for the best shot in North Island.: Private William Brownlee (Victoria Rifles, Auckland), 100 points (the possible). A tie was decided by firing shot for shot' at 700 yards, the result •being: Private William Brownlee, 5, 5, 5; Private John Carlsen, 5, 5, 3. Gold and silver medal for the second •best shot in the North Island: Private John Carlsen (Victoria Rifles, Auckland), 100 points (the possible). Silver medal for the best shot in the Auckland district: Colour-Sergeant Arthur J. King (No. 3 Company, New Zealand Native Rifles), 98 points. Silver medal for the best shot in Wellington district: Colour-Sergeant Charles W. Grindell (Napier Rifles), 92 points. Gold medal for the best shot in. the South Island: Colour-Sergeant Herbert H. Moss (Bluff Guards Rifles), 97 points. Gold and silver medal for the second ■best shot in the South Island: Private Francis A. B. Ingpen (Popotunoa Rifles), 95 points. Silver medal for the best shot in the Nelson district: Sergeant-Major William Charles Drummond (2nd Battalion Nelson Infantry), 94 points. Silver medal for the best shot in the Otago district: Private Thomas Fraser (Kaitangata Rifles), 93 points. There were also competitions for the best shot in the Canterbury district. The following is the result of the competition for Government prize medals for rifle-shooting by defence cadets. Conditions, 10 shots at 400 and 500 yards (four practices):— Gold and silver medal for the best shot in North Island: Sergeant Stephen R. Archer (No. 1 Company Wanganui Collegiate School Rifle Cadets), 95 points. Silver medal for the best shot in the Auckland district: Colour-Sergeant A. G. Deisore (A Company Auckland Grammar School Rifle Cadets), 92 points. Silver medal for the best shot in the Wellington district: Private Noel Williams (No. 1 Company Wanganui Collegiate School Rifle Cadets), S2 points. Gold and silver medal for the best' shot in the South Island: Sergeant 0.. Baigent (B Company Nelson College Rifle Cadets), 100 points (the possible). Silver medal for the best shot in the Nelson district: Private E. E. Rivers . (A Company Nelson College Rifle Cadets), 99 points. Silver medal for the best shot in the Canterbury district: Sergeant F. G. S. Thompson (Rangiora High School Rifle Cadets), S6 points. Silver medal for the 'best shot in the Otago district: Private R. S. Park (B Company Dunedin High School Cadets), 97 points.