WITH SERVICE RIFLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 14

WITH SERVICE RIFLE.

NATIONAL COMPETITION.

McIVER, LEADS IN AGGREGATE

RESULTS OF SATURDAY.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

TRENTHAM, Saturday.

With the completion of two of the championship belt matches at the national rifle meeting at Trentham today, W. Mclver, of the Petone Rifle Club, is leading for the King's Prize with a ecore of 146 out of a possible 150. H. V. Croxton, Karori, is in second place with 143. The next three positions are occupied by C. J. Nix, Feather3ton, C. Pickering, Opaki, and D. Roots, Patea, all with scores of 140.

Regarded through the aperture sight the conditions were anything but good and the marksmen had to contend with a changeable wind, running mirage and changing light.

The Wellington and Wairarapa marksmen figured prominently in the {u'bsc money in the Imperial aggregate, which is awarded to competitors with the highest aggregate scores in the two B series matches, the King and Henry Ma'ch, matches, the King and Henry Match, and the Whitcombe and Caldwell Match. W. Mclver, Pet one, with a score of 108 out of a possible 205, was the winner, and his clubmate, W. H. Ballinger, was second, with 197. The Whitcombe and Caldwell Match, which called for 10 rounds at 800 yds and 900 yds, was won by Mclver, with 98. The second place was taken by F. W. Ching, Karori. The winner in the B grade was R. A. B. Kingsbury, Culverden, with 92. The tyro grade was won by H. G. Byers, Linton, with 88.

"With the completion of the B series the way was clear in the afternoon for a start with the championship belt matches. In the first of these, the Marlborough Match, of 10 rounds at 300 yds, the marksmanship was of the highest standard. The holder of the belt, P. Berry, Tararua, and H. Boon, Karori, each with 49, tied for first place. The next three men in the prize list also had 49, but on the count back A. Tombs, Blenheim, secured third money.

The B grade was won by H. H. Moss, Invercargill, with 46, and the tyro by I. A. Coleman, Karori, also witi 46. The second match in the belt "erics, the Wellington Match, of 10 rounds at 500 yds and 600 yds, was won by Mclver, with 97. H. V. Croxton, Karori, with 95, was second. The winner in the B grade was E. T. Haldane, Waipukurau, with 94. In the tyro grade H. G. Byers, Linton, collected first money.