RIFLE SHOOTING.
■ iii FARMERS' UNION" CONTEST. MORRINSVILLE'S GOOD SCORE. (From Our Own Correspondent) MOHBINSVIIiLE, Monday. Remarkably good rifle shooting, considering the squally weather, was seen on Saturday at the Morrinsville range, when a team of five members of the Morrinsville branch of the Farmers' Union fired oft* in the Dominion-wide contest among Farmers' Union teams for the Colonial Ammunition Co.'s Shield. The team's Aggregate for seven shots at each of 300, 500, 600 yards was 469 out of 525. This should be hard for any other farmers' team to beat. All of the team are also members of the Morrinsville Defence Rifle Club, and are all dairy farmers who shoot only on occasional Saturdays in summer. Scores of team are as follow:—D. Campbell, 35, 32, 33—100 ; F. C. Kennedy, 32, 32, ,T. C. Browne, 30, 34, 30 — 94; A. Topham, 30, 3*l. 32—03; R. A. S. Browne, 30, 31, 24—85.
KELLY, AUCKLAND CHAMPION.
The Auckland City Rifle Club fired the final round of- the service championship at Penrose on Saturday under difficult conditions. The threatening weather deterred many of the usual competitors from attending and the scores were rather below the usual good standard.
G. G. Kelly won the championship by a margin of eight points from C. J. M.Clnrk, w.lio has held the title for two years. Kelly's scores to count were:—l3S, 135, 133, total 406. Clark's scores were: — 143. 128. 127. 398. Other leading scores were:—C. J. Rohieson, 395; H. Simroonds, 380 : R. Swift. 378 : I. J. Spry. 367 : A. G. Robertson, 362; S. Bowes, S. C. Wills, 351.
The best scores off the rifles were:—C. X. M. Clark, application 22, moving figure 18. plates 15. rapid 33, snan 38. total 126; A. G. Robertson, 22. 22. 5, 34, 27— 110: F. Bowes 24. 14, 10, 29, 30—107: G. G. Kelly. 25. 13. 0. 33. 23—94; R. R. Knight. 21. 15. 5, 26, 22—59: J. M. .Tessop. 19, 9, 5. 24. 16—72: M. Milligan. 22. 9, 5, 22, 4—62; P. C. Fahey, 21. 6, 0. 0. 0—36. The two top men won silver spoons. The third round of the final trophy series will be fired at 200 yds and SOOyds at I'enrose on Saturday.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 96, 26 April 1933, Page 15
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