CLAY-BIRD SHOOTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 42, 19 February 1934, Page 12

CLAY-BIRD SHOOTING.

TAKAPUNA CHAMPIONSHIP. The club championship of the Gun Club was decided at Barry s Point on Saturday. There was. a good attendance Tlie Principal event of the day was th . "Blue Riband" contest for a silver cup presented by the president. Mr. J. McGregor, for competition at the cnib cliam pionship. The winner of the title was the veteran clay-bird shot. F. 11. Seccombe who won outright with the score of -0 Writs out of 21. . . 01 The championship sboot was one or -J. birds off 3Svds. C. C. Rae. winner of the championship for three years in succession, did not defend his title as he is out ot the district. The match was keenly contested, but the windy conditions began to test the shooters' aim, as the birds on leaving the trap dropped suddenly, causing several ot the competitors to miss one or two birds running. The issue was in doubt until the last round, when K. 11. Bartle.v. 18yds, was two birds down, missing his fifth and eighteenth birds I<\ 11. Seccombe. ISyds. who had only missed his fifth bird, shot his last three birds and won the championship 'with a score of 20 birds out of 21. K. H. Hartley was runner-up with 19 birds, and J. Brown was third with IS birds. The winner is one of the oldest clay-bird sfiots in New Zealand, having won the chr.fnpionsliip of New Zealand in 1007. lie is still shooting in the same consistent form. Results of other events: — Seven-bird Eye-opener.—R. H. Bartley, 17yds, shot the possible, and won outright the first sweep money. L. .T. Henderson, 10yds, shot six birds and won outright the second sweep money. Second Seven-bird Sweepstake.—J. McGregor. 12yds, F. Kay-Stratton, 15yds, and If. ir. Seccombe, 10yds, all shot the possible of seven birds and divided the sweep money. \V. IS. Grant, 16yds. and W. R. Ayton, 12yds, tied for second place with six breaks each. Third Seven-bird Handicap Match.—J. Brown. 16yds, shot the possible and won outright the first sweep money. ,R. H. Bartley. 17yds. and \V. E. Grant, 16yds. shot six birds each and divided second sweep.money. The next fixture of the 'l'akapuna Gun Club is Saturday, March 17 ("ladies'day"), when the Duff Cup will be competed for. The present holder of the cup is J. RcesGoorge.