CLAY-BIRD SHOOTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 127, 31 May 1937, Page 14

CLAY-BIRD SHOOTING.

METROPOLITAN GUN CLUB.

Hie Metropolitan (Jim dub concluded Its Grand Coronation shoot on Saturday at Maugere. There was again a large nuni.!ilm . eo »'l ,etlt »'-s. The cliM match was a i.IOO handicap of 21 targets, in which the contestants broke nearly all birds thrown. ...iV e » ,x :™Wt eye opener was divided by -SO shooters, who shot the possible. I In the £100 watch. 12 competitors divided i the stake with the possible of 21. as follows :—J Dobson. 12yds; L. F. Ramsey, 17yds; F. Curtis. 14yds: R. G. White (Metropolitan). 11yds; R. Maher (Ohingaiti), 1.. Maher (Putaruru). W. J. McMiken (Hamilton), F. Joblin (Morere) I lbyds: E. Groome (Otane). 19yds- C P I Webber. 13yds; W. Sharp (Morrinsville)! 14yds; W. Oates (Tokomaru Bay). 13vds £15 American handicap attracted a ; large field. The following shooters secured 1 the possible of 20 and divided the stake :— 1 P. Joblin. W. J. McMiken. L. Maher. M McMullan (Cambridge). F. H. Seccombe (Metropolitan). C. P. Webber. A. Aitken 14yd8. * A 10-bird double rise was divided by ■ R. Maher. 14yds; F. H. McFarlane. 11ydsC. P. Webber. 12yds: and W. Sharp. 13yds' who broke the possible. The match for a trophy for the best aggregate in the £15 double-rise and £15 American handicap matches, resulted in a tie between F. Joblin, D. Ewing, and D. P. North, -who secured the possible of 40. The prize was divided. A half-round of skeet concluded the tournament, the highest score being registered by D. P. North with 15. F. H. Seccombe and J. Av Malcolm divided second and third prizes with 12 breaks each.