CLAY-BIRD SHOOTING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 281, 28 November 1938, Page 14

CLAY-BIRD SHOOTING.

AUCKLAND WINS REID CUP. In the all mini day-bird shooting ';»ntest for the Kfiil < "lip, conducted by tilt* I lamil; rmi Cm. I 'lull at Melville on Saturday. 1teams competed. The entries ni<lu«le<l Hamilton A and I!. Auckland A and 1.. <'ambridge A and B. Morrinsville A and It. Mrfronolitii n. < »turohanjja. Matamata. J ««•*- kolie and llnnlly. Auckland A i 1 urner. Si -hofleld. Bedford. Hanigun. Monteitli. Tliomasoii and Hodgei and Cambridge I! ,T Veil. H. Norris. A. Webster. 1. Neil, inn.. 1!. Smitli. K. Newcombe and B. Smith! tied for first place with **•' points each. V five bird shoot-off was fired to determine the winner of Ihe trophy, and il resulted in the Auckland team, with six birds down, securing the prize. Tiie Cambridge competitors missed 11 bird*. Monteith lAucklanill took first prize nionev in connection with the sweepstake, having secured the possible, while ('. Green i.Matamatai. W. Siiarp tMorrinsvillei. G. McMullan (Morrinsvillei. A. K. Robinson i.~nd>. W. Turner lAucklandi. ( . Thomason (Kerepeehil, . 1-■ Hrinkworth (Hamilton! nnd T. S. Henry (Hamiltoni divided the second and third stake money. The trophy was presented to the successful Auckland team by Mr. W. Woolven. president of the Hamilton Club, and Mr. C . H. Drysdale. president of the Auckland Club, returned thanks. MATAMATA GUN CLUB. OI.D CHAMPIONS GRANDSON WINS. Then- were 1> 1 contestants at a shoot organised liy the Matamata Gun Club. Tlie winner of the Davis Cup for juniors. \V. .1. Stone put up a jrood performance, especially as it was only his second attempt at trap shooting. It is interesting to note that Stones grandfather won the New 7.ealnail championship on three occasions. Results were: — Yankee Shoot. l."> Birds. Reid Cup Conditions.— K. Wright 14. K. Green 13, C. Green and J. I'ennell 12. Final Davis Cup.—H. J. Stone, 11yds. won outright with ID birds. C. Rawiri. 11 yds. !». Sweepstake for Senior and run In Conjunction.— E. Davis. 12yds. and H. Wright, 14yds. shot the possible, six birds. Wricrh * Trophy. !» Birds.—J. Pennell. 13yds. and C. Rawiri. 12vds. shot th»» possible. In a shoot-off Rawiri won on the fifteenth bird. G intern ok, 7 Birds.—H. Davis. 11 23vds. fi: E. Davis. 10-20 yds. 5: B. Smith. 1222yds. ."i : .1. I'ennell, 11-21 yds, 5; I. Kosoof. 14-24vdy. Walk-up, 6 Birds.—G. D. Smith 5, H. Davis 4. Consolation.—W. Horne.