CLAY-BIRD SHOOTING.
• METROPOLITAN GUN CLUB. t : The annual championship of the Motroi, polltan Gun Club was decided ori Saturday a afternoon at Mangere. The conditions were - Ideal and the attendance i: p to the average. Results :— Five Target Eye-opener. — This was divided by eight shooters who broke 4 each. Championship (20 targets, all off 16 yards).—B. Monteith and L. F. Ramsey were the only competitors to secure th? : possible. In the shoot-off Ramsey missed in the first five, leaving Monteith the 5 holder of the cup for 12 months. The next - highest scores were L. G. Bedford and F. I Hickling 18. A. B. Robinson 16. A. J. » Hanigan and R. H. Mackay 15. » Ten Target Sweepstake.—Divided by L. 3 G. Bedford. 14yds. and A. E. Robinson. 16 , yds. with the possible. I Seven Target Gimcrack.—L. G. Bedford, • 11-23 yds. B. Monteith. 14-26 yds. and L. F. ! Strain. 11-23 yds, divided the stake with the t possible. fj Second Gimcrack. —L. G. Bedford. 12- : 24yds. won outright with the possible of J I 7: L. F. Strain and T. Steel. 11-21 yds. tied ■' for second with 6 each.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 263, 7 November 1939, Page 12
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