RIFLE SHOOTING

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10828, 29 March 1932, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING

South Auckland Association.

VVI > I-OH VETERAN T. FHOVO

Th , twenty-sixth annual prize firraectlng under (lie auspices of K ®, th Auckland Rifle Association Commenced on (he Waihl range fl3a c,rfid Friday. on though several outside clubs A Scented there was a marked ffCr - C . nff’in the number of visiting attributable, no doubt. ® ar r The shooting con10‘Ic were, however, favourable dlt '° : rilf . good scores were rogister*ftL -possible" being put. on three gr'foar times. Appended are the ro--SuUS;" AUCKLAND MATCH.

(Ten shots at 200yds.)

r i Restun (Akarana) Pre f - 50 fi 10 b - it R Kmn i MornnsRifini- £j 50 *fd. ('aider (A ka ra na), 15 s 5 0 Sm.‘w. Cohjuhoun (Akarana) mflm' A. (>•' Degenholbe (City) ..pres F. C. Hubbard < Paeroa) pres F C. Kennedy (Morrlnsaie) 43. Riflni. C. J. Kiddie (Tanv"‘ N 48. 10b each. Tvros' Rid in. A. Carswell (Tauia) 47, W. McDonald (MorrinsSk) 44, 108 each. SERVICE MATCH. ,nve rounds rapid, five rounds snapshooting: 300yds.) Serst. Wakefield < 2nd Bat.. "(Tauranga), 15s 39 * t King (Morrinsville), 10s 38 Pres Hubbard (Paeroa). 7s 6d 37 Riflm McDonald (Morrinsville) ... i jx Clark (Opotiki) 36. K. Lw s hv (Morrinsville), 36, 7s 6d S; Riflm. H. A. Oliver (Tau*7’) 35, J. A. Draffin (Akarana) M L V. Morris (Paeroa) 34, Pres. Reston (Akarana) 33, 5s each.

PAEROA MATCH. (Ten shots at 300yds.) send. Wakefield (2nd Bat., Auckland), £1 10s ■ 48 Riflm W. Powell (Akarana), £1 47 Rifim’ Calder (Akarana). 155.. 47 Riflffi. H. H. Morrinson (Pae-,

roa), 15s % Riflm. Johnston (Tauranga) 4G, E Sharkey (Akarana) 46, J. D. Clark (Opotiki) 46, C. J. Robieson (2nd Bat.), 45, 10s each. Tyros - Corporal A. M. Jenkinson (2nd Bat.), 14, Riflem. A. J. Moore (Whakatane), 44, 10s each. THAMES MATCH. (Ten shots at 500yds.) Pres. Hubbard (Paeroa), £1 10s 49 Rifim, Grigsby (Morrinsville), £1 49 Rifim. Kiddie (Tauranga), 15s . 48 Rifim. Calder (Akarana), 15s . . 48 Rifim. Draffin (Akarana) 47, A. W Powell (Akarana) 47, Pres. Reston (Akarana) 46, Pres. Kennedy (Morrinsville) 46, 10s each. Tyros; Riflm. W. McDonald (Morrinsville) 4G, S. C. Wells (City) 43, 10s each. SECOND DAY.

On Easter Saturday the conditions were unfavourable, misty rain falling. The Tauranga Match, 600yds. range, was won by Rifleman T. Floyd (Tauranga) with an aggregate of 46. Rifleman Robieson (2nd Battalion, Auckland) was second with 45. Rifleman Floyd was - accorded a very hearty reception, the win being the most popular of the meeting.