RIFLE SHOOTING.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13612, 22 December 1909, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING.

SHIELD iLiXt/iiES. Considerable importance wus attached to tut) vumuwer JXiilo Association s £>me.v Alatcaes ou satuiuay at Kuacuiis, Horn tin; luei ol ine contest mc rival ior tae v and v graae shieiua. xne setujr thieid, nowever, has one moie toiiip-etition to yo, but n any team iiad goi a long lead on hatuiaay, it would havo uieaui til at they ruigut Oβ txceeaingiy auucult to eaten in U:e auui, unicii 18 at 000 &a(i 9uU yuras. 'ihe coiiiuuons on saturauy were seven snots at LOJ, oUU, and (io'J yuras. I 'xaa weather was certauiiy not conducive to lurg-e scores, v naaty wind setting inlo tlie range, and in times apoihng all calcUinnons. i'ho i^ngineera , leaui seemed, however, to collar tno conditions lairiy well, as five of tne ten men put- lip scores ot uo or oVer, while the Liuwood itiiles, usually so good in tricky weather, could not pick up the conditions at all, making a lutiu ol 29 points less than tne Engineers. Ihe Imperial Kifles, who, like the Hignlanders, have come up from the B to the A grade this year, put in good work in beating the Linwooci Rifles, though only b,- ten points. McCarthy, oi the Imperials, was top scorer in this class with 95, but was closely followed by McConnell (Engineers) 91. Johnson (Linwood; '.3, and Evans (Engineers) 92. Ihis was Evans's first appearance on tho range since his serious illness, and his opponents as well as the members of his team were glad to see him put up such a good score under the weather conditions. Tho scores were: —

The final competition, ten shots at SOO and 900 yards, takes place on February 19th. Tho B grade shield had lost much of ite interest from the fact of tiie City Guards having a long lead. Ihis company has a couple of excellent coaches in Lieutenant Sandford and Sergeant T. _uurphy, and it is mainly to their instruction that the place of the team is due. On Saturday Corporal Gunter, of this team, had the honour cf making top score in the class, 93. The Guards finished with a total of 785, the City Rifles, the next team, making 736. This gave the Guards custody of th« shield for the season 1900-10, (heir aggregate being 1962 against the City Rifles' 1801, the other teams a long way behind. In the C grade the College Rifles put in another win, nnd easily secured the shield for lOr-3-10. Their highest scorer was Sergeant Fersru«on, who put up 78. Their • segregate is 1732. Captains Bishop and Batchelor acted is range officers.

Engineers Imperials Linwood R:fles Highland Rifles This leaves the aggregates: — .. 879 .. 850 .. 810 .. 7U2 Engineers Linwood Rifles Imperials • Highland Rifles .. 1665 .. 1616 .. 1560 .. 1470