RIFLE SHOOTING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17320, 5 December 1921, Page 4

RIFLE SHOOTING.

' ». CHRISTCHURCH CLUB. The Christchurch Defence Rifle Club held its second long range competition on Saturday. The match consisted of sercn shots at 800 yds, and seven at lOOCyds. As the scores indicate, the weather conditions' were the reverse of favourable. Combined with an extremely dull light, a strong and bitterly cold sou'-weater blowing across the range niado it difficult to keep on the target, and ruissss war© numerous.. P. H. PoweJ cauio out the winner, and his score of 30 out of a possible 25 points at lOOOydfl, was a meritorious one. The preaident, J. A. Lummis, was runner-up. Following were aome of the leading scores:

■KAIAPOI y. CaRTSTCHUKCH. A match was fired at Kaiapoi on Saturday afternoon between the Kaiapoi Defence Rifle Olub and the Christchurch 'Working Men's Crab Eifle Club. The teams were ten men aside, the conditions ten shots at 300 yds and 11 shots at 500 yds. The match resulted in a win for Kaiapoi by 51 points. Following were the scores:

SCO 1000 Hp. Tl. p. E. Powell 23 39 — 53 J. A. Lummis 31 14 8 53 F. A. Judkins .. 29 18 5 52 G. H. Hepburn 21 24 6 51 \Y. J. Henry 29 22 —' 50 S. F. Ifelsan 30 18 2 50 H. Reynolds 27 22 —• 49 J. Chapman 17 ' 26 3 46 J. Davidson IS 18 10 46 W. Boss 22 18 5 45 P. Morgan 30 14 — 44 A. Halsnshair 18 24 — 42 J. Left 30 6 6 43

KAIAPOI. 300 500 ?3s yds n. T. Erickson 47 63 99 J. BrycUn 42 b2 94 W. J. Heney 44 oO 94 F. Richards .. ... 47 44 49 91 36 E. Edwards 37 S. Richards, jun. 43 43 86 S. J. Richards 37 4S 85 L. Oram 42 43 86 F. And-erson 3-2 46 78 A. Edwards .. .. 34 43 78 Total 876 CHRISTOHUROH. H. Hunt 48 SO S3 J, Grahajn 39 50 89 89 H. Dookery 43 4T 44 P. Robert*® 44 88 P. Jack 42 45 87 J. Timbrel! 38 43 81 J. Wikoa 40 37 77 D. Harris 36 40 76 C. StowaH .. ... 35 39 74 A. Rose 42 29 71 Total £25