RIFLE SHOOTING.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18636, 10 March 1926, Page 12

RIFLE SHOOTING.

ARMY CHAMPIONSHIP. MEETING AT TRENTHAM. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGEAM.) TRENTHAM, March 9. Favoured with fine weather, the Army Rifle Association's Third Championship Meeting was opened to-day. Last year the meeting was abandoned owing to the infantile paralysis epidemic, but the interval apparently has not caused diminution of interest among the territorials " and cadets of the Dominion, the total entry topping 450, including a party comprising marines aud bluejackets from the ships of the New Zealand Division. The territorials spent the day on the Army Championship Mntch (ten rounds rapid, ten "snapshooting at 300 yds, five rounds deliberate at 600 yds, and ten rounds fire with movement over distance varying from 500 to 100 yds from targets). Some good shooting was done, but a great many were very patchy, and ploughed quite a lot of grass on the mounds in front of the targets. The afternoon saw the tile and running man competition fired at 200 yds. The results of these are unavailable yet. The cadets made a start with their short range matches, the results of which follow: — MATCH 15 (CADETS), five rounds application and five snapshooting, at 25yds. Possible score, 50. 40s —Corporal J. H. Chapman (Dunedin) 46 30s —Sergeant P. J. Bell (Shristchureh) 40 20s —Sergeant K. J. Duncan (Auckland Grammar) .. . . 45 The following take 15s each:—A. (J. Bradley (Hamilton), 45; Lance-Corporal W. K. Oulley (Te Awamutu). 44; M. F. Keane (Hamilton), 44. . The following take 12s each:—Corporal M Batten (Marton), 44; Corporal S. C. Innes (Hamilton), 44; A. V. Lee (Pukekohe), 44. The following take 10s each:—C. S. Turner (Wellington College), 44; Sergeant I. S. Wright (Wellington), 44; Lance-Corporal G. J. Tudehope (Whangarei), 44. Thirty-nine scores down to 35 took money. The following take 7s 6d each—Sergeant H. Williams (Hamilton), 43; Private Bennett (Christchurch), 43. ' The following take 5s each: —Corporal A. Wade (Christchurch Boys' High. School), Lanes-Corporal L. Pirie (Napier), Corporal H. Innes (Hamilton), Corporal G. Tapper (Auckland), score 43; Corporal J. D, Wallace (Te Awamutu) D. J. Armett (Hamilton), Corporal W J. Burton (Hastings), A. W. Clarke (Whaugarei), score 42; Sergeant J. A. Clark (Goro), Corporal J. M. Carmickaol (Hastings), Corporal F. A. Burgess (Waipukurau). Corporal A. A. Grant (Wellington), Sergeant F. G. Dorgan (Oratia), H. A. McMillan (Dunedin), score 41; V. Scarl (Wanganui), Company-Sergeant-Major . H. Stoneman (Christchurch), R. Florence (New Plymouth), O. W. A. Moore (Wellington), Company-Scrgcant-Mnjor A. Cathcart (Wellington College), Sergeant J. Boon (Stratford), score 40; J. L. Downer (Gore), Corporal I. Skelton (New Plymouth), ScrgeantMajor L. R. Osmond (Dunedin), H. Pay (Invercargill), score 39; J. Jamieson (Pukekohe), Corporal G. Watt (Hamilton), score 38; Corporal T,. Carlisle .(Hamilton), Corporal J. Dyson (Auckland Grammar School),' Sergeant R. Morensen (Auckland), Quartermaster-Sergeant A. Playle (Auckland), score 37; Corporal E. Cowie (Gore), Lancb-Corporal R. Schultze (Dannevirke), S. Wilson (Wellington), Company-Sergeant-Major R. Faville (Auckland) R. Catley (Nelson College), Sergeant A. Neilson (Wellington College), score 36; LanceCorporal O. Bindon (Whangarei), 35. MATCH 16 (CADETS), ten rounds rapid and five at moving targot, 25yds. Possible score, 75. 40s —Sergeant H. Williams (Hamilton) 66 30s—E. A. Hemming (Glen Eden) .. 66 20s—Corporal G. E. Watt (Hamilton) 6b The following take 15s each: —Corporal ,1. H. Chapman (Dunedin), 65; Company-1 Sergeant-Major L, R.' Osmond (Dunedin), 65; A. G. Bradley (Hamilton). 65; Sergeant K. Duncan (Auckland Grammar School), 64. The following take 10s each:—Corporal W. J. Burton (Hastings), 63; J. R. Brooke (Dunedin), 63; Corporal M. Batten (Marton), 62; Corporal A. O. Grant (Wellington), 62; Corporal W. G. • Broomfield (Whangarei), 62. Thirty-nine scores down to 50 took money. LEADERS'' CLASS 11. (TERRITORIALS AND RESERVISTS. . 60s—Sgt. H. L. Mason (Christchurch) 117 50s—Q.M.S. A. R. Tantrum (Levin)- .. 114 40s—L. Robertson (Auckland) .. 10b 35s—K. Tapper (Auckland) •• 10.1 30s—G Parker (Petpnc) .. • • i";> 25s—Sergt. A. Ainslie (Petone) .. 10The following take 20s each:—o. R. McAllum (Christchurch), 100; J. A. Godden (Wanganui), 98; R. Lyons (Auckland) 9, Sergt. E. W. Jcpson (Wellington), 92; A. J. Litchfield (Blenheim), 88. , When the results of to-day's shooting for the Army Championship were made up the leaders in' Class I. (N.Z Permanent Force and Royal Navy), four practices, for which the highest possible aggregate is 175, were as follows: 60s—Sergeant F. A. Hiecock, Royal Marines .. .. •• •• I° 6 40s—Staff-Sergeant-Major G. P. Cleary (Napier) ... -• •■ 105 30s—Sergeant A. J. Howard, Royal Marines ...... • .. •• W* 20s—Staff-Sergeant J. S. Thomson (Palmerston North) 103 15s—Staff-Sergeant-Major J. H. Kearney (Napier) .. .. 101 10s—Petty Officer S. J.' Nash, Royal Navy .. .. . • ■ .. 97 10s—Lieut. T. J. Denton (Christchurch), 96; Lieut. V. B. Slagpoole (Christchurch), 89; Lieut. F. J. G. Williams (Auckland), 88; Lieut.. F. H. Sharland (Blenheim) 87. The match will be fired again to-morrow, and the aggregate of the two sets of scores will determine the Army Championship belt i.nd the gold, silver, and bronze jewels as well as cash prizes To-morrow the King's Medal Match, over the same ranges as today's championship event, will be fired. Major-General Young's Inspection. Major-General Young, G. 0.0., paid a visit to the range to-day with Colonel Commandant M. M. Gardner, of the Southern Command, who, with Colonel Burgess, visited all the ranges where shooting was in progress. , General Young entered all the target trenches and witnessed the work of the markers, being specially interested in the Maoris, who furnish all the details for the Collins ranges trench, and he engaged in conversation with some who were members of the forces serving oversea during the war. The Goneral was also an interested spectator of the work done by the Cadets. It may bernoted in passing that the boys showed a keener appreciation -of their individual parts in the job in hand. They wero alert, smartly turned out, and crisp in movements, while their shooting showed a larger percentage of good scores than tile Territorials, the Auckland and Otago boys bein- prominent, especially the Hamilton Cadets, who, ,on a former occasion, came down like the Assvrian of old and made a lot of grown men feel small Dominion Association meeting. Among the competitors on the-range this afternoon were visitors whose,acquaintance with shooting runs back to tlie 4 farawnv time f,™/r re «' e W,ir - W,,at «P!>e"<.d to be „ familiar figuro was seen hobnobbing with the f I investigation showed this to be 2 f Ne ' aon ; «•>'« won the King's P.i/.e early two decades ago. Increasing rear* have levied their toll on him. however, and m 0«» C "^ g }ieivy in t,le «r.V*th. ™S e " 1 - requlr.ng a strenuous run over practically a quarter-mile of ro „„ h -round two'r™;. Wh °■ W °f n th ° A " n - V ChWonX ar ahead «"'>• Wt on 87. but those so ™L . 1°" ma >" bc down a bit when tomorrow's shoot ends.