MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21906, 6 October 1936, Page 13

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[By BULLSEYE]

The firing of the twenty-second week's matches In the Christchurch Association's winter tournament marked the close of miniature , rifle shooting in Christchurch for the 1936 season. The season just completed has been a most successful one. A record number of teams competed, t and In each Instance the shooting was of high standard, several teams In the lower, grades putting up totals that reached last year’s senior standard; Results in the twenty-second week of the .Christchurch Miniature Rifle Association’s winter tournament are:— JUNIOR GRADE

Kaiapol Working Men’s Club 558. Christchurch Working Men’s -Club 848. Ward’s Ladies Ssl, Heathcote 548. Hutchinson’s Motors 548. Railway 543. Lyttelton 547, Sydenham 54L Cashmere 547, United 540. . , City 647, Christchurch 639, PRESIDENT’S GRADE geotloa A

Christchurch 652, Christchurch Qaa Company 650. Marlst Brothers 850, City 541. „ . Cashmere 643 beat Lyttelton by default. Railway 532, Returned Soldiers 519. Section B

Sumner 543, Celtic Ladles 520. Dominion Motors 532, Christchurch 810. Hutchinson’s Motors 627, City SlB. New Brighton Ladles a bye. Junior Grade Notes

The Christchurch Working Men’s Club team, which seemed assured of championship honours for 1839, was soundly beaten by the Kaiapol Club’s team. The result was entirely unexpected as Christchurch was hr mg on the home range. Kaiapol shot most consistently, and put up the excellent total of 668, the highest la the grade for the season. Possibles were scored by A. Burnip, O. Stark, /. Richards, ana H. Trustram (Kaiapol). Ward's Ladies, in putting up the fine total of 861, won from Heatheote by three points. This was a magnificent performance for a women’s team. Mrs Nuttail, Mrs A. B. L. Smith. Miss Prlsk (Ward's), W. Read, and J, Evans (Heathcote) had the possible honours for the match. ‘ Hutchinson’s Motors won from Railway by a comfortable margin. A. Brurting, A. Purves (Hutchinson’s Motors), and K. Prichard (Railway) all scored possibles. Sydenham, a team that has put up some fine totals in recent matches, was beaten by Lyttelton by six points. D. Loader, F. Mills (Lyttelton), and A. Yeatman (Sydenham) scored possibles. - Cashmere, which is the champion Junior team tor 1938,; won from United by seven points. ‘ City had no difficulty in beating Christchurch by eight points. 8.-Turner (City) scored the only possible in the match. The following is the final position of the teams for the Association Cup:—Cashmere 19, Christchurch Working Men’s Club 18J, Kaiapol Working Men’s Club 17|, Railway 154, City 12, Hutchinson’s Motors Hi, Heathcote 9, Lyttelton a, Sydenham 6. Ward’s Ladles 34. United SJ. Christchurch 4. In the junior aggregate final, a closelyfought match resulted in a tie between A. Nicholl (Heathcote) and D. Joblln (Railway). A. Nlchol winning the Ashby Cup on the count-back of scores. The cut-out scores were A. Nicholl 87, 67, D. Joblln 66, 61, A. Nicholl: (Heathcote) 1860, D. Joblin (Railway) 1380. B. Turner (Citv) 1377, T, Stringer (Sydenham) 1375, H. Thomson (Railway) 1375, B. Turner, R. Bailey (City) 1374, D. McKenzie (Ch.istchurch Working Men’s Club) 1374, F. KcNae, G. Clark (Cashmere) 1374, G. Person (Cashmere) 1373, R. Fendall. S. Richards. F. Bryden (Kalapoi) 1371, F. Taylor (City) 1370. President’s Grade Notes Marist Brothers, with the great score of 550, beat City by nine points. Marlst is the champion team in the A section for 1936, and is the first team to win ‘The Press" Cup. Possibles in the final match were scored by L. Walklin and A. Molloy. Christchurch, with the brilliant total of 552, beat Christchurch Gas Company by two points. E. Shaw, J. Sugg, Fi Byrne (Christchurch), and S. Allen, D, Bates, and C. Mason (Gas Company) scored possibles. In the B section Sumner beat Celtic Ladies by 23 points, and thereby won the Bishop Cup for 1936. ' .■ The following is the final position of the teams for “The Press” Cup;—Marlst Brothers 134. .Chrljstcb^rch, .Ga& Gfl|«P4&*y 184,■ Christchurch i 34, Cashmere 13..Railway 104, City 8, Returned Soldiers, 3. .Lyttelton 0. The following is the final position 6f the teams in the B section for the Bishop Cup;—Sumner 14. Dominion Motors 13, New Brighton Ladles 11, Celtic Ladles 9, Hutchinson's Motors 7, City 5, Christchurch The following Is the final position of the president’s grade aggregate for the Tlsdall Cup:—A. Sherratt (Marlst) 1102, W, Biel (Christchurch Gas Company) 1098. K. Smith (Dominion Motors) 1094, L. Walklin (Marlst) 1092, H. Gillum (Marlst) 1091, A. Griffith (Cashmere), W. Mitchell, D. Bates (Christchurch Gas Company) 1091, E. Shaw (Christchurch) 1090. The following Is the final position of the Reece Cup aggregate;— Mrs Crocker (Ward’s) 1095, Mrs Caldwell (New Brighton) 1086, Mrs Corkin (Ward’s) 1001, Mrs Whittaker (Celtic) 1060, Miss H. Whellcr (Celtic) 1078, Mrs H. Ragg (New Brighton) 1078, Mrs Nuttail (Ward’s) 1077,

A. Sherratt, of the Marlst Brothers* Club. Is the winner of the Christchurch Association’s president's grade aggregate for 1038. Sherratt is only 18 years of age, and Is probably the youngest shooter to compete in this season’s winter tournament. Ha Is undoubtedly the youngest entrant to win the Tlsdall Cup. He Is an old boy of St. Bede’s College, Christchurch, and as a pupil there he figured prominently in rifle shooting, winning several of the college titles. The annual match between teams representing the Sydenham and Christchurch Defence Rifle Clubs was fired on the association range. The match was won by Sydenham by 16 points. . The club championship of the Sydenham Club was won by H. Barker. The Junior championship was won by T. Stringer, A. Wright being runner-up. The trophy lor the most improved shot was won by Rex IClidfty The club championship of the United Club was won by S. O. Hay, C. Thom being runner-up. The final results of the various competitions conducted by the Returned Soldiers’ Club are:—Club championship: H. Oracle 1173, N. Blyth 1171, C. Farley 1171, P. Sherman 1171. Guy Farrell Cup; C. Farley 1108, N. Blyth 1103. Tlsdall Cup: M. Oracle 1100, N. Blyth 1189. R. Erikson 1187. Stringer Cup: J. Wilson 1208. 8. Prater 1100, K. Erlkson 1144. Emerson Cup (bullseye competition); N. Blyth 108. H. Oracle 106. P, Shaman 104. Curtis Cup: N. Blyth 140, H. Oracle 138.