RIFLE SHOOTING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21972, 22 December 1936, Page 9

RIFLE SHOOTING

NOTES AND COMMENTS [By BULLSEYE] Fixtures December 26— Canterbury championship meeting, at Redcliffs. January 2, 1937—Sydenham Defence Club s third competition (300 and 500 yards), at Redcliffs. February 27, 1937—Jack Shield competition. March 5-10, 1937—National Rifle Asspcia- ' tion ? s annual .prize meeting at Trentham. Sydenham Defence Club The Sydenham Defence Club fired its second competition at Redcliffs on Saturday, in fine weather. The conditions were 10' shots at 300 yards and 11 shots at 600 yards, with two optional sighters at each range. The club also completed the first competition which was abandoned on November 28 because of unfavourable weather. Following are the results of the two competitions:— FIRST COMPETITION A. Burberry, 300 yards 30, 500 yards 32, 600 yards 31, handicap 6. total 99; W. Barrett. 32, 34, 32, 0—98; D. Clayton Mawer, 30, 30, 31i 7_98; F. Hodge, 34, 33. 30, 0—97; H. Barker, 33, 32, 31. 1—97; F. Gaynor, 28, 32, 33, 4—97; R. Ball, 27, 32, 28, a—9s; A. Barker, 29, v 32, 31, 2—94; C. Poulsen, 29, 31, 28, 5—93; R. Kilday, 29, 30, 26, 7—92; A. Webb, 29, 30, 29, 4—92; T. Foulds, 25, 26, 30. 10—91: P. Morgan, 29, 29, 29 4—91; R. Poulsen, 29, 29, 30, 2—90; S. Parks, 22, 27, 31, 10—90; W. Tritt, 26, 29, 31, 3—89; J. McCarthy, 28, 30, 31, 0—89; A. Ross, 23, 22, 21, 10—76; W. Pattison, 22, 17, 22. 7—68. SECOND COMPETITION R. Hodge, 300 yards 46, 600 yards 48, Handicap 8, total 102; V: Tims, 45, 52, 3 100; P. Clayton Mower, 42, 51, 7—100; R,

Ball, 45, 46, 8—99; F. Gaynor, 43, 51, 4—98; ■ H. Barker, 47, 48. 1—96; F. Hodge, 46, 49, 1 0,-95; S. Parks, 42, 43, 10—95; W. Barrett, 45, 49, 0—94; T. Foulds, 37, 47, 10—94; C. Poulsen, 44, 45, 5—94; J. McCarthy, 43, 50, , 0—93; W. Tritt, 42, 48, 3—93; A. Barker, ; 44, 47, 2—93; A. Webb, 44, 44, 4—92; B. Kilday, 40, 44, 7—91; R. Poulsen, 42, 47, 2 : 91; A. Burberry, 44, 43, 4—91; P. Morgan, . 41, 44, 4_89; A. Ross, 36, 38, 10—84; W. ; Pattison, 30, 38, 7—75. Christchurch Defence Club The Christchurch Defence Rifle Club fired its second three-range competition at Redcliffs on Saturday in fine weather. F. ■ Hickenbotham, with a total of 104, won narrowly from H. Harries and J. Chapman. Following is the result:— F. Hickenbotham, 300 yards 33, 500 yards 34, 600 yards 34, handicap 3, total, 104; H. Harries, 35, 34, 34, scr—lo3; J. Chapman, 34, 32, 34, 2—102; D. Baker, 33, 32, 30, 6—101; A. Halmshaw, 31, 32, 33. 2—98; E. Truman, 33, ?3, 32, scr—9B; G. Crimp, 31, 33, 33, scr—97; F. Judkins, 31, 30, 31, 5—97; D. Harries, 30, 33, 32, scr—9s; D. Keir. 32, 34, 29, scr—9s; E. Spurr, 31, 33, 28, 3—95; S. Nelson, 29, 31, 31, 3—94; R. Rundle, 31. 31. 30, 2—94; H. Haworth, 28, 31, 30, 5—94 R. Neill, 31. 34, 28, 1—94; H. Reynolds. 29, 30, 32, 2—93; J. H. Jones, 30. 31, 31, 1—93; F. Matthews, 27. 30. 30, 6—93; D. Murray, 30 32, 30, scr—92; F. Hiscock, 32, 29, 29, 2 —92; A. Bruning, 29, 30, 31, 1—91; J. Vfilloocks, 25, 32, 28, 6—91; J. Sugg. 26, 29, 26, 5—86. Jottings H. Harries, of the Christchurch Club, who was well to the fore at Tai Tapu recently, showed remarkable form at Redcliffs on Saturday. His total of 103 off the rifle for a three-range shoot is an outstanding performance. A possible at 300 yards was a feature of his shooting. Harries won the Canterbury Belt in 1934. R. Hodge made his first appearance on the range this season in winning the Sydenham Club's second competition at Redcliffs on Saturday. With a total of 102, F. Porter won the fourth competition of the Ashburton Defence Club on Saturday. With a total of 98 off the rifle, S. Davey j won the final competition for the Bromley Memorial Belt, conducted by the Grey Defence Rifle Club on Saturday. His score card read, 3QO yards: 545555455, total 48; 600 yard 5—55445455445, total 50. National Rifle Meeting The official programme of the National Rifle Association's prize meeting to be held at Trentham beginning on March 5, has now been issued. Except for a slight increase in the prize money the programme is drawn up on almost the same lines as in previous years. Eighty pounds in prize money has been allotted to each of the seven matches, and this sum will be divided into 71 prizes, 56 for A grade and 15 for B grade competitions. The King's match, which is open to the 50 highest scorers in the belt series, will carry a list of 40 prises totalling £lls. The entry fee is again £5 for the whole of the series, but the entrance fee of all competitors will be reducd by £2 for the meeting, on condition that the prize

winnings of each competitor up to £t be retained by the association. Arming the Bisley Team Now that the Australian team for Bisley has been selected, the next step must be to see that they are properly armed. All previous teams at Bisley have had to comply with the regulations about rifles, and have been placed at a great disadvantage in not becoming thoroughly accustomed to the "feel" of the rifle before going out to shoot, as they did not see them until they arrived at the Bisley range. Arthur Fulton, who selected the rifles for the 1928 team, certainly had them in perfect condition, but they were strange. With the permission of the National Rifl* Association to use the heavy-barrelled rifle, the Australian team is certainly fortunate. This rifle has proved itself second to none in the Commonwealth, and the opportunity to show its worth at Bisley is of national importance.