RIFLE SHOOTING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21976, 28 December 1936, Page 12

RIFLE SHOOTING

♦ ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING TITLE WON BY TIMARU MARKSMAN The fifteenth annual championship meeting of the Canterbury Rifle Association ■was held on the RedclUTs rifle range on Saturday. Conditions were ideal, and some high scores were registered. At the commencement of the shooting a strong southwesterly wind was blowing down the range, but changed later to a light easterly breeze. The entries were the largest for several years, necessitating the use of 14 targets. Over 80 marksmen competed, representing clubs in Canterbury, South Canterbury, West Coast, North Canterbury, and Otago. W. E. Jones (Timaru), who won the title in 1935. again won the championship after a shoot-off with D. IT. Keir (.Christchurch!. Results The results were as follows: Canterbury Match (300 yards), two (optional sighters and lo shots—F. Bryden < Kaiapoi), 49, £3. 1; T. Smith (Culverden), 49, £2, 2; H. Barker (Sydenham), 48, £ i 10s, 3; W. Hamilton (Culverden). 48* £l. 4. The following won prizes of 10s each: — D. Harries (Christchurch) 47, V. Tims (Sydenham) 47, E. Truman (Christchurch) 47, T. G. Garth (Greymouth) 46, G. Smith (Brunner) 46, G. Cromie (Ashburton) 46, M. Johnstone (Timaru) 46, F. Hickenbotham (Christchurch) 46, W. E. Jones (Tijnaru) 46. H. Harries (Christchurch) 46, It. Rundle (Christchurch) 46, W. Oakley (Christchurch) 46, N. Perkins (Westport) 46. Counted out: C. H. Johnstone (Timaru) 46. , ~ , Tyro prizes of 10s each —R. Kyde (Ashburton) 46, R. Poulsen (Sydenham) 45, E. M. Spun - (Christchurch) 45, A. Bonn (Ashburton) 45, J. Johnson (Timaru) 44, F. Cross (Timaru) 44, Counted out; H. Haworth (Christchurch), F. Knight (Timaru), F. Flute (Cheviot). ' Service Match (300 yards), five shots rapid, 25 seconds, seven shots snap-shoot-ing, 3 seconds each shot —W. Hamilton (Culverden), 51, £l. 1; H. Mason (Christchurch), 48. 15s. 2: A. Burning (Christchurch), 47, 15s, 3; A. Barker (Sydenham), 45. 10s, 4: R. A. B. Kingsbury (Culverden), 43, 10s, 5. . Prizes of 5s each:—R. E. Taylor (Christchurch) 43, G. Crimp (Christchurch) 42. H. Cromie (Ashburton) 42. R. Williamson (Cheviot) 39, R. Rundle (Christchurch) 39, B. Bowie (Kiwi. Dunedin) 38. South Canterbury Match (500 yards), two opitonal sighters and 10 shots—V. Tims (Sydenham), 49, £3, 1; R. Bowie (Kiwi, Dunedin), 48, £2, 2; S. Nelson (Christchurch), 48, £1 10s, 3; W. E. Jones (Timaru), 48, £l, 4. The following won prizes of 10s each:— H. Haworth (Christchurch) 48. G. Crimp (Christchurch) 48, J. R. Keoghan (Westport) 48, R. Doak (Ashburton) 48, H. Cromie (Ashburton) 48, D. F. Keir (Christchurch) 48, A. Halmshaw (Christchurch) 48, F. Hiscock (Christchurch) 48, H. Barker (Sydenham) 48, D. Mawer (Sydenham) 47, F. Black (Timaru) 47. J. W. Earl (Culverden) 47, T. Smith (Culverden) 47. Counted out: E. Truman (Christchurch) M. Johnstone (Timaru). H. Koppert. W. Oakley (Christchurch), L. McNatty. Tyro prizes of 10s each —F. Cross (Timaru) 47. R. Rundle (Christchurch) 47, D. Fraser (Cheviot) 46, W. Tritt (Sydenham) 45, E. M. Spurr (Christchurch) 46, T. G. Garth (Greymouth) 45. Counted out: R. Lockhead, R. Ryde (Ashburton), F. Flute (Cheviot), R. Loney (Christchurch), S. Loader (Christchurch). ' The Peninsula Match (500 and 600 yards) (two optional sighters), seven shots at each range—F. Hiscock (Christchurch), 68, £3. 1; D. F. Keir (Christchurch), 67, £2, 2; T. Henshaw (Culverden), 66, £1 10s, S; L. McNatty (Ashburton), 66, £l, 4. The folowing won prizes of 10s each;— W. Hamilton (Culverden) 66, A. H. Johnson (Timaru) 66, H. Barker (Sydenham) 66. W. E. Jones (Timaru) 66, D. Doak (Ashburton) 65, W. Tritt (Sydenham) 65, G. Cromie (Ashburton) 65, T. Smith (Culverden) 65, J. Johnson (Timaru) 64, H. Harries (Christchurch) 64, E. M. Spurr (Christchurch) 64. F. Hodge (Sydenham) 64, H. Cromie (Ashburton) 64, G. Crimp (Christchurch) 64, G. Leech (Ashburton) 63. V. Tims (Sydenham) 63. W. Barrett (Sydenham) 63. Counted out:—H. Mason (Christchurch), G. Perkins (Greymouth), A. Craw, R. Taylor (Christchurch). Tyro prizes of 10s each:—A. Donn (Ashburton) 63. H. Haworth (Christchurch) 63, R. Rundle (Christchurch) 63, F. G. Harris (Chorlton) 62, T. G. Garth (Greymouth) 62. R. Poulsen (Sydenham) 62. Counted out:—F. Flute (Cheviot), F. Cross (Timaru), F. Knight (Timaru). North Canterbury Match (600 yards), two optional sighters and 10 shots—W. E. Jones (Timaru), 47, £3, 1; R. H. Neill (Christchurch), 47. £2, 2; D. F. Keir (Christchurch) 47, £1 10s, 3; F. Knight (Timaru), 46, £l, 4. The following won prizes of 10s each:— W. Hamilton (Culverden) 46, T. G. Garth (Greymouth) 46, F. Hodge (Sydenham) 46, M. Johnstone (Timaru) 46, D. Harries (Christchurch) 46, H. Cromie (Ashburton) 46, H. Mason (Christchurch) 46, D. Doak (Ashburton) 46, G. Crimp (Christchurch) 46, G. Perkins (Westport) 45, H. Harries (Christchurch) 45. Counted out:—F. Black (Timaru), S. Nel■on (Christchurch), V. Tims (Sydenham). Tyro prizes of 10s each:—T. G. Harris (Chorlton) 45, W. R. Williamson (Cheviot) 44, G. Rush (Ashburton) 44, E. M. Spurr (Christchurch) 44, F, Flute (Cheviot) 43, J. Carr (Ashburton) 43. Counted out:—R. Ryde (Ashburton), R. Loney (Christchurch), G. Smith, R. A. Hoban. Champion Aggregate—W. E. Jones (Timaru), Canterbury Rifle Association champion belt, gold medal, and £3, 1; D. F. Keir (Christchurch), £2, 2. Tyro Aggregate—Tyro Cup, miniature cup, and £l, D. Doak (Ashburton), 1. Champion Teams’ Match (winning team to hold Canterbury Rifle Association’s championship shield for 12 months, and receive four miniature cups)—Christchurch No. 1 (D. Keir 126, H. Harries 123, E. Truman 123, G. Crimp 121—total 493), £4, 1; Ashburton, 487, £3, 2. Special Trophies and Cups Goodhart Cup (highest aggregate match 8 and first stage match 4), G. Crimp (Christchurch). Fox Cup and gold medal (highest aggregate in whole of matches, including service match), W. Hamilton (Culverden). J. Ballantyne and Company’s trophy (Highest scorer in the champion teams’ match), H. Barker (Sydenham). W. Barrett’s miniature cup (tyro finishing highest in Fox Cup aggregate), R. Rundle (Christchurch). The Heaton Rhodes Cup (highest aggregate in match 5 and second stage match 4), W. E. Jones (Timaru).