MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22196, 13 September 1937, Page 16

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

NOTES AND COMMENTS tßy BULLSEYE] Remaining Fixture, 1937. September 20-October 2—Whitcombe and Caldweil Cup competiton. WINTER TOURNAMENT The nineteenth and final round of matches in the Christchurch Miniature Kifle Association's winter tournament was fired last week. Targets submitted to the association's judges for final decision resulted: —W. Whiteley (Christchurch) 9, W. Gray (Christchurch) 9, A. Bruning (Hutchinson's Motors) 9, M. Hullett (Hutchinson's Motors) 9. The following were the results:— SENIOR GRADE Cashmere A —L. Carlyle 70, L. Hulbert 70, L. Bramley 70, R. Taylor 70, P. McNae 70, F. Lee 70, C. Walker 69, R. Neill 69—total 558. Returned Soldiers—H. Gracie 70, R. Dobson 70, R. Erikson 69. N. Blyth 69, C. Farley 69, P. Riches 68, R. Lovegrove 68, 0. Russell 67—total 550. Marist Brothers —G. ' Falgar 70, W. Whitaker 70. L. Walklin 70, A. 70, W. Lennie 69, R. Hurley 69. J. McCarthy 68. H. O'Connell 68—total 554. New Brighton—V. Tims 69, M. Neumann 69. C. Priest 68, E. P. Miller 68, D. Turner 67. T. Hobbs 67, M. Rountree 66, J. Miller 65—total 539. United —W. Burford 70, C. Thom 70, C. Burford 70, T. Newth 69, L. Burford 69, K. Dow 69. C. Malzard 69, P. Morgan 68—total 554. Sydenham—H. Barker 69, C. Poulsen 69, D. McDonald 69, W. Barrett 69. W. Tritt 69, S. Nelson 68, R. Poulsen 68, F. Hickenbotham 68—total 549. Christchurch Working Men’s Club— T. Graham 70, G. Crimp 70, J. Hollows 69. R. Davidson 69, W. Tabley 69. W. Glue 69. D. McKenzie 69. R. Smith 68—total 553. Cashmere B—L. Ragg 70, W. Stenhouse 68. A. Craw 68, L. Neill 67. G. Clark 67, R. Weston 67. L. Betterldge 65, R. McCreanor 65 —total 537. Sumner —C. Timbrell 70. G. Chattaway 70, G. Gerard 69. R. Geddls 69, G. Alexander 67. L. Sharp 67, S. Craw 67—total 348. Christchurch —B. Skinner 69. J. Chapman 69. E. Truman 69, E. Shaw 69, R. Shaw 68, D. Keir 67. L. Smart 67—total 544, Other results at a glance:— JUNIOR GRADE Christchurch Working Men’s Club 549. Kaiapoi Working Men’s Club 547. Hutchinson’s Motors 549. Heathcote 559. Sydenham 547, United 543. Marist 541. Christchurch 537. Railway 530. City 527. PRESIDENT’S GRADE Knock-out Competition—Section A: Cashmere 548. Christchurch 540. Section B—United 533, Atlas 530. Senior Grade Notes Although there were no surprise results, a fair standard of marksmanship was attained in the final week’s matches. Five teams reached totals of more than 550, and 20 individual possibles were scored. Cashmere A scored the brilliant total of 558 for the second time this season, and beat Returned Soldiers by eight points. Marist, the champion team for 1937, had no difficulty In beating New Brighton. United, winner of the Turner and Le Brun Cup for 1937, beat Sydenham by a decisive margin. Christchurch Working Men's Club, a team that has shown consistent form throughout the season, won easily from Christchurch B. Christchurch shot considerably below form and was beaten by Sumner by four points. The following shows the final position of the teams for the Beaven Cup;— Marist 154. United 15. Christchurch Working Men's Club 12, Cashmere A Hi. Sydenham 11, Christchurch Bi, Returned Soldiers 6i. Sumner 6i, Cashmere B 2. New Brighton IJ. The following is the final position of the teams for the Turner and Le Brun Cup:—United 9957, Marist 9952, Cashmere A 9948, Christchurch Working Men’s Club 9936, Sydenham 9921. Returned Soldiers 9892, Christchurch 9880, Sumner 9873, Cashmere B 9781, New Brighton 9756. The final position of the Pimm Cup . aggregate (two lowest shoots cut out) is as follows:—C, Thom (United) 1113, C. Burford (United) 1110, W. Barrett (Sydenham) 1110, H. Barker (Sydenham) 1110. G. Naylor (Cashmere) 1110, H. O'Connell (Marist) 1109. F. Hodge (United) 1109, W. Lennie (Marist) 1108, C. Timbrell (Sumner) 1108. L. Burford (United) 1107, R. Taylor (Cashmere) 1107, T. Graham (Working Men's Club) 1107, W. Glue (Working Men’s Club) 1107. The Craw Cup final provided a great finish. G. Naylor (Cashmere), H. Barker (Sydenham), W. Barrett (Sydenham), and C. Burford (United) finished level with 1110 points each. C. Burford was declared the winner after both cut-out scores had been taken into account. Junior Grade Notes Hutchinson’s Motors, the champion team for 1937. beat Heathcote by 10 points. C. Cochrane 70, A. Tongue 69, J. Walker 69. and C. Witty 69, had the leading . scores for the winning team. A. Nlcholl, 69, was top-scorer for HeathcoteAt Kaiapoi, Kaiapoi Working Men’s Club won narowly from Christchurch Working Men’s Club. F. Richards 70, G. Stark 69. and R. OgilvJe 69. were the leading scorers for Kaiapoi. R. Miller 70. C. Hollows 69, A. Wentworth 69, D. Burgess 69, and W. Crossen 69, shot well for Christchurch. Sydenham shot consistently, and beat United by four points. T. Stringer 69, J. Hood 69, B. Morris 69, and A. Yeatman 69. had the leading scores foil Sydenham. A. Burford 69, V. Toomey 69. W. Sampson 69, and E. Paton 69, returned the best cards for United. H. Gillum 70, A. Sherratt 69. and A. Molloy 69, had the leading scores when Marist beat Christchurch. _ , In a match of low scoring. Railway beat City by three points. J. McKenzie 70, and J. Smith 68. had the leading scores for Railway. R. McKenzie 68, and M, Couzlns 68, were the leading scorers for City. _ , ... The following shows the final position of the teams for the Association Cup:— Hutchinson’s Motors 154, Sydenham 13, Heathcote 12, Railway 10, United 94, City 9, Marist 84, Kaiapoi Working Mens Clflb 54, Christchurch Working Men s Club 4, Christchurch 3. x _ . The Ashby Gup aggregate final (two lowest shoots cut out) is as follows;—A. Nlcholl (Heathcote) 1112, A, Bruning (Hutchinson's Motors) 1109, D. Joblin (Railway) 1106, T. Halmshaw (Working Men’s Club) 1102, T. Stringer (Sydenham) 1101, H. Blackburn (Christchurch) 1096, W. Read (Heathcote) 1096, A. Yeatman (Sydenham) 1096, H. Gillum (Marist) 1095, R. McKenzie (City) 1095, W. Crossen (Working Men’s Club) 1096. President’s Grade Notes In the final matches of the knock-out competition. Cashmere again registered the brilliant total of 548, and beat Christchurch by eight points. W. Stenhouse 70. A. Griffiths 69, K. Smith 69, and H. Purves 69 were the leading scorers for the winning team. W. Bowles 70 was top scorer for Christchurch. United won the B section by beating Atlas by three points. E. Corkln 69, J. Walker 69, H. Malzard 68, and A. Smith 68 all shot well for United. D. McLauchland 68 was top scorer for Atlas. "The Press” Cup was won by Christchurch Gas Company, and the Bishop Cup was won by Celtic Ladies. W. Biel (Gas Company) won the Tisdall Cup aggregate, and Mrs K. Smith (Ward’s) was the winner of the Reece Cup aggregate. The special ladies' cup in the B section was won by Mrs A. Fraser (Celtic), and E. Corkin (United) was the winner of the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs’ medal. Jottings Next Thursday evening all the senior teams which competed In the winter tournament will meet for a final teams’ competition on the association range. Prizes will go to the winning team and the run-ner-up. At the conclusion of the competition the trophies won during the season will be presented by the association. The annual miniature match between the Sydenham and Christchurch Defence Clubs will take place on the association range on Thursday, September 23. A team from the Springfield Club recently journeyed to Christchurch and fired a match with the Sumner Club. Following is the result:—Sumner—W. Miles 70, C. Timbrell 70. G. Alexander 69. A. McDowell 69, A. Craw 68, J. Donkin 68. C. Allen 68. R, Geddis 67, A: Neilson 66, A. Sutherland 66, L. Sharp 65—total 746. Springfield— E. Milliken 69. A. Brown 69, G. Glassey 67, L. Milliken 66. H. Faulkner 66, F. Clark 65, E. Stanley 64. W. Clark 64, A. Duncan 63. G. Hobson 63. P. Reid 59 total 716. The United Club's President’s Grade team fired a match with the New Brighton Ladles at New Brighton last Wednesday. Following is the result:—United— J. Walker 69, E. Corkln 68, S. Sanders 67, G. Knudsen 67, T. Knudsen 66. D, Ramsay 66, H Malzard 66. A. Smith 65—total 534 New Brighton Ladies—Mrs Caldwell 68, Mrs McClelland 66. Mrs Ragg 66, Mrs Moses 66, Mrs Bishop 68, Miss Marriott 66, Miss Rondel 65. Miss D. Moses 65—total 528. Trophies competed for during the evening were won by Miss Rondel and G.