METHVEN GUN CLUB

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23514, 17 December 1941, Page 4

METHVEN GUN CLUB

* The Methven Gun Club held a special shoot on Saturday afternoon under perfect shooting conditions. There was a good attendance of shooters and spectators. The principal match was a 15 clay target for the first prize trophy won by the club’s team at the annual C.A.C, trophy match recently held among North Canterbury clubs at Methven. This was open to all members of the club, and the trophy was won by G. A. Franks, who scored the only possible. The series of matches was opened with the usual fivebird eye-opener, in which T. S. Harrison, G. A. Franks, L. C. Anderson, and .W. G. Morrow shot the possible and divided the sweepstake. In the C.A.C. trophy match of 15 targets. G. A. Franks, 15, took the trophy. T. S. Harrison and L. C. Anderson, jwlth 14 breaks, divided the additional trophy provided by the club, while S. H. Anderson! W. J. Robertson, and A. McLeod, with 13 breaks, divided the attached sweepstake. For Mr C. NorSquist’s trophy S. H. Anderson and G. A. Franks broke the possible of 10 clays, Franks winning in the shoot-off on the second round. Anderson was first in the sweepstake, while T. S. Harrison, L. C. Anderson, A. McLeod, W. G. Morrow, and S. Smith, with nine breaks, divided second and third money. Mr W. M. Holland’s trophy necessitated a shoot-off between S. H. Anderson, W. J. Robertson, W. G. Morrow, and S. M. Jackman, who all broke the possible of 10 birds. W. G. Morro\V was the winner of the trophy on the seventh round. The other three divided the sweepstake. The final match was for a trophy presented by the patron, Mr W. Fairclough. This match was the highlight of the day. and resulted in a tie for the possible of 10 birds between L. C. Anderson, S. M. Jackman, S. H. Anderson, and T. S. Harrison. The latter two retired in the second round of the shoot-off, leaving L. C. Anderson and Jackman to shoot it out. This was carried on to the twenty-third target, when Jackman missed, leaving Anderson the winner. Jackman took first money in the sweepstake, while Harrison, and S. H, Anderson divided the balance.