MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27427, 13 August 1954, Page 3

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING AT HAWARDEN The North Canterbury Miniature Rifle Association’s annual championship meeting was held at Hawarden Public Hall. Though the number of entries received did not equal last year's record figure, the scoring was better., In the senior grade, the Waiau club’s No. 1 team won with 796 out of the possible of 800.80. Last year the same team’s winning score was 790.56. In the junior grade, the Culverden team made 778.43, compared with the Waiau team’s winning score last year of 777.43. The Waiau team in the women’s section last year made 615.33, and won again this ' year with 623.32. The individual championship was won by K. Dunbar with the possible.

160.16, beating G. King’s winning score of last year, 160.14. The results were:— Senior Grade Match I.—l. K. Dunbar (Waiau) 1, R. .Burnett (Cheviot), H. Davies (Waiau), G. Wright, and G. King (Glenmark), each with 80.7, equal 2. Others scoring possibles were: C. Tate and M. Johnson, 80.6; K. Foster, W. Elliot, P. Murphy, and B. Diehl, 80.5; D. Mason, W. Warwick, and B. Hoban 80.4; R. Williamson 80.3. Match 2.—1. K. Dunbar, H. Davies (Waiau) and R. Burnett, 80.8 (equal) 1; R. St. John (Scargill), B. Diehl, and R. Baker (Waiau), P. Murphy, B. Hoban (Culverden), and G. Wright (Glenmark), equal, 4. Others scoring possibles were: W. Warwick, T. Baxter. K. Sutherland, and D. Black,- 80.6; G. King and F. McKie, 80.5.

Match 3.—lndividual championship and Burnett challenge cup: I. K. Dunbar, 160.16, 1; H. Davies and R. Burnett, each 160.15, and after shooting off, finished in that order, Davies scoring 80.6 and Burnett 79.6. G. Wright, 160.14, was fourth- Other good scores were: B. Diehl, P. Murphy, and G. King, 160.12; B. Hoban, 160.11, and W. Warwick, 160.10.

Match 4.—Teams’ match and Tomlinson challenge cup: Waiau No. 1, 796.66, 1; Glenmark No. 1, 792.53, 2; Waikari No. 1, 791.53, 3. Other team scores were: Hawarden 789.43, Scargill No. 2 788.48, Culverden No. 2 787.48, Scargill No. 1 787.44. Waiau No. 2 787.42, Cheviot 786.44, Culverden No. 1 782.49,. Kaikoura 781.39, Glenmark No. 2 781.29. Waikari No. 2 *776.38. Junior Grade Match I.—D. Croft (Glenmark) and B. Bailey (Culverden) 80.5. equal, 1; J. Tuanui, 79.7, 3; D. Boot (Culverden), 79.6, 4. Other good scores were: R. Carson and E. L. Gibb 79.5, R. Sloss and J. Stackhouse 79.4, G. Pannett, A. Williamson, and T. Mackie 79.3. Match® 2.—-J. Tuanui and D. Gold (Hawarden). 80.7 (equal) 1; F. Wilkinson (Domett). A. Williamson (Cheviot), and R. Sloss (Glenmark), 80.6 (equal) 3. Possibles were also scored by J. Stackhouse 80.5, B. Bailey 80.4. and D. McGiffert 80.1. Match 3.—lndividual championship: B. Bailey, 160.9, 1; J. Tuanui (Hawarden), 159.14, 2; R. Sloss (Glenmark), 159.10, 3; A. Williamson and J. Stackhouse (Glenmark) (equal) 4. T. Mackie (Kaikoura) and D. Croft (Glenmark) scored 159.8. Match 4.—Teams’ match: Culverden 778.43, 1; Glenmark No. 1, 778.40, 2; Domett, 777.39. 3. Other team scores were: Glenmark No. 2, 776.34; Hawarden, 774.45; Hawardpn No. 2, 769.38; Scargill No. 1. 761.30; Glenmark No. 3. 759.28; Cheviot, 756.29; Scargill No. 2, 753.24.

President’s Grade Match I.—P. Nelson (Glenmark), 78.4, 1; A. Hastie (Waikari), 77.4, 2; J. Doocey Domett) and B. Langley (Domett), 77.3 (equal) 4. Match 2.—R. Scott (Kaikoura), 79.3, 1; L. Eder (Waikari), 79.2, 2; R. Martyn (Hawarden) and A. Hastie (Waikari), 78.5 (equal) 4. Match 3. —Individual championship: A. Hastie, 155.9, 1; L. Eder, 155.5, 2; J. Duncan, 154.7, 3. Match 4.—Teams’ match: Waikari, 746.23, 1; Domett, 722.21, 2. Women’s Section Match I.—Mrs F. Wilkinson (Domett), 80.4. 1; Mrs A: McLean (Waiau), 79.6, 2; Miss M. McKie (Waiau), 79.5, 3. Miss F. Preston and Miss L. Dalzell (Culverden) and Mrs P. Bailey (Kaikoura) scored 79.4. Match 2.—Miss F. Preston, 80.7, 1; Miss A. Orchard and Miss M. McKie (Waiau), 80.6 (equal) 2. Mrs A. McLean scored 80.5. Match 3.—Women’s individual championship: Misses F. Preston, M. McKie, and Mrs A. McLean tied with 159.11. In the shoot-off, Miss Preston, 80.7, 80.3, 1; Mrs McLean, 80.7, 79.5, 2; Miss McKie, 78.4, 3. Match 4.—Women’s teams’ match: Waiau No. 1, 623.32, 1; Cheviot, 608.24, 2; Waikari, 606.19, and Waiau No. 2, 600.24 (equal) 3.

SPRINGSTON COMPETITION

At the weekly shoot of the Springston Miniature Rifle Shooting Club, Mr J. Reid’s trophy was won by G. Browman. Best scores were: O. Bailey, 80; G. Browman, 77; J. Morton, 76; T. Opie, W. Marshall, 74; J. Hubbard, 73.