Trap Shooting MEETING AT TIMARU

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30275, 30 October 1963, Page 18

Trap Shooting MEETING AT TIMARU

Canterbury Title To B. Begg

B Begg, of Kirwee. won the Canterbury skeet championship held at the Timaru Gun Club's ground during the week-end. Begg and H. A. Jones, of Albury. who was second, shot possibles of 25. Begg shot another 25 in the shoot-off, and Jones 23.

The sparrow championship was won by W. Bruton, of Timaru. who returned the only possible of 15. Twelve others returned 14. the shoot-off for second place going to H. C. Walker, of Hakataramea.

Results:— Match 1 —Skeet championship: possibles. B. Begg H S. Jones; one down. W. M. Holland. A. R. Kingsbury, F. Manson, R. G. Brown.

Match 2—lo sparrows: possibles. H. C. Walker. S. Holmes. C. Kemp, J. Sutherland. Allan Brown. G. Read. F. Manson. D. Innes. J. Hughes. R. Selbie. L. Kerr.

Match 3.—Sparrow championship: possible, W. Brunton; one down, J. C. Streeter. D. L. Campbell. B. Begg. H. C. Welker. S Holmes, A. J. Tomson. J. McKenzie. J. Sutherland, G. Read, R. G. Brown. R. W. Wright. R. Selbie. Match 4 (15 targets): possibles. J. C. Streeter. B Begg, S. Holmes, F G. Lewis. C. McIver. W. J GUlespie, L. Dougherty. F Manson. W. Brunton. W. A. Lewis, R. Stowell. A. S Garland. R. W Wright, W. Attwood, I. A. Ralston.

Match 5 (15 targets): possibles. J. Marshall. W. M. Holland. Don Campbell, L. Dougherty, F. Manson, R. Stowell, A. S. Garland, R. W Wright. J. Hughes. R Selbie. W. Peterson. L. Kerr, W. Attwood.

Match 6 (15 targets): possibles, R. N. Selbie. A. S. Copland, J. R. Jones. G. Burgess. Don Campbell. W. Peterson. H. C. Walker. F. Manson. D. Innes. R Vt. Wright The daily. aggregate over matches 1. 2, 3 and 4 was wop by B Begg with 83 out of a possible 85. followed by F. Mawson 62 and G Read 61.

The skeet teams' match for five-man teams was won by Timaru with 115 breaks out of a passible 125. The two-man teams’ match was won by j. Marshall and D. Campbell, wh* ahot 46 out of a posalbl* ao.