B Grade Marksman Wins S.I. Belt

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30946, 30 December 1965, Page 10

B Grade Marksman Wins S.I. Belt

The South Island championship belt was won by a B grade marksman, R. McCosh (Christchurch), when the Canterbury Rifle Association fired the third day of its meeting at West Melton in gale force winds yesterday. I. R. Ballinger (Sydenham) won the three-day grand aggregate with 423 points. Sydenham won the South Island Watkinson shield with 530 points, and a composite Blenheim team was runnor-up with 521. Sydenham also won the coach-teams match, with 471 points. C. G. Lee (Queensland) was runner-up for the South Island belt, while E. Judson (East Christchurch) was run-ner-up in the B grade aggregate. The C grade aggregate was won by W. Nelson (Karori) with G. Bishop (Ashburton) runner-up.

Leading third day scores were:—

Second Day Aggregate—l. R. Ballinger (Sydenham), J. Q. Donald (Featherston). C. Thom (Sydenham), and V. Curtis

(Chrlstchurch) 142; E. Henderson (New South Wales), G. R. H. Smith (Malvern), L. C. Smith (Malvern), and A. F. Paynter (Blenheim) 141; K. C. Anderson (Wairau Valley), C. G. Lee (Queensland), M. A. Elvy (Blenheim), and H. F. Tattersfleld (Karori) 140; C. T. Clark (Sydenham), H. Barker (Sydenham), and R. B. Hadfield (Blenheim) 139.

300 Yards.—Tattersfleld, Lee, and Thom 49; P. E. Le Cren (Sydenham), Ballinger, C. Simonsen (Sydenham), E. Stacey (Blenheim), M. G. Lattimore (Ashburton), J. A. Scott (Timaru), I. R. Sutherland (Opaki), W. J. Whitham (Sydenham), and H. J. W. Johns (Featherston) 48; G. Peagram (Christchurch). R. Moore (Ashburton), Clark, Barker, B. A. C. Hoban (Waiau), G. Matson (Christchurch), Mrs M. Taylor (Christchurch), A. R. Tantrum (Nelson). R. W. Johnstone (Christchdrch), and R. W. Hudson (Canberra) 47.

500 Yards.—Barker 48; T. J. Duncan (Ashburton), W. Oakley (Malvern), and Lattimore 47; J. W. Johnston (Featherston), J. G. Waller (Christchurch), J. Wooster (Sydenham). N. C. Davidson (Christchurch), Ballinger, Elvy, Thom, Tattersfleld, R. B. East (Sydenham), J. C. Cameron (Christchurch), J. MeKendry (Ashburton), J. E. Bishop (Ashburton), and Curtis 46.

600 Yards. —Sutherland and Lee 45; Oakley and Wilson 44; G. A. Nicholl (Sydenham), Curtis, Cameron, G. E. Lusk (Ashburton), and R. B. Hadfield (Blenheim) 43: E. M. Taylor

(Blenheim), L. C. Smith, Le Cren, F. J. Black (Timaru), Ballinger, J. H. Bennett (Timaru), A. G. Wallace (Blenheim), and G. R. H. Smith 42.

South Island Championship.— Lee 139; Sutherland 138; Oakley and Ballinger 136; Cameron 135; Curtis, Nicholl and Johnston 134; Hadfield, G. Smith, and Scott 133; Wilson, Lusk, E. M. Taylor, Wallace. Johnstone, and Tattersfleld 132; Simonsen 131. B GRADE Second Day Aggregate.—K. R. Foster (Waiau), 139; R. H. McCosh (Christchurch), 138; K. Lovell (Blenheim), 137: B. J. Cleary (Sydenham), 136; E. J. Horton (Kaltuna), E. K. Smith (Timaru). and A. F. Ramsay (Sydenham), 135. Canterbury Championship.— Foster, 274; McCoah, 273; Horton and K. S. Pettigrew (Waiau), 268; R. Hazelton (Ashburton) and R. A. B. Kingsbury (Christchurch), 267; E. S. Wills (Kiwi), 266. 300 Yards.—E. C. Judson (East Christchurch), S. G. Fitchett (Sydenham) and McCosh, 49; WKls, 48; G. Lukey (East Christchurch), E. Lovell (Blenheim). Hazelton and P. W. Mcßride (Mossburn), 47. 500 Yards.—McCosh. 48; Lovell, Foster and R. W. Rogers (Kiwi), 47; Mcßride, 46. 600 Yards.—McCosh, 44; J. N. Overton (Mossburn), 43; A. G. Whitty (Tasmania), Foster and Hazelton. 42. South Island Championship.— McCosh. 141; Judson, 135: Overton and Lovell, 134; Hazelton, 133: Foster and Mcßride, 132; Wills and D. S. Thomas (Nelson), 129. C GRADE Second Day Aggregate.—R. Inder (Otago University), 138; W. R. Nelson (Karori) and T Kingston (Christchurch). 137: D. A. Froude (Christchurch), 135: L. C. Ching (Sydenham) and J. P. Marshall (Malvern). 134.

Canterbury ChampionshipNelson. 262; G. Bishop (Ashburton), 261; R. I. Reddecliffe (Ashburton) and Ching. 260; Froude. 258; Kingston, 255; Marshall, 254.

300 Yards. Reddecliffe, Froude. Ching. I. Moore (Ashburton), J. C. Flanagan (Sydenham), R. B. Thomson (Ashburton) and F. C. Hodge (Sydenham), 48.

500 Yards.—MarahaU, Bishop and C. J. Cowan (Timaru), 48; Nelson and D. L. G’.assey (Malvern), 47: Thomson and K. Hawley (Christchurch), 46. 600 Yards—Kingston and Hodge, 44; C. Brown (East Christchurch), and G'.assey, 43; Scott and Hawley. 42. South Island Champ'onshln Nelson, 132; Bishop. 131; Reddecliffe, 129: Hawley. 128: K’ngston and Hodge. 126; Erown and Ching. 125. OTHER EVENTS Centennial Cup.—A. F. Paynter (Blenheim) from B. A ('. Hoban (Waiau) after a shootoff.

Goodhart Cup.-G, R. Smith (Malvern).

Heaton Rhodes Cup.—l R, Ballinger (Sydenham).