Blenheim marksman wins at W. Melton
The Blenheim marksman, Peter Buckingham, won the Canterbury rifle-shooting championship on the West Melton range at the week-end with a championship aggregate of 319.29.
It was Buckingham’s first title win and his effort was a commendable one when it is considered that yesterday’s competition was held in abysmal conditions with both a cold, gusty wind and squally shower prevailaing. The weather, in fact, prevented the 900 yard events from being shot. Instead, it was decided to start yesterday with another 600 yard shoot followed by each shooter firing 15 shots from 300 yards. Match one, 200 yards A grade.—G. R. Smith (Malvern) 50.9; R. E. Taylor (Christchurch) 50.6, W. Loveday (Cheltenham, 50.6, B. J. Lissington (Cheltenham) 50.6; C. Thom (Sydenham) 50.5, I. R. Ballinger (Sydenham) 50.5, J. E. Bishop (Ashburton) 50.5. T. Duncan (Ashburton) 50.5, J. Miler (Tapanui) 50.4, M. G. Lattimore (Ashburton) 50.3, M. Galletly (Ashburton) 50.3. B grade.—P. Barker (Christchurch) 50.6, C. A. Benseman (Christchurch) 50.4, N. W. Bishop (Fairlie) 50.3. C grade.—R. F. Leigh (Sydenham) 44.3, J. Biggs (Christchurch) 43.1. Match two, 300 yards A grade.—Bishop 50.7, M. C. Callaghan (Westport) 50.6, P. Buckingham (Kiwi) 50.4. B grade.—Mrs J- Robertson (Sydenham) 49.5, E. Duncan (Ashburton) 48.5, S. Hughes (Christchurch) 48.3, Barker 48.3. C grade.—Leigh 46.3, S. Reeves (Sydenham) 45.3.
Match three, 500 yards A grade.—A. Marshall (Nelson) 50.8. W. J. Blay (Blenheim) 50.6, J. C. Cameron (Ashburton) 5.0.6, Bishop 50.3, L. C. Smith (Malvern) 50.3, A. Nicoll (Sydenham) 50.3, D. S. Thomas (Nelson) 50.2. I B grade.—A. Vann (Malvern) 49.6, R. Oakley (Malvern) 49.5, R. Hammond (Waiau) 49.5, Barker 49.5. C grade.—Biggs 44.1, Leigh 44.0. Match four, 600 yards A grade.—Thom 49.4, P. W. Frankpitt (Greymouth) 49.4, M. Jepsen (Cheltenham) 49.3, Thomas 49.2, Lattimore 49.2. B grade.—W. McCook (Christchurch) 50.1, Mrs Robertson 49.3, Barker 48.3, N. Bishop (Fairlie) 48.2, Vann 48.2, Duncan 48.2. C grade.—Leigh 47.2, Biggs 44.1. First day's aggregate A grade.—Bishop 198.18; Callaghan 196.22, Thom 196.16, Buckingham 196.15, Thomas 196.13, Cameron 195.20, Lissington 195.19, Frankpitt 195.15. B grade.—Barker 195.17, Duncan 195.10, Mrs Robertson 193.15, McCook 193.12. C grade.—Leigh 181.7, Biggs 174.5. Match six, 600 yards A grade.—E. R. Illston (Cheltenham) 49.6, Buckingham 49.5, J. P. Marshall (Malvern) 49.2, L. Smith (Malvern) 48.5. Lattimore 48.4, Lissington 48.4, J. R. Keoghan (Westport) 48.4. B grade.—McCook 49.3, R. Oakley (Malvern) 48.4, Mrs Robertson 47.5. S. Hughes (Christchurch) 47.4. C grade.—Reeves 48.2, Leigh 43.1. Match seven, 300 yards
A grade.—Jepsen 50.6, Lattimore 59.5. A. Marshall 50.5, J. Marshall 50.5, Thomas 50.3, G. Bishop (Ashburton) 50.3.
B grade.—Hughes 49.6, McCook 49.5, Barker 49.4, Benseman 49.1, Mrs R. Oakley (Malvern) 48.6, Mrs Robertson 48.5. , C grade.—Reeves 48.4, Leigh 46.3. Match eight, 300 yards A grade.—A. Marshall 75.9, J. P. Marshall 75.8, Jepsen 75.7, Thomas 75.4, A. F. Paynter (Blenheim), W. Loveday (Cheltenham), Thom and Buckingham 74.9. B grade.—McCook 74.7, Hughes 73.6, C. Gibbs (Nelson) 73.5, Barker 73.5, Mrs Oakley and Mrs Robertson 72.8. C grade.—Reeves 73.6, Leigh 71.5. Second day's aggregate A grade.—J. P. Marshall 124.10, Buckingham 123.14, Thomas 123.05, Thom 122.12. Lissington 122.11, Paynter 121.13, Jepsen, Loveday, M. Morrison (Cheltenham) and G. Ballinger (Brisbane) 121.11. B grade.—McCook 123.10, Mrs Oakley 121.12, Hughes 120.10, Barker 120.08, Mrs Robertson 119.13. C grade.—Reeves 121.10, Leigh 114.06. Championships aggregates A grade.—Buckingham 319.29 1, Thomas 319,18 2, Thom 318.28 3, Lissington 317.30 4, Callaghan 316.54 5, Loveday 315.27 6. B grade,—McCook 316.22 1, Barker 315.25, 2. Mrs Robertson 312.28 3. Duncan 310.16 4, Mrs Oakley 309.23 5, Benseman 309.15 6. C grade.—Leigh 295.13 1, Reeves 293.14 2, Biggs 174.05 3. Champion Teams Shield (Matches two, three and four) Blenheim 574.44, 1; Ashburton 572.38, 2: Christchurch 571.36, 3; Nelson 571.26, 4; Sydenham 570.31, 5; Cheltenham 567.37, 6; Malvern 564.30, 7.
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