Canty shooting title retained by Pottinger

Press, 2 December 1985, Page 3

Canty shooting title retained by Pottinger

Steady shooting over all three distances enabled lan Pottinger, of Christchurch, to retain his Canterbury smallbore title at the Burnett Range, McLeans Island, yesterday. The New Zealand representative’s scoring was reliable over the 50-metre and 50 and 100-yard ranges, enabling him to finish with a score of 985.14, edging out the Ashburton marksman, John Fleming, who carded 98423.

Competitors had two 30shot matches at 50 metres on Saturday and Pottinger made his mark in the second turn on the mound, when he shot 297, the best in that round, to give him a two-shot cushion over Fleming and the. Timaru man, Lindsay Smith.

Steven Townshend, from Waimate, took an early advantage scoring 297 in the first 30 shots, but slipped In his second round, with 291.

Potttoger’s 398.14 was not the best score over the yard ranges. That honour belonged to the West Coast competitor, Robert. Ward, with 397.19, including a notable 199.13 at 100 yards. None did better over the shorter yard range than Smith, with an excellent 200.15.

It was a busy week-end for Fleming. On Saturday afternooq, he was the leading individual scorer for Ashburton in the Jack Shield fullbore cmpetition at the West Melton range. His was a significant hand in Ashburton taking the shield with a score of 499.34.

Robin Heaton, of Timaru, won the air rifle title at the ar Street range, from An amputee, Alison Smith, of Christchurch, was third, and a paraplegic competitor, Colin! Willis, also from Christchurch, was fourth..

Scores (from Canterbury unless stated).— A grade L Pottinger 592 (50 metres), ©3.14 (50 and 100 yards), 985.14 1; J. Fleming (Ashburton) 590, 394.23, 98423 2; L. Smith (Ttmaru)' 590, 394.20, 984.20 3; R. Ward (West Coast) 586, 397.19, 983.19 4; R. Gardiner (Dunsandel) 589, 393.20, 982.20 5; R. Heaton (Timaru) 589, 39120, 98020 6; S. Townshend (Waimate) 588, 391.15, 979.15 7; R. Burt (Timaru) 588, 390.23, 978.23 8.

B grade Aggregate scores: J. D. Glass 969.16 1; T. Burgess 967.13 2; V. Hume 966.15 3. C grade Aggregate scores: Mrs E. Mitchell 962.14 1; L. Barnes 953.14 2; R. Duff 951.12 3. D grade Aggregate score: D. Watson Air rifle Heaton 564 1; Smith 551 2; Mrs A. Smith 540 3; C. Willis 539 4; Miss D. Puklowski (Nelson) 511 5.