RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 190, 6 May 1908, Page 4

RIFLE SHOOTING.

in . '■■ • -. * • * , V, ---. . ' '® THE " ROBERTS TROPHY." Kl , :■ ? .1-.' p- IMPERIAL. SCHOOLBOYS'' MATCH. ; P" This year, and annually thereafter,- an Im- • P pcrial. trophy match for schoolboys will bo 'j fired. throughout tho Empire. ..This- match is ** not t-o bo confounded with , the "Lord . Roberts': Boys'' Match,'' wlrioh 'is ,a primary '? school competition. ' Tho " Roberts, ' Trophy;' match is' open' to representative teams of' ® British (Imperial)' schoolboys, who are' 'not j0 over " sixteen years• of' ago;on:' July lin ' tho' s ' yoar'of tho match.■.•■The,captain of'the' win-- . & ning team will .receive 'the "0.8. Fry" I .silver medal,'and the other members of th« team a bronze, medal. ' Tho following fire tho conditions governing tho match: — ~ . ' j® The entrance fee to.bo.£l Is. for-each team, payable in : England oil or. before Octo-. "J her 31 in the same year, When the register cards aro sent homo. Tho Education ' and Dofonco/. authorities conjointly of each Empire, Dominion, colony, or dependency shall bo entitled to select and enter one t-eam of eight 'Schoolboy marljsmeii (British'boys).';-. Tho'targets and scoring shall "bo similar l 0 to those in uso at, Bisley in the flrst'-staga■ of the, King's Prize. ■'■'- , The riflo sights shall be eoriforihablo t&tlie ; same regulations. No, " orthoptics" '"to'-bo. allowed; ' _ ' ; . The N.R.A. -. King's ' together with tho, special register cards, to be used in this match, will bo forwarded from Bisley early in each, year, for all competing', teams.-,-;.Riflo "'or ■carbinb;;must bo of Government pattern, for the time being, and. the sights must not. bo filed, nor supported adventitiously, ,to' tho Rifle itsolf, nor ; painted; any colour except black or whit« '(iioVa mixture). The backsight' bar may be reVcrsM/uSed' on J either?,side,of the upright, and a Wmd'gauge 3, slide. (Government .pattern.. for . .the . time t being) may be used; , ? -■ .T V o Distances, 200 and 500jards. ! is • II to.finish firing at 200 yards before any ineiii--0 her thsreof, begins to fire at 500 The s .number of rounds to be firedJ)y each member s pf.'the team is seven,, and a 'sighter, l at each - distance. '.. ■■--, '~ .. }.■ .:! No. preliminary ipractice at. any distanoo'-.-by any memlier of;tho team is to take place ' on the day of the match. " . Government ammunition is to be used. b The match to take place at any convenient '~ range, except f in the case of. the " England "v. 0 team...: ?■-. : ~ r,. , Ties to.be decided under N.R.A.rules.;!? - The shalh. be fired? between. January ! and»August 31 in! each year, ; in. Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, aud the Colonies. In -England tho mat-ch shall,.'if, poss siblo, -bo firod at JBisley, in August,-between 1 1 the houi's 9 a.m. and; 6.30 p.m. ' ■;,' . . N.B.—The team to represent England shall i. be cliosen,'. if possible, from .boys present -in l; camp at Bisley in -August (vide Lady Gw;en- - 1! dolen Guinness* Trophy conditions)..-, ! i * .This is. am Imperial, .trophy, for, industrial , schoolboy taa'rJssniehi;,under sifteen ,Tfi\rs ,of ; ago; fired at Bisley , each year. ?-■ . : Money .ordersj-Mt jiayab'le to ". thei .hon. - treasurer Herbert Gibbs), should bo 5 '.sent/together with tho register cards, to-tho - hon; secretary, " Lord- - Roberts' : Trophy'" > (M. . R.- : J;'r'E. :Hquson, ' M.A.v.-R'.N.yiß,, I .Schoolb'oys' .-' Headquarters;-:'Bisley; Surrey, i England)./?,' ; ' -vy-vvr • -'• > OTAKI RIFLE CLUB. ; IFBOM OUR SPECIAL CORBESPOKDKKT.I. ,? ' Otaki, 'May 5. ; On Saturday, at Hautere, the ;Otaki Rifle CluB" shot for Mrl M: Reilly's trophy, wlien j 'the following scores were' reoordCd:—H. ' Thompson, 127; Guy, 125; A. Thompson,.l24; ; Raper, • 122Bcauchain'p' and Fr'aser, 1 120; ; Rickard, 119; J. Taylor, 118; T. Taylor, 111; l Mills, 111; Dunn, 105;• Glacken,,.lo3;.Gati«y, .' 103 ; Yardley, 101. , " , - !.;.■• • SHANNON t. WHAREROA. ; ' Shannon, May 5. The following aro .the ,soores, of the rifle ' match, which took place .last Saturday be>1 twee-n Whareroa and the 'local-Qlub at Shan--1 lion: — ' ■ ' . ' ",,, 1 Whareroa—C. Whiting, 91': J. "Whiting, •89;' -F. Cordukes; 88; T: .Waggery, 1 88; 1 J. Field," 82; C. -Dows_ett, 82; P. Rush, 88; Waggery, 77: total, 677. .. • ; ' Shannon—Law, 87 ; Shearman, 87 j .Couper, '82 ; Hallani;? 80; Stephenson, 79 j' Woodmass, ■ ' 78; Richards, "75; average, '81; total,: 649.