RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 328, 15 October 1908, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING.

,■• » ' PETONE CLTJB. The Petone Rifle Club held a sweepstake match on their range at the Waiwetu yesterday. Tho conditions were favourable to good shooting, and some fair scores were made. The scores are as follows:— 200 500 GOO yds. yds. ' yds. H'p. T'l. B. W. Bird 29 34 28 5 97 J. E. M'Lachlan ... 29 31 30 3 93 H. C. Woods 25 32 25. U 93 E. liibblewhite ... 24 26 20 12 88 A. S. Henderson ... 27 31 2G 4 88 G. Auger 25 20 ' 21 22 88 \V. H. Thomas ... 31. 28 28 0 87 E. Johnson 27. 21 23 1G 87 J. L. Turner 27 33 25 0 85 S. Knight ' ... ... 28 19 25 10 82 J. M. Clark 24 23 28 G 81 XI. F. Ayson 18 15 19 22 74 R. G. Shauer 22 18 .12 16 68 The ranges for next Saturday will bo 200 and 500 yds., ten shots. ICARORI RIFLE CLTJB. The members of the Karori Rifle Club fired a handicap sweepstake match on the 800, 900, and 1000 yds. ranges at Trentham yesterday. The SOOyds. prize for top score was awarded to Rifleman Standidge (33); 900 yds., Rifleman Hay (24); 1000 yds., Rifleman IJickson (27); aggregate, three ranges, Rifleman nickson (7&—handicap 25). The detailed scores were:— 800 900 1000 •yds. yds. yds. H'p. T'l. Rifleman Hickson ... 3 21 27 25 76 Rifleman Hay ' ... 20 23 17 12 72 Rifleman Marchant... 29 19 22 0 70 Rifleman Brown ... 12 19 20 19 70 Rifleman W. Kemp ... 25 21 20 0 69 Lieut. Gibbs ... 22 22 21 0 G5 Rifleman Standidge... 33 17 14 0 61 Rifleman Maisey ... 11 14 9 28 62 Rifleman Marshall ... 22 20 13 0 55 Rifleman A. W. Kemp — 4 22 12 38 Rifleman Marchant (70) inado the best score oil the rifle. j. PALMERSTON RIFLES. Tho Palmerston Rifles fired a competition on Wednesday and Saturday last for a trophy presented by Corp. Pratt. Some splendid shooting was made. Sergt. Needham made 34 at 500 yds., and found the bull's-eye for his sighter at 600 yds., thereafter finding the black spot with all his other shots, making his total 69 out of a possible of 70. The scores are as follow (seven shots at 500 and 600 yds.):— 500 GOO . • yds. yds. T'l. Sergt. Needham 34 35 69 Pte. Cooper 33 31 64 Corpl. Kells 33 31 64 Pte. Griggs ... 31 32 63 Corpl. Tremaine ... 32 31 63 Pte. Ashley 30 31 61 Pte. Mugridge 2G 32 . 58 Sergt. Stock 29 29 58 Pte. Ball 30 27 57 Pte. Lucas 29 26 55 Pte. Friend , 27 24 51 Pte. Shipman ' 25 25 50 Pte. Stubbs 27 22 49 AGGREGATES. The following are the highest aggregates for tho above trophy; the winner is Sergt. Needham, with a score of G9 from scratcli—a fino performance .— 500 600 yds. yds. H'p. T'l. Sergt. Needham ..; ... 34 35 0 69 Corpl. Tromaino 32 31 2 65 Pte. Friend 27 24 14 G5 Pte. Cooper 33 31 0 64 Corpl. Kells ... 33 31 0 64 Pte. Ashley 30 31 3 64 Pte. Shipman ... ... 25 25 14 G4