RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING.

MATCH. '¥: ' A' Sixteen'schools iri :New. : Zealaiid competed in 1 ;!i itbe' annual'i'.'Schools: of, the Empire'" rifle-shoot-.;:m'gmatch:foril?OS-09,,'the trophy- for which,is ,-! -.&'• cup•;presented <by;'H.E;H. ~ the' Prince r of !, .Wales, and aJsilver.medil .to''each,member.of .. ,the winning team.' The.,competitiori, ; which was' \. instituted, ;m-. 19Q3',- is dpen" ; tp' teams : of .'.eight; .. pupils) frpm'eaph of such schools as have '<.'. .tide'■',volunteer'; corps.'-;(either; constituting an ;• .;'eMoUed;. : corps''by;at:self, or 'else a ,, company or i", ■.compaiiies^attacQed'tp-'some': enrolled corps, or i' 'that is .annually ;ini- spected.'. and' reported. upon. ■ to the. military ■-.',, v -'■-.■:, :■'.- "■;:; ' .■•■■^.■ ! , .' The conditions "of the? match are:—Targets—' , .; Bisley, Voiroular..;V' Raages—2oo and.. 500 ; yards. , Pointsr-Bull's-e'ye, 5 jinner, i ; magpie, 8; outer; 2 ■.■■ Bounds—Seven, jwith': a compulsory sighter ■• a't ; 'each'.'raiige;V:.>>".;..'.; ; '.-..';'- , .' ,? -' , ; ..-. ~ .'■■.-./ •.-.:..:.■■..,•'.. l , •: :The shooting year;extends, from June; 1..1908, ' nnHl;March: 1/1909. Some, of the.: New: Zea-; ' land competing, teams fired'early in; the year,- ■'. but as one of the. conditions of the competition' ■ lays. it; down>that: all'scores sheuld' be kept ; secret,',.lest the; exceptionally: good shooting'of' •; any discourage those .'• schools :.whioh":fired ■later,:lthe..complete, ,re- . turns .have, only.' just been made publip. ,In .this .; connection, 'the premature 'of the ■ .scores';of;' team, which . ccmpiled.'a'yremarkably. high aggregate; score, • is' be .regretted. The 'results -of the . .fiiinß":,by l the 'New :Zealand. : tetms; are .as fot- ;- lo^:r r ';;r ,:>: ; ;, : ; v;:-->"": v^ , ■:-,;-, :^r v >•.■•••.' : ]::>- ; :--^ h:^%-: '-200 500■ v'"'- v, ■• , i- , ..-r!-':!:'.;;- , ';<o;-:/->:'::.M : ■■■-.. '.yds.-..-yds. , T , l; ■ /Wanganuii-Collegiate , ...■ ■ v... 249 -■' MH •'■■';■■ 4M'| :': {Wellinijtnn,..College.. ■.;. . ■... 237 ■■ 230 iC 1 .OtagO.ißpys'cHigh-School•,::.„, 233 ; 230 ;«3 ••■ .'Nelson College- , .;: •.'■•..■..; :'■ i 1;.; 232 ' 223 ■■■ ; 455 •Christ's College, ;Cbristchiirch 227 ': 222.',449, j , "Auckland 'Grammar School;'.,.. 231 . \2lß' :.44'j I \yaitaki;Boys'..Hi|h School... 208 -i 237 -445' » ■Ashburto.n::Bbys'rHiffh School 234",. '198,432 3 Marlbb'fough":Boy's' .H.S. : ■... 229 '• 199 ' 428 s' :Christchurch . Boys' H.S. : - .. : ;.207 ■ '•;»199 -4(ifi (;; JRslmeroton ;North,;:B.H.S. ,lv. 201 199' 400 „• >Timaru''Bovs','High' School ... 211 '183'•■■v-S9-i ~ Te'Aute:College:.;«,■: ;..;-•;..* -201 :: 188 ■ 383 *; 'Si; Patrick's .ColleeeAW'g't'n-'2OB, .168 ,376 7 St.- John's College, Auckland... 204 . 162 .1 3G6 e . Napi'eioßoys'. , High School;.;./ .189 ; . 107..' 29'j !•; i;The score .of the; Wanganui.College team (494). !•.. has-only , been eclipsed .on ; one oc.s, casipn,. when Brisbane'Gramniar School,; in: the fc 'first .1-year"..of the'competition, ran ,, up: the, rei. ■.ma'rkable'aggregate of 501.:.- : . . .-■ \- :! - i,; '', In conjunction, with the "Schools of the-'Em-a pire"./rifle, match, ;there is.'also fired the "Empi'reiCadet;llatch";.for cqmpelnto'rs.under seven- , teen:years'of r age—in the. Schools of :the'Em- •■ ■ pire;,Matph" : the. age limit" is 20'years.-.,Last ~..' year. there .were' no .entries . for ; the. "Cadet I '. '." match j this .year; however, a .team-from; the j: Aucklahd .■β-rammar School , competed, 'its '; scores;.being: (205—169)—374. .'The ranges and general conditions , are the same in-each.match. '."■. '■; The complete' results will not be known for 5 some time yst.; ■■•-:■ v . : '■:.:■-'; -. • .