RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 766, 15 March 1910, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING.

• —. —* THE CADET'S "TRENTHAM." GBEYTOWN ON TOP. ■ Owing to the generosity of the Wairarapa ltifle Association, the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, and others, the School Cadets of the .Wairarapa Battalion, which takes in cadet corps from Pahiatua to Featherston, arc provided annually with a miniature "Trontham." This meeting is held on the Pnpawai range at Greytown very .soon after the Wairarapa .Rifle Association's own mpotfng, and the number of competitors averages about'7o. It is held under the supervision of the cadet officers of the battalion, and-is looked forward to with keen zest by the boys. The W.F.C.A. annually gives trophies to the value of two guineas for the winner of the championship and to the runner-up. ' The Wairarapa' Rifle Association gives' £5 for a special match, called the Association's match, and this sum is split up .into 24 prizes, ranging from; ten shillings to half-a-crown in value. In addition, there is ,a Teams' match, open to teams of five boys each from the different cadet companies; each company may enter one or more teams, and the winning company holds for twelve months a very . handsome shield presented by the "gentlemen of the Wairarapa." 'I he championship of the battalion is awarded to the cadet who makes the highest score in the Association and Teams' matches combined. The conditions' for each match are: Seven shots, with optional sighter, at 100 and 200 yards; six-inch bull's-eye, as at Trentham.. The shield has been won as follows:—1905, Masterton; 1906,. Grey town; 1907, i'eatherston; 1908, 1909, 1910, Greytown; while a Greytown boy. has also held the championship for the past three years. The competition this yeaT took place on Saturday last, and the weather conditions were much more favourable than those for the adults' Trentham —the day being sunny, though a strong left breeze, blew all day. .In spite of the wind, some of the shootin" was of a high standard, especially when it is considered that the' miniature. (.310) rifle is used. The meeting_ was held, under the supervision .of Major- Haslam, commanding the Wairarapa Battalion of P.S. Cadets, assisted by the company officers. -The results were as follow:— ' ASSOCIATION. MATCH. ' _ Conditions: Seven shots, optional sighter, at 100 and 200 yards; 6in. bull. Prizes-One at 10s„ two at 7s. 6d.; six at 55., five at 45., ten at 2s. 6d.; total prize money £5,. to he expended in trophies only. - ; : Pts. S. d. E. Ingley (Greytown) 58 ' 10 0 1 K. Curtis (Greytown) 57 76 .2 H. Orr (Greytown) 54 7 6 8 Beard (Carterton) 52 5 0 4 A. MUenzie (Masterton) 50 5 0 5 B. Burt (Featherston), P. Burt (Featherston), E., i Perry (Masterton), Duncan (Featherston), Blackmail (Masterton), each 49; P. Dudson (Carterton), Paterson (Carterton), O. Dudson (Carterton), each 48; Sykes (Masterton), Hooper (Masterton), Stevens (Greytown), each 47; Stratford (Greytown), Everton (Featherston), each 4fi; Early (Pahiatua), Brunton (Masterton), E. PryoT' (Masterton); each 45; MNab (Featherston), Bicknell • (Greytown),, each 44; Burson (Carterton), 43. TEAMS' MATCH. Seven shots at 100 'yards and 200 yards. Greytown "A." : v 100 SCO yds. yds. Tl. Corporal Curb's ... 32 32 64 Colour-Sergt. Orr 32 27 ' .59 Sergt. Bicknell 28 26 54 Jte.- Ingley .....— 30 23 53 Pte. Stevens 28 .24 52 Total . ........... ~282 Masterton "A" (MTJenzie, Blackmail, Sykes, Hooper, Perry),' 24 2} Greytown "B," 241 points, 3. Seven teams competed.' • ; CHAMPIONSHIP.' On the result of the above two matches was decided the championship, as follows 1 :— Champion: Tropfiy valued at J!1 10s., • Corporal Ken. Curtis, Greytown j District- High School, 121 points ... i Runner-up: Trophy valued at 10s., Colour-Sergt. Harold Orr, Greytown ~ District High School, 113 points ... '2 Pte. E. Ingley, Greytown, 111 points ... 3 Greytown thus won the Association match, the Teams' match, and the championship, and the quality of the shooting may be gauged when it is considered that possible for the' championship was 140 points. ' , ■ ' THE PETONE CLUB. The Petone Eifle Club held a . competition on Saturday for ammunition prizes, the conditions being:—Ten shots at'soo..and 600 yds. Next Saturday mil conclude the second aggregate, for which the conditions are twenty shots at 600 yds. Results.— ■ - A Class. ' • ■ 500 600 : yds. yds. T"l. Bflmn. Clout ...... 45 45 90 Bflmn. C. Bird . 44 42 §0 Bflmn. Ingram 43 40 '83 Bflmn. MacLachlan .... 46 36 82 Bflmn. Knight ..... ...... 43 36 79 Bflmn. Henderson ... 39 38 77 Bflmn. B. Bird 41 36 77' B Class. , Bflmn. Fleming ,41 - .46 87 Bflmn. Tobin '39 39: 78 Bflmn. M'llvride 3fi. 40 • 76 Bflmn. . Ayson 41 -33 74 Bflmn. Maud 34 39 73 Bflmn. Caldwell ..... 36 36 72 Bflrim.\ Cook '38 34 72 Bflmn. Allen 36 35 71 S •,