RIFLE SHOOTING.
JUNIOR GAERKON SHIELD.' The final'match for'- the Junior■ (third grade) Garrison Shield will,be fired at v.:; Trentham on Saturday nest, April 2. En-' ■ •' tries of teams must'reach the secretary '■;.'. . rby to-morrow (Tuesday). • The. present, ■ o position of the contesting team's is as fol- . ; lows:— ■; ■ ' ■.■-',' ;'.': ....■• '~■. ..First Second ,;it ;-..■ . ;'\v , ; round.-round.-T?l.;:;a.w Victoria. College ..:.~L..i? i "r3 '"■'■ f^ v J6hnsbnville Rifles'. .. 1: • — !■ '■: Dominion Scouts ..„_._.:— 1' •' 1 1 .-."' The match on .Saturday next - ; wiU; '.- therefore resolve itself .into ,a 6hoot-05■,...•■, between the two-leading teams. , , .. '.. MATCH-AT EEETAHTOA. A team from the Civil.Service Rifle* '.-.; went to Eketahnna on Good Friday to! fire a maiclS: with tie Eketahuna. Mount- , : - ed Rifles. The,, weather ■■■ was..fine, but;., the wind was variable : when -.the match- ... was fired,- "which resulted in a win for; fie Wellington men by- the narrow margin, of 16" points. The visiters .were.verjj .. hospitably entertained,, and hope 'to; ;'-. meet their country comrades in Wei-: . . lington' at some future date, when a re-; ,;', turn match can be fired. Following ait? ' : the scores.—. - : '.;'. '■"• :':':.::' Civil Service ■,••■"' ..... . .....; . 200 500. 600 :' '. ~',-. : '■■' yds; yds. yds.. TTJ •■. Lce.-Corp. Gaisley ...\3O 33 32 9i, ■ Corp. Fisher : „.. J _... 33' .32 SO- 9S Sergt. ■ Joplin .-.-.. "32: 28 '30 90-. / . C6rL Low ; ; _._.:..:..v 30'•.- ...28 29 ■■ Sir v Lance-Corp. Joplin . 27 27 23 S3 Weir ... 22 -27 ~2i . 73,.;. Sergt. Mardon .._•..... ,29. , 24 17 •, 78 ... Lance-Corp- 8ennett,29,,,.24 17 <0 . Total 663 i ;':"'•' Eketahnna' Mounted EiEes. Trooper Marenzi ...: 34 30- -27 9fl ,'.; Trooper E. Olsen .... 30 28 26 84 SergtTßashleigh 30 26 .27.-83 ■, FrSergtHl .-..■-... 30 ■■ ,28 25.... S3 Capt.' Prendeville ... ■25 2jj 31 SB ' Trooper W. Olsen ... 28 28 .20 -.78,; Trooper Syversen }.... 29 '26 20 7a - i; Trooper., Wise . .26- 30, 19. _"5 .-, . Total ....-..."....»••• *% : TARGET -BLOWN DOWN. - ■ (By 'Tolesraph.—tte«B \ AosoolaUonJ _■ ■■ .... Oamaru, March 27." . Owiiig to a heavy, north-westerly gale./--.• blowing the- targets down, the. shooting;' .„■ of the North Otago Rifle: Associationwa| < postponed till. Monday.... .
GOOD SCORING. ~. (By TelejtraDh.—Siccial CorresDondonlJ ■ : ;.' Wanganui/ March 27. ■,'.' Some splendid shooting was done on the Putib range to-day, whan tn« YYa« neanui Kifles fired a match ;of; ten nieft aside' against the. Taranab Erfies -team. The local-team pat up; the fine.total ofi m at the 200, 500 and 600 yards, Bugler Soler being top scorer with 101 out ofi 105. The average for the team was Soj, while Taranab" averaged, a little over 89 per man, , .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 776, 28 March 1910, Page 5
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384RIFLE SHOOTING. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 776, 28 March 1910, Page 5
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