MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 20, 19 October 1920, Page 2

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

The -Wellington Miniature Blfle Association held ltd second annual championship meeting on Saturday. Over" 100 entries were received, including members of ladies' clubs and the Featherston and Carterton Clubs. The Defence Department allowed the use. of the main drill hall at Buckle Street, and the association'was enabled to provide U targets simultaneously under the most, favourable conditions. Tim meeting was opened by .Colonel Collins, C.M.G.. 1.6.0., president of the association.; who stressed the value of training with the miniature rifle as an aid to the more advanced shooting with the..353 service rile. „ , ' T , . His Worship the Mayor (Mr. J. P.- Luke), vice-patron of the association, and- Captain W. H. Bell, vice-president, were pro sent during the afternoon. The following is the result of the shoot No. I—lnvitation Match, seven .shots, optional sighter; possible 70: Dayman, MX, and Porteous, 69; 12s. fid. each. Lee. Dcrment. G. Spencer. Miss Jenkins. Mrs. Cun liffji, fun.. Nieholls, Lenihan, Wallace, and Bodv,"68; 4s. each. In the snoot-off 0| i trophy Nix won (Wltcombe and Caldwell s £1 Is. trophv) with Porttoas .second (Mr Longman's 10s. 6d. trophy). . . ; . tfo. 2-Wel)lngton Match, seven shots. o» tional sighter: possible 70: Johnson. Vmcicht, Ahlers. M'Keniio, and Childs. 70;. 9s. each. Otton. Wallace, and Bownnir. 69:, ss. each. Haass, Nix. Warbiirton. I<eni han. Davmnn. Thompson, Kershaw. Kobieson, -blddle. and Arnold, 68: Is. each. In the shoot-off for trophies Vincent won M. Jluthic and Company's £1 Is. trophv) with M'Keniio second (Clark and Morris* (Ltd.) 10s. id. trophy). . ~ .. . „ No. 3-Dlstrict Championship. 10 shots. optional Fighter: '^'Jl]?'"l' 'fiG nnd Thompson, 99; Ms. fid. each. Body, Baoumgren. .»nd M'Kcii7."v 98: ';*«■ each. Goldflnrh. Otton, Lee. Mulr. Wnelev. and W. P. Morris. 97 : to. each !'• the shoot-off Thompson won (A. S. Paterson and Oo.'-. fl I'. IronW with A. Motrin second (G. Fowlds Ltd. £1 Ij. troonjl. No. 4-Time-llmH Me'ch, 5 shots in * seconds; possible M; O. M'Donald and Bowrlnsr. 49. 12s. 6d. each. Leo. Nloholl. and- Russell. «: w each. Williamson. J. Scott, G. Bpencfr; 47. 2s. M. each. Bndvl Otton. 0. Prince. W, B. Morris, and M'Kenzie.- 46; «d. each. The shoot-off for trophies was won by BpwTtmj. who takes Clarke and Morns s LW. £1 Is. tronhy. with 0 M'Donald sceoud (Clarke and Morris's 10s. 6d. tronhy). - , No. 5-Teams Match, five men, Individual scores in matches 1. 2. and 3; possible 12C0Featherston, 1140 (cash nrize £21. 1: Bailwav No. 1. 1136 (cash .pme £1). 3 ; -Scpro»Pca'lhorston: C. J. Nix 230. K. M'Kenzie 231. 0 Vincent 223, G. Bowrln- 231. J. Lapcnski MS. Bnilwavs No. 1: W. B. Leo 232, O. H. Nelson 221. P. Mulr 230, J. Dayman 223, E. Richards 220. ' ■ ;• , No. 6—lndividual AKgrornte Matches 1. \ and 3; possible 240: Body 233. Dayman 233. Thompson 223. Leo m Wallis 232. M'Kcn*!* 23i Bowrlnt: 231. Johnson 231. Liddle "SI. Hn'aso 231, Ahlers ». Nlchol 231. A. Morr'i EJI In the shoot-off W. Body won and annexed the Wellington Miniature Assocla-' tlon's gold medal; Dayman .second. The finish was very exciting, six extra shots having to be ilred before- a decision was reached. ■ '■ • No 7—Ladies Aggregate, .matches 1. 2. and 3 to count; possible 240: B. W. Mills and Oo.'s 355. trophy. Mrs. Otinlirfc, ,lun., was the winner, with a score ot 227. Mrs. O'Sullivrtii, of Wellington Ladles' Club, was ft cloao second with a scoro of 220. No. 8-Mr. J. Neal's £1 Ib. trophy for the possible scoro during the meeting. These were registered by W. Johnson. G. Vincent, K. M'Kenzie. Ahlers. and Ohllds. The winner turned up In (1, Vincont. The miniature shooting for the season, 1920, is now completed, and the Wellington Association heartily thanks all the donors of trophies for the championship meeting, tho club delegates who' haVo dono coort work durimr the Mason, Mr. Wrlglcy and the committee appointed to run the championship meeting, tho Defence Department for loan of drill hall an 4 the Pr.ess for kindly publishing the shooting results during the season.