£50 MATCH

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LVI, Issue 40, 21 May 1935, Page 8

£50 MATCH

HELD BY ELLESMERE GUN

CLUB.

FIVE COMPETITORS DIVIDE

Twenty-five competitors from the principal gun clubs in North and Mid-Canterbury entered for the Ellesmere Gun Club's annual £50 pigeon match, held on the club's ground, Beetham road, Leeston, on Saturday. A good deal of interest was centred inS the match, many spectators being present. In regard to the weather the club was very fortunate, the conditions prevailing being more like those usually experienced in March than in the latter part of May. The sun shone brightly throughout the afternoon and there was so little wind that the competitors, as well as the spectators, anticipated that the shooting would be comparatively easy. However, pigeons can be fairly tricky, wind or no wind, and quite a number of good shots found them so on Saturday. Among the earlier birds liberated there Was an unduly large proportion of "sitters." Messrs F. Rowell and T. Gordon acted as handicappers, Messrs L. C. Lemon and G. N. Ormandy as referees, and Mr E. Burgess, sen?., as official scorer. Of the five Who shot possibles two were on half nominations, which meant that a share of their prize-money went to the club. The other three each received £10. Afternoon tea was provided by the club. Details of the shooting are as follows:—

W. H. Winchester (22yds.), 2111112212 10 A. P. Chamberlain (23yds.) 1111111112 10 |F. Brightling (23yds.) 1111112112 10 E. A. Washbourne (25yds.) / 1111111122 10 S. H. Anderson (26yds.) 1111111122 10 H. C. Washbourne (23yds.) 1211221110 9 E. Hammond (24yds.) 1112221011 9 A; N. Turner (26yds.) 1012111212 9 T. S. Harrison (24yds.) 1221222011 9 G. A. Franks (22yds.) 1122221110 9 I. G. Watkins (23yds.) 1111011111 9 W. Bowman (21yds.) 2011221210 8 J. Winchester (23yds.) 1101110111 8 L. C. Lemon (26yds.) 1121101110 8 D. McFarlane (23yds.) 2111022011 8 W. Anderson (23yds.) 2121101010 7 T. Gordon (23yds.) 1211111000 7 T. Corbitt (21yds.) 2112120020 7 H. T. Stephens (21yds) 0110101112 7 A. E. Wilson (21yds.) 1002111001 6

H. M. Wright (26yds.) 4, W. L. Donald (23yds.), L. Chambers (21 yds), D. L. McGregor (21yds.) and F. L. Graham (24yds.) retired.

Those with possibles divided the £50 stake.

Nineteen competed in a first-miss-out, and at the end of the seventh round H. M. Wright, W. H. Winchester, L. C. Lemon, A. P. Chamberlain, T. S. Harrison and E. A. Wilson divided the sweep, money.

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