RIFLE SHOOTING
HUTT VALLEY MEETING
T. ORR PROMINENT
(Special Reporter.) •'■■ ;: ': ' TKENTHAM, Last Night.' The first day's programme of the annual meeting of the Hutt Valley Rifle Association >yas carried out under conditions which severely tested the capabilities of marksmen. A threatening morning improved'after shooting commenced, but towards uoon the wind increased, making conditions not too pleasant. In the afternoon there was a light shower. j 'In-.'spite of the adverse conditions, some excellent-shooting was seen. The winner of ..-the Ma?efiel(J Aggregate (for shortrange, matches) Was. T. Orr, of Grey town, who scored 141 of a possible of 150. H. W. Feast, Grej'town"/was second, and P. B. Goldfinch, Karon, third. : One longe-range match was shot, at SOO "yards,' the winner'being F. N. McVicar,' Waipukurau.:,. With a.hard.and variable wind, competitors were called on to use good judgment; and-" "outers?'! and "magnieß". .ware -in. evidence....-.' T:l)eiailed'-'result's of the afternoon's shoot-An^-'are:r^:.'..: ■- .. ■.-.• ,- ■■'^:i:'r.t;lV.:J-.:-KI> t-G. afATjCH.. : p<7.:.l'-\, 'ten Shots,at.6oo yards... i'S^-G./R: Smith (Kaponga) 47 ,£(3-t-P. .B, Goldfinch (liav-ori). ~.,... 47 £4—T. .Orr (Greytown) 46 ,£2 each- W. West (Bleuheim), L. G. Beriton (Featherston), 46 each. ■;;£1 each—H. Simnionds (Auckland), H. W. Feast (Greytown),'W.;J. Mclver (Pe-; tone), ■ A." E. Barker. (Ronga), S. Mayhew ' (Cheltenham), 45 each;-: H. H.- Mclntosh (Blenheim), E. M. .Wrisley (Opaki), V. E. Donald (Opaki), D. Roots (Petone), E. A. Ballinger (Petone), H. H. Mawley (Opaki), R. Shaw (Wanganui), R. J. King (Qpaki),. F.-Glark (Ashburton), 44 each. { ■',;• MASEFIELD AGGREGATE. *■ (For Short-range Matches.) £ 10— T. Orr (Greytown) 141 £&-H; W, Feast (Greytown) 140 £5—P. B. Goldfinch (Karori) 139 £3-^O. Whiteman (Upper Hutt) .. 139 £2 each—H. Koppert (Oam'aru), 139; W. West:(Blenheim), 138. i£V-each—W. J. Mclver (Petone), D. Roots (Patea), 138 each; H. Simmonds (Auckland),- W. H. Ballinger (Petone), A. H./O'Donnell (Petone), 137 each; V. E. Donald (Opaki), H. H. Mawley (Opaki), D. Keir (Ashburton), 136 each; G. R. Smith (Kaponga), R. J. King (Opaki), E, A. Ballinger (Petone), J. C. Feast (Greytowri), R. H. Nicholl (Petone), 13S; A. R. Barker (Ronga), 134. . . , = Counted out: -E. M. Wrigley, A. G. Rhodes, W.. N. Masefield, H. Cromie. ■ :■■ ROOTS MATCH. £S—F.; IST. Me Vicar (Waipukurau) .'. 49 £6—C: J. Nix (Featherston) 49 £4—W. West (Blenheim) 48 £2 each—T. Warburton (Petone); p. Keir (Ashburton), 47 each. £1 each—L. A. Caldwell (Karori), 47; C. Whiteman (Upper Hutt), R. H. Nicholl (Petone), T. H. R. Boon (Karori), H. I W. Feast (Greytown), J. C. Feast (Grey-i town), 48 each; W. N. Masefield (Blen-; heim), H. Cromie (Ashburton), R. J. King (Opaki), J. Bouzaid (Greytown), R. Shaw (Wanganui), W. H. Ballinger (Petone), E. A. Ballinger (Petone), 45 each; H. K. Smith (Opaki), 44. Counted out: H. Koppert, J. Farley, T. Orr, S. Higgs, H. A. Oliver, V. E. Donald.
RIFLE SHOOTING
Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 57, 8 March 1932, Page 13
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