Miniture Rifles

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 20, 24 July 1934, Page 16

Miniture Rifles

" ■ (By ''Elevation.1') . FIXTURES. New Zealand Championships—July 16-August Dewar Match—July 28. IVitcomhe and Caldwell Cup■- CompetitionAugust 20-Septeiuber 1. Osmond 'and Ladies'- Shields: Second RoundAugust .27 to September-1.. . .. MATCHES -FOR NEXT WEEK. A : Grade-^Sixth. Round.—Public Service v. . Hurt. July 31: .Harbour Board v.. South, August 1; Aotea vv Brooklyn, A'ugukt 1;. W.W.M.C., a bye. C Grade-^SMh Round.—Hint v. Pctone Ladies, July; 30; "Evening Post" v. Kailway Ladies, July 30;- Railways v. Hutt Lalies August 1; Public Service .1 v. Aotea, August 2; Brooklyn":v. Railway 1, August 2; fuoiic Service 2 v. .South, August 2. ■, ■■ A GRADE—FIFTH ROUND. Hutt 481 beat W.W.M.C. 466. Aotea 476- beat Harbour Board 464. Public Service 46S beat South 4G7. •■ ; Brooklyn, a bye..... The standard of marksmanship has suffered a severe decline In-this round, the six teams aEgresatins only 2822 points,: a decrease ot 41 on-the previous round. The individual average was 67.19, a decline of 0.950n the fourth round arid " ■-■'1.29 on last year's - fifth round (record) ■•: average, .of. 68.48.. It is not . unusual ..for one team-to"crash. in a round, but when four out of six do it. there is usually some good cause.. Apparently, however, this round was an exception to the rule, because .there appears.to.be no.outstanding reason why .the score should have fallen off in such a manner. 'Hutt HSI) and-Aotea .(470),'the two , leading teams, were the only ones to. remain true to form. .- ..... , : The" highest combined score'.'o47. was secured by. Hutt and. W.W.M.C.; incidentally this is the lowest, best1 combined score"' recorded this season. This is the third occasion for W.W.M.C and the .second- for- Hutt upon which they . (with their-opponents) have secured the1 best : comnined score. .-....-■ ; , ' . . Of the -"forty-two riflemen only. 18 secured scores of. over 67, which is by far the fewest to date, beinß. 10 lowor than the previous lowest.' ; There vyere 1'7V scores of under 67, exceeding by 9 the hishest previously recorded. Of the scores over 67 there were seven possibles, seven GO'S, and four. 6S's. The possibles were secured by P. Ching; and 1). Robertson I HMO, J. Hunter. 11.. Hunt, and F. Monk ■{, A<i!, Ca)',c, F; Watenvorth (TV- W- 31- C-)- and R. Unddy (S.),\ This is .the. fourth successive possible for Hunt and Robertson.'. -Much interest .is being, centred in the match between Hutt and. Public. Service in the next round; It will'probably be the dccidinK match nf the season.. Hutt have now v three-point lead over;'Aotea In the championship, and the' match with Public Service will- be their last as they have .v bye in the seventh round. The position is that should Hutt defeat Public Service they will *aye WO n the A (trade champlonshin. -Should-Public Service defeat Hutt, Aotea 2 nilare' s chance, to-win, .If t , d not lose pother match. If Public- Service- and Hutt <.raw i( Aotea will be able to tie for firstT place! Hutt° r a- m IS inra P°sition to challenge -The foHowins are the indlridual scores:— .."""•-^'Ching '0. D. Robertson 70, t" W Lnmttfr-' I-, oolrlan* 69, L. Hare 69, C. : ,v«.£ Cli J- R°ss 67; total 481. ' ■'■ !- ■ - . ■ P^ f -,r->?f;~?'-'Sater^ orth''7».'C. Saul BS, R. Roberts. 6.1,11. Roberts ,6D: total .466. - -'■'■«« -oVw""^ 1 70/ F" Mo»k 70, J. Hunter iO. P,, Stewart ,CO. J. Pitt 69, T J Ch-in-■mHnar'n;< V Q''*««&«» 61: total 4^ * Harbour. Board.—W. -V. • Philnott 61 n tt 1 3S ley?G' A -'B- Cralg66' •■■ South.^Oß.; Boddy 70. H - Consrorp fii t> 66°" Te\V4 6'k?•" CrS^" 66; Plf MacDowa^i 66. T.- Mc^ab 66;; A. McHobie 64; total 467. ;„,>: ~; j ■ POSITION OF/TEAMS. ■"■'■• '■■.•' $&^litl i'?S'Sg ■Soufh" ;.■;:.: t-l" '? •■■•|;-0-.'4 2362 67.49 Harbourßoard-i C. GRADE—FIFTH ROUND ; mmmm: ■ t;s .sffla? s-e -S;,»\s,»l x>rooKiyn. :,: j; . . , :- v^i° ' ess,; than 'flTe 'earns improved upon their best previous; scores—Railway 1 ; (by ,18) r"n. way,-2 (40)," Railway Ladies - (1), Aotea (S l ni *"W™ >-V(«. The, improvement shown ThVlr V? a"^'?' teamS Is hlßhly cwnmendaWe i^ n ? rf6; l a- m X ' aegregated ln this rol'n<* 1363 points.--which-elve?;Uiem ; a. club average ,oi; 6.4.91, :vwhlch, Jn comparison -withl the other ■ team averages-as given below," is'very pralseworthy.. Railway : ,Ladies have-shown :acon^ sistent improvement;in. each "round and their average to date,",63.49, would.place them in the fifth-position. ■;■■: -v : ■'_. J ■■ - .Aa regard the averages given in the champion^ snip table below, owing to several teams havini; flred a man short, -thus causing the team average to show^a..false rpositlori of the scores,, these have been revised .to show the average of the actual individual scores (the true position of-the: teams' ;sheotinfe).- Therefore/ any apparent anomaly between ith.61 aggregate scores and the averages will-be explained by'the fact that a^ team has flred1 a man short or in. one case defaulted.a.match."-«>' , : There ' was' a- still furniei■' increase' in the number of Individual scores of 66 or over, 31 being recorded in this round. There was one possible, three 69's, six 68's, ten 67's, and, eleven;"66's. 'The' possible was secured by. Miss M. Wilson (Petoue Ladies). This is only the second possible :recorided in C grade this season and the first by a lady. The number of OO's and C 7's; is the" highest for- any round to date. .- -'~ .; .: ■■••>'••; Hutt and "Evening Post- are the oniy teams not to; have, met with defeat to date, but they have only a", two-point lead over the next team. South.: The average of the Butt'team is exceptionally good for C gradeV being up to intermediate standard. :- .• : ■ The fdllowfrig are'the Individual scores:— ■ . Brooklyn.-—Miss A.'Cockroft '68, Miss N. Whltcombe' 68, Sliss D.-Harfison 68, Miss I. Thompson 65,-: Mrs. Raddon 64, E. Arinabell 64, Mrs. Walsh..63:;'total,-'.460;- : y''.'-. '" ■ ' Railway'Ladles.^Slrs. Cook 69,'SIiss N. Con--10n67, Miss it.; Wind 67; Miss C. Guymer-66, Hiss B. BorlasSe 63, Miss J. Cook' 62, Miss .V. Armstronp'. 58: total, 452." : Hutt.—d! Purvis 68, H.Whiteman 67. R. Wickham 67; A.. E. Slssohs 67, J. Hall 66, A. Brown 64/ AY. pace. ,61; total;'. 460". ;■■■. !•■■ ■-■■■■ "Hutt Ladies.—Miss Laurence 67, Mrs. Ellis 65,. Miss Kcene ,65, ,Mlss Milfbrd 63. Miss Gosse 61, Miss Fraser 60, Miss Muhro 59; total, 440. : Railway l.^-O. E. Dormer '6S.' Q. "W.: Lalce 67, D. William 66. C. W..Tenlmore 66, G. R. Wilson 66, A. Mitchell 64v RJKellson 63; total. 450.. ■;'•.■ •- ~- ;■;_ ■■ : ,-;-> r :,- _ .-...■ ..-.- -•■ Public Service -I:—G. Hendra 66, A. B. Rigg 66. i8.'K. Payne 65," L..V..Peters .64, Miss. Furlong 64, D.-A. McKenzie 61; total, 386 (six men). . ' . ■.. . '. . "Evening Post."—S. Fife 68. R. Worts 67, j; Tindle 67. C. Whyte 65, Wl HellberK 65, A.'Goldsborough'64, R. Jenkins -total, 457.-. ■ Aotea.—Mrs. Hearne 66, Miss Smith 66, P.

Stewart 06, D. Mason 63, H. Long 65, R. Daw-1 son .65, J. S. Edwards 60; total, 453. South.—L. Dunce 87, p. Chapman 66, J. Farmer 65, J. Snelgrove fin, R. Williamson 64, 11. Wills 63. F. Evans 62; total, 402. Pctone Ladles.—Miss 'M. Wilson 70, Miss V. Scales 69, Miss B. Scott 65, Miss X. Gregory 59; Mrs. Bryan si), Mrs. H'eney bd, M.ss M. jja c 33;. total, 434. Railway I.—Cook 60, Wilkinson 05, Scott 64, Woou Cl, 1-earse 64, McDiannid «3. Wulr 62 ; total,' 151. Public Service 2.—Flatmty 63, McCullock 63, Miss Stewart 63, Woodbrige tv, Martin 61 Miss Tucker 41), Miss Marshall <1S ; total, 410. POSITION CF TEAMS.' M. W. L. Pis. Ass. Aver. Hutt 5 5 0 10 2312 06.06 "Evening Post" .5 5 0 .10 2233 03.80 South -5 4 1 8 2235 63.86 Brooklyn ...... 5 3 2.6 2258 64.51 Aotea : 5 3 2 6 2213 63.23 i-üblic Service 1 ..5 3 2 6 2146 1J3.12 Railway 1 5 3 2 6 2123 62,44 Kailway Ladies ..5 2 3 4 2222 63.49 Petone Ladies .... 5234 2207 63.06 Railway 2 5 14 2 1580 60.77 Hutt Ladies 5 0 5 0 2138 61.09 Public Service 2.. 5 0 5 0' 2117 60.49 AOTEA CLUB. A good attendance and good shooting was the order of the day last Wednesday. Possibles were secured ,by H. Hunt, F. ■ Monk, and J. Hunter,: and^ Mr.. J. Pitt got the only 69. New members are still snowing encouraging progress thanks' to"e'xcellrat coaching. BROOKLYN CLUB. ' . Thoi second round of the championships finishes this week and members intending to complete their shoots for the series trophies must do so by Thursday. Some very close finishes In the three grades are indicated :and the issue i 3 very much in doubt. The second shoot of the season for the. Holcroft Shield will take place on Wednesday. . ; "Possibles last week were secured by A. Westwood and W. Lock, and 60s by Miss Cockroft. P. Chandler, C. Hoffeins, and C. Annabell. ' ONSLOW CLUB. There was a decided improvement in the standard of shooting last week. F. Freeman secured his second possible (90) for theseason. O.K. Jeffs, SO, is still knocking for his, and R. Potts, 88, also' comes close. Mrs. Butts, 77, was unlucky in not being on top with the men, throwing a miss after a string of bulls. Mrs. Davies, 76, and Miss Jacobs, 75, both shot well. Mrs. Jacobs wins the fortnightly ladles'; button, and Thompson, Potts, and Connor win the Fette's buttons. The postal. match with Farmer and Co.'s M.R:C, Sydney, on Tuesday night, resulted in a win for Onslow by 1 point, the match being in doubt right up it) the last man. The conditions were eight men to a team, six highest scores only to be counted. The details were:— Onslow: F. Freeman 80, R. Potts 78, F. Taylor 77, 0; K. Jeffs 76. F. Bradshaw 75, A. Thompson 75. Total, 461. Farmer and Co., Sydney: H. W. Reid 79, V. Dealers, L. Bonarias 78, A. Vidulich 76, R. Sldd 75. A. Conies 74.: Total, 460. Freeman ■ secured the only possible. RAILWAY; CLUB. The club's .weekly shoots continue to he well attended, and the competition for the Robieson Buttons has provided some good-shooting. The successful "shots" on Monday, July 9, were Mrs. Cook 69, Miss Guymer 68, G. Lake OS, and C. Venimore 68. These scores also count for the silver spoons and handicap competitions, which were to conclude last night. Some measure of success has been achieved by our teams, and definite signs of improvement are manifest, the scores in last week's matches being: Ladles 452, No. 1 460, and No. 2 451. , ■ ... ~'.:.-.. NEW SECRETARIES. Mrs.. R. Henderson has resigned .the secretaryship, of the Petone W.M.C. Ladies' Club. Mrs. C. Sl> Lusty, of 137 Nelson Street, Petone,' has been appointed to fill the1 vacancy. ' Jin A." V. Haytonhas b«en transferred^ to Wanganui, arid Mr. A. S. "Marshall,"-, care X:z.R., Thorndon Station, has been- appointed secretary ~of ■ the' "Railwaly: Club. "-' - .' '..-.';■.'. WAIRARAPA CHAMPIONSHIP. ...Over;SO. competitors attended the Waijrarapa championship meeting at Carterton on Saturday.: '- ■'-.- • ' R. Congreve,; of the Wellington South Club, won :the championship with a score of 395, ex 400. He was runner-up in the Wellington championship, and has been shooting consistently throughout the season. I*. Heayna (Manganiutu) was runner-up wtli 392. He and R. H. Nicholl : (Harbour Board) had to shoot off for second place; ;i :■■-'"" ■ •-...■ The matches were all shot in/good time, and the meeting ; \yaa a .--pronounced-success; Shooting was of a high order; The '.trophies were presented by Mr. W.; Johnson (president). R. Congreve received. Colonel H. E. Hart's Challenge Shield and the association's gold medal. The details of the matches are :— Wairarapa ' Match.—R. Congreve (South), J. Whiteman (Masterton), M. Hodtler (South Featherston), H. King (Hutt), and C. Bain (Featherston). 9D, 14s 6d each; W. G. Scambary (Aotea), T. McXab (South), -11. P. Dorc (Karori), L. Lumsden (South Featherston), W. G. Eising: (Makomako), W. V. Philpott (Harbour Board), G. Hoffman (Longburn), and L. Heayns .(Mangamutu), 98, V2s 6d each. B grade: Miss Fisher. (Carterton) ,98, 10s; E. J. Lane (Cartertori), H: Rolls (Featherston), W. Bain .(Martlnborqugh), and J. P. Corder (Aotea), 96, 3s each. Wellington,Match.-iK. McKenzie (Featherston),R. fl. Nicholl (Harbour Board), 100, SI 5s each; E. Veitch -(Hutt), R. Porter (Karorl), R.-Jepson (South Featherston); A. Bain (South Featherston), and T. J. Chapman (Aotea), ,99, 6s 6d each: J. Pitt (Aotea), R. Congreve (South),- H. Whiteman (Hutt); IL. .Lumsden <South Featherston), X. G: Rasmussen (South Featherston), L. Heayus (Mangamutu), H. Hill(Rarigitikei), and K. Lumsden (Sanson), 98, 2s each. B grade: J.. P. Corder (Aotea), 99, 10s;.D, Purvis (H.), W. Bain (M.H.), 37, 3s 6d each; B. Payton (C.), 06, 2s'6d: H. Rolls (F.), Jlrs. Cook and E. J. Lane (C), 95, Is each.' Ladles' Match :(possible 70).—^Miss Habib (M*artinborou?h). 70, 10s; Mrs. Crawford'and Mrs. 'Cook, 68, 6s each. -- . ■,-' Bush Match.—H. Keene (H.), D. Robertson (H.),- and'-A. .Ta'ttl (Mu.),'loo, £1 each; P. Stewart (A.), W. G. Kciimbary (A.), R. ConKrevo (S.), W. Press (C). R. Wellington (Mn.l, C. Bnln (S.F.), H. McKenzie (F.), and H. Hill (R.y. 99. 7a 6d each. B grade:-C. McCarple, W: Bain (Mh.). J. P. Corder (A.), 97, 5s 6d each; E. J. Lane (C.) and Miss Habib (Mh.),-96, 2s 6d each. ' .Optional. Ascresato.—B. H. Nicholl (H.B.Vi 198. £3; H; Knene (H.).D. Robertson (H.l, E. Teitch ,(H.), H. Hill (R.). R. Congreve (S.), 197. I.Ss pach: R. Porter (X), H. Whiteman (HI), L. Heayns (Mu'.), and R. Jepson, 196. 5s each. B urado: J. P. Corder (A.), 292, 10s; w: Bain (Mh.); 290. 7s 6d; E. J. Lane (CO, 287. ss"; D. Purvis. 286, 2s 6d. ■'•■'■. Teams' Match.—Hutt (D. Robertson. H.Kccne. ;H. Klnr;, H. miltoman. and E. W. Vpitch);M63, 1; South Featherston. (M. Hoddcr, L. Lumsden. C. Bain. A. Gain, R. Yule), 1449, 2; Featherston (K. McKenzie. Mrs. Crawford, C.'.T., ; Nix, A: Robinson.: E.yiles), .1448. 3... . Championship Aggregate.—Colonel H. E. Hart's .Challenge Shield and association's gold mrdal, R. Congreve (South), 395: L. Heayns (Mantramutu), 392. £1: R. h. Nicholl {Harbour ; Boar.fl), 392. Miniature Clio: H.- Whiteman (H.V-. H. Kecne (H.), L. T.umsden (S.F.). M. Hodder (S.F.). R. Jenson (S.F.), A. Tait (Mu.), and H.,.KIrfK (h:.),' 5s each. ; . - ';■■ "EVENING POST" CLUB. A rleasing feature' of the above club's activities during the past few weeks is the Improvement shown by some of this season's new lady members,; notably Miss J. McNicol, who scored 67 and .66, and Mrs. Wa1d0n,,67, which is distinctly promising for first season shots. The best men scores last week were'69's by V. Barnes and R. Otton. ', , The. new rifle recently purchased Is now In flrst-class working order, and members are urged to try this gun and so reduce the congestion, on the other'rifles. -. The "C" team still maintains its unbeaten record. . ......