RIFLE SHOOTING

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 151, 23 December 1935, Page 17

RIFLE SHOOTING

KARORI CLUB

The Karori Rifle Club fired a special match at 500 yards on Saturday afternoon for Christmas prizes. Conditions were favourable for good shooting and some excellent scores were registered. The principal prizes were won by H. V. Croxton. and H. Lana, with'scores of 97 and 96 respectively. Other prize-winners were J. I. King and H. Boon among the scratch men each with excellent scores of 95, and «. H. King, D. Rankin, and A. H. Williams among the handicap men.

At the conclusion of the match Mr. E. Caughley, the club's president, presented the. prizes to the winners and expressed his appreciation of the hißh standard of marksmanship that had been displayed during the afternoon. Croxton's score, which was the highest on the range, read as follows:— 55555455555—49; 5555555454—48."" The following are the detailed scores:— : 500 500 Hep. Ti. yds. yds. H. V. Croxton .. 49 48 scr 97 H. Lane 48 48 scr 96 J. I. King .... 46 49 scr 95 T. H. R. Boon .; 49 46 scr 95 H. H. King, '46, 48, 1-0—95: D. Rankin, 44, 47, 3-0—94; A. H. Williams, 42. 43, 5-4—94; G. L. Coker, 44, 46, 1-1— 92; D. Small, 45, 42, 2-3—92; G. Craddock, 42, 39, 5-5—91; C. D. Elliott, 39, 36, 8-8—91; R. Bradey, 36; 41. 7-6—90; R. Caughley, 44, 45, scr—B9; J. H. Croxton, 41, 44, 2-2—89: K. G. Munro, 41. 43, 3-2—89; H. Hamilton, 29, 28;-9-9 —75.