SMALL-BORE RIFLE SHOOTING

Evening Post, Issue 12, 14 July 1936, Page 18

SMALL-BORE RIFLE SHOOTING

B GRADE RESULTS

NOTES FROM CLUBS

MATCHES FOR NEXT WEEK,

B Grade—Fifth Round,

' Section I. illlv" 2.. f1; s J»ntlay—Hutt v, Hutt Ladies. July 2-2, Wodiiesday—Aotea v. Brooklyn. , J.i y 2,{, Thursday—Onslow r. I'etonc Ladles. July s.-t, Thursday—retone Central v. Harbour Board. • July 20, Monday—"Evening Post" r. Hutt Valley Ladies. July 21, Tuesday—Public Service v. Vort Nicholson Ladles. ■ July 23. Thursday—lUV.Jf.C. Ladles r. L.8.0. : . GlllUl. . . . ■; , July 21; ITridRy—P.W.M.C. v. Hallway. LAST WEEK'S HESULTS. B grade—Section I: ■ Onslow 460 v. Tetone Central 455. Hutt 463 v.. Harbour Board 427 Brooklyn. 4-1G v. I'etono Ladles 110. Aotea 4-10 v. Hutt Ladies- 431. ■ Section 11.. ' '■' . ■T.W.M.C. 452 v.-Public Service 4-I*. L.8.0. -Guild 417 v. "Evening Tost" -130. .Hallway 414 v. P.W.M.C. Ladles 44J. Hutt Valley Ladles 441 v. Port Mcholson Ladles 420. .-, The shootlnc In tho fourth round of the B Krado was slightly lower than tho previous round, tuo individual average beliiff 03.40 as against 63.03. Tho highest team score was Hutt with 4G3. and tho best combined score, 7he Onslow v. I'etone Central match, with 91S. Onslow are leading iv section I. being the only team without a loss, and Brooklyn-and Hutt are equal second with only one toss each. In section. II thero aro three teams equal, namely, L.8.0.' Guild, P.W.M.C. Ladles, and Hallway, who have, had one loss each. .As there are only three moro round.'; to go tho remaining matches will bo watched with interest, as all the leading teams aro shooting very consistently. ■ There was one possible, three 69's. four 6S's, and' twelve G7's this round. The possible was scored by F. Monk (Onslow), and the 69's by Miss B. Scott (Petone Ladies), L. Cooze (L.8.0.G.), and R. Griffiths (Ilutt). Tho following aro the detailed scores:— Onslow.—P. Monk "0, K. Bfadahaw 67, F. Bradstiaw 06, V. Freeman 65, O. Pederaeu C5, It. 0. Potts 65, J. Dudgeon 02. Petone Central.—H. May 67, J. Colquhoun C 7, A. E. I'frost 6G, N. Searlo 66, W. Wurxlngton 65, G. Thompson 64, J. Finlay 63. Brooklyn.—C. Williams 6S. G. Boddy 67. Miss Cockroft 61!, V. Keys G5, E. Harrison 62, O. Wannell 60, B. Watson SS. Vetona Ladles.—Miss B. Scott 69, Mrs. Bryan 04, Mrs. Johnstone S4, Miss E. Gregory 63,' Mrs. Porter 62, Miss M. Gregory 60, Mrs. Braid 38. - • ■ . ■ . Aotea.—M. O'Grady 67, P. Harris 6G, M. Monk 66. G. Renner 60, T. Grace 66, H. Lang 63, V. Walker 55. Hutt Ladles.—Miss M. Calder 67, Mrs. MaltJ.tnd 66, Miss B. Calder GG, Miss Munro 63. Mrs. 3lusliton 59, Mrs. Solomoii 57, Mrs. Nightingale 53. , • .' ■ Railway.—A. Scott G7, G. K. Wilson 65, O. Dormer 64, C. Maddock63, Mrs. Maddock 63, W. Fette3- 62, Miss Armstrong 60. P.W.M.C. Ladles.—Mrs. Taylor OG, Sirs. Emmott 65, Mrs. Waruor. 64, Mrs. Donkiu 63, Mrs. Wales 63, Mrs. Fuller 61, Mr.?. Verrall 5!). L.8.0. Guild.—E. L. Oooze 69, L. Anderson 68, J. Jenkins 60,5. Owen 06, F. Williams 06, 3fls3 M. Murray 62, R. Walshaw 50. "Evening Post."—R. Gapes 68, J. Gapes Go. E. W. Stevens 64, It. Allen 03, A. Goldsbrough GO.-A. Jenkins 00, A. Oakley 59. Hutt Valluy Ladles.—Mrs. Ffrost 6fi, Mrs. Greenfield 66. Mrs.' Uavles 65. Mrs. May 65, Mrs.-'Nicholas 61, Mrs. MacDowcll «1," Miss Wala 57. • ■ -: Port Nicholson Ladies—Miss lla!liday 61. Mrs. Philpott 63, Miss Cameron 62, Miss-King 02,Mrs.'McIndoo 59,-Mrs. Otton 57, Mrs. Harfoot '53. -■'.•.- •' • ■ ■ Harbour Board.—A. Sowerby'6l, J. McGlll «8M: Coleman 63, I. Trlngham 63, J. Bell 60, L. Philpott 60, G. Murphy 54. Hutt.—R. Griffiths 69, D. Purvis GB. R: Swain 06, H. Whlteman G6, H. Caldwell 65, F. L. Burrell 65, G. Rookes 64. Public Service.—A. V. G. Wilson 6" J. Reid 67, Mrs. Cook 64, E. \. Bromley 03, D. Rosio 64. Miss Ellison 60. Mrs. C. Furlong 58. _ P.W.M.C.—O. Lusty 67, G. F. Verrall 67, n. Pcgler 67, W. McKetch 65, A. Pegler 03, F Lusty 62,•■ A. M. Brown 01. POSITION OF TEAMS. ■ ■-. '■■■ Section I. - M. W. L. Pts. Agg. Aver. Onslow .. ~4 4 0 8 1544 65.56 Hutt ■ .......... 4 3 16 1865 G6.61 Brooklyn 4 3 1 0 1823 05.11 Petono Central ..4 2 2 4 1834 65.H0 Hutt Ladles .... 4 2 2 4 1772 6" 29 •Aolea 4 1 :■! 2 1790 ci!l4 Petono Ladies ..-4 13 2 1761 02.89 Harbour Board ..404 0 1737 C 2.04 Section 11. ' ■ : Guild ... f T )r TtuM- I s Ti \ I \ I 1? 9 6 J g'l? Hutt Valley Ladles 4 2 2 4 J7S9 C»ii Public Service ..4 2 g 4 im «3Jtl * •I*l.v/. •»«.,. 4 X 3 ** -j—l — no** fort Xich. Ladies i 13 2 1057 59.1S WAIRARAPA CHAMPIONSHIPS. Providing there are enough nasseneeri tn 5?'S c' \ bUS wlu hB «wwfto mak the memb«, tt OT nex' Saturday. If those Sveyancf to GrlytoTn^vl"? iT^SS^Y '" by Friday mornta/STSie tatit he wifi ,SSS Wellington association. nh^n m «h«nB °f the dele Sates was held last week S-iL il was m a good attendance from the k™ T markers, Messrs. P.' Congrevo, H |Sic Bf-offl^fx8f- offl^fx- Ai^rrv. n wi h B. uc«s|;— Messrs. W. A. Nicholson, R. n' J- Staples, P. Stewart, A. E. Ffrost aw' Lake' D-. Pre3ton' A- V- °- W«son, and kHm t rlen <1 dls!. match consisting of 20 -■ members WU^oe fired against Wairarapa at Greytown on August 15, commencing at 8 p.m Members are asked to hand in thoir nominations to ™ delegate of Uieir club. Entries close on AOTEA CLUB. m rT!?. O <A Brade 6erlcs for- J'in« was wan by 1 G- Spallll" I^. vrtth B. H. Hunt Qlling second Place. There were six who tied in the first shootoff _. «,tl! e B erade, and will.again shoot off je^ Wednesday night. The Congreve Cup for the first quarter was won by W. G. ScamrXl / 0S8'W8 honours last week went to the credit of B. H. Hunt. Sixty-nines were scored by T.^Goodall and F, Harris, with Miss Smith, Mrs. Dawson, T. Grace, M. O'Grady, and W G Scambary scoring 68. The W.A.F.T. Cup for July.was won by R. H. Hunt. BROOKLYN CLUB. The weekly attendance at the range 13 continning very satisfactory, and a keen contest for the second seroles is anticipated. Miss CocKTOtt, who has been shooting very consist«ntly all tlio season, registered her first possible Jast week. Tho club is to bo represented at the Wairarapa meeting by a, good number. Last yoar s champion, H. Dore, is attending to again contest it. The B team spent a very enjoyable evening l«flt weok when they visited the Petone ladies. They won a low-scoring match by a few points. "EVENING POST" CLUB. , Tho shooting has shown a decided improvement In all members, two possibles being scored by K. MacDowall and 09's by R. Gapes, J. Bradley,'A. Oakley, and J. Gapes. The winners of the June competitions were:—A grade: J. Gapes, 1; h. Houghton, 2. B grade: A. Jenkins, 1; W. Hanley; 2. The winners of the nuttonß last week were W. Stevens and I. Kondrlck. PUBLIC SERVICE CLUB. ■ Fluctuations of form duo In some casea to the absonco of opportunities for practlco have affected the i club's teams' results this season. F. Field continues to shoot with splendid accuracy both in practice and competitions. He put in two excellent targets for the Palma Cup. A. V. G. Wilson and J. H. Croxton are two other members who are putting up consistently good performances. W. A. Nicholson's return to something like his old form Is being maintained and A. R. Craig Is now heading in the same direction. His scoro of 100 off tho gun on Thursday evening was n very pleasing result Among the lady members Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Croxton are showing the best form at present, while Miss Ellison is advancing towards the standard of her previous performances. Among tho younger members Reid Is showing the greatest promise and in his first Inter-club match exhibited a good match temperament. during the week as follows:—A. R. Craig 100, V. Field 100 and 100, J. H. Croxton 100 and 97, H. T. Croxton 98, 97, 97, D. Rosle 9T, Mrs. Cook 97> W. A. Nicholson 96. Handicap Ecores of 97 or better were obtained by Mrs. Cook 99, R. Rosie 99, Miss Cook 98, Miss D.- Croxton 98.- The club expects to have a fair entry for the New Zealand championship shoots which are to take place (shortly and will most likely enter a ladies' team for the ladles' crjamplon teams' match. SOUTH CLUB. Tho June competitions of the South Club resulted in Mr. T. McNab winning both the Congrave Jug and the Third Tuesday Cup with a ■core of 69 In each. Only one possible In ■competition shoots was obtained during tho month; It was obtained by R. Congreve. Mrs. Jfcßoble's special trophy was won by Mr. W. G. Scambary, of tho Aotea Club. The attendances of members are Tery good. W.W.M. CLUB. 'jlr. G. E. Rlmmlngton's trophy was won by F. Waterworth, with R. Pattison second and H: Roberts' third. Mr. R. Rawllng's trophy was won by F. Waterson, with L. Cathro second and R. Pattison third. F. Watcrworth Is snooting remarkably well at present and has established a good lead In the championship with a score of 973. R. Pattison with 901 13 running second and IS. J. Stewart with 956 third. Tn the B grade championship A. C. McCarter leads with a scoro of .918, A. H. Collins, 912, is second, and H. Tlngay, 893, third. Mr. li. Cithro's trophy-la now being fired for.