RIFLE SHOOTING

Evening Post, Volume CCXV, Issue 13, 17 January 1938, Page 12

RIFLE SHOOTING

PETONE CLUB

| 'I'll;- I'i'luut: Rifle Club /ired a furj 111•?t" i.'Mlii|.M:l,il.li)t) at Trcnthain on [Btiliil/fUiy, Uic rctiulla counting lor theJlrftl. i»f llH.! clulj'k championship scries, Ilifc Muni of. LI Hi witcond aeries, burridge, J.jijligllnlil, Jitiil J''lnw» handicaps aggregiil.efi. ')'li«! nuiK!,' for the day was oUO ytiMls. Tlio vvi:at,h(;r was hot and Ui'lgiili vvJlli u nivoitu mirage and wind ft'ni'ii lilt; i'lklil- '''I"-' conditions were aurni tov clioullng and high scoring D'CBtlllCli. Tdu bi.'Kl ititulM o/l' the ri/lc were ■intuit! b.y W. 11. Uallingor, 07; lollowed b,y V, riluwiu'L and J. C. Carter, 95 (liicli. Yin! lii>.{liu»l HliiKlu-rangc scores wtu'o miitlt; by W. J). UaUiriger and A. Wclr, 'ID uuuit. 'i'liuro were seven mwvii <)(■ 4U mid 11 uoorcs of 47. Twenty ilill'cmil ixwuh equalled or bettered llio olub'fl Klmidarct of 47 for this range. Tliu following an: the loading aggreKalfK tov tlio second .series:—A grade: W. 11. ]iullln«cr, 2«0; J. C. Carter, 2U4; 11. WJckJwia, MIL; J. C. Ashman, 279. B and C grades: W. C. Hogg and H. I'ulllnK, 2li). oach; K. MacDowall and S. Nicholl, 2UO each; J. G. Badland, 270. Next Saturday the club is holding a Held clay, shooting over ranges, 300, 500, 000, UOO, 900, and 1000 yards, .suvfii .shots to count at each range. Tlio competition is a handicap shoot, and the highest aggregate wins for one yuar the cup donated by Mr. F. Hunter, Petone. Shooting will commence at 9 a.m. After the shooting finished on Saturday, members of the club met at CrcsswcJl's tearooms, where afternoon tea was taken in honour of a club member, Mr. R. H. Nicholl, who is, leaving for Australia this week with a team of rifle shots representing New Zealand to compete in the rifle meeting in connection with the 150th arini-l versary celebrations. Speeches were made by President W. M. Jackson and Deputy President R. E. Flaws. Mr. Nicholl suitably replied. All members wished our guest of honour farewell and the best of luck. Saturday's scores wei-e:— ] 500 500 yds. yds. Hep. Tl. W. H. Ballinger ... 48 49 — 97 P. Stewart 47 48 — 95 J. C. Carter 48 47 — 95 H. Nickless 48 46 1 95 J. C. Ashman .... 45 48 2 95 A. Page 44 48 3 95 O. Pedersen, 46, 48—94; A. H. O'Donnell, 47, 47—94; T. Hooper, 47, 46, 1— 94; D. E. Cameron, 46, 46, 2—94; W. C. Hogg, 44, 47, 3—94; W. M. Jackson, 44, 47 3—94- F. H. Gruar, 45, 46, 3—94; K MacDowall, 46, 45, 3—94; S. Nicholl, 43, 47, 4—94; J. G. Badland, 46,. 44; 4— 94- E. F. Gilder, 42, 46, 6—94; H. Pelling, 45, 43, 5—94; J. H. Sherwin, 44, 42, 8—94; S. C. Higgins, 45, 47, 1—93; A. Weir, 40, 49, 4 —93; W. G. Scambary, 44, 45, 4—93; J. Braid, 45, 44, 4—93; H. Dickson, 45, 44, 4—93; W. R. Currie, 44 42, 7—93; R. W. McGrath, 40, 45, 8 —93; R. H. Nicholl, 46, 46—92; C. Lusty, 41, 44, 7—92; T. McNab, 46, 45— 91; N. E. Solomon, 41, 47. 2—90; T. B. Richards, 40, 47, 3—90; W. F. Cropp, 39, 46, 5—90; R. E. Flaws, 44, 47, 9—90; D. Finlay, 37, 43, 10—90.