MINIATURE RIFLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 15, 18 July 1939, Page 16

MINIATURE RIFLES

INTER-CLUB MATCHES

HARBOUR BOARD'S LEAD

FIXTURES FOR NEXT WEEK,

A Grade. Monday—Brooklyn v. South. Monday—Harbour Board v. P.W.M.C. Wednesday—Hutt v. "Evening Post." Wednesday— Aotea v. W.W.M.C. Thursday—Public Service v. Petone Central. Municipal, bye. B Grade, Section f. Monday—Railway v. H.V. Frontiersmen. Wednesday—Hui t v. • Brooklyn. Wednesday—Aotea v. Petone Ladies. Thursday—Hutt Ladies v. "Evening Post." B Grade, Section 2. Tuesday—Onslow v. P.W.M.C. Wednesday—H.V. Ladies v. Harbour Board. Trursday—Municipal v. P.W.M.C. Ladies. Thursday—Public Servico v. Riverbank. A GRADE RESULTS. Harbour Board, 473, v. Municipal, 472. South, 479, v. W.W.M.C, 464. Brooklyn, 474, v. Public Service, 465. "Evening Post," 472, v. P.W.M.C, 459. Hutt, 471, v. Petone Central, 465. There is an improvement in the A grade standard of suooting in this round, the team average being 469.40 and the individual average 67.06. These flgures are the highest this season. Harbour Board are still leading without a loss, although they had a close match with Municipal, winning by only, oue poiut. With three matches to go they can afford to lose one and still win tho championship as they have a four-point lead on the next team. Six possibles were registered in this round. The individual scores are as follows:— Harbifcii* Board.—X. H. Nicholl, 70; P. Coote, 70; J. Ritchie, 68; L. Rush, G7; S. Hope, 67; T. Marshall, 67; B. Moss, 64. Municipal.—J. Jenkins, 70 ; G. Henesy, 69;: S. Owen, 69; L. Cooze, 68; F. Williams, 67 ;i L. Anderson, 65; R. Clayton, 04. South.—P. Martin, 69; R. Boddy, 69; C. Nyberg, 09; 1). McGinnity, 69: P. Congreve, 68; C. Morris, 6S; H. Lane, 07. j W.W.M.C—R. J. Stewart, OS; F. Water-! worth, 67; R. Paxton, 67; W. Cherry, 66; H. Roberts, 66; C. Sandiant, 65; R. Pattison, 65. "Evening Post." —R. Jenkins, 70; H. Nickless, 69; K. MacDowall, 67; W. McGrath, 67; V. Gini, 67; R. Allen, 66; I. Kendrick, 60. P.W.M.C.—IS. Richardson, 68; S. Dawson, 67; A. Doran, 67; O. Burt, 60; C. Lusty, 65; F. Wales, 64; A. Barlow, 02. Brooklyn.—P. Chandler, 70; E. Bunting, 09; G. Jensen, 68; A. J. Westwood, 68; V. Abbott, 66; C Williams, 67; K. Harrison, CO. Public Service.—L. Stichbury, 68; D. Rosie, 68; J. Reid, 67; A. Y. * Wilson, 67; T. McMillan, CC; J. Gaelic, 66; Mrs. Wilson. 03. Hutt.—G. Weeds, 70; C. Lambert. 69; L. Hare, 69; H. Caldwell, 68; J. Ross, 66; F. Ching, 66; H. Keene, 63. Petone Central.—X. Marshall, 70; J. Ashman, 68; S. Nicholl, 68; J. Devine. 6S; C. McCawe, 67; H. Smith, 65; G. Snell, 59.

C GRADE RESULTS. Section I. Brooklyn 476 v. Aotea 449. South 459 v. H.V. "Frontiersmen 429. Riverbank 427 v. Hutt I 426. Section 2. H.V. Frontiersmen 453 v. "Evening I'ost" 450. W.W.M.C. 454 v. Public Service 357. Brooklyn 441 v. Onslow 432. Petone Central 455 v. Hutt 2—. i With only a round to go in tbe C grade, Brooklyn are leading in Section 1 and 2, H.V. i Frontiersmen in Section 2, both without a loss. If these teams win their final match, there should be an interesting shoot-off, as both are shooting exceptionally well. A new record was made for the C grade, when Brooklyn 1 put on the very good score of 476, which beats the previous record by 7 points. The Brooklyn Club this year have made new records for all the grades. The possible scorer in the C grade was C. Pragnell, Brooklyn. There were Aye scores of 69 and four of 68. The individual scores were as follows:— Brooklyn.—C. Pragnell 70, J. McKenzie 69, R. Mead 69, E. Scoble 69, J. Hoffeins 68, M. Guy 66, J. Goldfinch 65. Aotea.—W." Rainbird CB, I. Greig 67, Pi. Dalley" 64, C. Tombs 63, S. Mangin 63, L. I Bennett 63, J. Foley 61. Public Service.—L. Baxter 65, T. Bingham 63, U. Dodds 63, C. Lye 63, 3. Warsaw 46, Miss McKinnon 46, Miss Wilson 41. Riverbank.—W. Staples 65, J. H. Hoare 63, J. R. noare 63, S. Schmidt 62, J. Hagan 60, Mrs. Hoare 59. Miss Daff 55. H.V. Frontiersmen.—ll. Winnie 69, L. Roscoe _,67, A. Collins 66, C. Jamison 66, U. Binning 66, J. Trigger 64, G. Collins 64. "Evening Post."—A. Goldsbrough 6S, C. Dobson 67, Miss Wendelborn 66, A. Jenkins 65, R. Pumfrey 64, L. Kendrick 63, C. Wiren 57. Petone Central.—F. Gilder 69, C. McCawe 66. J, Richards 66, A. E. Ffrost 66, R. Hepburn 65, T. Howitt 62. —. W.W.M.C—E. Vousden 67, R. Drew 66, T. Pearce 66, A. H. Collins 65, J. Stewart 64, H. Tingay 64, C. Cherry 62. Hutt I.—E. Reynolds 64, A. Jenkins 63, J. Ballantyne 63, J. Willis 63, F. Meagher 60, A. Morico 58, N. Willis 53. Brooklyn 2.—C. Elliott 67, S. Home 67, G. McGregor 66, Miss P. Mllligan 65, C. TaylorJones 64, G. Guy 63, C. Taylor 49. Onslow.—Mrs. Hartley 67, K. Bould 65, Miss N. Campbell 62, K. Eagles 61, J. Dudgeon 60, Mrs. Mclndoo 59. Miss Mclndoe 58. South.—H. Culver 68, R. House 67. Miss Tlllyshant 66, Miss Stratford 66, A. Ward 66, W. Marshall 63, M. Evans 63. H.V. Frontiersmen. —J. Smith 66, A. Henderson 65, E. Smith 64, M. Peterson 63, V. Knott 63, E. Henderson 62, G. Bullen 46. LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP. Tho fourth annual ladies' championship meeting will be held at the association range, Winter Show Buildings, on Saturday, July 29. It is expected that there will be a large number of competitors, and all entries should reach the secretary, Mr. J. Ritchie, 52 Creswick Terrace, Northland, as soon as possible. There will be matches for the A, B, and C grades, and also a match for first-year shots. The programme and prize list will be the same as last year. - Tho shooting will com- | menco at 1.30 p.m., but the range will be open | from' 12 noon for practice. , DEWAR SHIELD. Members are petting in some good practice for selection in the Dewar Shield match, which takes place at Miramar on July 30. The match consists of two shoots at 50 yards, ten shots each, and two at 100 yards, also ten shots each. The sura of £5 has been donated for prizes in the match, which will bo by sealed handicaps. The prize list will be as follows:— Two prizes of 10s and eight of 5s for tho highest aggregate, one of 10s and two of 5s for tho 50 yards double and one of 10s and two of

5s fr the 100 yards double matches, handicaps ' included. i Practices aro still being held on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings. LADIES' POSTAL MATCH. Tho match Wellington Ladies v. Christchurch Ladies resulted in a win for the Christchurch ladies, who scored 671 out of a possible of 700, as compared with the Wellington ladies' 650. The shooting of the Christchurch ladies was particularly meritorious, as they used the metric target for the first time. Tho following were the individual scores by the Wellington ladies:—Jtiss B. Scott, 69, Jlrs. Greenfield - GB, Mrs. Davies 66, Mrs. Tavlor CG. Mrs. Enimett 65, Miss I. Keene 65, Mrs. Nicholas 63. Sirs. Heney G3, Mrs. Johnson 63, Miss B. Calder 62. Counted out: Mrs. Nickless 00, Jliss N. Gregory 60. HARBOUR BOARD CLUB. I The result of the June trophy for memers of. the Harbour Board Club resulted as follows :~R. H. Nicholl 395, P. Coote 394, ;L. M. Rush 393, S. Hope 392. The leading scores in the July trophy for the first round are;—S. Hope 300, B. Moss 99, P. Coote 99, and L. Rush 98, and the second round, J. Ritchie 100, R. Mottram 98, and T. Mottram 98. PUBLIC SERVICE CLUB. During the last two weeks the leading scores have been those of D, McGinnity 69 and 67, A. V. G. Wilson 67 and 68, J. L. Gaelic 68, and D. A. Rosie 67. The Caughley Feathers have beeu won by D. McGinnity and J. L. Gaelic. In tho C grado the Feathers have been held by P. Kendon and Mrs. Wilson. SATU.RDAY AFTERNOON SHOOT. There was a fair attendance at last Saturday afternoon's shoot. Two competitors got the possible In the ten-shot unlimited entry Own Start competition, J. L. Gaelic 96 4—loo, and A. 'V. G. Wilson, 98, 2—loo. In the shoot-off Gaelic and Wilson were first and second respectively. Other leading handicap scores were those of F. J. Waterworth 97 *,„2 ~99, and 98' 1~ "' c- Westwood, 93. 0 —99; and J. Jlorrison, 95, 4—99. The leading rifle scores were those of F. J. Waterworth, 100, 99, and 98, A. V. G. Wilson, 9s, and A. A. Ford, 97. Three competitors tied In the novelty competition, J. L. Gaelic, W. G. Dodds, and A. A. Ford. In the shoot-off Gaelic was first and Ford second. The leadiug rifle score aggregates over six shoots are:—F. J. Waterworth 585, A. V. G. Wilson 583, and P. W. Congreve 582, and the leading handicap aggregates over six 'shoots fa% Ai VV G- ™ilson 596, F. J. Waterworth 592, A. A. Ford 591, and P. W. Congreve 090.

POSITIONS OF TEAMS. M. -\V. D. L. Harbour Board .. 7 7 — — Brooklyn 7 5 — 2 Hutt 7 5 — 2 Municipal S 5 —' 3 Aotea 7 4 1 2 "Evening Post" ..7 3 13 W.W.M.C 7 3 — 4 South 7 3 — 4 P.W.M.C. 7 2 1 4 Petone Central * .. 8 —• 1 7 Public Service .. S — — S Abb. Pts. Score. 14 3305 10 3336 10 3300 30 3758 9 3315 7 3273 I! 3297 6 3247 5 31CS 1 3601 0 3560