GOOD MARKSMANSHIP
GISBORNE DEFENCE CLUB SHORT-RANGE MATCH Shooting on the Mangapapa range on Saturday, members of the Gisborne Defence Rifle Club registered some good scoring, at 200yds. and 300yds.. in a short-range match. Top ol' flic list was W. J. Burton, a scratch rrian. who registered the possible at 200yds., and dropped only one shot off the bull at 300yds.. making 69 off the rifle. F. J. Jeune scored a 33 at 200yds. and 34 at 300yds., being runned-up to Burton with 67. R. Bull another scratch man, put on the maximum at the shorter range, but had an unaccountable failure at 300yds.. where he made only 19. Details were:—W. J. Burton. 200yds. 35, 300yds. 34, (handicap nil), total 69; F. J. Jeune, 33, 34, (scr.), 67; S. Parkes, 34, 31, (2), 67; P. Foss, 32, 32, (3), 67; N. Jackson, 23, 30, (7), 65; A. Thomas. 31, 30, (2), 63; R. Dolman. 33. 29, (1), 63; C. Llovd, 29, 29, (4), 62; R. Bull, 35, 19. (scr.), 54.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19401126.2.158
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20414, 26 November 1940, Page 12
Word Count
169GOOD MARKSMANSHIP Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20414, 26 November 1940, Page 12
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in