REMARKABLE SCORING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22445, 27 September 1947, Page 8

REMARKABLE SCORING

MINIATURE RIFLES N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS« (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Sept. 27. Some remarkable scoring was returned in the New Zealand Miniature Rifle Association’s championship recently conducted throughout the country. The A Grade was won by Miss Anderson. Westmere, who was runner-up last year, with the brilliant aggregate of 300.25. She also won the women’s championship. R. H. Nicholl. Petone Central, with 299.27. was runner-up, followed by S. L. Luxford, Hastings, and H. Nickless, Wellington Municipal, each with 299.25, and R- E. Taylor. Cashmere, D. Robertson, Hutt, and G. Rhodes, Carterton, with 299.22. So high was the standard that the placing! were decided on the inner bulls. Even more remarkable were the Scores in the B Grade, which was won by R. Cunningham, United, Christchurch, with an aggregate iof 300.27. An extra inner bull gave him a narrow win over F. Forbes. Napier, who finished with 300.26. J. H. Littlejohn, Westmere, filling third place with 299.21. The C Grade was won by W. Stark, Wanganui, with 297.17, and the D Grade by Mrs, J. Newton, Wanganui Citizens, with 296. D. O'Brien, Brooklyn, a Technical College boy who has been shooting only a few months, S. M. Hope, Wigraxn, H. Smith, Tamaki, B. 'McDonald, Tamaki, and G. D. Watkins, Napier, being next with 295. The season’s aggregate was won by S. L. Luxford, Hastings, with 495.36. He was an inner bull ahead of F. J. Jeune, Gisborne, whose total was 498.35. Winners of the teams matches were:—A Grade: Dunedin Railway. B Grade: Napier, C Grade: West End. D Grade: Napier.