RIFLE SHOOTING

Grey River Argus, 30 August 1937, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING

S.l. MINIATURE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

LPer Press Association]. TIMARU, August 29. The South Island Miniature Rifle Championships were held here last night, particularly fine shooting being witnessed. There were 185 entries for the individual championship, competitors coming from Greymouth,. Christchurch, Oamaru and Invercargill. Twenty-five teams competed in the Teams Championship, and twentyfour competitors entered the Ladies Championship. The Roberts Target, with a metric inner bull, was used, and this probably accounted for a large number of possibles being recorded. , ... In the individual Championship, there were no fewer than twentythree possibles, nine of which were counted, out of the prize list. In the Championship Aggregate, there were six double possibles, and twenty with one point down. In the Ladies’ Championship, Misses Stewart (Gleniti and Rule (Orari) tied with 157, and on a re-check, Miss Stewart won. Mrs Brown (Pleasant Point), was third, with 156. For the Men’s Championship, six tied, and on a re-check, W. Bradshaw ((Timaru) won. W. Heads (Timaru) was second, and G. Campbell (Oamaru) third. The Teams’ Championship was won by Timaru “A”, with 398, which included four possibles. United (Christchurch) and Weston (aOmaru), were equal second, with 397.