MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 September 1924, Page 8

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

HAWERA CLUB

The position of.teams at the end of the third round of the teams championship is: Rovers’ team b 64 Excelsior team 852, Bennett and Sutton s team 836, Technical School team ojl, All-comers’ team 805. ■ Individual scores for the third round were as follows: Rovers —AV. McCormack 46, C. Murch 50, M’. AV • Davy 49, P. R'ae 49, Mrs. McCormack 48, Mrs. Rae 46; total, 288- Excelsior—P Petersen 4.9, A. G. Robertson 17, G. H. Cross 47, A. Elgar 48... Mrs. Hawkins 46, Miss Goodwin 50; total, 987* Bennett and' Sutton —H. Collier 48, E. Thurston 45, F. Chadwick 39, J. Petersen 49, Miss Ingram 50, Mrs. Collier 47; total, 278. Technical School —F. Ching 49, N. Salton 49, C. Allen 49, A. Shearer 46, Miss M. Patten 50, Miss E. Sage 38; total, 281. All-comers—El. Lacey. 46, G. H. Tosscr 49, S. Hall 40, E. Smith 44, Miss Lyall 39, Miss Warcup 45;, total 263. The Technical School team are to- be congratulated on tlieir scoring in this round, three forty-nines, and ai fifty being particularly good for such young competitors. The position- of members at the end of the second round of the championship is as follows : Ladies.—Miss Goodwin 100, Miss Ingram 99, Mrs. Hawkins 97, Miss Lyall 97, Mrs. Smith 95, Mrs. Collier 95, Mrs. Rae 95, Miss Tecofsky 94, Mrs. McCormack 93, Miss Preston 87, Mi ss Warcup 79. Gentlemen. —C. Murch 100, .E. Thurston 98, A. Elgar 97, H. Collier 97, P. Petersen 96, E. Lacey 96, W. McCormack 96, W. W. Davy 96, E. Rae 95, G. H. Tozer 95, J. Petersen 94, A. Wilson 93, A. G. Robertson 93, G. H. Cross'93, S. Hall 92. EVerv competitor for the first round of Rae’s trophy was successful in qualifying for the next -round. The members have been reliandicapped for the second round and handicaps sealed. This trophy will be keenly contested. The handicaps for the first round are posted up on the notice board at the range and will give members a fair indication of their handicap in the second round.

There are now' only three left to fire for Catran’s trophy—-Miss Lyall, Mrs. Rae and Miss Ingram. , Since the last- report appeared in the paper, the Haw-era. Club has fired two competitions w'ith outside clubs, and has been successful in w'inning both. The clubs fired against were Groytown and Damieyirke. The' Hawera scores were very good in both matches, particularly so against Damieyirke. Tu the latter match the arrangement was that the two- low T est scores l on each side were to- he eliminated. When one bears in mind that ninety-sevens had to he cut out of the local team it gives an idea of the excellent shooting of the team. The scores against Da-nnevirke lvere :

Hawera. —Miss Preston 99, Airs. Hawkins 99, Mrs. Smith 99, Airs. Rae 98, F. Rae 98, J. Petersen 98. C. A lurch 98, E. Thurston 97, A. Wilson 97, Airs. McCormack 97, Miss Ingram 97, P. Petersen 97. Eliminating the last two scores the total is 980 out of a possible of 1000 —really excellent shooting. Damnevirke.—Knight 97,. Stewart 95, A.nslow 94, Belt 94, AYillan 94, Ward 93, Dean 93, Lippitt 91, AicNabb 90, Fisher 90; total, 931. This match therefore resulted in a win for Hawera by 49 points. Enquiries are being made to. see if the local score constitutes a- New' Zealand record. Here it may be stated that our club holds the New Zealand record for a five shot match, scoring 491 out of a. possible 500 against the Wanganui P. and T. Club last year. In. the match against Greytowm, Hawera warn by 20 points. The following are the individual scores: Hawera.—Airs. Rae 100, P. Petersen 100, C. Milreh. 99, A. Wilson 98, A. EJgar 98, Airs. Smith 97, J. Petersen 97, Aliss Preston 96, Aliss Ingram 94, Airs. AleCbrniack 84; total, 963. Greytown.—R. J. Tilson 99, D. Papn 98, Tull.y 97, F. Sbanly 96$ H. Tilson 96, AJiss .Roband 96, Mrs. Tilson 93,Airs, 'fully 91. Miss F. Sbanly 89 Aliss Tull.y 88: total, 913. Alembers are reminded that a match .has been arranged against Alarton for 1 uesda-y week, and as this club i.s recognised as one of the best in New Zealand the Hawera Club will have a hard job to defeat Alarton. The conditions of the match will be posted up on the notice board at the range.