RIFLE SHOOTING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 11 March 1926, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING.

THE ARMY CHAMPIONSHIP.

(by telegraph—press association.)

TRENTHAM, March 10. The weather was warm and overcast with the wind at time quite brisk as the morning advanced. The territorials carried on the .second leg of the championship, but one practice has yet to be fifed before the army champion becomes visible. The cadets completed their championship, and the belt for 1926 goes to Sergeant Duncan, of Auckland Grammar School,' whose aggregate was 224. The runner-up was Cladelb Davidson, of Christchurch, with 199, with Cadet Sandford, Christchurch, third with 193. The territorial championships will be completed this afternoon and then ma-cine-gun teams matches will be fired and to-night teams will carry out machine-gun night firing competition, simulating the repelling of an enemy’s smpriso attack. Belwv are given the leading details of the prize lists : — 1

V GADET CHAMPIONSHIP. (200 yards application, snap, rapid and moving target; possible score 125). 40s —Duncan (Auckland) 105 30s—Sandford (Christchurch) 1 103 20s'—Burton (Hastings) 99 Tire following take ios each. —Clarke (Whangarei) 98, Burgess (Waipukurau) 98, Wallace (Te Aavamutu) 97. Bradley (Hamilton) 96, Carmichael 95, Watt (Dunedin) 94. CADET CHAMP lONSHIP. (Repetition of yesterday’s four practices.) 40s—R,. J. Davidson (Christchurch) 110 30s —K. J. Duncan (Auckland) ... 109 20si —O. A. Cave (Wanganui) 105 The following take 15s each. —A. V. Lee (Pukekohe) 100, N. Oakes (Hamilton) 97, W. Willi,mas (Hamilton) 97, A. Playle (Hamilton) 94, G. Bradley (Hamilton) 94, J. N. Jamieson < (Pnkokohe) 94. iAnnoiigs-t those who take 10s is L. Skelton (New Plymouth) 91. CADET CHAMPIONSHIP. (Made up of the score in the above and yesterday’s stage.) Belt, 60s and gold, jewel.—Sergt. K. J. Duncan (Auckland Grammar School) 214 40s land silver jewel.—(Sergt. R. J. Davidson (Christchurch Boys’ High School) 199 40s and bronze medal.—Q.M.S. G. Sandford (Christchurch Technical College) 193 ARMY CHAMPIONSHIP. The competition of to-day’s stage of the army championship match disclosed the identity 'of this year’s territorial champion and the runners-up as follows : —■- Belt, 60s and gold jewel.—A. R. Tantrum (Levin) 205 40s and silver jewel—lv. P. Tapper (Auckland) 197 20s and bronze jewel.—Clpl. F. H. Poolman (Whangarei) 192 The results of the second stage of the army championship, the same practices as in the first stage yesterday, are: —i Class 1.—605, Sergt. Howard (Royal Marines), 102; S.S.M. Ritzema (Petone), 101; Sergt. Hiscock (Rtoyal Marines) 99; Lt. Diehl (Christchurch), 96.

Glass H.—-60s, S. Pearce (Auckland), 103; 50s, Opl. Batchelor (Nelson), 101; 40s, A. Litchfield. (Blenheim), 99; 355, Sergt. Shepherd (Te Awammtu) 99; 30s Opl. Poolman (Whangarei), 98; 255, T. Middlemiss (Dunedin), 98.

COMMAND' OAD'ETtS THAfflflS MATCH. £9 and O. and C. Challenge Shield. — Northern Command No. 1, 542 points; £4 IQs, Northern No. 2, 514. £l2 and Low is trophy.—l6th Battery (Christchurch), 117. £lo.—<lst Taranaki Regiment, 111. £5. —1 irt Battalion Auickland, 109. £2 10s. —Ist Battalion North Auckland Regiment, 95.. LEWIS GUN MATCH. McKinney Cup.-—Northern depot, 66 ; Southern depot, 45; Central depot, 22. HOTCHKISS GUN MATCH. £l2 land Hotohk iss trophy Mounted Rifles (Hawera), 51. £7 IQs. —4tih Mounted Rifles (Waikato), 40. ' £7 10s.—1st- Mounted Rifles (Ohnistchuroh), 40. MACHINE GUN COMPETITIONS. TRENTHAM. March. 11. When targets used in the nightfiring were checked this morning, the detailed results were found to he: Ist Battalion Otago Begiment, 41 points, £8; Ist Battalion Wellington Regiment, 40 points. £6; New Zealand Division Royal Navy, 36 points, £4; Ist Battalion Hawke’s Bay Regiment, 33 points £2. Thirteen teams competed in the Hotchkiss gun and rifle team competition, which resulted: .6th Mounted Rifles (Manawatu), 22 jxnnts, £8; Ist Mounted Rifles (Christchurch), 20 points, £4; Bth Mounted Rifles (Marilx>rough), 20 points, £4. Further machine gun matches and battle practice competitions will occupy to-day.