RIFLE SHOOTING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 71, 7 March 1923, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING.

THE TRENTHAM MEETING. RETURNED SOLDIERS’ COMPETITION. Trentham, March 7. When the Wellington Match was fired the scores of the teams of returned soldiers were taken for a special competition put on the pio?ramme this year for the first time. t was won by the combined team '(Guiney, Reston, Clayton. McKinley and Barkley), 409; Wellington Regiment No. 1, 405. 2; Canterbury Regi,inent, 397, 3; Rifie Brigade No. 1, 395, 4. Nine teams competed. HAWKE’S BAY’ MATCH. THE Trentham. Mtrch 7. A drizzle made visibility low when shooting commenced at the 900 yards range in the Hawke’s Bay match, the last qualifying round of the belt series. Wind was conspicuous by its absence at the start, but the light .was a trouble too great to be overcome by many of the men.. James and West, who were second and seventh last night, crashed badly, the latter disappearing out of the fifty, only getting 12 in this match. He started with six misses, then got three’s and two’s. Barkle has fallen from third place into the tail of the. procession. When the match was finished the winner turned up in Gillick (Kiwi) with 47. Ching (Karori) and Deller (Upper Hutt) were next. . C. Whiteman (Suburbs) -leads the King’s fifty. The King’s fifty to fire this afternoon for the belt are:—C. Whiteman 467 Neilson 466, L. G. Loveday 465, Croxton 465. Mayhew 464. Carter 464, R J. King 460. Paynter 459, Thomas 458 Eyles. G. Hood 457, A. S. Butler 457,’ H. C. Jones 457, Gillick 457, .J. A. Munro 456. A. J. Henderson 456, Needham 455. Thompson' D. «L Anderson 454, Swanson 454, G. Smith 454 Sunnex 453, Nix 452, Pask 452, Orr’4sl James 451, Deller 451. Barkle 450, Barlow 450, Bryden 450, Aston 450 Ching 449, Goldfinch 449, W- W. Feast 449 Crimp 449, Veale 449, Trotman 448’ W. Ballinger 448, Williams 448, W J Green 447, Swaysland 447, Hester 447, Guiney 447, Causley 447, Simmonds <47, F. Clark 447, W. Mills 445 Warburton 445, Goodall 445, \v. Feast 444. A. J. Green 444., The last two fire off for fiftieth place. Croxton. King and James are former winners of the King’s prize. North won the . Inter-Island Match. Butler (Karori) won the Bjsley (kingrange) aggregate with J. King (Opaki) was second with 171. The weather cleared up beautifully in the afternoon, bub. a right front wind promises trouble for the. King’s match fighters. '