RIFLE SHOOTING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 78, 16 March 1923, Page 2

RIFLE SHOOTING.

' THE ARMY CHAMPIONSHIP.

/ / Trentham. March 15. The shooting in the King s Medal

/ .*** much better to-uay than on Tuesday owing to the improveed cpmhuons. bergeant-Major A. jVjJwe/Ahe winner, is on tne permanent stall stationed at \\ anganui. Corporal F. iv. Cuing, or Ireutuam. was second. W arrant Mincer Id. L. Frank. of Nelson. third and rnyate A. brnith. Napier, fourth, ihe Canet Championship was won by L. bhephearu, of Hamilton, with Sergt. F. Cuing, of Hawera, runner up. Perkins (Auckland) was third and K. G. Oak (Napier) fourth, loung Ching belongs to a well-known shooting family and his uncle is runner up for the King’s Medal.

The tie between Gascoigne and Gavin in the judging distance competition wag decided to-day and Gavin won by ly noints to 10. ARMY CHAMPIONSHIP. King’s medal, challenge belt and £lO. —A. J. Moore (permanent stall - , Wanganui), previous day 60. to-day 75, total 135. Gold jewel and £B.—F. W. Ching (Trentham), 63. 60. 12.3Silver jewel and £6. —H. L. Frank (Nelson). 72. 51. 123. Bronze jewel and £4.—A. Smith (Napier). 58. 65. 123. The following take £2 each.—L. A. Miller (Auckland), 73, 49, 122; G. B. Diehl (Christchurch). 53. 67, 120; Edgecumbe (Hamilton). 39, 76. 115; M. Barak (Christchurch), 49, 64, 113; T. F. Wallace (Waipukurau), 64, 45, 109; L. R. Shuttleworth (Nelson), 41, 65. 106; A. Ross (Hunterville), 37, 68, 105; H. S. Montgomery (Dunedin), 44, 61. 105; C. H. Ritzema (Wellington). 51, 53. 104; L. O. Allen (Auckland). 53. 50. 103. The following take £1 each.—L. Potter (Auckland), 61, 39, 100; J. Briggs (Dunedin), 68, 32, 100; F. White (Hastings), 59. 41. 100: S. Green

(Auckland), 48, 51, 99; W. A. Baker (Hamilton). 4U, 58, 98; C. J. Baker (Hastings), 55, 42, 97; Lt. iVloncnett (juorruisvitlle), 44. 02, 96; M. T. siuAllie (New Plymouth), 40, 56, 96; K. Rathbone (Wanganui), 44, 52, 90; B. F. Clark (Wellington), 51, 40, 96* J. T. Bell (x\ew Ply mouth), 53, 43, 96; G. C. Mayer (Christchurch), 48, 47, 95; Jtt. W. Head (Hamilton), 41, 53, 94; K. G. Kitto (Dunedin), 52, 42, 94; K. btronach (Wellington), 52 4 42, 94; G. H. Clifton (Wellington), 48, 45, 93; J. Beaumont (Dunedin), 62, 31, 93; A. M. Gascoigne (Blenheim), 53, 38. 91; W. Woods (Hillside), 47, 42, 09; b. G. Cooper (Wellington), 42, 46, 88. Twenty scores down to 81 took 10s each. LEWIS GUN MATCH. Lewis challenge trophy, silver medals and £l2. —2nd Wellington Infantry Kegt., 84 points. Bronze medals and £B.—2nd Otago Batin. (Gore). 83. JJ4. —Ist Otaeo Battn. (Dunedin), 81. HOTCHKISS GUN MATCH. This was won by the sth Otago Mtd. Rifles with 24 points, taking the Hotchkiss challenge trophy, silver medals and £l2. The Bth Canterbury Mounteds (Nelson) were runners up with a score of 19. CADETS TEAMS MATCH. The winning team was from the Northern Command with an aggregate ol 1031, taking tlie C.A.C. challenge snieid. silver medals lor the members and £B. the individual scares were; Shephard (Hamilton) 145, Perkins (Auckland) 136. Tomkins (Hamilton) 132, Kus&eil (Hamilton) 131, Elliott (Auckland) 12/, Handley (Hamilton) 120. Walker (Auckland) 120, Brett (Hamilton) 120. The Central Command team was second with 1018, taking bronze medals and £4. The individual scores were: Ching (Hawera) 140, Oak (Napier) 134, Grant (Napier) 129, McCulloch (Masterton) 126, Keils (Palmerston 125, Dolbel (Napier) 125, Parkes (Dannevirke/ 120, Fairhurst (Dannevirke) 119.