RIFLE SHOOTING

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 29, 21 January 1929, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING

WAIPUKURAU CLUB. MEDAL AND TROPHY MATCHES. On the Mt. Vernon range on Saturday, the Waipukurau . Defence Rifle Club fired for Mr. W. Bird’s gold medal, A grade, and Mr. L. J. Taylor’s trophy, B grade. Rifleman McVicar, with a score of 89, won the A grade match, and the B grade mstch was won by S. Peacock witr the fine score of 90. Details are as follow:— A GRADE.

TEAMS MATCH. WAIKOPIRO v. WAIPUKURAU. In a friendly teams’ match against the Waikopiro Club, fired at the Whetakura range, a most enjoyable day was spent. The weather was fine and extremely hot, causing considerable elevation trouble. The match was won by Waipukurau A team. The Waikopiro B team defeated the Waipukurau B team by three points. The best individual card was that of Rifleman McVicar,, with 95. Details are as follow:— WAIPUKURAU A.

Ten shots at 500 and 600 rards. Th 500 yds 600 yds F. N. McVicar (scr) 44 45 89 J. R. Atkins (4) 44 40 88 W. G. Brvce (scr) ... 43 45 88 F. T. Haldane (scr) . 46 42 88 A. Chambers (scr) ... 44 42 86 A. P. Green (2) 42 40 84 J. Granger (4) 42 38 84 G. Robinson (4) 43 36 83 B GRADE. S. Peacock (8) 43 39 90 J. Bendeich (7) 41 41 89 L. Renner (10) 42 35 87 J. McBride (14) . 37 35 86 T. Bruhn (14 . 35 30 79 W. Bird (18) . 31 29 78

300 yds 500 yds 600 Tds Tl. F. N. McVicar . . 32 33 30 95 A. Chambers .... . 80 30 30 90 W. G. Bryce .... . 82 28 28 88 F. Fryer . 25 28 29 82 Total "430 WAIKOPIRO A. E. McLean .... . 81 30 31 92 R. M. Castles . . 28 32 30 90 A. Thompson . . 30 30 23 83 L. G. Baines .. 34 27 30 81 A. Patterson .. 28 29 23 80 Total 426 WAIKOPIRO B. W. Rendle 34 29 28 91 A. Baines 25 31 29 85 A. Edgecombe .. 27 31 26 84 P. Peterson 25 29 28 82 W. Edgecombe .. 30 26 22 78 Total ■420 WAIPUKURAU B, J. R. Atkins 26 28 31 85 G. Robinson 39 28 28 88 G. Granger 30 30 24 84 S. Annand 28 26 28 82 J. Bendeich 28 25 28 81 Total 417