RIFLE SHOOTING

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 236, 18 September 1934, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING

H.B. Miniature Championships

CUP TO W. J. BURTON

The Hauke’s Bay Miniature Rifle Association held its third annual outdoor championship prize meeting on the association’s range during the weekend. Forty-live competitors, representing the principal Hawke’s Bay clubs and clubs as tar afield as Manawatu and Wanganui, tell in under rangeofficer B. Bitters.

Conditions were ideal from the marksmen's point of view, a very slight rear fishtail wind providing enough uncertainty to make the shooting interesting at the longer ranges. Shooting was of a remarkably high standard throughout, even for a championship gathering. W. .J. Burton, of Hastings, in taking the Hawke’s Buy championship from T. Prichard, of Wanganui, with the splendid average of 48 for the five matches shot, now has the distinction of being the holder of the two principal New Zealand outdoor miniature championships, as he won the North Island championship held at Wanganui last December. A silver cup, awarded this year by the association lor the top women scorer resulted, after keen competition, in Mrs Paul (Hastings) taking top honours. Detailed results are as follow,— MATCH I. —25 Yards. I l '. T. White (scr.), 50 * 11. Symonds (scr.), 50 * *First equal. 11. Brehaut (scr.), T. Tourneau (scr.), H. Gibson (scr.), C. Holt (scr ), W. Birch (scr.), all 49. T. Prichard (scr.), J. Sim (scr.), G. Gordon (2), A. Oliver (1), D. McDonald (1), all 48, were cash prize-takers. Nine gross scores of 48 were counted out. MATCH 11.-50 Yards. T. Prichard (scr.), 50 1 W. J. Burton (scr.), 49 2 C. Holt (scr.), 49 3 H. Brehaut (scr.), 49 . 4 R. Sutton (scr.), J. M. Carmichael (scr.), A. Oliver (scr.), R. Stace (1), T. B. .McDonald (2), T. T. White (scr.), all 48, were prize- takers. Thirteen gross scores of 48 were counted out. MATCH 111. Aggregate of Match 1. and 11. T. Prichard (scr.), 98 ) C. Holt (scr.), 98 « H. Brehaut (scr.), 98 * F. T. White (scr.), 98 4 *Second equal. * W. J. Burton (scr.), W. Birch (1), 11. Gibson (2), L. E. Brathwaite (2), T. Tourneau (1), A. Oliver (1), Major Seeker (17), T. A. Smith (9), all 96, were prize-takers. Six of 96 gross were counted out. Match 1V.—50 Yards. D, McDonald (scr.), 49 1 W. J. Burton (scr.), 49 2 T. Prichard (scr.), 48 3 J. Sim (scr.), W. Birch (scr.), C. Cooksley (3), E, Pederson (.3), A. Oliver (2), E. Burton (3), J. Al. Carmichael (scr.), 11. Gibson (4), G. Brehaut (6), all 48, took prizes. Five scores of 48 counted out. MATCH V.—loo yards. T. Prichard (scr.), 50 1 D. McDonald (scr.), 48 2 W. J. Burton (scr.), 48 3 T. Rosenberg (scr.), 47 4 T. B. McDonald (1), G. Brehaut (2), Miss Newland (2), Mrs Sim (L). R. McCarthy (scr.), Major Seeker (7). L. McDonald (1), all 46, were prize, takers. Eight gross scores of 46 were counted out. MATCH VI. Aggregate of Matches IV. and V. T. Prichard (scr.), 98 1 1). McDonald (scr.), 97 2 W. J. Burton (scr.), 97 3 W. Birch (1), C. Cooksley (8), Major Seeker (15), Mrs Sim (7), L. Tronson (7), G. Brehaut (12), all 94, and 11. Brehaut (11), J. Sim (scr.), both 93, were prize-takers. One 93 was counted out. MATCH VII. Optional Aggregate of Matches IL, TV. and V. . T. Prichard (148) 1 W. J. Burton (146) 2 D. McDonald 112, F. T. White 139, J, Sim 139, and R. Sutton 139 were prize-takers. MATCH VIII.—B Championship Final. Fifteen Top Scratch Scorers in All Matches. W. J. Burton .Hastings) 241 T. Prichard (Wanganui) 239 D. McDonald (Pakowhai) e 237 J. Sim (llaumoana) 234 F. T. White (Hastings) 233 J. M. Carmichael (Hastings) 232 T. Fourneau (Pakowhai) 232 R. Sutton (Pakowhai) 231 C. Holt (Napier) 231 T. Rosenberg (Hastings) 228 •A. Oliver (Haumoana) 228 K. Semmens (Pakowhai) . 227 JI. Brehaut (Hastings) 222 L. Bradley (Napier) 219 T. B. McDonald (Napier Suburban 219 MATCH IX. —Champion Team’s Match Pakowhai . 741 Hastings 7aa Napier 7JC