FEILDING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 244, 12 September 1933, Page 4

FEILDING

MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB. . Over the week-end the Feilding Model Airplane Club held a contest with the Palmerston North Hornet Aero Club, the local boys winning with an aggregate flying time of 75mins. 49 1-osecs. against 54mins. 17 3-3 sec. hy the visitors! The individual times were as follow:

Feilding.—A. Hobday, 14min. 16 2-6 sec.; D. Stringer, 11.2 .4-5; B. Hobday, 10.52; P. Silcox, 10.7 4-5; M. AAmite, senr., 9.19 3-5; M. AVliite, junr.. 7.1 2-6; C. Mitchell, 6.42 2-5; A. Thurston, 6.26 4-5. Palmerston North. —E. Howe, 7.50 2-5; K. Mason, 7,31 1-5; W. Belts, 7.22 3-5; D. Battle, 6.41 2-5; H. Parker, 6.41; D. Edwards, 5.22 1-5; C. Fowler, 5.12 2-5; R. Morgan, 4.4; R. Harris, 3.32 2-5. A seven-aside relay resulted in Feilding defeating Palmerston North by llmin. 6sec. to smin. 18sec. It is interesting to note that the flight achieved by the model ’plane sent aloft by A. Hobday some few months back has been acknowledged as a record by the New Zealand Model Aeroplane Association. The flight lasted just over 18 minutes.

PING PONG. In a match between the Makino Ping Pong Club and the Feilding Methodist Club at Makino, the home club defeated the visitors by 33 games to 31. . .. Makino players are mentioned first in the following details:—L. Sandbrook beat J. Jeffs, C. Wilkinson, N. White, G. Rowe, G. Darragli, E. Darragh, C. Fisher, lost to E. White; M. Laing beat Jeffs, Wilkinson, White, Rowe, R. Darragh, G. Darragh, Fisher, lost to White; R. Humphrey beat Wilkinson, N. White, G. Darragh, Rowe, White, Jeffs, Wilkinson, G. Darragh; D. Mitchell beat Fisher, R. Darragh, Rowe, N. White, lost to White, Jeffs, Wilkinson, G. Darragh; R. Peterson beat R. Darragh, Rowe, N. White, lost to Fisher, Darragh, White, Jeffs, ■ Wilkinson; S. Mayne beat N. White, Rowe, lost to G. Darragh, R. Darragh, Wilkinson, Jeffs, White, Fisher; D. Humphrey beat Jeffs, lost to White, N. White, G. Darragh, R. Darragh, Fisher, Rowe, Wilkinson. GOLF CLUB. Further competitions being conducted by the Feilding Golf Club resulted as follow: Brown Cup.—J. Graham defeated L. Ewen, R. L. Harding defeated E. Fair, L. J. Carmine defeated K. G. Salmond, J. Campbell defeated H. S. Hewetson, W. Seifert defeated W. McCorkindale, E. H. McGruer defeated L. F. Gray.

Saunders Cup.-—A. M. Bush defeated G. Phillips. The medal match played by the Feilding Ladies’ Golf Club last week resulted in Mrs R. L. Harding, 86 — 11—75. winning the silver grade and Miss Ellerm, 104—28 —76, the bronze grade. RIFLE SHOOTING. The Cheltenham Rifle Club fired for ft club trophy on Saturday afternoon over the 500 and 600 yards ranges. The match resulted in a win for H. McFarlane, who counted out P. Churcher. Detailed scores are as under:—H. McFarlane, 31—33—3—65; P. Churcher, 34 —30—1—65; S. C. Sandbrook, 31—33—scr—64; J. Osborne, 31 —30 — 3—64; M. Cummings, 38—28—8—64 ; S. Mayhew, 31—32—scr—63; J. C. Williamson, 30-31—2—63; R. Taylor, 28—27 —8 —63; S. Barrow, 32 —30 —scr -—62 : H. Buchanan, 31 —30—scr—61 ; V. Barrow, 31—30—scr—61: G. “Pilcher, 30—29—2—61; R. E. Stuart. 32 —26—2—60; E. Buchanan, 32—25 —3 —6O; F. Booking, 25—26—6—57; R. Bickers, 20—21—8—49; F. Whitehead, 19 —29—scr —48. Next Saturday’s shoot will be over ranges of 300 and 500 yards. NOTES: Rev. D. J. Davies, of St. Peter’s Church, Terrace End, was the speaker at to-day’s luncheon of the Feilding Civic Club, his address being on the

life and works of John Ruskin. The Feilding Agricultural High School resumed to-day for the final term of the year. The annual Feilding district convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union opens in Feilding to-mor-row.- The district president, Mrs H. Patterson, will preside while a welcome will be extended to the delegates by the Mayoress of Feilding, Mrs C. E. Taylor. The principal speaker will be Miss C. E. Kirk, of Wellington.