RIFLE SHOOTING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 81, 4 March 1935, Page 2

RIFLE SHOOTING

CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. Per Press Association. TRENTHAAI, Alarch 2. The short range matches in . the championship belt series for the King s Prize were fired at the National Rifle Association meeting at Trentham this morning. A steady left wind blew across the range, but the light was good. First place in the Canterbury match, ten rounds at 300 yards, was filled by A. A. Ford (Invercargill) with 49. He receives £5. Three others dropped only one point, these beinrj F. H. James (Napier), L. E. Braithwaite (Okawa) and C. J. Nix (Featherston). James and Braithwaite took £3 10s each and Nix £3. Four others took £2. Hie B grade section was won by AV. N. Kummer (Opaki) with 48. AVanganui maintained its reputation for service shooting, that club’s A«o. 1 team repeating last year’s success by winning the champion service teams match. The members of the team were F. J. Soler, C. H. Gower, J. E. Farley and I. L. Ford, who had a grand aggregate of 541 in their service matches. The three first-mentioned marksmen were in the champion team last year. The Auckland city team was second with 533. The winner of the Otago match, ten rounds at 300yds, was AV. Johnson (Featherston), with 49, who takes £5. J. H. Thompson (AA 7 oodville) was sec " ond, his share of the prize money being £4.

DIFFICULT CONDITIONS

NO FULL SCORES.

Per Press Association. AA T ELLINGTON, Alarch 3. Difficult shooting conditions were experienced at Trentham yesterday, when the competitors at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association made a start with the championship belt series of matches. Two one range matches, each at 300 vards, were fired in a frontal fishtail wind blowing from the south-east, and with a dull light and a quickly-changing mirage sighting on the small tin hat target was not by any means easy. The fact that not one full score was returned is sufficient proof that the weather was tricky. Alnst of the low scores could be attributed to loss of elevation, rather than to wind changes. Four marksmen dropped one point only in the first match of the championship series, the Canterbury match. Thev we-e A. A. Ford (Invercargill), F. H. James (Napier). L. E. Braithwaite (Okawa) and C. J. Nix (Eeatherston). Ford, however, had the best finish and took the first prize. James and Braithwaite had. identical figures and divided the second and third prize money equally between them. Nix baa to be* content'with fourth place. Fortysixes were counted out of the prize money. „ , AV. N. Ivummer (Opaki) finished first in the B grade with 48 and be received £3. Second and third places were filled bv C. B. Benton (Okato) and D. Lundv (Bulls), each with 48. They received £2 each. . AV 7 . Norris (AVhangarei) was the winner of the B tirade with 48. With the same score, VV. AtcChesney (Invercargill) and J. H. Croxton (Karori) finished second and third respectively. The Dawson Shield and the Islington Cup go to the AVanganui team as the winners of the rapid fire match and the tile competition respectively. The members of the winning team were F J Soler. C. H. Gower. J. E. Farley and 1. L. Ford, with a comb-ned ascregate of 541, out of a possible of 560. The” three first-mentioned marksmen were in the champion team last year. The Auckland City team was second with 533, and Opaki No. 1 third with 514.

District competitors scored as follows: —Canterbury match, A grade; A V Barrow (Cheltenham!, R- E. Stuart (Cheltenham') and J. H. Thompson (Woodville). 47 points. £1 each. B grade; S. R. Barrow (Cheltenham), 45 points, 10s. Otago match. B grade : S. R. Barrow, 45 points, £l. In the miniature rifle events the results included the following ; No 1 match (50 yards).— T. Prichard (Bulls), 95 points, ss. No. 2 match (50 yards): T. Prichard. 97 'points, 10s. No. 3 match (100 yards); T. Prichard, 93 points, 7s 6d. Championship aggregate : T. Prichard, 381 points, 10s.