WITH THE RIFLE.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2670, 2 May 1925, Page 7

WITH THE RIFLE.

N.RA Meeting At Treatliam

CAPTAIN SIMMONDS WINS AGGREGATE. [Per Press Association.] TRENTHAM, Last Night. The National Rifle Association has made a good start with the championship meeting. In spite of a short working day, due to the lateness of the season and made worse by the fading light in the afternoon, which interrupted the opening match on the bulls-eye targets, the whole of the series was disposed of, with the result that Captain Simmonds emerged the winner of the championship by a good margin, although he did not annex any individual match. Last year, he won Nos. 1 and 2, and carried off the championship with an aggregate of 116. The runner-up, Nlcholi, was third last year, with 106, and Soler, who was runner-up a year ago with 108. fell back to-day to fifth place, the leader’s scores lu the service series wore good, but the majority of the competitors found the pace rather too much for them. A fairly fresh breeze at times affected the men, but elevation appeared to bo the principal trouble. , ... After lunch, a start was made with the B scries; two ranges (200 and 300 yards) of the opening match, which docs not count for the belt, being taken. The falling light, just after four o’clooki, caused a cessation /ot shooting, the third range on 600 yards, being held over till the morning. The wind in the early stages was moderate, generally from the left, but displaying the propensity to “fishtail” and licking occasionally round to the right, the variation ranging over an are of about five degrees. Bright sunshine alternated with a shadow- of heavy (massing clouds, but .these changes did not trouble the marksmen, some very good scores being recorded. Simmonds (Wanganui) and Turnbull (New Plymouth) got on possibles at 300 yards. A tyro made 35 and 34, and there aie many very close to 70, but the tyro, whose identity could not be traced, as cards were not all In pending the completion of the match in the moining, should bo able to hold his own. Boon (Karori) and Munro (Wyndham) made the possibles at 800 yards and have good totals on. Dense clouds overhang the camp to-night, and there is more than a hint of rain in the air. The optimists, however, were hopeful that to-morrow will be as fine as to-day. The programme will be seven shots at 600 yards to complete the opening match, the Marlborough match, ten shots each at 300 and 500 yards, and the first stage (ten shots at 300 yards) ot the Auckland match. Service championship (aggregate of scores ii\ matches 1,2, 3 and 4) £lO, gold medal and Kynoch Cup, Captain H. Simmonds (Wanganui) 109. £6 and silver medal. R. H. Nicholl (Pc.tonc), 1.03. £4 and bronze medal, S. McNabb (Dannovirke], 101. £2, A. Devore (Akarana) 98, Lt. i<. Soler (Marton) 96, J. Ball (Kaiapoi) 95, The following take £1 each: Captain P. Bolton (Masterton) 94, A. V. Swanson (Karori) 93, H. A. Cromie (Ashburton] 93, C. M. Moss (Dunedin] 93, P. Jack (Christchurch Railwav) 92, E. F. Sandford (Christchurch) 91, H. W. Feast (Greytown) 91, H. T. Boon [Karori) 90, S-M. M. L. Frank (Permanent Staff) 90, P. C. Hamilton (Wanganui] 89, L. Hare (Wellington Old Navals) 88, J. Bryden (Kaiapoi) 87, W. K. Williams (Ohura) 85. L. Pask (Linkwater) 85. Champion service teams match, for teams of five men, counting scores in matches 1,2, 3 and 4: £8 and Lcigan Campbell Shield, (Wanganui No. 1.) 392; £5 (Opaki] v■;o; £3, [Petono) 366; £2 (Karori No. 1) 363; £2 (Akarana), 354.

Prize list No. 1 service series. No. 1 match .ten shots, 300 yards (possible 50): L. V. J. L. Christensen (Omana) 46, £2 ,10/-; F. R. Chapman (Wairoa) 41, £2 10/-; Captain F. Bolton (Masteriou) 41 £2 10/The following take £1 each: Lieut. F. J. C. Solcr (Marton) 40: C. M. Moss (Dunedin) 40; A. G. Devore (Akarana) 40, P. Jack (Christchurch Railways) 40, W. K. Williams (Ohura) 39, A. G. Robertson (Hawora) 39. .1. Bryden (Kaiapoi) 39, S-M H. L. Frank (Permanent Staff) 38, R H Nicholl (Potone) 38. Thirtyeight others, with scores down to 30, were in the prize list. No 2 match, snap shooting, disc target, 300 yards (possible 50); L. V. J. Scott (Potone) 44, £3; H. W. Feast (Greytown) 39, 26/-; P. Hamilton (Wanganui) 37, 26/-; Captain Simnionds (Wanganui) 37, 26/-; J. Ball (Kaiapoi) 37, The following take £1 each: S. Eliott 36, E. Russell (Nelson) 36, Cpl. F. A. Hiscock (Royal Marines) (H.M.S, Philomel) 34. Thirty-seven others, with scores down to 26, were in the prize list. No. 3 match, tile shooting competition, five shots at 200 yards (possible 25); O. M. Ching (Karori) 25. £3 10/-: J. C. Feast (Greytown) 25, £3 10/-. The following, with scores of 20, take 17/6 each; R. H.- Nicholl (Petone). J. Blackburn (To Kuitl), H. Wansbrough (Wanganui), L. Hare (Wellington Old Navals), H, Boon Karori), W. J. Green (Okawa). Lt. F. Soler (Marton), M. Davis (Kinohaku). C. Clark (Auckland). H, W. Feast (Greytown), Captain Bolton (Masterton), D. McKenzie (Opaki), J. Corncs (Waihi), M. P. Chapman (Wairoa), K. Feary (Takara), A. Powell (Akarana), T. On- (Greytown) Forty-throe others ,all with scores of 15, divide £2O.

No. 4 match, moving figure target, six shots at 200 yards (possible 301: J. McKelvie (Scots College cadets Wellington), 26, £4; L. Hitchcock (Takaka) 25, £2 JO/-; W. Mclver (Petone), 25, £2 10/-. The following take £1 each: C. Page (Linton) 24, W. Kells (Linton) 22, P. Whiteman (Upper Hutt) ,22, ;A. Swanson (Karori), L. Benton (Featherston), A. Soper (Tuamarina), P. Hogg (New Plymouth), R. H. Nicholl (Petone), .1. Ball (Kaiapoi), H. Cromie (Ashburton) all 21. Forty-two others, with scores down to 16, divide £l6.