RIFLE SHOOTING
NELSON DEFENCE RIFLE .CLim
The club held its official opening yesterday, for prize money, over .ranges 500 .and 500 vards. The weather conditions being very favourable, some good scores were registered. Rifleman N. Manssen secured "the possible at 500 yards, and Rifleman Mitehener at 600 yards. The
followiner are the scores : — : 500 600 hp. Tl: Rflm. Mrtchener (15s) 34. 35 —' 69 Rflm. N. Manseen (12/6) 35 33 — 68 Rflm. Anst-ice (10s) 34 33 — .67 Hflm. Heafh (7s) 33 : 30 4 67 Rflm. Holland (7s) 32 29 6 '67 Rflm. Fear (5s) 31 29 7 67 Rflm. Ryan (5s) 29 28 10 67 Rflm. Curiiow (5s) 32 32 1 65 Rflm. Busch (2/6) 31 27 7 65 Rflm. Barltrop (2/6) 25 31 9 65 Rflm. Kitching. (2/6) 31 24 10 65Rflm. Hunter 30 30 4 64 Rflm. W; Kenning 33 29 1 63 Rflm. Glide-well-30 31 2 63 Rflm. J. Sharland 34 26 3 ' •63 Rflm. Sampson 27 27 9 63' Rflm. Lukin 30 24 9 63 Rflm. Fisher : 31. 30 1 62 Rflm. Samuel 23 34 5 62 Rflm. R. Kenning 31 25 6 62 Rflm. J.' Manssen 32 27 2 ■61 Rflm. Day 29 28 —.' 57 Rflm. Kershaw 25 23 9 57 Rflm. McLean 22 21 14 57 Thl 3 was followed by a sw -cepstake at 600 yards, Rifleman Mitchen er again se- 1 curing first.- place with 34, and Riflemen j Glklewcll. Cuvnow. Holland, and .LiUKin takim r monev in. the order l lamed, wiih 33 each.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 27 October 1914, Page 7
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