RIFLE SHOOTING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 August 1931, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING

NELSON CLUB V! COUNTRY The annual shoot between the Nelson Defence Rille Club and a team drawn from the Nelson Rifle Association from the country clubs took place at BrightWater. Neither side fielded its strongest team owing to various counter attractions ;’ ljut the function was a decided success inasmuch as it provided a representative gathering for the annual riieetitig of the association, winch was field in the evening in .Mr R. Freeman’s room at Brightwater. , : The match commenced at 300 yards with 7 counting shots and 2 sighters, in bright sunlight with a cold penetrating southerly wind which made sighting somewhat difficult owing to the cold wind whipping the eyes of tho competitors. The oountr" men took’the lead by the time the first range was halfway through and held it to the end, increasing their margin as the match wore on, and won with the decisive margin of 28 points. The country team was drawn from Owen River, Korere, Tadmor, Motueka and Waimea clubs, and as the majority are young members they are to be congratulated on the great improvement displayed in the choppy wind; and in heating the more experienced shots of the Nelson 01 üb. This is just what the association had in view when these matches were inaugurated and should give the country clubs a deal of encouragement. The concluding range was 10 shots at 500 yards and copsidering the conditions the country men shot well, averaging, 43.3 per man here, Nelson averaging 41.9. The return match is to he fired at Tapawera on Labour day. The scores are as under:— COMBINED TEAM

300 ■ 500 Total G}. F. Robertson 32 45 77 A. Ray 32 44 76 A. Hughes 30 45 75 G. J. Robertson 31 44 75 A. Moffilt 29 45 74 A. Maisey 29 43 72 Porthouse 27 44 71 Skillen 29 42 71 R. Hammond 27 44 71 Pope 33 37 70 731 NELSON DEFENCE RIFLE CLUB 300 500 Total F. Sharland 32 44 76 W. Martin 33 41 74 F. GJedhill 29 43 7*2 N. Manssen 27 44 71 R. Coote 26 44 70 L. Gore 29 41 70 W. Kenning 30 40 70 E. Russell 28 41 69 R. Norriss 28 40 68 R. Kenning 22 41 63