ON THE RANGE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 30 April 1934, Page 2

ON THE RANGE

NELSON DEFENCE RIFLE CLUB R. N. IN WOOD WINS TROPHY On the Wakapuaka range last Saturday the Nelson Dctonee Rifle Club fired a competition over 300, 500 and 000 yards ranges for a trophy generously donated by the Nelson Cash Cycle Company of Bridge street, Nelson. After an interesting competition the winner proved to he Rdlennm lb N. Inwood who shot consistently, his score being 30. 32, 31, hep. 5, total 98 points. The runner-up, Rifleman D. W. Oxnam, another young shot, put up quite a good performance under the conditions which were against high scoring, there being a rapidly changing light in the early stages of tlie competition, but as the afternoon advanced dark clouds completely obscured the sun and made the sighting most difficult. The best scores at 300 yards were:— W. R. Martyn 33, followed by R. Mellet and S. A. Barnett. (33 is the stand, ard for this range). At 500 yards 34’s were scored by J. lb Coote, F. Sharland and IV. Martyn. These three lillemen reached the standard here. At 600 yards where the poorest, shoot, ing of the season was seen nobody reached the standard of 33 points, the best being 31’s by R. N. Inwocd and K. Inwood. The best range total off the rifle was made hv F. IT. Shnrhmd who scored 32. 34. 30 —96. The next best was W. R. Martvn’s 33. 34. 28—95.

A A. KENNTNO WINS HARRIS CUP During the afternoon opportunity was taken to fire off a tie for the handicap aggregate for the 1933-34 season. This took place at 609 yards range where W. A. Kenning defeated F. Shari and and R. N. Imvood. The conditions were: One compulsory sighter and five, shots to count. R. N. Imvood had 2 points handicap and after each h,ad fired his 5 shots the scores were equal and as each man had now to fire shot for shot until two of the three were eliminated, excitement amongst onlookers and competitors was evident. Each man fired his sixth shot—a four — and still they were equal. The seventh shot saw Imvood drop out with a three hut Shariand and Rolling each scored a four. Their eighth and ninth shots were fours and on the tenth shot Sharlaml dropped to a three while Kenning obtained a four and the Harris Cap.

lb MELLETT WINS GLEDHILL

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At 300 yards range R. Mellett, R. N. Tnwood, J. Hunter, and A. Martin fired off for a trophy kindly donated by Mr F. CL GladliiH'. The conditions were one compulsory sighter and five shots with handicap to count. The details of this shoot-off were: —R. Mellett, 5 out 5, 4. 4. 4. 5. hep 2 ; 24. R, N. Imvood 5 out 4,5, 4. 3,5, hep. 2; 23. A. Martin 2 out 4. 2. 5. 3. 3, hop 4; Cl. J. Hunter 2 out 3. 3. 3. 4,3, hep. 3; 19.

Next Saturday there will be a shoot at 3CO yards range for the Shell Case donated by Colonel N. W. 13. B. Thoms. This competition will he fired under service conditions: 7 shots deliberate, 7 shots snapping, 7 shots rapid.

WAIMEA CLUB

The Waimea Defence Club fired a. match between the married and single members on Saturday last. The best scores at 500 yards were Brown 35, Hammond 34, G. J. Robertson 53; at 600 G. J. Robertson 35 and Brown 33. The match was won by the single team by 46 points. Following are the scores: — Single Team

148 221 209 578

The following take trophies in the last series:—S. Wells (off the rifle) 358, Ist; A. Tomlinson (Hep.) 368, 2nd; R. Ilammond \llep.) 368, 3rd.

Details o r score Tl. 300 500 o o Hp. 11. N. Tmvootl 30 32 31 5 98 n. W. Oxnain 29 33 28 7 97 F. IT. Sliarlawl 32 34 30 — 96 .T. 11. Coote 27 34 29 6 96 w . 11. Martyn 33 32 28 — 95 A. Martin 23 26 29 17 95 11. Mel loft 32 ,29 27 6 94 s. A. Barnett 32 33 28 — 93 L. (Tore 30 32 25 8 93 W . A. Kenning 31 29 30 — 90 89 K. Imvorxl 31 9? 31 — E, C. Russell 31 30 28 — 89 V. Burn 21 ■28 29 0 '87 J. Hunter 23 ■'29 26 9 87

300 500 600 Tl. G. J. Robertson 31 33 35 99 I. Brown 28 35 33 96 A. J. Robertson 27 30 30 87 G. Ford 30 27 29 86 R. Hammond 26 34 23 83 S. Walker 23 30 12 65 S. Wells — 30 31 01 c. Campbell — 23 24 47 165 242 217 624

Man ied ' Team 300 500 600 Tl. A. C. Maiscy 3,2 30 28 90 II. Papps 29 25 28 82 V. Wilson 23 29 28 80 E. Bloomfield 25 28 27 80 A. Haycock 22 23 24 69 C. Palmer 17 29 .23 69 J. H. Campbell — 29 25 54 — Average — 28 26 54