ON THE RANGE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 3 May 1938, Page 3

ON THE RANGE

NELSON DEFENCE RIFLE CLUB RIFLEMAN P. C. COOTE TOP SCORES The Nelson Defence Rifle Club rei sumed its programme on Saturday with ; a shoot over 800 and 900 yards ranges. The trophies competed for were the Wastney Cup, Telescope Trophy, Snodgrass and Sons’ Trophy and Mr F. G. j Gledhill's Trophy. A fairly strong south-west wind was troublesome at times but some good scores were registered in spite of this. The light was extremely bad owing to the lateness in the season and consequently sighting was very difficult. Top scorer for the day was Rifleman P. C. Coote who scored 49 and 47, a brilliant effort for this young competitor. The veteran marksman F. G. Gledhill also scored 49 and 47 but was counted out by Rifleman Coote. P. C. Coote takes the leg-in for Messrs Snodgrass and Sons Trophy and secures , 5 points for the Wastney Cup. Others! who take points for the Wastney Cup are, F. G. Gledhill, C. G. Batchelor, R. N. Inwood and R. Mellett. Next Saturday, 7th May, a competition will be fired over 500 and 600 yards for the same trophies. The leaders for the Wastney Cup are: | R. Catley 16 points, P. Coote 10. W. Mitchener and W. Kenning 9, F. Gled-! hill 8. H. Day 7, C. G. Batchelor 6, K. Inwood and P. S. McLaren 5. A visitor to the range this week was R. Taylor, of Waipukurau, who scored 46 and 42. a creditable performance for his first shoot.

DEFENCE MINIATURE CLUB The Nelson Defence Miniature Rifle Club opened the 1938 season last Thursday night with a seven shot match to be followed by a match between teams selected by the president and vicepresident. Good scores in the first shoot were made by R. Coote, R. Inwood and H. Day who scored 67 each. The teams’ match resulted in a win for the vicepresident’s team by nine points. Next Thursday night will be the first shoot for the May trophy. Scores.—R. Coote 67, R. N. Inwood 67, H. Day 67, K. Inwood 66, R. Catley 64, G. Henry 64, J. K. Douglas 63, P. C. Coote 63, O. Day 62, N. Walker 62. P. S. McLaren 60, R. Taylor 59, K. Pogmore 55, R. Connolly 54. A. E. Field 52. N. Burrell 44. I. Nock 42, T. Montgomery 41. TEAMS MATCH Vice-president’s team—H. Day 66. D. Day 66. R. Catley 66, G. Henry 66. P. McLaren 66. K. Pogmore 63: total. 393. President's team.—K. Inwood 67. R. Coote 67, P. Coote 67, R. Inwood 64. R. Taylor 64. I. Nock 55; total, 384.

800 900 Hd. Ttl. P. C. Coote 49 47 — 96 F. G. Gledhill .... 49 47 — 96 C. G. Batchelor 44 43 8 95 R. N. Inwood .... 44 44 6 94 R. Mellett 43 44 7 94 R. Catley 45 47 — 92 N. Manssen 47 45 — 92 N. Gill 39 42 10 91 W. A. Kenning .... 45 45 — 90 K. Inwod 41 44 4 89 W. Mitchener .... 42 39 7 88 H. G. Day 41 37 — 78 P. I\ Burn 39 25 9 73