VOLUNTEERING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11975, 26 May 1902, Page 3

VOLUNTEERING NEWS.

| " AKARANA RIFLE CLUB.' Ox Saturday afternoon the members of the Akarana Rifle Club held a rapidity firing competition at the Avondale rang© for a gold medal presented by Mr. S. Kohn. On account of shooting attractions elsewhere, and the > inclemency of the weather, there was not a very large muster, only 14- members taking part in the competition. In accordance with the conditions the trophy ,was fired for at the 300 yds range, each competitor being allowed one minute in which to discharge as many shots as possible. At the expiration of the time limit the target was promptly turned down, and the value of the hits signalled from the butts. The majority of tho competitors got away a fair number,of shots, and the number of hits recorded to individual marksmen ranged from five to 10. The match, which was the first of its kind fired on the Avondale range, was both interesting and instructive, and as an experiment in the requirements of modern rifle shooting, may be considered very satisfactory. Mr. J. D. Webster was the winner of the competition, with a score of 32 points for nine hits, inclusive of two bull's-eyes, and the trophy becomes his property, .as under the conditions it was to be won outright. Mr. W. J. Phillips, with a total of 30, secured second place. The following are the individual scores: —

. No. of Hits. Score. Mr. J. D. Webster ... 9 32 Mr. W. J. Phillips ... 8 30 Mr. A. G. Cooke ... ... 8 28 Mr. J. F. Atkinson 9 28 Mr. J. Adams ... ... 10 23 Mr. M. Atkinson 8 . 27 Mr. H. Doughty ... ... 9 26 Mr. E. Pollard ... ... 8 24 Mr. E. Buchanan, jun. ... 6. 23 : Mr. A. Henderson 6 23 Mr. O. H. Jenkins 8 21 Mr. E. Buchanan 7 19 A Mr. J. A. Vincent 5 17 Mr. J. G. Buchanan ... 6 17 At the conclusion of the match a sweepstake was fired for at the v same range, five shots and one sighting' shot being allowed. This was Avon by Mr. E. Buchanan, with the score of 23. Messrs. Henderson and Cooke, with 22 each, tied for second place, and in the fire-off Mr. Henderson was successful, and thereby obtained second position. SHOOTING MATCH AT THE THAMES. [by TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENT.] Thames, Saturday. At the Parawai range to-day the Thames"No. 1 Rifles competed in the first of two competitions for a handsome silver cruet presented to the company by Mr. W. McConnell, in which the competitor securing the highest aggregate will be declared the winner. The contest is a handicap one, and to-day's ranges were 300 yds and 500 yds, with 10 shots at each. Sergeant Pearce (at scratch) topped to-day's firing with the fine score of 86 points,. the other highest competitors being: Private Ladner (including,handicap of 9 points), 84-;• Private Sutcliffe (7), 83; Private Causley (scratch), 82; . Sergeant Crosbie (scratch), 80 ; Private Lukey'(6), 80; Private Curtis. (7), 78; Private Cameron (16), 78; Private Newman (4), 77 Private Brown (5), 76.