DOMINION MARKSMEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18662, 19 March 1924, Page 10

DOMINION MARKSMEN.

THE NATIONAL MEETING. SHOOTING AT TRENTHAM. EXCELLENT CONDITIONS. "A DAY OF POSSIBLES." [BT TELEGRAPH. I'EESS ASSOCIATION.] TSENTHAM, Tuesday The National Rifle Association's meeting opened at Trentham to-day. The morning was occupied with , the service matches. After luncheon the men got down to work on the opening match of the service teams' championship. The opening event was seven shots at 300, 500, and 600 yards, and with almost perfect weather the shooting was good, W. H. West, late of Blenheim, who has made several bold bids for the championship, came out top with 102, his scores being 33, 35, and 34. West now shoots with the .Okawa Club. James, an ex-champion, ran him close with 100, compiled thus : —31—34, and two others—Carter (Linton), 3235—33, and Mills (Dunedin), 333433, kept him company. It was in fact, a day of possibles, several being registered besides those just enumerated. The results of the day's shooting were as follows:— ' *- Rapid and Snap Firing. No. 1 Match, 10 shots rapid, 300 yards (possible Captain Simmonds (Wanganui), 38, £3; F. W. Ching (Karori),) 3d, £2. The following each take £1: F. J. Soler (Wanganui), C. M. Moss (Dunedin), each 37; P. Palmer (Patea), M, E. Hester (Wellington), D. J- Anderson (Kaituna), each 36: C. F. Ashley (Auckland), D, F. Keir (Ashburton), each 35; R. J. King (Opaki), H. Head (Kaitaia), John Paterson (Wanganui), S. Elliott (Akarana), E.. F. Sandford (Christchurch), L. G. Loveday (Linton), each 34. The following divide —E. A. Ballinger (Petone), G. Te Whaiti (Tuhirangi), C. A. Deihl (Wairakei), each 33 G. Hood (Opaki), J. F. Thompson (Greytown), C. J. Nix (Feather Lieut. C. Green (Westport), each 32; H. C. Jones (Okawa), 31 D. J. Alabaster (Wellington), J. C. Carter (Linton), each 30., No. 2 Match, snap-shooting, 10 shots, 300 yards (possible 50) Capt. H. Simmonds (Wanganui), 44, £3; R. . H. Nicholl (Petone), 42, £2. The following each take £1; D. Roots (Patea), 41; GHood (Opaki), 40; F. J. Soler (Wanganui), G. Cromie (Rakaia), H. T. Marshall (Karori), each 37; T. Erickson (Kaiapoi), A. H. O'Donnell (Petone), each 36; H. A. Cromie (Rakaia), J Paterson (Wangantr), each 35; Capt. A. Neilson (Napier), 34; H. Frandland (Karori), H. Loveday (Ohura), W. H. Thomas (Linton), each 32. The following divide £s:— Hogmes (Wanganui), 31; E- A. Ballinger (Petone), 30; E. J. Reston (Akarana), 30; D. Calder (Patea), 29; W. M. Holland (Ashburton), L, T. Munro (Wyndham), C. A. Deihl (Wairakei), F. W. Ching (Karori), each 28; J. F. Sunnex (Flaxboume), 27: T. Warburton (Petone), H. Hains (Waihi), F. Clark (Ashburton), each 26. Tiles and Moving Targets No. 3 Match, Tile Competition, five shots at five iron falling plates, 200 yards (possible —V. Jones (Kimbolton), 25, £3. The following take 225, with scores of 20 each:H. R. Hunt (Wellington Suburbs), Sergt. E. T. Haldane (Waipukurau), G. Hood (Opaki), J. L. Christenson (Omana), S. Elliott (Akarana), C. J. Nix (Featherston), R. H. Nicholl (Petone), W. Ogg (Kiwi), G. Te Whaiti (Tuhirangi), Sergt. C. Ashley (Auckland), H. Hains (Waihi). The following divide £8, with scores of 15 each:— F. J. Soler (Wanganui),' W. Hodson (Wanganui), W. Mclver (Petone), G. F. Joblin (Opotiki), J. Te Whaiti (Tuhirangi), D. Rait (Gisborne), Lieut. J. A. Munro (Wyndham), C. J. Hollard (Opotiki), H. T. Marshall (Karori), J. T. Gillan (Dunedin), J. H. Cheeseman (Taumarina), T. Erickson (Kaiapoi), N. W. Wilkie (Upper Hutt), S. Napier (Alfredton), G. Cross - (Hawera), B. Brogan (Te Kuiti), H. Feast (Petone)', Capt. F. Bolton (Opaki), F. W. Ching (Karori), F. Coxhead (Taliora), J. W. Boleyn (Duvauchelles), L. A. Caldwell (Karori), R. Breingan (Gisborne), R. T. Lewis, H. T. Boon (Karori), E. F. Sandford (Christchurch), C. H. Karlson (Dargaville), D. -J. Anderson (Kaituna), T. B. McKinlay (Wakatipu). No. 4 Match, moving figure target, six shots at 200 yards (possible 30).: — H. Moss (Poukino), 26, £3; R. J. King (Opaki), Capt. Simmonds (Wanganui), each 24, 30s. The following 'each take £I:—F. McVickar (Waipukurau), 24; A. McPherson (Tapanui), 23; ,H. Hughes (Wanganui), 21 A. E. Sclioles (Upper Hutt), 21; H.. H. Donald (Opaki), D. F. Keir (Ashburton), each 20; H. Loveday (Ohura), F. J. Soler (Wanganui), each 19. The following divide £9: —Captain Neilson (Napier), E. Russell (Stoke), E. F. Sandford (Christchurch), G. Tewhaiti (Tuhirangi), Lieutenant Munro (Wyndham), each 19; H. Feast (Petone), E. S. King (Wanganui), G. S. Taylor (Karori), A. R. Barker (Linkwater). L. Pask (Linkwater), each 18; W. Hudson (Wanganui); C. J. Nix (Featherston), each 17 H. Boon (Karori), R. Gillick (Kiwi), W. Mclver (Petone), F. Hogg; (Linton), B. Holmes (Wanganui), E. J. Lentfer (Frankton), H. R. Keene (Omana), each 16.

The Highest Aggregates. Service Championship, for . highest aggregate in Matches 1 to 4 (possible 155) Capt. H. Simmonds (Wanganui), 116, £6, gold medal and Kynock Cup; F. J. 'Soler (Wanganui), 108, £4 and silver medal; R. H. Nicholl (Petone), 106, £2 and bronze medal. The following take £1 each: — Hood (Opaki), 101; T. Erickson (Kaiapoi), 94;' F. W. Ching (Karori), 94; E. F. (Christchurch), 93; Capt. "A. Nielson (Napier), 91; Lieut. Munro (Wyndham), 91; C. J. Nix (Featherston), 91; H. T. Marshall (Karori), 88 H. A. Cromie (Rakaia), 86; J. Paterson (Wanganui), 85. Service Teams' Championship. The Service Teams' Championship, which carries with it the possession of the Sir John Logan Campbell Shield for tfte year, was awarded on the scores made in matches 1 to 4by teams of five men. It was won. by the Wanganui Rifle Club (Simmonds, Hudson, King, Hughes, and Soler) with a soore of 416. The Petone Club were runners-up with 370, followed by Opaki. 362; Karori No. 1, 357; Ashburton, 332; Kaiapoi, 322. _ Sixteen teams competed in the opening match, seven shots each, at 200, 600, and 600 yards. The results were:— A Grata.— H. West (Okawa). 102, £5; F. H. James (Napier), 100, £4: J. C. Carter (Linton), 100. £3; W. S. Mills (Kiwi), 100, £2; T. Warburton (Petone), 99, £2. The following take £1 each :~J. Tewhaiti (Tuhiwangi), H. Harris (Christchurch), each 99; T. A. Marrett (New Plymouth), T. Goodall (Wellincton Suburbs), Lieutenant W. Duncan (Westport), P. Munro (Utiku), H. Cuthbertson (Kiwi), H. Reynolds (Christchurch), H. V. Croxton (Karon), Captain H. Simmonds (Wanganui), E. A. Ballinger (Petone), W. Kirk (Tapanui), each 98; F. Hood (Featherston), W. K. Orsborn (Karori), Lieutenant J. Munro (Wyndham), R. E. Hester (Wellington Suburbs) W. J. Green' (Okawa), J. Ball (Kaiapoi), L. G. Lovedav (Linton), Lieutenant A. J., Green (Westport), W. H. Ballinger (Petone), H. R. Hunt (Wellington Suburbs), M. C. Connor (Okawa), each 97. •B Grade.— Frankland (Karori), 99, £2. The following take £1 each;J. O. Feast (Greytown), T. Wliiteinan (Upper Hutt), G. H. Ross (Hawera), each 96; G. H. Taylor (New Plymouth), 95. following divide £S:R. Sneddon (Wellington), G. Pearce (Darpaville), Captain Howard (Opotiki) ea-h 85"; A. Gawaitb (Gladstone). W. J. . Feast", inn. fGrevtown), C. Karlson (Dargaville), C. Doran (Oamaru), W. Hudson (Wancrnnni), each 94; J. Barriston (Greytown), G. Waddington, each 91. Six were counted out. Five tyros, with scores of from 96 down to 93, received £1 each, and ten, from 93 down to 91, received 10b each.