RIFLE SHOOTING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11045, 31 October 1921, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING

' OLD NAVALS CLUB. SATURDAY’S SHOOTING. i-U The Old Navals fireu their fourtl match at ' the first series on ranges 30 i- and 000 yar<is, at Treutham on Satur ib day. \\ eather conditions wore favour iy able, and a fair muster of members at tended. At 300 yaicl.s one or two goo< ft, shoots wore iecordod. itifteman J. X > it: e, registered a good 4“, starting otf Avith a “magpie” and his fourth shot being ai d ••innoi*.*'’ .Rifleman W. Aston also- sho y, welt at 300 yards, starting off with ai “outer" and his eighth shot an “inner/ 3- Shooting was not so good at 600 yards tt Riflemen Standidge and Goldfinch beinj 33 top with ‘l4. Tile chib also fired a tea.nu mutch for the C. \V. .Martin Challenge v, badges. After an exciting contest Pre ir sidont Franklyn’s team Avon by one poLn > from Rifleman J. Pitt’s tea in. Tin scores of individual and teams shoot ar« d as i'olluAV :

k E. Rees, 44, 35 (6), So; P. Stamdidge 40, 44 (scr.), 84; A. Guise, 4-0, 35 (9) 0 84; Dep.-Pree. R. P.riugle, 43, 32 (8> 0 83; President F. B. Franklyn. 43, 3? (ecr), 82; C. D. McGuire. 40, 27 (15), 82 >) W. Harris, 41, 34 (6), SI; R. McGuire 3) 43, 35 (scr), 78; R. Sneddon, 36, 41 (sor) 77; O. Burdette, 31, 22 (20), 73; V. Power 7 30, 16 (14), 60. li * TEAMS SHOOT. President Franklyn’s team. —President Franklyn 82, Riflemen Aston. 86, Alabaster 81, Carter 80; total 239. Rifleman Pitt's team. —Riflemen Pitt 90, i Goldfinich 85, Evans 7b, Guise 75; total 328. ' Rifleman Staudidge’s team.—Riflemen q Standidge 84, S. R-. McGuire 80, Ei. Reec 79, R. Sneddon 77; total 320. \x Rifleman Conibear’s team. Riflemen „ Conibear 86, R. McGuire 79, J. Moye 76, Dep.-Pres. R. Pringle 75; total 315. e Next Saturday the club will fire the •, fifth match of No. 1 series on ranges 800 and 900 yards; also teams match for '‘Martin Badges." s SUBURBS CLUB. TRENTHAM IN’ A GOOD MOOD. * The Suburbs Defence Rifle Club com- ' pleted their third match in their team's - series at ranges 3CO and 600 yards on the Sommervillo range at on Sat- , urday. The weather Was at its best, , and riflemen spent a pleasant afternoon. The best score for the day was put up . by A. J. Dodd, with 45 at 300 ana 47 at ; 600 yards, with a grand total of 92. The next best shoot was by V. Dawson, with 90. Several scores of 89 were obtained. The best range shoots at 300 yards were made by Swanson (48), Boon "and Hunt (47), Barcham and Smart (46 apiece). At 600 yards Dodd was best with 47, and i Milroy 46. and President Bertram 45 being the next best. The ranges for . next Saturday will be 800 and 900 yards, on Seddon range. , The following were the scores: * SWAVSfVV TWA AT

A. Hqhqgtgoq 33 36 gj *Did mot compete at 600 yards. PETO.NE CLUB. THE THIRD COMPETITION. H, r £ J H,- P i to ? 0 - i ;Dorence , Rifle a - uJ -' fi red ' m T} Ir<l of season's competitions at I rent ham on Saturday, ten shots each and sighter at 300 and 600 yards. The weather was fine, but a variable breeze from 4 o Clock which was inolined to fishtail coupled with a changing light, had the majority of the marksmen in trouble the ground was sodden with the recent rains and the bright sun caused mi racy effects that upset elevation. Under those conditions scoring was mnch below the average, but Rifleman Carter’s 90 was an excellent performance. Some of the younger division also shot very well quite holding their own with the' club’s best. Results:— A DIVISION.

■Baujnjfer. A. S. 46. 37. 83; Ouiney. D. J. 41. 40. 81; Ballinsrer, A. B. 39. 41, 80; XicTio], B. H. 44. 34, 78; Jackson A 40. 37. 77. ' B DIVISION.

S. 35, 22. 57; b'lawe. K. a,., junr. 27, 23, 50. •Spoon -winners. The obovo competition completed the shootinjf for the first series. The trophy winners -were: —A division, J. O. Carter. 269; B -division. W. Wilson. 257; C division. C. H. Mitchell. 23J. The runnersno in the respective divisions were:—T. War-burton 265. A. Weir 238, end 35. Campbell 212. UPPER HUTT CLUB.

< Whiteman, 44, 41 fsor), 8- r >: W. T>p 1lar, w. 18 (25).-'7's: H. Wilkie, 40, 23 (11), 74; K. Lyons. 2Q, 25 (28), 73

KARORI CLUB. RIFLEMAN CROXTON'S FINE SCORE. The weather conditions wore fine on Saturday alternoon, when the Karori Rifle Club tired the second match of its I firet series. A light breeze from the right rear-, varying only slightly between shots and improving as the afternoon wore on, enabled some good range sedtes to be registered. The highest score for the day was put on by Deupty-president H. V. Croxton, followed by Riflemen H. Bulford and G. S. Taylor, the latter a junior shot showing much improvement. There was an attendance of thirty-five members. The following are the detail led scores: —

Other scores were:—G. Bagiev, 26, 38 (20), 84; J. Grove, 41, 33 (6), 83; W. Stanton, 3, 37 (11), 83; R. Varlow, 39, 24 (20), 83; A- Butler, 43, 39 (scr), 82; H. Preston, 41, 1 (10), 82; W. H. Cox, 43. 30 (8), 81; W. I. Clarke, 35, 39 (6), 80; H. Caldwell, 33, 40 (7), 80; F. Shaw, 35 , 35 (10), 80; W. Webb, SO, 41 (8), 79; C. El Morrison, 35. 36 (8), 79; W. Farquhar, 36, 36 (6), 78; H. Russell. 32, 21 (15), 78; T. Cox, 21. 37 (20), 78; Pres. H. Marshall, 88. 3S (sor), 76; J. Burne, 43, 33 (scr), 76; Deputy President W. Judd, 36, 39 (sor), 75; J. Fraser, 40, 29 (5), 74; P. Randall, 6, 28 (9), 73; A, N. Mulhame, 22, 31 (18), 71; R. Randall. SS, 28 (ecr), 66; P. Allardyce, 23, 19 (20), 62. TEAMS MATCHES. The following are the results of the teams matches:—A. Butler’s team, 428; Deputy President V. Judd’s team, 420; Deputy President H. V. Croxton’e team, 420; J. C. Low's team, 410; H. Budford’s team, 402; President H. Marshall’s team. 393. The following are the leading points to date for the Dewar Imperial Cup:— Riflemen F. Ching, 5, P. 'll. Randall 4, W. H. Cox 3, F. Shaw 2, W. Stanton 1, Deputy President M. V. Croxton 5, Riflemen H. Bulford 4, G. S. Taylor 3, J. C. Low 2, E. Daniel 1. i PARAPARAUMU CLUB. TROPHY COMPETITION. The Paraparaumu Rifle Club fired their second match at ranges 500 and 600 yards for Mr Mlaclean’s trophy, under fair weather conditions, a variable wind running from 3 to 8 right, spoiling some promising scores. Following aje the principal scores for Mr Maclean's trophy:—

(13i), 921; !•'. Cordukes 39. 37 (141), 901; E. W- sggery 43, 33 (Hi), 891; H. Weggery 28. 36 (201), 841; H. Maclean 39, 33 (100, 821; D. Howell 30, 28 (22i>, 80J; W. Howell 30, 29 (101), 691; P. Howell 25, 20 (221),. 671: J. Beckett 17, 18 (221), 571. The following are leading for Mr A. Robinson's trophy for the best aggregate off the rifle: —D. T.yneh 168, S. G. Batten 166, C. Dowsett 165, E. Weggery 161. HAUTKRJB CETJB. Recently members of the Hautera Rifle Club completed the shoot for Messrs R. J. Hagans and "Anonymous" trophies The weather conditions proved anything but good, the wind playing havoc with some of the riflemen, several of them not being able to get a score on the target at 6CO yards. The ranges were 200. 300. 500. and 600 yards, and the following were the highest scorers (handicaps within parenthesis):—Riflemen' P• Best, 28, 30, 39, 29 (7), 123; A. Beauchamp, 33, 30, 33, 21 (6). 123; C. Strom, 32, 29. -32. 24 (5), 122: J. Jones, 30, 29. 32, 119: P. Taylor, 30. 26, 29. 17 (17), 119. The club regrets having received Rifleman I>. B. Mackeroey's resignation, as lie has been a most painstaking and energetic secretary. Rifleman A. Thomson has hecn elected secretary in his place, with. Rifleman G. Hayward as assistant. KING'S PRIZE AT MELBOURNE. Bv Telegranh—TVw Assn—Copyright. MEEBOTTRJOT, October 29. The King’s Prize wae won by W. Keyto (Brunswick CLub) with 338 points. ,

500 yds 600 yds Hp. TI a Rflmn, J. Pitt M 45 sc — 9 Rflmn. H. Goldfinch 41 44 4 — 8> c Rflrun. D. J. A’laba&tar 41 40 8 — S< Rfimn. S. R. AIcGuir© ... 39 41 9 — S< Riimn. O. Carter 4a 38 9 — 8< Rflt’ui. C. i;a\vt<m 35 41 13 — 8 BAeuzi. .7. -Evans 44 34 10 — S Rflmn.. W. J. Conibear 44 42 sc — S Rflmn. W. Aston 46 -40 so — 8( Rflmn. J. Aloye 40 36 10 — & i Dep.*Pres. J. Alexander 33 36 18 — 8

is YV AJN bl. *\ XiiAM. A- J. J)odd 300 600 yds yds Tl. 45 47—92 V. Swanson . 48 42—90 C. iti-iroy . 43 46—89 W. A. Isaac 41 39—80 A. W. Boniface .... 40 38—78 £T. A. Snelluicr .... . 43 35—78 Cadet Aiken . 32 16 —48 Cadet Williamson . 29 16—45 boon TEAAl. Pres. J. 31. Bertram 44 45—89 H. T. Boon 42—89 VV. J. H. Haase .... 41—82 J. M. Neal 39—80 38—80 29—71 Cadet Hislop *Cadet Or all am .... *J. Bodley ; TURNER TEAM. J. Smart 41—87 P. Barcham 40—86 41—82 40—82 W. G. Fellinjrliam 40—79 38—77 H. McX/oiighlin. .... Cadet Bertram .... 33—74 33—72 16—58 *JV Boyle *Cadet Bydder «... HUNT TEAM. 24*4 pa L. .Lewis ; rfi* B. Dunn ..-j T. Ooodall OA oT R. B. Hester 39 01 Cadet. I. 'Jones 28—70

300 600 Carter, J. C. # 47 43 — 90 Warburton. T. W 38 43 — 89 Byan, W. .. 44 43 — 87 Jackson, VV. M 45 42 — 87 Other scores:—Barkle, R. C. 43, 40. 83;

Weir A * 43 39 — *83 Wilson, .W ; 43 ' 37 — 80 Knisrht, S ... 38 39 — 78 Mason, D. l' % 43 35 — 78 Flaws, E. E. 37, 37 — 71 C DIVISION. Thompson, E.* — 43 40—86 Diddle, B 38 12 — 81 Mitchell. C. H 41 36 — 80 Campbell, E 11 Other soores: —Williams. F. 35 — 76 T. 42. 30. 72: Mockridgre. R. 30, 85, 65; Marshmont, fi 35. 22. 57: Flaws. R. E.. iu

Following are shooting, the r yards:— F. _Yviiileruan the details of Saturdays a ages being 300 and. 600 „ 300 600 yda yd» Hep. Tl. F. A. Whiteman -J3 36 7 — 86 H MoGi 1! K. Wilkie

Dep -Pres. Croxton 300 yds 46 600 yds -H cp- Tl. 46 sc — 92 Rflran. H.. Bulford 45 43 sc 88 Rflinm. G-. S. Taylor ... 3040 9 — 68 I-uflran. .1. C. I/O iv 46 41 ec — 87 Rflimi. IS. W. Da.niel ... 42 35 30 — 87 Rfimn. Ii. V. "White 37 37 13 — 87 Eflmn. T. Payne 41. 44 so — 86 Bflmn. F. Ohing 43 43 ec — 96 Rfiran. A. Ca»l<hvell 44 42 sc — 86 Rfimn. .T. W. Dayman ... 44 40 2 — 86 Bflmn. TV. N. Matthews 38 38 10 — 83 Rfimn. L. J. Dippsett ... 3d 31 20 — 86

D. Lynch 500 600 yds.\vds. . 48 44 Hp. Tl. 12} 104} S. JGr. Batten : 45 41 15} 101} Vice-Pres. Dowsott . .. 38 35 14} 97} O. J. Lynch .. 41 37 17} 95} Other scores were —R. Maclean 41, 38