RIFLE SHOOTING

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11693, 4 December 1923, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING

FETONE RIFLE CLUB. SECOND COMPETITION: SECOND SERIES. The second competition, second series, was fired at Trentham on Saturday, the ranges being 800 andi 1000 yards. The conditions were very trying, the wind varying from about thirteen degrees right, to six left. At 800 yards H. Feist put on a clever 46 and TJ- Warburton 44; at 1000 yards A. Weir put on a good 44, commencing with a magpie and also finishing with one, his other hits being well in the centre; D. Guiney and W H. Ballinger scored 41 caoh. A. Weir was top scorer for the day and win 6 the A spoon, W. Body the B, and R. Mockridge thq C spoon. The following are the scores

*Re tired. The leading aggregates in this series are:—W Body, 167; R. E. Flaws, 164; W. H. Ballinger, A. Weir, and A. Scott, 161. The ranges next Saturday are 500 and 600 yards.

800 yds 39 1000 yds. Hp U 1 Tl. — 81 — 83 — 82 Dep.-Pree. Warburton 44 41 30 SC Pros. W. H. Ballinger F. Kershaw W. Body R. Mocicridg© ... L. McCarthy R. E. Flaw© B. H. Nicholl A. Scott A. Ballinger 39 38 31 31 29 39 31 22 38 41 31 31 32 37 29 40 37 30 19 23 19 23 11 32 34 sc 11 11 13 0 sc 11 sc — 80 — 80 — 79 — 79 — 75 — 75 — 71 — 70 — 68 E. Ballinger JDep.-Prc®. E. Hicks ... S. Knight J. Bivers B. Askew W. Molver J. Scott 42 3527 39 25 5 41 sc 9 11 sc 7 6C — 65 — 69 — 61 — 53 — 64 — 39