RIFLE SHOOTING

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12094, 23 March 1925, Page 11

RIFLE SHOOTING

SUBURBS CLUB.* The Suburb* Defence Rifle Club fired a championship shoot over the 800 and 900 yards on Saturday last. Some very fine scores were put up, despite a tricky rear wind, varying at times from dead •in to 14 degrees right. Deputy-president H. R. Hunt came out of his shell again and compiled a very nice 93 off the gun, putting on 45 at 800 and 48 at 900 yards, the latter including a three. Rifleman Aston also did exceedingly well with 85, including 44 at the longer range. With one shoot to go the five leading men arp: RlflemAn A. Harris 609, Dep.-presidont Hunt &95, Rifleman Goodall 578, A. Sherbrooke ,569, Dep.-president J. Smart 566. Next Saturday the final shoot in the third series will be fired over the 500 and 600 yards ranges. Saturday's details are as follow: 800 900

KAHORI CliTO. On. Saturday the Karon. Defence Rifle Club fired its annual musketry classification. competition, under service conditions. The conditions of the various ■practices "were as follow First, 6 shots e-rouping at 100yds; second, 5 shots up-j plication at 200yds; third. 10 shots rapid j •it 200yds; fourth, 8 Bhote snapshooting at tOOyds; fifth. 5 shots application at 500 yds. Total possible number of points, 120. , I The standard.of shooting was of a very* ■high order ana some excellent 6Coreff (irexe roistered, over 70 per cent, of the jsnembers qualifying as first-olasa markstnen ' The sopre made by Deputy-Presi-Ment H. V. Croxton was a particularly Rood effort, being only 10 points short ofKhe possible total aggregate. Another feature of the day’s shooting was. the exjteUent score made by .Rifleman, Et y•{ lUepson; one of the club's. jumox ffoots.j who only commenced shooting with the J>lub this season. His sopre on Saturday jyas the second beet for. the olub and was Bq points above the Standard of qualifications for first-class marksmen. * Details of the scores are as follow:

VICTORIA KING’S PRIZE. By Telegraph.—Frees Assn.—Copyright. MELBOURNE, March 21. The King's prise of the Victorian Rifle. Association wa« Won by H M. 'Nate, a Sonth Australian, with a score of 338.

Dep.-Pres. H.. R. Hunt E Aston A. Sherbrooke T. Goodall * K. B. Craighead Dep.-Pres. Smart ...... Pres. Fellingham ...... B, Mottram .., A Henderson yds 45 41 41 si 42 42 36 43 43 yds '48 44 42 36 35 38 37 39 29 25 H'p. T1. 4 — 97 9 — 94 4 — 87 8 — 87 14-86 5 — 85 3 — 82 6 — 81 9 — 81 22 38 6 — 66 S f 5 . MoLean F. W. Thompson * 32 24 17 31 24 34 2 — 65 12 — 60 5 — 56 A. P. Kash 19 7 24 — 50

fe[. V. Croxton ... a)«) <3) (1) (5) T ld 25 19 31 15 17 25 13 27 15 15 95l 94! 25 13 28 9 14 H. Prankland 20 19 21 12 16 81 S>. Bobartson 20 18 82 6 17 25 16 20 12 9 91 0. 31. diing ......... 20 18 28 9 u 89 20 16 25 9 16 86 20 17 27 9 13 96 20 i» .21 12 13 85 ® Randall 19 12 29 15 16 84 W. A. Staart 10 18 21 15 6 68 W. Stanton 15 12 19 6 12 61 ii. McGill 20 15 12 9 19 63 Next Saturday the match, at 500 and €80 yarc it will fire a