NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10708, 6 March 1911, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING.

CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. (Per Press Association ) Trentham Rifle Range, March 4 To-day was a steady business da\ at Trentham, the Auckland Matcli (500 and 600 jards), 500 jards of the Nelson Match, included in tho belt competition, and the Snap Shooting Match, being got off The wind and ttea.tb.ei yaned baffhngly, and while Some good shooting was effected, many of the cracks cracked up Luck had as much to do with the scoring as skill The whole of the seventy-five taigefe were m use at both- ranges At 500 yards Ha> (Karon) made the possible, Mauley 49, Penny and Watt 48 each Nicholls (Dunedm) made remarkable shooting at this lange, getting nme. centrals out of ten shots One shot (tbe second last) \ias a miss, the bullet having evidently been deflected, from the taiget bj the wind At- 600 yarcTs Cressuell (Taumauna) made the possible, but Penny, with 49 added to his previous 48, came in the winnei A?t the 500 yatds of the Nelson Match, ten shots, there was some fairly good shooting Drummond (Westport) put up the possible Patnck (Auckland) scored 49, and Caldwell (Karon), Swanson (Rua- | hiue), Pearce (Sandon), Fisher (Stoke), and Evans (Taranaki) each scoied 48 ' Forty-sevens- . were numerous; -The' match -nil] be resumed v on Mondaj The following are the principle winners AUCKLAND MATCH-, 500 and 600 yards, ten shots. Pennj Haj (Kaiori), £4 ' .. 94 L Loveday: (Wobdville), £4 93* H Moss (fcluff), £3 . 93 Manlej (Oamaiu), £3 . 93 Cresswell (Taumauna), £3 92 Fiank (Nelson),-£2 * . 92 Watt (Westport), £2 92 \llen (Wanganui), £2 91 Ncedham (Linton),, £2 91 teams enfcjied from the nfle clubs foi tho Colonial Ammunition Company's Shield, which decides the champion club of New Zealand The teams; are composed of five iepresentatives each «

The following are the leaders in the Tientham Aggicgate ; ' IVnn\ (Sandon), £5 186 Veclliara (Linton), £4 135 Fiank (Nelson), £4 183 Hay (Kaion), £3 183 Ciaw (Linton), £3 j 182 Lo\eda> (Woodville), £3 'IBO At the cbnclusioh of the 500 yards of the Nelson' Match the first of the Scivice Matches, 7 shots at'3oo jards" was taken. !&i this' match the- tai-geb, which is a head and shoulders with, an 8-inch bull's-eye, invisible to the firer, is exhibited seven times at irregular intervals for four seconds A hit counts 5 points The shooting good, the weather not havings much effect at tins i.inge A large number scored seven bits, Keohan (Port Ghalmers) getting six bull's-e>es The following are tho pimcipil pi ixe-w mners Keen ui £5 (6 bulls) . . 3p Nelson (Cinteibuiv), £4 (5 bulls) 35 Wilkie (lippei Hntt),.£2 13s 4d (4 . bulls') . , , - 35 V.oo'K (Vuokland), £2 13s 4d *i (4 bnl's) ~->,< 35 C(.ie\ mouth"), £2 13s 4d (4- « bulls) „ 35 The iollowing receive £1 12s eacft Crlo\ei (Okato), 35, with three bulk, Smith (Geialdine), 35, with three bulls, MTntosh (Waitohi), 35, with three bulk, Broad (Gcnldine), 35 with tlnee bulk, Thompson (Sounds), 35, with three bulk V numbei won £1 and smallei sums