RIFLE SHOOTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21198, 2 December 1930, Page 7

RIFLE SHOOTING.

DUNEDIN DEFENCE CLUB. The Dunedin Defence Rifle Club abot the first competition for prizes presented by President G. C. Proudfoot on Saturday afternoon. There were 24 competitors, and seven shots (one optional sighter), each were fired at 300, 500, and 600 yards. Conditions were favourable and some good scores were registered. At 300 yards Deputy-president J. T. Gillan was highest with 33. At 600 yards Rifleman J. M‘Knight was top with 33, Rifleman A. Dippie was highest at 600 yards with S 4. He also headed the day’s aggregate with 96. The following are the highest scores:— 300 500 600

yds. yds. yds. Hp. Tl, Rflmn. A. Dippie .. 31 31 34 Rfltnn. O. G. Miller 31 32 32 Dep.-Pres. J, T.

Gillan 33 32 29 Rflmn. J, M'Knight 27 33 32 2 94 Rflmn. J, Pemberton 32 31 29 2 94 Rflmn. H. Lorden .. 30 29 32 3 94 Rflmn. W, Harty .. 28 31 32 2 93 Rflmn. J. L. Benfell 31 29 32 Rflmn. W. A. Graham .... 32 30 30 Rflmn. J. Bain . • 28 31 32 Rflmn, V. B. Stagpoole 26 32 23 6 90 Rflmn. S. J. Dodd 29 27 27 7 90 Rflmn. W. Facer 27 30 30 2 89 Rflmn. C. J. Cadman 27 30 25 7 89 Rflmn. H. Potter 29 30 29 Rflmn. C. M. Moss 30 29 29 Rflmn. R, J. M‘Gill 29 31 28 Rflmn. R. A Mackie 29 -28 28 Rflmn A. W. Cooper 28 30 25 TIMARU DEFENCE CLUB. _ The Timaru Defence Rifle Club held its sixth weekly shoot on the club range at Scarborough on Saturday afternoon. There were 32 riflemen competing. The match was: Seven shots at 300, 500, and 600 yard ranges. The day was good, but the light favoured some, while others seemeef to be in trouble with it owing to the mirage. Riflemen W. Bradshaw and C. Blackwood each registered a nossible at 500 yards. Riflemen C. Carmichael provided the surprise packet of the day by scoring 98 oS the rifle, being three points ahead of the next man. His 600 yards score was the best of the day at that range. The match of the day was won by Rifleman A. Duncan, one of the young shots of the club. His score was 94 o£ the rifle, and nine of a handicap, making him 103. 6. Carmichael was second with 101, and G. Johnson was third with 100; The Gold Rifle was won by Rifleman G. Carmichael with G. Blackwood runner-up. W. Bradshaw still holds his position in the lead for the championship. G. Carmichael came up from seventh place to third. C. Blackwood and H. Hopkins still hold second and fourth places respectively. The Ardmore Cup Handicap saw a big change. L. Smith went back from first to ninth, Bradshaw came up to the front from second, while A. Duncan came from eighth to second. C. Blackwood has come up to'the leading position in the bull’s eye competition. Bradshaw still holds his position in the M'Glashan Aggregate, with C. Blackwood only one point behind him.

The following are the leading 10 men in the M'Glashan Aggregate:—W. Bradshaw 362—95-r-457, C. Blackwood 361 — 95—456, G, Carmichael 355—98—453, J. Hull 361 — H. Hopkins 354—91 445, W. E. Jones 364—87—441, P. Foden 346—90—436, W. Duncan 344—89—433, C. Johnson 337—93—130, W. Malcolm 333—95—428.

The following are the scores for the trophies:—

300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Hp. Tl. A. Duncan .. .. 32 31 31 0 103 G. Carmichael .. 32 34 32 3 101 C. Johnson .. .. 32 32 29 7 100 G. Lamborn .. .. 30 32 29 8 99 L. Murrar .. .. 26 29 30 13 98

W. Malcolm .... 32 31 32 2 97 W. Bradshaw .. 30 35 30 2 97 A. Agnew .. .. 20 33 32 6 97 C. Blackwood . j 29 35 31 1 96 J. Finch 29 31 29 6 95 W. Grant .... 32 30 27 6 95 J. Dunnill .... 32 31 23 9 95 R. Parker .. .. 26 28 28 12 94 W. Duncan .... 30 30 29 4 93 H. Hopkins .... 29 31 31 1 92 P. Foden .. .. 28 32 -30 2 92 W. Finlay • • .. 25 28 29 10 92 P. Black .... 27 28 28 9 92

N, Dunnill .. .. 26 30 29 6 91 W. E. Jones .. .. 28 31 28 2 89 L. Smith .. .. 29 27 29 3 83 J, Hull .. .. 29- 30 27 1 87 C. Mathieson .. 27 30 23 ,7 87 I. A. Blackwood .. 24 24 26 11 85 J. Mundy .. 26 18 30 10 84 L. Dunnill .. .. 26 26 20 11 83 P. Watkins .. .. 10 27 25 12 83

W. Wood .. .. 26 31 14 11 82 M, O'Connor .. .. 28 17 22 15 82 J., Reid ~-V. v 19 24 25 12 80 R. Mathieson .. 19 17 18 15 69 R. Guthrie .. .. 17 17 18 14 66

The following are leading for the championship:—W. Bradshaw 96—95—191, C. Blackwood 93—95—188, G. Carmicnael 87—98—185, H. Honkins 91—91—182, W. Malcolm 86—95 —181, L. Smith 93—85 178, A. Duncan 83—94—177, C. Johnson 84—93—177, A. Agnew 86—91—177, J. Finch 88—89—177. ‘

The following are the positions of the Ardmore Cup Handicap Bradshaw 98—97—195, A. Duncan 91—103—194, J. Pinch 96—95—191, 6. Carmichael 89 — 101—190, C. Blackwood 94—96—190. The following are the bulls-eye Competition positions:—C. Blackwood 31, W. Bradshaw 28, G. Carmichael 26, W, Malcolm 22, A. Agnew 21, H. Hopkins 21, J. Finch 20. C. Johnson 19, Len Smith 19. KAITANGATA DEFENCE CLUB. The Kaitangata Defence Club fired the third stage of the Cook Gup Competition on Saturday. Although the day was fine, the shooting was not brilliant, the light not being clear. The top score was only 42 at 300 yards, while at 500 yards one 46, a> 45, and a' 44 were the For the competition J. H. Frazer is now in the lead with 179, 6. Frazer 178, and M. Brown 177 being next. The following were the leading scores (limit 92); — 300 500 yds. yds.Hp. TI. Eflmn G. Frazer .. .. 41 43 8 92i Hfimn. R. Thompson .. 39 40 12 91 Pres. M. Brown .. .. 39 45 4 88 Rflmn. J. H. Frazer . • 41 46 Rflmn. T. Frazer .. 39 43 4 86 Rflmn. R. M'Crostie .. 42 40 4 86 Rflmn. W. Oliver .. 30 44 4 78 Deputy-president W. D. Carson, Rifleman W. Anderson, and D. Renton also shot.

KIWI DEFENCE CLUB. On Saturday the above club fired the first competition o£ No. 2 match over 300, 500, and 600 yards (seven shots and one optional sighter). The weather conditions were ideal, and some excellent scores were registered. The first possible of the season was secured by Rifleman N. Jones at 500 yards—a brilliant effort for a lad. Although counting for the match, this shoot does not count for the championship or the bull’s-eye competition. The following are the scores, with handicaps; A Grade, 300 500 600 , yds. yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Efm. N. Jones .. 30 35 33 98 Rfm. J. Borrie .. 33 30 31 498 Rfm. R. Johnston 30 34 32 96 Rfm. C. M'Keich 31 32 31 94 Pres. F. Silvius .. 33 31 30 94 V.-Pres. J. Rigby 30 32 31 1— 94 Efm. H. Stinson.. 28 32 30 393 Rfm. W. Crimp .. 29 33 27 493 Rfm. P. Fennessy 27 32 30 392 Rfm, W. Mills .. 31 29 30 90 Rfm. W. M’Keich 32 30 26 —>— 88 Efm. W. Cog .... 29 31 27 1— 88 Rfm. F. Clayton.. 30 31 28 87

B Grade. , Rfm. H. Whitehead 28 34 31 93 Rfm, L. Ogg .... 28 32 30 303 Rfm. A. Warburton 29 28 29 793 Rfm. J. Frew .. 28 31 28 592 Rfm. J. Harding 25 32 31 88 Rfm. R. Bowie .. 27 28 27 486 Rfm. F, Webster 29 22 30 586 Rfmj. Dick .... 25 23 28 10 —B6 Rfm. J. M'Kinlay 23 32 24 483 Rfm. M'Grath .. 23 29 20 10 —B2 Rfm. Carroll ~ 25 32 12 10 —7O GOODWOOD DEFENCE CLUB.

The Goodwood Defence Rifle Club fired the second day of a three-day competition on Saturday. The conditions were seven shots at 300 and 600 yards. Weather conditions were very patchy, the.firet men down at each range having good conditions, but light rain, with very dull light and strong wind, were the lot of the last men at 300 yards. Conditions were even worse at the conclusion of the 600 yards range, the last men shooting in a downpour, which made the targets almost invisible. The following are the scores: