RIFLE SHOOTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21244, 27 January 1931, Page 4

RIFLE SHOOTING.

TIMARU DEFENCE CLUB. W. E. JONES WINS THE GABITIES CUP. On Saturday afternoon the Timaru Defence Rifle Club held its twelfth weekly shoot on the club range. The day was fine, with a stiff wind off the sea. The attendance was much smaller than usual owing to the harvest having started; There were only 31 riflemen present, but some very good shooting was registered. The ranges for the day were seven shots at 300yds. 500yds, and 600yds. The big attraction for the day was the late Colonel Gabities Cup, which was to go to the rifleman with the highest score off the rifle. This was won by Vice-president W. E. Jones with the very fine score of 99 off the rifle, with Rifleman G. Carmichael second with another fine shoot” of 96. Jones’s score was the highest put on for the season. He came back to 600yds with 67 out of 70. He started at 600yds with two 4’s for sighters. Throwing them out he then got a 3 for first business, but got the bull’s-eye with his second shot, and kept there till the fifth shot. He now required two bulls to make his century, but he was unfortunate in getting a 4 for his sixth shot, and finished with a bull, making him 99. His boards read at 300yds, 4555445, 32; 500yds 5555555, 35; 600yds, 3555545, 32; total 99. There were some others who did some very good shooting at 500yds. They were G. Carmichael’s! Board 5545555. 34; W. Bradshaw, 5555545. 34; H. Hopkins, 5655455, 34. The trophy for the day was won bv Vice-president W. E. Jones with 100, Rifleman C. Mathieson was second with 99, and Rifleman P. Fodan third with 97. Rifleman C. Mathieson is only a boy, and his shoot was a magnificent one. He was going for 34 at 600yds. He required a bull for his last shot to win the match by two points, but the strain seemed rather much for him, and he got an outer, losing the match by one point. Vice-president W. E. Jones was the winner of the gold rifle for the day. The following are the present positions of the championship;—

The following are the positions of the M'Glashan Aggregate:—C. Blackwood, 1006, W. Bradshaw 988. W. E. Jones 980, G. Carmichael 976, W. Duncan 967, J. Hull 961, P. Foden 938, G. Lamborn 932, W. Malcolm 931. ,The following are the Ardmore Cup positions:—A. Agnew 371, C. Blackwood 368, W. Duncan 366, W. Malcolm 364, W. Finlay 362, J. Dunnill 362, C. Carmichael 359, A. Duncan 359. The following are the scores with handicaps for the trophy competition:—

The following are leading in the bull’s eye competition:—C. Blackwood 88, 9 97; W. Bradshaw 82, 13—95; G. Carmichael 73, 12 —85; W. B. Jones 07. 16— 83; W. Duncan 66. 8 —74; A. Agnew 65, 9—74; J. Hull 61, 8—69; W. Malcolm 60, 9—69. DUNEDIN DEFENCE CLUB. The Dunedin Defence Rifle Club shot a competition counting for the club’s championship and the Murray Trophy on Saturday afternoon. There was an attendance of 25, and 10 shots (two optional sighters) each were fired at 300 and 500 yards. Weather conditions were favourable, but a front breeze and bright light made it necessary for the riflemen to be careful. Several scores were registered. At 300 yards Rifleman R. A. Mackie and H. Potter each scored 48, the former taking .pride of place on the count back. At 500 yards Rifleman W. A. Graham was top with 49, and headed the day’s aggregate with 94. Bisley targets were used at 500 yards. The following are the highest scores:—

KAITANGATA RIFLE CLUB. The Kaitangata Defence Rifle Club fired the final stage of the Lee Cup first competition on Saturday. The afternoon was fine with a good light, and a light breeze slightly fish-tailing from the rear, which changed late in the afternoon to a strong left wind, some scores suffering as a result of the change. Rifleman J. Frazer, with 34, was top scorer at 500 yards, D. Anderson (32) being next; while at 600 yards W. Anderson and President M. Brown, with 32 each, were best, being closely followed by four others with 31 each. Next Saturday the second competition will be commenced with seven shots, two optional sighters at 300 and 500 yards. Following are the scores (limit 65): 500 600

Rifleman R. Kitto also shot. The leaders in the competition, with a tie to be shot off between J. H. Frazer and D. Anderson, are as follow:

i > First 1 Stage. Second Stage, i Third Stage. Hdcp. i Total.

C. Blackwood W. Bradshaw W. E. Jones G-. Carmichael .. M 625 W. Duncan .. .. , .. ►. 619 J. Hull ' A. Agnew ,, .. W. Malcolm .. .. P. Chittock .. ,.

300 500 600 W. E. Jones . yds. yds. yds. Hen. Ttl. 32 35 32 1 100 C. Mathieson .. 31 31 31 6 99 P. Foden .. . 32 32 30 3 97 G. Carmichael .. 30 34 32 scr 90 C. Lamborn , 30 31 32 3 96 C. Johnson 31 31 30 4 96 95 Wi Bradshaw 28 34 32 1 A. Agnew 29 30 30 6 95 J. Toneycliffe . 26 26 28 15 95 H. Hopkins .. 28 34 31 1 94 W. Duncan 30 31 31 1 93 P. Chittock . 29 29 31 4 93 J. Reid .. 29 29 20 15 93 C. Blackwood .. 32 31 29 scr 92 H. M'Kenzie .. 28 31 29 4 92 W. R. Grant . 28 30 29 5 92 G. Marra 28 28 30 6 92 J. Stevenson . 28 26 31 6 91 H. M'Kenzie 29 27 29 6 91 W. Wood 23 32 21 15 91 J. Hull .. .. 32 28 30 scr 90 W. Malcolm .. 26 32 30 2 00 W. Finlay 26 29 27 8 90 A. Duncan 29 29 27 3 88 #. Dunnill 29 28 26 4 87 A. Finlay 29 27 21 8 85 R. Parker 19 28 27 11 85 F. Black .. 25 25 28 6 84 L. Murray .. 18 I. A. Blackwood28 26 26 32 15 7 13 83 82 J. Finch .. .. 26 17 25 6 73 The following are the highest scores for the Gabities Cup:— 300 500 600 Ttl. W. E. Jones .. 32 35 32 99 6. Carmichael .. 30 34 32 96 W. Bradshaw .. 28 34 32 94 P. Foden .. .. 32 32 30 94 G. Lamborn .. 30 31 32 98 H. Hopkins .. .. 28 34 31 93 C. Mathieson .. 31 31 31 93 W. Duncan ., .. 30 31 31 92 C. Johnson .. .. 31 31 30 92 C. Blackwood .. 32 31 29 92 J. Hull .. 32 28 30 90

300yds. 500yds. Tl. Rflmn. W. A. Graham 35 49 — 94 Rflmn. A. Dippie .. .. 46 45 91 Rflmn. A. W. Cooper .. 47 43 — 90 Rflmn. R. A. Mackie .. 48 42 — 90 Rflmn. 0. G. Miller .. 43 46 — 89 Rflmn. J. L. Benfell .. .44 43 — 87 Rflmn. H. Potter .. 48 39 — 87 Dep.-pres. J. T. Gillan 42 44 — 86 Rflmn. H. A. Edmonds 43 43 — 86 Rflmn. R. J. M'Gill .. 42 43 85 Rflmn. H. M. Miller .. 43 42 — 85 Rflmn. J. M'Knight .. 43 42 85 Rflmn. M J. Lister .. 38 46 84 Rflmn. W. Harty .. 42 42 84 Rflmn. A. G. Parker .. 41 42 83 Rflmn. C. E. Tourelle .. 43 39 82 Rflmn. J. Pemberton .. 38 41 79 Rflmn. H. Lorden 40 39 — 79

yds. yds. Hp. Tl. llflmn. J. H. Frazer 34 31 — 65 Pres. M. Brown 31 32 2 — 65 llflmn. 1). Anderson 32 31 2 — 65 llflmn. R, M'Crostie 31 31 3 — 65 llflmn. R. Thomson .. 31 27 7 — 65 Rflmn. W. An detson 25 32 8 — 65 llflmn. E. Espie 28 29 8 — 65 Rflmn. G. Frazer 30 27 7 — 64 llflmn. W. Oliver 29 31 3 — 63 D.-pres . W. D. Carson 30 29 3 — 62 Rflmn. T. Frazer 27 27 3 — 57

Rflmn. J. H. Frazer 66 — 65 — 131 Rflnin. D. Anderson 62 — 63 6 131 Rflmn. W. Oliver 66 61 3 130 Pres. M. Brown .. — 64 63 2 129 Dep.-pres. W. D. Carson 62 62 5 129 Rflmn. R. Thomson 58 — 58 13 129 Rflm. W. Anderson — 51 57 21 129 Rflmn, E. Espie .. — 61 57 21 129 Rflmn. G. Frazer .. 57 — 57 13 127 Rflmn. R. M'Crostie — 57 62 7 126