RIFLE SHOOTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21530, 30 December 1931, Page 4

RIFLE SHOOTING

NORTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIP RIFLEMAN C. J. NIX THE WINNER (Per United Press Association.) WANGANUI, December 29. The North Island Rifle Shooting Championship meeting was concluded on the Putiki range to-day. There was a steady cross wind, but the conditions were good. Rifleman C. J. Nix (Featherston Club) won the North Island championship with a score of 333. Rifleman H. W. least (Greytown) took second place with 001, and was closely followed by Rifleman • N. M‘Vicar (Waipukurau) with a score of 330. For the qualifying aggregate the two first-named held score sheets showing totals of 286, Rifleman M'Vicar having a 282. Captain H. Sunmonds (Auckland City Club) returned a score sheet ot 2»y, but was displaced when he scored 46 in the final shoot, to Rifleman M Vicar a 48. who thus rose to third place. Exceptional shooting was seen in tlie Teams’ Match, won by Petone No. IT earn, the members of which were W.M Vicar, O. Donnell, 11. H. Nicholl, J. C. Carter, and E. A. Ballinger. The possible tor each man was 105, and Petone No. 1 rose from the mound with an average M 97.6. In the Manawatu Match, at 500 yards, two tvros, J. Sim (Okawa) and R. Stuart (Cheltenham), put on the possible, while R. Rook (New Plymouth), another tyro, was only one point behind to fill third Pl ßi°ficman H. C. Percy (Alfredton) won the tyro aggregate with a score of 275. Rifleman C. J. Nix, winner of the championship, won the Marybank aggregate.