RIFLE SHOOTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21600, 22 March 1932, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING

TIMARU DEFENCE CLUB. On Saturday afternoon the Tiraaru Defence Rifle Club fired the final match of the championship, the H. Pateman Match, 10 shots at 800 yards and 10 at 900 yards, to be added to the championship scores. The day was fine with a fairly strong mirage from the sea, and the shooting was good, though some of the closeup marksman had mishaps which altered their positions in the championship. At 800 yards Rifleman W. Bradshaw, who was third in the championship, scored the possible. Riflemen M. and J. Healy (father and sou) scored 49 each. At 900 yards Vice-president W. E. Jones, Riflemen M. Healy and C. Paine each got 47, which were the highest.

The Pateman Match was won by Rifleman M. Healy with 96, counting out Rifleman W, Bradshaw. Bradshaw received the second prize. Vice-president W. E. Jones was third with 95. The championship was the chief attraction of the day. W. E. Jones, who was in the lead at the start of the match, finished with 48 and 47—95, making him 1062 and the winner. Rifleman C. Blackwood, who had been running second, was six points ahead of Rifleman W. Bradshaw, but at 800 yards Bradshaw scored the possible and Blackwood got 47, this giving Blackwood a lead of only three points. At 900 yards Blackwood fired first and made 43. Bradshaw had to make 46 to tie with him for second place, which he did, and second place will have to be shot off. Mr Duncan, president of the club, read out the positions of the championship at the conclusion of the shoot, and congratulated the winner, Vicepresident W. E. Jones. Mr Jones suitably replied. He said he had won the championship some six times and this was the hardest one he had had to face. The following are the day’s scores: — H. PATEMAN MATCH.

DUNEDIN DEFENCE CLUB. The Dunedin Defence Rifle Club shot the second stage of a competition counting for the club’s championship and Murray Trophy on Saturday afternoon. There was an attendance of 19, and seven shots (one optional sighter) each were fired at 300, 600, and 600 yards. Weather conditions were fine, but a glaring light and choppy breeze were difficult to contend with. Several good scores were registered, notably by Rifleman J. M'Knight (31 at 300 yards), Rifleman A. Dippie (34 at 500 yards), and Rifleman W. Harty (41 at 600 yards). Rifleman O. G. Miller headed the day’s aggregate with 92. The following are the highest scores:—

WEST TAIERI DEFENCE CLUB. On Saturday the members of the West Taieri Defence Rifle Club fired the sixth competition for the Championship Cup. There w r as a bad light and a tricky wind that made shooting difficult; nevertheless some good scores were registered. Top score at 300 yards was made by Rifleman W. Foster with 33, Riflemen D. G. Wyllie and L. Bell being next with 31 each. The light improved at the 500 yards range and the shooting was higher, the leading cards being those of Rifleman D. Park (34), Deputy President H. W. Brookes (34), President A. T. Graham (34), and Riflemen W. Foster, L. Bell, and R. Campbell (33 each). At the 600 yards, Rifleman V. B. Walker scored 33, President A. T. Graham 33, Rifleman L. Bell 33, Rifleman R. Campbell 33, and Rifleman W. Foster 32. This shoot was also the final one counting for the Handicap Cup presented by the Octagon Sports Depot, and Rifleman D. G. Wyllie proved to be the ■winner by three points from Rifleman R. Campbell. The following are the scores and aggregates:—

KAITANGATA DEFENCE CLUB. The Kaitangata Defence Rifle Club fired the final stage of the third competition for the Lee Cup on Saturday. The afternoon was fine, but a very bright light with a fishtail breeze most of the afternoon made shooting conditions rather tricky at times. At 300 yards J. H. Frazer, with a good 34, was top scorer. J. Mackie (32) and W. Oliver (31) also shot well. At 500 yards, R. M'Crostie and J. H. Frazer each scored 33, closely followed by W. Crowe and M. Brown with 32. Aggregates for the cup show some alterations. W. Crowe, a first-year shot, is leading with 389, J. H. Frazer (387), J. Mackie, E. Espie (384), W. Oliver (383), R. M'Crostie (382), and T. Frazer (381) being the most prominent of the rest. J. H. Frazer increased his lead in the championship, being now nine points ahead of R. M'Crostie, with two three-range matches to fire. Both Frazer and M'Crostie are in a position to equal or beat the previous aggregate, which stands at 752. The ladies fired the fourth round of their Cup Match with the following result: —Mrs Clarkson, 65 —1—66; Miss Carson, 642 —66; Miss Blackie. 63 —3 —66; Mrs Scott, 62—4—66; Miss Garrey, 61— 5—66; Mrs M'Crostie. 57 —9 —66; Miss Hughes, 58 —8 —66; Miss Bloxham, 58 — 7 —65. This being the last of the sevenshot matches, the two highest of which count for the cup, the position now’ is:— Mrs Clarkson and Mrs M'Crpstie, each 134; Mrs Scott, Miss Carson, Miss Blackie, Miss Garrey, Mrs Coniter, and Miss Hughes, all 133; Miss Bloxham, 132. The following are the men’s scores

KIWI DEFENCE CLUB. ' The members of the Kiwi Defence Rifle Club fired the second competition of No. 5 Match (seven shots and one optional sighter at 300, 500, and 600 yards) on Saturday afternoon. There was a good attendance of members, and some good scores were made. Conditions generally were good, although a tricky wind was disconcerting at times and required watching. Rifleman R. Gillick was top scorer on the target with 101 (34, 34, 33) —a splendid performance. The third and final competition will be fired after Easter. Following are the scores, with handicaps;— A Grade.

800 900 yds. yds, . 49 47 1 , Tl. — 96 , 50 46 — 96 W. E. Jones 48 48 47 46 — 95 — 94 , 46 47 — 93 W. Malcolm . 47 46 — 93 J. Healy C. Blackwood , J. Hull .. , 49 , 47 , 47 . 47 42 43 43 42 — 91 — 90 — 90 ~ 89 F. Chittock .. .. . 43 , 44 45 43 — 88 — 87 . 45 42 — 87 , 42 43 — 85 . 42 41 — 83 M. Johnston .. . . 43 . 42 40 38 — 83 — 80 . 29 44 J. Dunnill 44 29 — 73 CHAMPIONSHIP PINAL. Vice-president W. E. Rfm. C. Blackwood Rfm. W. Bradshaw Rfm. M. Healy .. . Jones 1062 1048 1048 1031 1022 Second Vice-president Rfm. W. Malcolm .. President W. Duncan Rfm. J. Hull C. Johnson 1021 1020 1017 1015 1005 998 997 996 994 Rfm. C. Mathicson 990 990 Rfm. M. Johnston .. Rfm. J. Dunnill .. . . Rfm. J. Healy .. .. 975 966 886

300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Rfm. 0. G. Miller .. 30 33 29 — 92 Rfm. G. H. Smith .. 29 32 29 — 90 Rfm. W. A. Graham . 30 29 30 — 89 Rfm. J. L. Benfell . 26 31 28 — 85 Rfm. R. A. Mackie .. 28 29 28 — 85 Rfm. A. W. Cooper . 30 28 27 — 85 Rfm. R. G. Graham . 25 32 27 — 84 Rfm. A. Dippie .. .. 24 34 26 — 84 Rfm. J. M'Kniftht .. 31 27 26 — 84 Rfm. J. Kay 27 27 28 — 82 Rfm. H. Potter .. ,. 28 27 27 — 82 Rfm W. Harty .. .. 24 26 31 — 81 Lieut. V. B. Stagpoole 28 28 25 — 81 Rfm. D. M'Lennan .. 29 26 24 — 79 Pres. W. Bannerman 18 28 30 — 76

300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Efm. W. Foster .. .. 33 33 32 — 98 Rfm. R, Campbell .. 30 33 33 — 96 Rfm. L. Bell 31 32 33 — 96 Pres. A. T. Graham . 26 34 33 — 93 Rfm. D. G. Wyllie .. 31 31 31 — 93 D.-pres. H. W. Brookes 29 34 29 — 92 Rfm. A. Fraser .. .. 29 31 31 — 91 Rfm. V. B. Walker . 27 30 33 — 90 Rfm. L. Hushes . .. 28 32 29 — 89 Rfm. W. L. Cuttance 27 30 31 — 88 Rfm. F. Hill 30 30 28 — 88 Rfm. J. E. Dow .... 27 29 30 — 86 Rfm. H. Fraser .. .. 25 29 30 — 84 Rfm. B. Duff 26 31 23 — 80 Handicap Cup. Rfm. D. G. Wyllie .. 1455 Rfm. R. Campbell Rfm. L. Hughes . 1452 1444 Rfm. B. Duff .. . 1440

(limit 67): — 300 500 yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Rfm. J. H. Frazer .. 34 33 67 Rfm. J. Mackie .. .. 32 29 5 — 60 Rfm. W. Crowe .. .. 30 32 2 — 04 Rfm. R. M'Crostie .. 30 33 63 Rfm. T. Frazer .. .. 30 30 3 — 63 Pres. M. Brown .. .. 24 32 6 — 62 Rfm. W. Oliver .. .. 31 26 3 — 60 Rfm. E. Espie .. .. 29 28 2 — 59

The competition resulted as under:1st. 2nd. 3rd Hp. Tl. J. H. Frazer .. — 66 67 133 W. Crowe — 63 62 4 — 129 E. Espie .. .. 61 60 8 — 129 M. Brown . .. 59 59 — 11 — 129 R. M'Crostie . 63 65 — — 128 J. Mackie . .. — 57 61 10 — 128 T. Frazer .... — 60 60 6 — 126

300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Hp, , Tl. Rfm. R. Gillick .. 34 34 33 — —101 D.-pres. F. Clayton 31 34 31 — — 96 Rfm. N. Jones . .. 34 31 29 — — 94 Rfm. R. Johnston . 31 33 28 — — 92 Rfm. R. Fennessey 31 28 29 4 — 92 Rfm. T. Jones . .. 32 30 24 6 — 92 Rfm. W. Mills . .. 30 32 29 — — 91 Rfm. D. Parsons .. 31 31 29 — — 91 Rfm. H. Tattersfield 17 34 32 4 — 87 Rfm. H. Stinson .. 27 25 31 4 — 87 Rfm. H. Whitehead 25 30 31 — — 86 Pres. R. Bruce .. 29 32 21 3 — 85