SHOOTING COMPETITIONS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2714, 21 March 1906, Page 36

SHOOTING COMPETITIONS.

'-, GOLDFIELDS CHALLENGE SHIELD ...'.. COMPETITION. ;•'% fifth annual Goldfields Challenge ■ ;ST ld , competition was held at Cromwell on barturday, March 17, and resulted in a win for -*,*"•«' Cromwell Eifies after a very closely con.tested match. The weather was perlect — in fact, too bright for good shooting, and at the I 600 yards range a very tricky cross wind gave Cthe shooters some trouble, so that the scores ! were not high. The finish proved very exciting, as the Queenstown team maintained a lead until almost the last. • Captain M'Kenzie I was range officer, and got the match oS with- : out * hitch. Private "Ward (C.E.V.), as chief j scorer, carried out his duties in an efficient . and painstaking manner. The conditions of - -the match were: — Seven men aside, and seven shots at each range, with two optional .- sighters. The scores were as follow : — ~s ~- Cromwell Eifles.

300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Tl. : Sergeant Cahill .. „, 29 32 25 —88 Thomas .... 26 29 29 —84 j 1 Lieutenant Tidey .« .. 28 31 23 —82 - -Lieutenant Jolly ..27 29 25 —81 - Private Varcoe .... 30 30 21 —81 - Private Olds 24 28 26 — 78 - Private Betts .. .. 23 26 26 —75 '•;- , - 187 205 175 567 Queenstown Rifles. t Lieutenant Re]d .... 32 27 29 —88 I" Private "W. M'Kenzie ..32 31 23 — S6 G. M'Kenzie ..27 32 26 — 85 :r: r Private J. M'Kenzie « 25 31 27 —83 .private H. M'Kenzie ...29 29 23 — 81 ;;tiimce T corp]. A. M'Lean.* 27 24 19 —70 Boyne ».. ..25 25 19 —69 "f ~ \ ~ ' 197 199 166 562 : "Wakatipu Mounted Rifles. -Private J. S. Jenkins.. 28 27 27 —82 -.-Sergeant White .... 26 31 25 —82 /liieut. J. T. M'Bride „27 30 24 — 81 -.Private Allan ....„♦ 25 26 28 — 79 cPri^ate Aspinall „. i, 29 26 22 —77 J Q.M.S. Jenkins .... 19 28 29 — 76 "Private A. E. Smith ..23 23 24 — 70 177 191 179 547 Alexandra Rifles. "Sergeant Phillips ..24 29 28 — 81 - Lance-corpl. Campbell „29 23 25 —77 -' Private Brown . . « 23 27 26 —76 '- Lance-corpl. Forrest „25 28 23—76 Churchill .... 25 29 21 —75 Sergeant Farquharson „28 22 22 —72 ' Jergeant M'Pherson ..25 23 18 —66 179 181 163 523 *- ' Range Prizes. — 300 yd s: Lieutenant Reid " (Queenstown), 32; counted out, Private W. H'Kenzie (Queenstown). 500 yds: Sergeant 4, {Tahill (Crom-well), 32; counted out. Private -"^Kenzie (Queenstown). 600 yds: Q.M.S. Jen,rins (W.M.R.), 29; counted out, Lieutenant • Reid (Queens-town) and Sergeant Thomas | \ {CromTrell). Highest aggregate: Lieutenant .-Reid (Queenstown), 88. : - Goldfields Challenge Shield Competitions. Points. 1 1902.— Cromwell Rifles 610 ' 1903.— Cromwell Rifles 549 ; ; 'i9o4.— Queenstown Rifles 530 "1905. — Cromwell Rifles .. ... .. .. 577 - 1906.— Cromwell Rifles «. .. ».• .. 567 '•■: '.' ; GREEN ISLAND RIFLES. /-, The Green Island Rifles fired the first comVpetition on Saturday for Messrs Stewajt -Dawson's oup and prizes presented by Mr A. "R/ Barclay, M.H.R., and others. Conditions: shots and one optional sighter at 300 and •^'600 "yards. The following are the highest -scores: — : • 300 600 -" ' yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Private Alexander „• 38 40 7— 85 " Private W. J. Crimp ..42 42 84 , "Sergeant Miller .. „ 34 41 5— 80 Lieutenant M'Lean ..32 41 5— 78 Private Leece .... 39 38 77 -Corporal Crimp .. ,-. 42 34 76 ,Xance-corpl. Geddes .. 32 40 '2