LAND & WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3987, 12 August 1930, Page 51

LAND & WATER.

OCEAN YACHT RACE. J 4 ’ 1 OIMARA TO BE STRENGTHENED. MELBOURNE, August 5. Although, the committee of the St. Hilda Club will not give its support to f the proposed yacht race across the Tas- f man, Mr Bennell, who issued the chailenge, states that the race will be held. £ The yacht Oimara will be strengthened j for the ocean trip. fc 2 1 DOMINION YACHT TO COMPETE. p MELBOURNE, August 5. Mr F. J. Bennell has received a cable- j gram from Mr Stacey, a New Zealander, -j accepting the challenge to a yacht race ( across the Tasman. J 1 . p CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING. . “ 1 1 NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP. j CHRISTCHURCH. August 5. - The twenty-ninth sweepstake clay pigeon match for the championship of New Zealand was held under the auspices of the North Canterbury Gun Club at Rangiora to-day. The winner was S. Anderson, Methven. There were 37 entries, and the prize-money was divided among six competitors who tied, all on. Anderson won the shoot off. The six qualifying were S. Anderson, D. Davidson (Culverden), T. Wrigley (Levin), J. Winchester (Ellesmere), H. Grensell (Christchurch), pnd C. Seddon (East Hamilton). The t conditions were 21 birds off .18 cards. The match was fired in a dull light, and in a . heavy sou’-wesf wind and ceaseless rain. 1 Anderson shot all 21 birds, and in the (shoot off beat Wentworth at the twentieth I bird, so that the winner shot 41 birds 11 straight. 3 t SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIP. < CHRISTCHURCH, August 10. The South Island pigeon shooting championships oh the Rangiora Gun 1 Club’s grounds on Saturday was won by ' E. Lansdell, of Lumsden, W. G. Gerard, ! of Hororata, being runner-up. Th?re ’ were 24 entries, and the birds were shot on a 35 yards rise. Lansdell secured the Gun Club’s medal and prize money of £2B 16s was divided between Lansdell, Gerard, M. Anderson, P. Truscott, and A. Anderson. SPARROW CHAMPIONSHIP. R. ARNST THE WINNER. CHRISTCHURCH, August 7. The seventeenth annual New Zealand Sparrow Championship was shot to-day under the auspices'of the Springston Gun Club at Sockburn, and was won by R. Arnst, Christchurch. There were 52 entries from all parts of the Dominion, The prize money divided among six competitors who tied in the first shoot and who later competed in the shoot off. The six were R. Arnst (Christchurch), H. Clinch (King Country), W. R. Henry (Christchurch), R. MTlwrick (South Canterbury), R. E. Farrow (Waikato), and J. Simpson (Christchurch). All six killed 19 birds. In the shoot off —five birds —Arnst, Clinch, Henry, and MTlwrick were all on. The match was then decided on the first miss out. Henry and MTlwrick lost their next bird, and Clinch lost the eleventh bird, leaving Arnst the winner. BASKET BALL. A GRADE. Albany 22, First 6. University I 27, University II 12. Cl GRADE. lona 13, Mosgiel Secondary 5. Rawhiti 10, Training College II 6. OTAGO DEFEATS OAMARU. The match between Oamaru and Otago for the Taverner Cup was played on the Union Court, Dunedin, on Saturday. Although rain had fallen only a few hours previously tire ground had dried and the court was in fairly good condition. The teams were as follow:— Otago.—Misses Eggers (captain), Meinung. Thomson, Adams, Sinclair, Haley, Burns. Harrington, Moir. Oamaru. —Misses Tiddy. Carson, Tempero (captain). Miller, Campbell, Fox, Herron, Faris, MTaggart. Time was called with the score 27 —6 in favour of Otago. The visiting team was entertained at tea at the Otago Women’s Club. GOLF. OTAGO CLUB. The anual knock-out competition was played on Balmacewen links on Saturday afternoon. Results: — First Round.

H. A. Salmon beat E. Tamblyn, 1 up; I. Carr beat C. R. Spackman, 2 up at the twenty-second hole; J. H. M'Dougall

beat A. N. Haggitt, 4 and 3; N. W. Martin beat A. Barnett, jun., 7 and 6; H. A. B. Brabant beat W. G. M'Clymont, 5 and 4; S. N. Brown beat R. M. Sinclair, 7 and 5; J. R. Callender beat T. R. Buxton, 3 and 2; K. Ross beat W. M'Kechnie, 2 and 1. Second Round. J. Spence beat G. C. Henderson, 6 and 5; J. Manson beat E. G. Boddy at the twenty-sixth hole; C. Shuttleworth beat J. H. Gilkison, 5 and 4; J. R. Laidlaw beat J. W. MTntosh, 2 up; C. C. Cox beat J. A. Jenkins, 3 and 1; G. F. Barnett beat H. Henderson, 3 and 2; R. E. Hayward beat J. R. Paterson, 6 and 4; F. Edmond beat R. Blunden, 4 and 3; R. 8. Brown beat E. W. Gibbs, 2 up; D. M. -Irvine beat N. G. Hay, 2 up; E. A. Reed beat J. W. Trewern, 7 and 5; S. M'Pherson beat D. Wright, 5 and 3; S. L. Wilson beat J. R. Burt, 2 and !;• G. Gibson beat J. R. Lemon, 3 and 2; J. H. Edmond beat G. W. Bowron at twenty-first; D. A. Solomon beat P. W. Clarkson, ■ 7 and 6; J. G. Dick beat I. Halsted, 3 and 2; A. Todd beat K. Ross, jun., 1 up; R. Strang beat D. H. Butcher, 4 and 2: J. A. Dunning beat S. Greenslade, 3 and 1.

ST. CLAIR CLUB. The second round of the knock-out competition for the Pateson Cup resulted as follows: — Wilson beat Sligo, Lawrence beat M’Kenzie, Skinner beat Owles, Gamble beat Chalmer, Macassey beat Fergueon, Halliday defaulted to Jenkins, Rawlinson beat L. Routledge, F. Sherriff beat JFahey, Brock beat Fountain, Duthie beat McCarthy, Davey beat Hanlon. Bennie beat W. Sherriff, Wood beat Campbell, Myles beat Coxhead, Wight beat Smell e. Robbins defaulted to Field, Shepherd beat M'Lean, Alloo beat Forbes, Drake beat Toomey, R. Sherriff defaulted to C. J. Wood, N. C. Gamble defaulted to H. Aitken, Hill beat North, Goldsmid beat Elsom, Robertson beat W. G. Aitken, Ross beat Bicknell, Chapman beat C. Routledfe, Clayton beat Wrather. Rardon beat Blunt, Scouler beat M'Gregor, Templeton beat Hart, Hooper beat Jeavons, Wren beat Burt.