RIFLE SHOOTING AT TRENTHAM.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12595, 12 March 1934, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING AT TRENTHAM.

SER A'ICE CHAMPIONSHIP

The service championship was fired on Saturday morning. This called for ten rounds application at 600 vards The winner was E. Farley, of the AVanganui Rifle Club, who receives fne Ross Carbine Belt, the gold medal of the National Rifle Association and £5.

For the highest individual score in .King s Prize match the Rifle Challenge Cup is awarded F H James (Napier), H. A. Cromie 'Ashburton), and P. B. Goldfinch (Karori), all made a 47. and after the recognised tic-shoot was fired to determine the winner. This resulted in a win for Cromie.

The scores made in the final match for the King s Prize, together with the aggregate scores for all matches in the championship series areBallinger rifle belt, gold medal, and gold badge of the National Rifle Association and £3O: R. N. Nicholl (Petone) 44. 471.

K.R A silver star and badge and *' • Masefield (Blenheim) 44,

tio R H 4 V, silv ? r sta r and badge and in b H Craxton (Karori) 43 461 National Rifle Association -ilver star and badge and £8: L. Feilinglkam (Suburbs) 45, 4-59.

CHAMPION TEAMS. Considerable interest was taken in the champion teams’ match. 27 teams competing, as against 24 last vear. Wanganui No. 1 team were- the'winners with 395. out of a possible 420 Nicholl was the first of the leading men tor the King’s to finish. After ins success and the usual trigger test he was “chaired” rnd carried i "I s . < luh mates shouldor-hmh to the A.M.C.A. hall, where the prizes and trophies were presented hv Commander P. B. R. AY. AVilliam-Pow-lett, R.N., of H.M.S. Dunedin. TEN-BULL POSSIBLE. ATCTORIAN KING’S PRIZE. United Press Assn.—By Electric 1 elejrraph —Copyright. MELBOURNE, ATarch 9 At the rifle meeting at AVilliamstOMn. H. S Johnson, of AA'angaratta (Aictoria), won the King’s Prize with a magnificent ten-bull possible at 900 yards, taking bis score to 341. C. AA illiams, of Melbourne fillsecond place with 340, and AV Palmer, of Brunswick, was third with 340.