CLAY BIRD SHOOT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17407, 4 November 1930, Page 10

CLAY BIRD SHOOT

HARRIES WINS BIG MATCH FIRST CLASS MARKSMANSHIP (*< mi I it it ms for shouting were much i ll1I )ioved during (lit; second tins' ol ihe associated gun clubs' meeting at Tutapuuii (luring the wcek-euil, and keen nileiesi was shown in the sport, many holid.iv manta's lot mine a. gallery lor the marksmen at var.ious times during the dav. The hie USO match was won by I!.' fl,triies. of Tolaga Ihiv, who broke id; his i.iids; \V. Semmens, of TaneaIna. and A. 11. Bellow, of Gisborne, i ving for so: i„;d money wit it 20 birds apiece out of the 21 The shooting in this and other matches tired during the rhtv was ext client, no less Ilian nine of the competitors missing only two of 1 lie I lay s. In the opening .match of the dav. .1 ,00,1 Idl'd sweepstake, there Weie 23 • •tit, i, ~ .old h . Smythe. \\ tkites. A. i,. : her-hes, li New ton. W. Semmens, h , 1., .loiilm. and I l ’., < I, alike shared the pri/.i money, all scoring possibles. The cut tit's for the big shoot of £SO ni'iiihoied 20. and, as indicated above. || .1 ries \\a-. su<-, essful, soiling the p.ssibic and taking first prize. \YT Semnieie. and V. II Bellow broke 20 lard.-, and \\ . B'diolt. O. Solvawler. W. Calcs. IT A. Bilge. L. c. Barker, F.

Leggett. B. Clark, 0. Glennie, and V. Hailstone broke 19 each. F. L. Joblin and H. FT Harris were in the 18 group, and G. F. Keane, R. Citrill, FT Smythe, \V. Ellis, C. Moore, and R. Oates, the latter a hoy in his early teens, scored 17 each. Other scores wore N. B>. Smith 16, 11. Newton 15, A. IF Churches and FT Hills 14, T. Wilson 12, and S G. Glennie (retired). In a dmihle-rise match of seven pairs, with 24 entries. F. L. Joblin broke 13. birds out of 14, W. Oates 12, S. G. Glennie and (!. Glennie 11. These scores represented particularly good shooting. There was a strong entry, too, for the 12-bird match which followed the double-rise, 23 guns taking! their marks. H. Wilson and F. Smythe divided the prize money, both making possibles, while S. G. Glennie. W. Semmens, (A Moore and W, Oates broke 11 apiece. The 'final match was a gimeraek of live birds, in which 11. Wilson and 0. Solvander tied: dividing the sweepstake.