TERRITORIAL WORK
MUSKETRY TRAINING MARKSMEN QUALIFIERS Since the last notos on territorial training appeared in these columns, a half-day parade at the rifle range has been held, when all ranks present carried out the annual musketry course, a majority qualifying as rifle shots, and several as marksmen. The scoring) is to count in the allocation of the shell-case trophies, for which competition is very keen, one trophy being available for officers, non-coms, and privates respectively, while the best shot in each platoon also receives one. Those who qualified as marksmen were as under, the maximum in this practice being 140 points Cpl. J. C. H. Most, 128; Pte. A. G. Ford, 127; Cpl. R. M. Nicoll, 122; C.S. M, -Heiford, 120; Sgt. D. K. McLauchlan, 120; Capt. J. G. Nolan, 118; Pte. F, IC. Ford, 117; Pte. C. A L. Ferguson, 115; Major A. Blackburn, 114; Lt. J. W, Bain, 114; Lt. W, Bourke, 113; and Cpl. S. C. Horne, 112. , Men who qualified as having passed their musketry training test, with a minimum of 65 points, were as underPte. J. H. Langridge, 107 ; Pte. C. F. Whitty, 107; Lt. R. I. Crafts, 106; Lt G. E. Hartnell, 104; L/c. C. L. Fanning, 103; Pte. L. H. orge, 102; Sgt. K. R. Crarer, 101; Pte. L. L, Cowan, 100; Pte. A. S. Church, 95; Pte. F. 8.. Forge, 95; L/c. C. L. Bright, 95; Pte. R. M. Morse, 86; L/c. C. McFadyien, 79; Pte. D. A. Patterson, 78; Pte. J. Allen, 76; Pte. R. T. Laskey, 73; Pte. J. Bradley, 70; Pte. D. E, Hockley, 70; Pte. C. Allen, 66. -. . . In the shell-case trophy competitions, a total of 15 rounds are fired in the space of one minute, the possible score bemg 75 points. In the officers’ section of this competition, Lieuts. J. W. Bain and R. I. Crafts scored 59 and ■57 respectively, these scores topping the list in this section, while the best scores registered by non-commissioned officers and men were as under: —Pte. A. G. Ford, 63: Cpl. C. 11. Most, 60: Cpl. R. M. Nicoll, .59; Pte. F. K. Ford, 55; L/c. C. R. Fanning, 53; Pte. C. A.. L. Ferguson, 51; Sgt. D. K, McLauchlan, 44; Cpl. S. G. Horne, 42.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18848, 28 October 1935, Page 14
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