RIFLE SHOOTING

Southland Times, Issue 21420, 15 June 1931, Page 9

RIFLE SHOOTING

THE GORE CLUB. SEASON COMPLETED. The members of the Gore Defence Rifle Club completed, their shooting season last week, and the following are the results of the various competitions: The John McCartney Trophy. The members competed for a trophy presented by Mr John McCartney, the conditions being 10 shots and two sighters at 300 and 600 yards. This trophy was won by Rifleman Tom Middlemiss, a young shot who improved wonderfully as the season was drawing to a close. The following were

Vice-President S. Preece's Aggregate. The conditions of this trophy were that two shoots (handicap) be fired at 300 and 500, 500 and 600 and 300 and 600 yards (10 shots and two sighters at each distance), the highest shoot at each of these combined distances to count with a final shoot of seven shots at 300, 500 and 600 yards. This event was very interesting, and was won by Rifleman Ivan Greenfield. The following are highest scores, including handi-

Ex-Champion Rifleman’s Trophy. A valuable trophy was presented to the club by an ex-champion rifleman for the highest ebnsistent shot during the 1930-31 season. Competitors had to fire two-thirds or more of the trophy shooting. This event was won by President J. Mathews with an

average of 87 11.15 points per match, the averages of the other competitors beig: Rifleman W. Milne 87 1.5, Rifleman H. McCorkindale 84 1.11, Vice-President S. Preece 84, PJfleman G. Bain 82 2.7, Rifleman C. M. Wilson 81 4.11, Rifleman W. Cunningham 79 4.13, Rifleman A. Hay 74 9.14, Rifleman G. Hay 74 7.15, Rifleman P. Hay 74, Rifleman S. Scott 72 11.12, Rifleman B. Cochrane 71 1.12, Rifleman D. Johnson 70. The highest scores were: —

Championship. This important event was won by Rifleman W. Milne, closely followed by President J. Mathews. A beautiful cup and a miniature cup were presented by the patron of the club (Mr R. B. Bannerman) for this competition, and the conditions are that the cup is to be won twice in succession or three times at intervals, the winner to retain the miniature cup each year; and that four shoots be fired at the 300 and 500, 500 and 600, and 300 and 600 yards (10 shots and two sighters at each distance). The three highest shoots at each of these combined distances were to count, with a final ohnnt of 15 shots at 500 yards. The following are

the results:— 300 600 Hp. Tl. Rifleman T. Middlemiss 43 45 3 91 President J. Mathews 44 46 0 90 Rifleman A. Nichol 40 30 20 90 Rifleman B. Cochrane 43 34 12 89 Rifleman W. Milne 46 42 0 88 Rifleman D. S. Mackenzie 46 40 2 88 Rifleman H. McCorkindale 45 42 0 87 Rifleman G. Bain 41 41 5 87 Rifleman P. Hay 37 40 9 86 Rifleman G. Hay 37 40 9 86 Rifleman A. Hay 39 38 9 86 Rifleman S. Scott 39 36 9 84

caps;—’ 300 300 500 300 500 500 600 600 600 Tl. I. Greenfield 93 91 91 96 371 W. Milne 88 93 93 94 368 T. Middlemiss 93 92 91 92 368 P. Hay 93 83 91 96 363 G. Hay 93 92 91 87 363 D. S. Mackenzie 91 86 88 96 361 S, Preece 88 89 87 92 356 A. Hay 84 90 89 91 354 G. Bain 90 85 87 91 353 H. McCorkindale 87 87 87 90 351

Matches fired. Tl. pts. J. Mathews 15 1316 W. Milne 15 1308 H. McCorkindale 11 925 S. Preece 14 1176 G. Bain 14 1152 C. M. Wilson 11 895 W. Cunningham 13 1031 A. Hay 14 1045 G. Hay 15 1117 P. Hay 12 888 S. Scott 12 875 B. Cochrane 12 853 D. Johnson 10 700

the highest marksmen: — 15 300 shots 300 500 500 600 600 500 Tl. W. Milne 263 274 263 69 869 J. Mathews 264 265 268 70 867 S. Preece 270 253 252 63 883 H. McCorkindale 258 252 259 66 835 G. Bain 257 244 251 68 820 G. Hay 236 239 241 67 783 A. Hay 229 228 234 65 756