RIFLE SHOOTING

Southland Times, Issue 23228, 17 June 1937, Page 13

RIFLE SHOOTING

(By

BULLSEYE)

Although the weather was ideal and shooting conditions excellent, the entry for the King’s Birthday meeting which was run by the Southland . Rifle Association was very disappointing. Not one entry was received from the country clubs. A very pleasant day was spent by 25 competitiors from the city clubs and the standard of shooting was very good. The 363 yards match was won by W. D. Henderson of the Invercargill Club with the fine score of 49 after counting out A. E. Henderson (City Guards), who also shot well for 49. A. Lyall, J. Clark and S. L. Wall of the Invercargill Club also shot well for 48 each. Henderson’s diagram was as follows:— 300 yards.

In the 500 yards match, the young Invercargill marksman G. Wilson made no mistakes and placed his 10 shots well in the bullseye for a possible, the only one made at the meeting, and this won him the match. A. Ford, W. D. Henderson and R. M. Milley 49 each, and R. Ure, A. R. Wills, S. L. Wall, R. W. Henderson and B. Broomfield made 48 each. Wilson’s diagram is here shown:— 500 yards.

At 600 yards R. Ure won the A grade with 48 and was closely followed by W. Milley, W. Murray and A. Lyall with 47 each. The tyro was won by F. E. Broom with 48 after counting out J. Storrie who also shot well for 48. B. Broomfield also did well by making 47. The diagram of R. Ure, F. E. Broom and J. Storrie is as follows:— 600 yards.

The highest aggregate was made by W. R. Henderson whose total was 49-49-45=143. R. Ure and B. Broomfield were close up with 142 each, while A. Lyall, J. Clark, A. Ford and S. L. Wall made 141 each. The Invercargill Club fired the second competition for the Cunningham Memorial Cup last Saturday in very boisterous weather. The ranges were 500 and 600 yards, ten shots at each. A. Lyall, who has been showing much improved form of late, topped the list with 48-44=92, which was a very creditable score in the rough conditions.

His diagram at 500 yards was:—

J. Archer who is one of the clubs tyros shot well in the difficult conditions, and his 45-44=89 took him into second place. The final will be fired on Saturday at 300 and 600 yards. THE MINIATURE RANGE The Mossburn Miniature Rifle Club is already a very healthy body, and at its last weekly shoot it had a visit from Mr D. Davies, president of the Southland Miniature Rifle Association, and Messrs S. L. Wall, G. Wilson and R. Graham (Invercargill Club), J. Buttolph (City Guards) and J. Doake (R.SA.. Club). The presence of experienced riflemen at the shoots of these newly-formed clubs can have only one effect—that of improving the scoring. The Gorge Road Club held a successful shoot last week. The best scores were made by L. McCallum 74, N. McCallum 72, and L. Murdock 72. Members of the Anzac Boys’ Miniature Club are showing improvement F. Penman, who was top with 78, is shooting well and is also showing consistency. H. Henderson won the R.S.A. Club’s shoot this week with the good score of 79. R. T. Barnett and J. C. Luxton, with 77 each, also shot well. At the City Guards Club’s weekly shoot, J. Buttolph headed the list with a possible 80. W. Murray 78 and A. E. Henderson and G. A. R. Petrie with 77 each also showed good form. At the Power Supply Club shoot J. C. Luxton was in form and scored a good 79. J. D. Anderson, with 77, was next , ~ , , , The Wyndham Club’s members had a lower average than usual at their last shoot, but a few good individual scores were made. The best were J. Munro 78, J. Mitchell 78 and F. C. Milne 77. , , , The members of the Ladies Club are still registering improved scores. Mrs Robertson 77, Mrs Archer 77 and Miss Francis 76 were the highest scorers at the last weekly shoot.