FORTROSE MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

Southland Times, Issue 23599, 29 August 1938, Page 12

FORTROSE MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

There was a fair attendance at the weekly shoot of the Fortrose Miniature Rifle Club. F. Ericson was top scorer with the possible, 80, and he was closely followed by Miss J. Anderson with 79. The winners of the weekly buttons were Miss J. Anderson and F. Eriscon, while the Barrett badges were won by Miss Anderson and F. Fitzharris. The detailed scores were: F. Ericson 80-2-80, Miss J. Anderson 79-3-79, F. Stirling 78-2-79, C. T. Ruddenklau 781- F. Fitzharris 78-4-79, H. Wray 772- D. Anderson 76-3-79, H. Chisholm 73-5-78,. G. Jennings 76-2-78, J. Anderson 74-6-79, Miss C. Golden 71-6-77, J. Stirling 73-4-77, Mrs Ruddenklau 76-4-79, W. Blair 76-1-77,1. Christie 73-3-76, J. Ruddenklau 72-4-76, J. W. McGarvie 64-11-75, H. Golden 74-1-75, G. Ruddenklau 65-8-73, W. Jennings 71, Mrs F. Chisholm 61-8-69, R. McEwan, sen., 69, F. Kinsett 62-6-68. Mrs F. Chisholm fired a back shoot scoring 76-8-79, and H. Chisholm scored 76-5-79. A big party of marksmen from the Gorge Road Miniature Rifle Club visited Fortrose and fired a friendly match and an 1.C.1. match. The standard of shooting was very high and some excellent shooting was seen. F. Stirling of Fortrose was top scorer with the possible and H. Golden and F. Ericson were next with 79. Others who shot well were G. Moreton and J. Ruddenklau with 78, Miss J. Anderson, R. White, H. Wray, F. Fitzharris and G. Jennings each with 77. In the friendly match Fortrose beat the visitors by 67 points, the home team scoring 1463 points and the visitors 1396 points. In the 1.C.1. Cup match the home team had a comfortable win by 15 points. The scores were: Fortrose.—F. Stirling 80, H. Golden 79, F. Ericson 79 J. Ruddenklau 78, Miss J. Anderson 77; total 393. Gorge Road.—G. Morton 78, R. White 77, J. Lewis 75, A Knight 75, C. Iremonger 73; total 378. The scores in the friendly match were: Fortrose.—H. Chisholm 72, H. Golden 79,' Miss C. Golden 65, Mrs Ruddenklau 75, G. Ruddenklau 71, J. Ruddenklau 78, F. Fitzharris 77, F. Stirling 80, H. Wray 77, Miss L. Humphries 72, F. Kinsett 71, Miss A. Stirling 62, W. Blair 74, F. Ericson 79, G. Jennings 77, D. Anderson 72, Miss J. Anderson 77, 1 Christie 74, D. W. Stirling 64, A. Melvin 75; total 1463. Gorge Road.—J. Lewis 75, D. Stewart 68, A. Anderson 70, C. Iremonger 73, S. Ryan 70, Miss B. Thomas 69, Mrs S. Ryan 61, Mrs Lobb 71, Mrs Anderson 72, S. Blacklow 68, A. Knight 75, G. Morton 78, C. Manson 73, R. White 77, B. Hill 69, P. Beck 71, L. McCallum 58, L. Kevern 73, T. Swale 52, L. Lobb 73; total 1396.

A big party from the Glenham Miniature Rifle Club visited Fortrose and

fired a friendly match with Fortrose. Fortrose recorded a narrow win by 19 points. A. Melvin and G. Templeton o£ Glenham were top scorers for the evening with 79, followed by D. Stirling and F. Stirling of Fortrose with 77.

The team scores were: Fortrose.—* Mrs Ruddenklau 74, Miss J. Anderson 74, Miss L. Humphries 67, Miss C. Golden 71, Miss A. Stirling 38, I. Christie 67, W. Blair 75, H. Golden 73, F. Stirling 77, C. T. Ruddenklau 76, G. Ruddenklau 74, J. Fitzharris 74, J. Stirling 73, S. Bennison 69, F. Kinsett 57, J. Jennings 74, F. Ericson 73, J. Anderson 67, H. Chisholm 68, D. Anderson 73, H. Wray 74,. A. Melvin 71, D. Stirling 77; total 1616. Glenham.—Miss J. McEwan 71, R. Bain 67, A. Melvin 79, G. McEwan 72, N. Lynn 63, G. Templeton 79, R. Irwin 74, G. Marsh 72,, S. Templeton 68, A. Rabbidge 63, W. Smythe 65, E. Jennings 69, R. Robinson. 71, J. Irwin 72, J. Thwaites 68, E. Dodd 70, R. McPhedran 70, F. Bulling 72, D. Bain 67, W. Robinson 65, I. MUne 61, T. Moffitt 74, W. Matheson 65; total 1597.