RIFLE SHOOTING

Southland Times, Issue 23715, 13 January 1939, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING

MOSSBURN DEFENCE CLUB GOOD SCORING IN BAD CONDITIONS • When the Mossburn Defence Rifle Club held its fortnightly shoot the weather was very squally and at one time it seemed that the shoot would have to be stopped. However, it cleared up sufficiently to allow the marksmen to continue.

The shoot was set down as oyer 600yds, 800yds and 900yds ranges, but it was not thought advisable to put the big targets up in the gale which was blowing. Considering the conditions the shooting was of quite a good standF. Clearwater was top man at 300 yards with 33, being followed by C. M. Dore with 32. At the club’s last shoot, both F. Clearwater and P. Mcßride put the seven shots into the bullseye at this range. At 500 yards, F. Clearwater was again top scorer with 33, being followed by C. M. Dore, K. Gallagher, J. Healy, T. Healy and S. Payne, all with 32. J. Healy was top scorer at 600 yards with 33, C. M. Dore again being second man with 32. F. Clearwater was leader for the day with' 97, being closely followed by C. M. Dore with 96; both very good scores under the conditions.

Following are the detailed scores: — (300) (500) (600) (th) F. Clearwater 33 33 31 97 C. M. Dore 32 32 32 96 J. Healy 30 32 33 95 T. R. Healy 32 29 32 94 J. H. A. Blatch 29 29 31 89 K. Gallagher 27 32 30 89 T. Healy 28 32 28 88 S. Payne 30 32 23 85 D. Bryan 26 31 27 84 P. McBride 29 25 29 83 W. McBride 25 ' 25 31 81 E. P. Healy 31 24 26 81 J. Smith 30 25 23 78 T. Reid 21 26 30 77 T. Dawson 26 22 29 77 S. Gallagher 22 27 26 75 P. Healy 30 21 24 75 Mrs P. McBride 24 28 29 71 A, Dawson 23 25 23 71 E. Healy 20 22 28 70 D. Williamson 28 23 11 62 W. J. Blatch* —. 23 25 48 * Fired two ranges only.