RIFLE SHOOTING

Southland Times, Issue 23741, 13 February 1939, Page 4

RIFLE SHOOTING

Macauley Shield Won By Invercargill

TEAMS MATCH FIRED AT MOSSBURN The first competition for the McCauley Challenge Shield presented by Mr G. Macauley, of Mossburn, was fired on the Mossbum rifle range on Saturday. More than 60 riflemen from Southland clubs attended the meeting, 12 teams of five men each competing over distances of 600, 800 and 900 yards. Excellent weather prevailed. A gusty right front wind kept the team coaches busy especially at the long ranges where sudden wind changes caused many failures. At 600 yards the City Guards team led with a score of 159. Invercargill A followed closely with 156. Gore was third with 149 and Tapanui and Mossburn A tied for fourth place with 148. Starting the long ranges at 800 yards, Invercargill A scored 147. which gave it a lead of one point on City Guards. Both Gore and Tapanui failed at this distance and Mossbum A, with the top range score of 149, came up to third position. Before going down at 900 yards the scores of the three leading teams were: Invercargill A 303, City Guards 302, Mossbum A 297. With only six points separating the first and third teams and conditions rather tricky for long-range shooting the result was in doubt until the last man in the Mossbum team had fired. Shooting steadily at 900 yards, the Invercargill A team scored 149, bringing its total to 452. Mossburn A made 147, which brought it into second place with a total of 444 and City Guards with 140 and a total of 442 filled third place. The newly-formed Mossburn Club is to be congratulated on its excellent performance. SHIELD PRESENTED At the conclusion of the competition the president of the Mossburn Club (Mr E. P. Healey) presented the shield to the winning team, and a trophy for the highest score over the three ranges to Mr A. R. Wills, who made 97 ’points. Mr Wills in replying to the president’s address, complimented the Mossbum Club on its excellent range which is the only range in Southland with facilities for shooting over distances up to 900 yards. Mr W. McChesney, City Guards, congratulated the Mossburn team on its fine performance in gaining second place against such strong teams as were present. The shooting was carried out under the supervision of Mr W- J. Blatch, range officer, and Mr J. Blatch and Mr P. Mcßride were responsible for the secretarial work. An efficient team of markers under Mr D. Bryan deserves great praise for its work at the butts. The competitors at the conclusion of the meeting gave three cheers for the donor of the shield and the officers responsible for the conduct of the meeting. Details are: *

INDIVIDUAL PRIZES 600 Yards. —B. Broomfield (City Guards) 34, 10/-; A- Ford (Invercargill) 33, 7/6; J. Archer (Invercargill) 33, 5/-. 800 Yards.—F. Clearwater (Mossburn) 34, 10/-; T, Gaudion (Mataura) 33, 7/6; A. R. Wills (Invercargill) 33. 5/-:

J. Tansley (City Guards) 33 counted out. 900 Yards.—C. Kibblewhite (Tapanui) 34, 10/-; W. A. Diack (Invercargill) 34, 7/6; C. M. Dore (Mossburn) 33, 5/-. SOUTHLAND TEAM SELECTED DISTRICT MATCH TO BE FIRED AT TRENTHAM The Southland Rifle Association's selectors, Messrs W. McChesney, A. R. Wills and J. A. Munroe, have announced the following team to represent Southland in the district teams’ match to be fired at Trentham on Thursday, March 2:— J. Tansley (City Guards), A. Ford

(Invercargill), W. D. Milne (Gore), JB. Doake (City Guards), N McWilliams (Invercargill), W. J. Murray (City Guards), B. Broomfield (City Guards), J. H. Healey (Mossburn), J. Burnett (Gore), W. T. Webb (Mataura). Emergencies.—F. Norton (Gore), T. H. Healey (Mossburn), S. Robertson (Clinton).

INVERCARGILL A 600 800 1 900 Total A. R. Wills 32 33 32 97 A. Ford 33 30 32 95 A, Pomeroy 28 31 30 89 G. Wilson 32 29 27 88 N. McWilliams 31 24 28 83 TOTAL 452 MOSSBURN A F. Clearwater 32 34 26 92 J. H. Blatch 26 31 32 89 C. r M. Dore 30 26 33 89 J. Healey. 31 29 29 89 T. Healey 29 29 27 85 TOTAL > 444 CITY GUARDS J. Tansley 31 33 26 90 J. B. Doake 32 29 32 ■ 93 C. Mathieson 31 26 29 86 B. Broomfield 34 29 28 91 W. J. Murray 31 26 25 82 TOTAL 442 TAPANUI C. Kibblewhite 30 30 34 94 J. Black 28 31 29 88 E. C. Sim 32 32 23 87 K. Rodger 31 27 28 86 W. Kirk 27 24 28 79 TOTAL 434 INVERCARGILL C Mrs Lyall 29 29 32 90 W. A. Diack 26 28 34 88 A. F. R. Crawford 32 28 27 87 N. Lyall 32 27 24 83 E. H. Diack 28 26 29 83 TOTAL 431 MATAURA-GARSTON J. A. Munro 31 31 32 94 H. McKenzie 31 31 28 90 W. T. Webb . 28 31 30 89 T. Gaudion 26 33 29 88 N. Blakley 22 15 31 68 TOTAL 429 . INVERCARGILL B J. Archer 33 29 30 92 J. Clark 30 30 29 89 J. Reeves 31 25 22 78 W. Mayhew 27 30 26 83 1’. E. Henshelwood 26 31 24 81 TOTAL 423 < 3ORE J. Burnett 30 32 28 90 W. D. Milne 30 28 27 85 F. P. Norton 31 26 26 83 H. Redman 30 22 28 80 P. R. Mallon 28 28 21 77 TOTAL 415 MOSSBURN B T. Reid 23 29 '32 84 E. P. Healy 27 29 26 82 K. Gallagher 27 30 21 78 S. Payne 32 26 20 78 P. McBride 26 22 25 73 TOTAL 395 MOSSBURN C Mrs W. Blatch 30 32 29 91 J. Brass 32 26 27 85 Mrs P. McBride 26 27 28 81 W. McBride 28 14 27 69 J. Bryan 22 22 19 63 TOTAL 389 ARROWTOWN W. Shaw 32 28 29 89 C. Allen 30 27 , 23 80 T. Shaw 28 28 22 78 E. Thompson 30 29 14 73 G. Hansen 21 23 13 57 TOTAL 377