GORE

Southland Times, Issue 23794, 17 April 1939, Page 4

GORE

RIFLE SHOOTING AT McNAB “VVAPINSCHAW” MEETING On Saturday afternoon the annual “Wapinschaw” organized by Mr W. McKenzie, of East Chatton, was held on the Gore Defence Rifle Club’s range at McNab. The tanges .were, seven shots kneeling at 200 yards; seven shots standing at 200 yards; seven shots lying at 300 and 500 yards. The competition was open to all-comers, novices receiving eight points handicap from rifle club members. A lamb was given by Mr F. Wallis, minor, to the competitor with the highest score. This was won by P. F, Hay, with 121 out of a possible of 140. A cake donated by Mr J. Hoffman to the novice with the highest score was won by O. Fitzpatrick with 119, including eight points handicap. A prize of 10/6 was given by Mr D. Windle for the competitor with the most bullseyes. Three competitors, A. Falconer, H. Redman and P. Hay, with 13 bulls each tied for this prize.

- ' ' GOLFThe members of the Gore Golf Club; played a stroke match over the clubs, new course of 18 holes on Saturday afternoon. A big number of players took part in the match, which was won by L. E. West, who returned a card of 88-21-67. The best scores were:

L. E. West 88-21-67 G. D. Caldwell 79-10-69 M. S. Tansley 76- 6-70 E. J. Crosbie 85-14-71 R. J. Ritchie 92-20-72 R. E. McGregor 84-11-73 L, G. Thomson 82- 8-74 D. M. McLeod 97-23-74 A. G. Melville 99-24-75

The following adjustments have been made to* handicaps:—L. E. West to 17, G. D. Caldwell to 7, M. S. Tansley to 4, and E. J. Crosbie to 13. BOWLS The combined closing day of the Hokonui Bowling Club and the Hokonui Women’s Bowling Club was held on Saturday afternoon in fine weather. A combined match was held during the afternoon, 10 rinks taking part. The scores are as follows:— ' N0.1N0.2 Miss Graham, Tretheway, Cuttriss, Terry 15 — Mrs Leslie, Shields, Johnston, Wallis — 30 Mrs Hamiltop, Browning, Mrs Ham, Martin 19 — Mrs Terry, Longworth, Mrs McLauchlan, Tait — 22 Mrs Grey, Cuttriss, Weir, Bishop 23 — Mrs Jones, Horn, Mrs Bishop, J. Ritchie — 18 Mrs G. Thomson, Graeve, Mrs Bacon, Crawford 22 — Mrs Johnston, A. Steel, Murray, Hamilton ! — 13 Miss Aitken, Muir, G. Ritchie, Campbell 26 — Mrs J. Thompson, Richardson, Brown, Fibbes — 11 Mrs Shields, Brehaut, Brockett 22 — Miss De Terte, Jones, Henry —lB TOTALS 127 112 GORE CLUB The Gore Club’s season was also officially closed on Saturday afternoon. There was a big attendance of members and rinks from the Te Rangi and Clinton clubs were also present. A match was played during the afternoon between the Gore club and the visiting players, the match resulting in a win for the visitors by 151 points to 134. Results are as follows:— V. G. Marshall, Murdock, Dunwoodie, A. S. Froggatt 24 — Ferris, Gladwin, Rix, Taylor —24 Blue, Leggett, Crawford, Hope 22 — Barlow, Johnston, Murray, Preece — 12 Davey, McDougall, Streatfield, Gibson 17 — Kyle, Milne, Wilson, Graham —l3 Dyer, Holdsworth, Frobarth, Donald 24 — Campbell, McDonald, Jones, F. Murray — 17 A. Donald, Marshall, Mayhew, Stott 24 — Campion, Williams, Garrick, Caverhill — 19 Mitchell, Turnbull, Abel, A. Wilson 12 — Hunter, Nelson, Craig, Columb — 18 Steel, Watson, Tinnock, T. Brown 10 — Gresham, Bennett, McFarlane, L. Brown — 22 North, Erlandsen, Blackler 18 — Tuffley, Taylor, Anderson — 9 TOTALS 151 134

The highest scores were as follows:— Kneel- Stand- Lying T1 ing ing 200 200 yds yds 300 500 yds yds P. F. Hay , 32 27 29 33 121 A. Falconer 31 24 32 33 120 O. Fitzpatrick 31 22 32 26-8 119 P. R. Mallon 32 26 29 31 118 W. D. Milne 29 25 33 30 117 W. Barclay 24 28 26 31-8 117 G. Bain 26 28 31 31 116 H. Redman 30 21 32 31 114