RIFLE SHOOTING

Southland Times, Issue 23794, 17 April 1939, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING

CITY GUARDS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP I FIRST STAGE FIRED ON I SATURDAY I The City Guards Defence Rifle Club ; fired the first stage of the club ch am- , pionship and completed the Padget i Cup competition in good conditions on Saturday. Ten shots were fired at 309, 500 and 600 yards. The shooting was of a high standard. ~ , At 300 yards three members scored 49 out of the possible 50, J, Buttolph with a seven-bull finish, 5 5 4 5 5 55 5 5 5-49, counting out B. Broomfield, 555554555 5-49, and W. J-Mur-ray, 555555545 5-49. J. B. Doake followed with 48, Mrs Doake being next with 47. The scoring was excellent at 500 yards, the top 10 scorers averaging 48.1 out of the possible 50. J. B. Doake and W McChesney 'headed the list with the possible 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5-50. A 49 was registered by V. Mathieson and 48’s by Mrs Doake, •>. Tansley, J. Buttolph and L. McDougall. At 600 yards J. Tansley was in fine form and placed his 10 shots within the 18-inch bull for the possible 5’ 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5-50. W. J. Murray was second with 49, his ninth shot being just over the bulls-eye ring. V. Mathieson and D. Wishart filled the next two places, each scoring 47. Murray neaded the list for the aggregate over the three ranges with the fine total of 49, 47, 49-145 out of the possible 150. J. B. Doake followed closely with 48, 50, 46144, and Tansley filled third place with 45, 48, 50-143. The finish ,for the Padget Cup was close, three reaching the handicap limit of 286 for the two days’ shoot, the result being decided on the count back at the last 600 yards. V. Mathieson was the winner with a 55 5 finish for the last three shots, W. J. Murray second with a 5 4 5 finish and Mrs Doake third finishing 5 5 4. The highest score off the rifle for the six ranges was obtained by Murray, with 286, which prevented him using his handicap. Tansley was next with 283 On Saturday the club will fire a triangular match at Otatara with the Gore and Invercargill Defence Clubs. Following are the results:—

THE DEFENCE CLUB PARAWA CUP COMPETITION The final competition for the Parawa Cup was fired by members of the Invercargill Defence Rifle Club on Saturday afternoon in favourable weather. The ranges were 300, 500 and 600 yards, seven shots at each. The scoring reached a high standard, the highest 10 averaging 98? points a man out of the possible 105, which is an excellent club average. J. Keelty, one of the club’s tyro shots, put up an excellent performance by scoring possibles at 300 and 500 yards and 33 out of the 35 at 600 yards, totalling 103 out of the possible 105, a score which is seldom reached in club shooting. N. McWilliams, 101, and A. R. Wills 100, were the next best aggregates. At 300 yards Keelty’s possible headed the list, L. Lyall and N. McWilliams making At .500 yards A. R. Wills, J. Keelty and W. D. Henderson made the possible full score,. 35. J. Archer, N. McWilliams, G. Wilson and F. E. Mayhew also shot well for 34 each.

At 600 yards W. Milley and A. Pomeroy made no mistakes and placed their seven shots in the bulls-eye for possibles. A. R. Wills also shot well at this range for a six-bull finish, 34. Following are the full scores:—

MINIATURE RIFLE Association AMENDED RULES FOR COMPETITION At a meeting of the executive of the Southland Miniature Rifle Association the deputy-president, Mr W. I. Aitken, presided over the following members: Mesdames J. Robertson and J. B. Doake and Messrs G. Wilson, G. Cheyne, F E. Mayhew, J. B. Doake, H. McKay, W. T. Webb, J. Fallow, P. Mcßride, W. J. Blatch and the secretary, Mr A. Pomeroy. Mr Aitken extended a welcome to members, especially those who were attending their first meeting of the executive and he hoped that all would do their best to develop interest in rifle shooting in Southland. The question of 10 bull targets, as used by the Otago Association, was left in the hands of the president and secretary with power to act. It was decided that a member must fire in at least two representative matches before being entitled to a representative badge. . ( The secretary was instructed io send a copy of the amended rules for. the 1.C.1. Cup competitions and Times Shield to all affiliated clubs. It was decided to purchase a wreath for the Poppy Day service.

FIRST STAGE CHAMPIONSHIP 300 500 600 Tl. W. J. Murray yds 49 yds 47 yds 49 145 J. B. Doake 48 50 46 144 J. Tansley 45 48 50 143 W. McChesney 46 50 45 141 B. Broomfield 49 44 46 139 Mrs J. B. Doake 47 48 44 139 D. Wishart 44 47 47 138 J. Buttolph 49 48 40 137 V. Mathieson 39 49 47 135 G. Moreton 42 46 46 134 C. Mathieson 45 44 45 134 L. McDougall 43 48 41 132 L. Sproat 37 45 46 128 FINAL PADGET CUP First Second round round Hep. Tl. V. Mathieson 137 135 14 286 W. J. Murray 141 145 — 286 Mrs J. B. Doake 138 139 9 286 J. Tansley 140 143 scr 283 B. Broomfield 135 139 8 282 J. B. Doake 127 144 10 281 J. Buttolph 136 137 8 281 W. McChesney 136 141 scr 277 C. Mathieson 132 134 10 276 L. McDougall 120 132 24 276 D. Wishart 127 138 10 275 G. Moreton 130 134 6 270

300 Yds 500 Yds 600 Yds Total u. Keelty 35 35 33 103 N. McWilliams 34 34 33 101 A. R. Wills 31 • 35 34 100 W. Milley 31 33 35 99 J. Clark 33 32 33 98 R. M. Milley 33 33 32 98 L. R. Lyall 34 32 32 98 A. Pomeroy 29 32 35 96 J. Rc jves 32 31 33 96 G. Wilson 32 34 30 96 F. E. Mayhew 28 34 33 95 W. D. Henderson 29 T. E. Henshel35 31 95 wood A. F. R. Craw32 32 29 93 ford 31 32 28 91 J. Archer 27 34 29 90 A. Blee 29 27 33 89 W. A. Diack 28 30 25 83 *N. Blakeley z 30 31 *Fired two ranges only. 60