RIFLE SHOOTING AT McNAB

Southland Times, Issue 23825, 24 May 1939, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING AT McNAB

DEFENCE CLUB’S MATCH

A match, former soldier members against the rest, was fired at the Gore Defence Rifle Club’s range at McNab in unfavourable weather. . The teams consisted of seven men a side and the ranges were 300, 500 and 600 yards. Heavy rain fell during the afternoon and visibility was poor. The former soldier members had an easy win, scoring 631 points to the other team’s 588. F. Norton gave the best performance, scoring 96. The detailed scores are as follows;— FORMER SOLDIERS

Counted out: J. A. Catto 23, 33, 29— 85; C. Mason 27, 28, 25—80; J. Lyttle 28, 10, 29-67.

A competition was fired in conjunction with the teams’ match for a trophy presented by Mr J. Lyttle, each man being handicapped for this event. The trophy was won by J. F. Mallon, who scored 100 including his handicap.

R.S.A. CLUB’S SCORES

The Returned Soldiers’ Association Miniature Rifle Club held its usual shoot last night, when there was a fairly good attendance. The A grade badge and nightly trophy was won by J. B. Doake and the B grade badge by T. McMurdo with the excellent score of 79.4. R. Foster won the B grade trophy. The following are the scores off the rifle: J. B. Doake, 79.6; T. McMurdo, 79.4; R. T. Barnett, 77.3; F. Penman, 77.3; J. Mcllwraith, 77.5; A. Mackay, 77.2; J. Ritchie, 76.4; C. Somerville, 76.4; J. Reeves, 76.2; J. Sheehan, 75.3; A. Acton, 75.2; T. Stevenson, 75.2; H. Tumath, 74.4; J. Breen, 74.3; F. Jones, 74.2; W. T. Hannon, 74; D. Keane, 73.2; H. Green, 73.1; H. McDougall, 75.1; R. Foster, 72.3; A. Buchanan, 72.2; IE Fraser, 71.1; H. Kirkham, 66.

300 yds 500 yds 600 yds Tl. F. Norton 31 34 31 96 P. R. Mallon 32 31 32 95 J. F. Mallon 29 34 30 93 D. McNab 30 28 30 88 A. D. Johnston 31 •34 22 87 C. M. Wilson 25 33 28 86 J. Burnett 28 30 28 86 TOTALS 206 224 201 631

THE REST 300 yds 500 yds 600 yds Tl. W. D. Milne 28 . . 33 32 93 H. Redman 30 33 28 91 G. Bain 30 30 29 89 A. Williamson 33 32 22 87 C. Hutton 27 31 27 85 H. Mason 31 21 25 77 A. Logan 24 22 20 66 TOTALS 203 202 183 588

Scores: 300 yds 500 yds 600 yds H. J. F. Mallon 29-3 34-1 30-3 100 C. Hutton 27-5 31-4 27-5 99 C. Mason 27-6 28-7 25-6 99 F. Norton 31-1 34-0 31-1 98 P. R. Mallon 32-1 31-1 32-1 98 D. McNab 30-3 28-3 30-3 97 H. Redman 30-2 33-0 28-1 94 W. D. Milne 28-0 33-0 32-0 93 G. Bain 30-1 30-1 29-1 92 A. Williamson 33-0 32-1 22-4 92 C. M. Wilson 25-2 33-2 28-2 92 A. D. Johnston 31-1 34-1 22-2 91 J. Burnett 28-0 30-1 28-1 88 J. A. Catto 23-0 33-1 29-1 87 H. Mason. 31-2 21-2 25-4 85 A, Logan 24-6 22-6 20-6 84