RIFLE SHOOTING

Southland Times, Issue 23829, 29 May 1939, Page 12

RIFLE SHOOTING

CITY GUARDS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FIRING The City Guards Defence Rifle Club fired the third stage of the club chainpionship and completed the presidents cup competition at Otatara on Saturday afternoon, 10 shots being fired at 300 and 500 yards. The conditions were not conducive to good shooting. . R_ a , in fell most of the time and the visibility was poor. Despite the conditions some good scores were registered. Mrs Doake headed the 300 yards scores with the possible 5555555 5 5-50, an excellent performance. A. Ford, with 48, was second, and W. J. Murray, 47, third at this range. At 500 yards A. Ford, with 55455555 5 5-49, was top, J. B. Doake with 48 filling second place. The top aggregate for the day was A. Ford, with 48-49-97 out of the possible 100, & fine performance for the day. With 10 shots at 300 yards and 15 shots at 600 yards to fire to complete the championship, W. J. Murray, with 334, has a three-point lead from J. B. Doake, 331. The President’s Cup was won by W. J. Murray, who reached the handicap limit of 143 without using his handicap. Three tied for first place, Murray winning on the count back at 600 yards. Following are the results:—

PRESIDENT’S CUP

THE DEFENCE CLUB n. McWilliams wins club CHAMPIONSHIP The final of the championship of the Invercargill Defence Rifle Club was fired on Saturday in cold and squally conditions. The ranges were 500 and 600 yards, 10 shots at each. N. MacWilliams, who has been in splendid form during the past few months, maintained his form well, making 47 at each range for a total of 94, which was the highest aggregate for the day. This gave him a grand aggregate of 391 out of the possible 405, which is an excellent performance, and his 47 at 600 yards on Saturday in a rapidly-failing light and squally wind was a fine effort. G. Wilson, who was second with 380, also shot well and his 48-44-92 was an excellent score under the conditions. W. Milley was third with 376 J. Clark fourth with 367, and J. Keelty fifth with 357. The latter will be the winner of the B grade. These are the only marksmen who completed the series. Following are the scores:—

* Completed one range only. Next Saturday the first competition match for the Lennie Cup will be fired.

THIRD STAGE CHAMPIONSHIP A. Ford 300yds 48 500yds Ttl. 49 97 J. B. Doake 4G 48 94 W. J. Murray 47 46 93 Mrs J. B. Doake 50 43 93 J. Buttolph 45 46 91 W. McChesney 41 46 87 V. Mathieson 43 44 87 B. Walker 40 46 86 D. Wishart 40 45 85 L. Braid 42 43 85 L. Woodsford 42 42 84 C. E. Young 42 41 83

W. J. Murray 300 500 600 Hep. TL yds yds yds 143 47 48 48 - J. B. Doake 46 49 44 4 143 Mrs J. B. Doake 50 47 44 2 143 A. Ford 48 48 45 scr 141 J. Buttolph 45 44 46 5 140 V. Mathieson 43 45 38 11 137 D. Wishart 40 47 41 b 134 W. McChesney 41 47 43 scr 131

500 Yds 600 Yds Totals N. McWilliams 47 47 94 G. Wilson 48 44 92 W. Milley 43 45 88 J. Clark 43 45 88 J. Keelty 46 40 86 A, Blee 40 41 81 F. Mayhew 40 40 80 ♦A. R. Wills 44 —— 44 ‘W. A. Diack 39 — 39