RIFLE SHOOTING

Southland Times, Issue 23990, 4 December 1939, Page 12

RIFLE SHOOTING

City Guards Defence Club RANKIN CUP WON BY J. B. DOAKE The City Guards Defence Rifle Club fired the final stage of the Rankin Cup and the first stage of the Whitcombe and Caldwell Cup competitions at Otatara on Saturday afternoon, seven shots being fired at 300, 500 and 600 yards. The conditions were good and the marksmanship was of a high standard, excellent scores being registered. At 300 yards J. W. Doake headed the list with 5555455—34. B. Bromfield 33, and J. Brydon 33, filled the next two places counting out J. Tansley, B. Walker, L. Sproat, J. B. Doake and R. W. Henderson all with 33. B. Broomfield and J. Tansley with the possible 5555555—35, were top at 500 yards, the next being A. Ford with 34, counting out J. B. Doake, J. W. Doake and C. Mathieson. At 600 yards J. B. Doake and W. McChesney headed the list with the possible 5555555—35, J. Tansley with a five-bull finish (34) counting out Mrs J. B. Doake and R. W. Henderson for third place. The highest aggregate for the day was obtained by J. B. Doake and J. Tansley, with the fine score of 102 out of the possible 105. ' Doake with 33, 34, 35 counted out Tansley’s 33, 35, 34. R. W. Henderson with 33, 33—34 —100 was third. The finish for the Rankin Cup was close and exciting, five members reaching the handicap limit of 204 for the six ranges. J. B. Doake used only one point of his handicap, with a “possible” finish at the last range, counting out Tansley, who made 34 and narrowly missed the possible with a close 4 for his second shot. Doake’s score of 101, 102—203 off the rifle, was a fine effort for a handicap man. Tansley’s score of 102, 102—204 out of the possible 210 was a brilliant effort from scratch and establishes a new record for Southland for two consecutive shoots in one competition. The previous record was held by A. Ford with 203, and this score was also equalled on Saturday by J. B. Doake* Following are the results:— WHITCOMBE AND CALDWELL CUP (First stage)

INVERCARGILL CLUB BEST AGGREGATE BY POMEROY The competition for the Walter Cunningham Memorial Cup was fired on Saturday by the InVercargill Defence Rifle Club in good weather. The scoring was of a high standard, only three of the 18 competitors failing to reach 90 out of the possible 105. At 300 yards A. R. Wills headed the list with the possible 5555555—35. J. Archer also shot well for 34. At 500 yards W. Milley was top also with the possible 5555555—35. A. Pomeroy, J. Clark, G. Wilson, N. McWilliams and F. Mayhew made 34 each. At 600 yards J. Reeves shot well to top the list with the possible 5555555—35, which was . a fine performance at this range. A. Pomeroy and F. G. Henderson also shot well for 34 each. The best aggregate was made by A. Pomeroy with 100 after counting out W. Milley, who also made 100. Mayhew, Clark, Archer and Wills made 99 each. Pomeroy was winner of the cup. In last week’s match for the Smith Cup, the winner was F. G. Henderson. Both cups were handicap matches. The first competition for the club championship will be fired next Saturday. Following are last Saturday’s scores;—

Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 Tl. J. B. Doake 33 34 35 102 J. Tansley • 33 35 34 102 R. W. Henderson 33 33 34 100 W. McChesney 31 33 35 99 A. Ford 32 34 33 99 J. Brydon 33 33 32 98 J. W. Doake 34 34 30 98 C. Mathieson 31 34 32 97 B. Walker 33 33 30 96 R. Broomfield 33 35 28 96 Airs J. B. Doake 29 31 34 94 L. Woodsford 30 32 . 31 93 L. Sproat 33 31 28 92 RANKIN CUP FINAL Stage 1st 2nd Hep. Tl. J. B. Doake 101 102 1 204 J. Tansley J. BrydoA 102 92 102 98 scr 14 204 204 J. W. Doake 98 98 8 204 B. Walker . $2 96 16 204 B. Broomfield 97 96 9 202 C. Mathieson 95 97 9 201 A. Ford 101 99 scr 200 Mrs J. B. Doake 97 94 9 200 W. McChesney 92 99 scr 191

Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 Tl. A. Pomeroy 32 34 34 100 W. Milley 33 35 32 100 F. Mayhew 32 34 33 99 J. Clark 33 34 32 99 J. Archer 34 33 32 99 A. R. Wills 35 33 31 99 F. G. Henderson 31 33 34 98 A. Lyall 33 32 33 98 R. B. Wood 33 33 32 98 J. Reeves 33 29 35 97 G. Wilson 31 34 32 97 N. McWilliams 30 34 32 96 R. M. Milley 31 32 31 94 Mrs T. R. Lyall 31 32 30 93 W. A. Diack 30 32 28 90 L. R. Lyall 29 31 29 89 N. Price 30 29 28 87 A. Blee 19 22 25 66