GORE

Southland Times, Issue 24000, 15 December 1939, Page 23

GORE

MAGISTRATES COURT A young man whose name was suppressed appeared before Mr W. D. Shelton, J.P., in the Gore Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning on a charge of stealing nine blank cheque forms valued at 1/6. He was remanded in custody until December 21. SUMMER GOLF The Gore Golf Club held a Stableford match over 12 holes when 21 members 1 took part. Conditions were good although there was a strong east wind, and the greens and fairways were in good order. i The match was won by L. T. Cockerill with 23 points, including six points handicap. M. S. Tansley was runner-up with 19 points and a handicap of IJ. The best cards were: —L. T. Cockerill, 17-6-23; M. S. Tansley, 19-li-20J; A. G. Melville, 11-9-20; C. R. Barron, 12-6-18; H. L. Smith, 12-SJ-17J; L. C. Barron. 13-4-17.

RIFLE SHOOTING The members of the Gore Defence Rifle Club fired a competition for a trophy presented by Mrs Knibbs. The conditions were variable, but there wgs some good shooting. F. Norton shot brilliantly for 102 off the rifle, winning the competition, the Mathews button and the range prizes at 500 and 600 yards. The range prize at 300 yards was won by W. D. Milne. The shootoff for last week’s range prize at 500 yards between F. Norton and J. F. Mallon was won by Norton. The following are the detailed scores with handicaps:—

This shoot completed the first half of the season’s programme. Mr C. M. Wilson’s prize for the first aggregate was won by V. Hornby with a grand total, including handicaps, of 401. The following were the leading scores, including handicaps: V. Hornby 401, P. R. Mallon 400, J. F. Mallon 400, R. MacGibbon 400, P. Hay 399, F. Norton 397, J. Lyttle 396, W. D. Milne 395, R. Falconer 395, G. Bain 393, A. Williamson 392, J. Burnett 391, H. Redman 390, J. A. Catto 389, R. Barclay 387, J. Norton 386, A. Falconer 383, C. Hutton 383, S. D. Johnston 382.

The following are the leaders in the club championship (possible 420):—W. D., -Milne 395, F. Norton 395, P. R. Mallon 394, V. Hornby 388, G. Bain 385, J. F. Mallon 384, H. Redman 383, R. Hay 383, J. Burnett 380, C. M. Wilson 379, J. A. Catto 378, A. Falconer 375, R. MacGibbon 368, A. Williamson 365, A. D. Johnston 359.

The top-scorers in the bulls-eye competition are as follows (possible 84) :— P. R. Mallon 61, F. Norton 60, • W. D.

Milne 59, V. Hornby 55, J. F. Mallon 54, G. Bain 53, H. Redman 53, P. Hay 50, J. Burnett 48, A. Falconer 47, J. Catto 46, C. M. Wilson 45, A. Williamson 44, R. Mac Gibbon 43.

1 300 . 500 600 TL F. Norton 33-1 34-0 35-0 103 A. Falconer 32-1 33-1 34-0 101 P. R. Mallon 33-0 32-2 34-0 101 A. Williamson 32-2 32-2 29-4 101 J. Burnett 33-1 32-1 31-1 99 A. D. Johnston 30-2 31-3 30-3 99 J. A. Catto 30-1 33-1 33-0 98 V. Hornby 31-0 32-2 33-0 98 R. MacGibbon 29-3 30-3 30-3 98 J. F. Mallon 33-1 28-2 32-1 97 C, M. Wilson 32-1 31-2 29-1 96 C. Hutton 24-5 31-3 30-3 96 W. D. Milne 34-0 30-1 30-0 95 R. Barclay 24-4 31-3 29-4 95 J. Lyttle 23-5 29-5 29-4 95 H. Redman 32-1 30-1 30-0 94 P. Hay 28-2 32-1 30-1 94 J. Norton 23-4 30-4 30-3 94 F. Ham 31-3 24-2 30-3 93 0. Fitzpatrick 26-6 23-4 30-3 92 G. Bain 31-1 31-1 26-0 90 H. Mason 22-5 27-3 27-4 88