RIFLE SHOOTING

Southland Times, Issue 24002, 18 December 1939, Page 12

RIFLE SHOOTING

INVERCARGILL CLUB’S COMPETITION DENHAM CUP WON BY n. McWilliams

The Invercargill Defence Rifle Club’s competition for the Denham Cup was fired on Saturday afternoon in fine weather and resulted in a splendid exhibition of high grade marksmanship. The cup was won by N. McWilliams with, the excellent score of 104 out of the possible 105. The point he dropped was on his sixth shot at 300 yards. His shot-for-shot range scores were: 300yds, 555 5 5 4 5—34; 500yd5,.5 555 5 5 5 —35; 600yds, 555 5 5 5 5 —35. W. Milley topped the list at 300yds with the possible. At 500yds F. Mayhew and N. McWilliams made possibles while nine others dropped only one point for 34 each. At 600yds N. McWilliams again made the possible while four others made 34 each. W. Milley was runner-up for the cup with 102. J. Archer and G. Wilson 101 each and R. B. Wood 100. The top 10 averaged exactly 100 each, an excellent club average.

Following are the full scores: 300 500 600 Ttl

CITY GUARDS CLUB

COMPETITION

A. FORD WINS THREE-RANGE

The City Guards Defence Rifle Club fired a handicap competition for Christmas trophies on Saturday afternooni at Otatara, seven shots being fired at 300, 500 and 600 yards. The conditions were good and the standard of shooting was high. At 300 yards A. Ford was top with 5 4 5 5 5 5 5—34, J. Brydon 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 —34 was second and B. Broomfield 5 5 5 5 5 4 5—34 was third. At 500 yards D. Wishart, J. Brydon, J. Tansley and W. McChesney tied for first place with the possible 5 5 5 a 5 5 5 35. Five 34’s were also registered. D. Wishart was top at 600 yards with 5 5 4 5 5 5 5—34 counting out Ford and Tansley each' with 5555 5 5 4 34. _ Ford headed the day’s aggregate with a good 34, 34, 34—102. Tansley with 32, 35 34—101 was second, J. Brydon 34 35 32 —101 third and B. Broomfield fourth with. 34, 34, 32—100. D. Wishart won the first prize in the handicap comS'"‘mi, winning with a four bull at 600 yards. The other prize winners were J. W. Doake, L. Braid, B. Walker, B. Henderson, J. Brydon, V. Mathieson, Mrs J. B. Doake, A. Ford, L. Wilson, B. Broomfield, R. W. Henderson and L. Woodsford. Following are the results:—

yds yds yds 104 N. McWilliams 34 35 35 W. Milley G. Wilson 35 33 34 34 33 34 102 101 J, Archer 34 34 33 101 R. B. Wood 32 34 34 100 L. R. Lyall 34 31 34 99 A. R. Wills 32 34 33 99 Mrs L. R. Lyall 32 34 33 99 J. Reeves 32 32 34 , 98 R. M. Milley J. Keelty 31 33 33 31 33 33 97 97 F. Mayhew A. Lyall F. G. Henderson 31 32 31 35 34 34 31 30 30 97 96 95 W. Cook 31 34 30 95 J. Clark 31 33 30 94 W. A. Diack 29 33 31 93 A. Blee 29 30 28 87

yds yds yds 300 500 600 Hep Tl. D. Wishart 30 35 34 3 102 J. W. Doake 33 32 33 4 102 L. Braid 32 32 33 5 102 B. Walker 30 33 33 6 102 B. Henderson 32 33 32 5 102 J. Brydon 34 35 32 1 102 V. Mathieson 32 33 32 5 102 Mrs J. B. Doake 32 34 32 4 102 A. Ford 34 34 34 Scr 102 L. Wilson 30 32 33 7 102 B. Broomfield 34 34 32 2 102 R. W. Henderson 32 34 32 3 101 L. Woodsford 32 31 29 9 101 J. Tansley 32 35 34 Scr 101 G. Nicol 33 34 31 3 .101 W. McChesney 30 35 31 2 98 W. J. Murray 33 32 31 1 97 J. Buttolph 33 30 30 4 97 C. E. Young ,25 33 30 7 95 L. Sproat 31 30 23 5 89