CLAY-BIRD SHOOTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 805, 28 October 1929, Page 13

CLAY-BIRD SHOOTING

METROPOLITAN GUN CLUB The Metropolitan Gun Club held its usual fortnightly shoot on Saturday. No. 1. seven birds, sweepstake, was divided by C. E. Hodge (18yds), A. PI. Macredie (16yds), W. Turner (.15yds), W. H. Hazard (15yds), and G. IT. Brown (16yds), each securing the possible. No. 2, fifteen birds match, for a trophy presented by Mr. D. Hyauiason, was won by C. E. Hodge (19yds), with the possible. A. E. Brown (11yds) and W. Turner (16yds) were second with 14 each. No. 3, gimcrack match, of seven birds, resulted in a win for A. E. Macredie, who shot the possible, getting his last bird off 24yds. L. F. Ramsey, W. Macredie, W. Turner, W. H. Hazard, A. E. Brown, and D. Stoupe tied for second place with six birds each. No. 4, double rise match of ten birds, was divided by W. Turner (15yds) and L. Stent (12yds), with nine birds each. No. 5, gimcrack match, was divided by L. F. Ramsey (19yds) a.nd M. Delicli (22yds), on the eighth bird. An all-day shoot will be held today, when several trophies, including two for women, will be competed for.