RIFLE SHOOTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1010, 28 June 1930, Page 13

RIFLE SHOOTING

PAEROA MINIATURE CLUB From Our Own Correspondent PAEROA, Today. I The Paeroa Miniature Rifle Club held a very successful handicap competition on the rifle range in the Paeroa Drill Hall on "Wednesday evening, being the first of three shoots for the trophy donated by the Paeroa Hardware Company and Messrs. Tisdall, Ltd., of Auckland. The conditions of this competition are ten shots and one sighter, with fresh handicaps for each night, the limit with the handicap being 100. The member with the best aggregate over any two of these three shoots will take the trophy. Some very good shooting was witnessed, up less than four competitors gaining the* limit mark. The top score off the rifle, 97, was registered by the president, Mr. F. C. Hubbard. During the evening the club had a | visit of three prominent riflemen from j Thames, who are interested in minia- : ture rifle shooting and who are about j to form a club in their centre, i The night’s scores were as follow: j F -, C. Hubbard, score 97, handicap 3, , total, 100; L. Morris, 96, 5—100; W. HaJliJ gan, 95, S—100; J. Jaspers, 82, 20—100; W. I Ainsclougli, 94, 5 —99; A. Simmonds, 94, i 5— 99; M. Simmonds, 91, S— 99; E. Turton, junr., 79, 20—99; E. Turton, senr i 96, 2—98; R. Wells, 92, 4 —96; A. E. Pear- [ son, 93, 2—95; John Morrison, 89. 6—95; ! H. A. Morrison, 91, 3—94; M. Charlesj worth, 82, S—9o; F. Patterson, 82, 6—88; A. A. Jenkinson, S2. 5—S7; A. Coxhead, | 76, 9—85; N. J. Lattimer, 71, 14—85; C. | Miller, 62, 14-—76; L. Goldsworthy, 52, 1 18—70; W. Dynes (Thames). 94; P. TreI bilcock (Thames), 84; A. Newland i (Thames), S 4. .