RIFLE SHOOTING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 884, 9 December 1916, Page 11

RIFLE SHOOTING.

CHRIS iZHIVH UME CVJB. The Christchurch Defence Rifle Club held its sixth competition at the Cashmere range this afternoon. A tricky easterly wind blew across the range, making long-range shooting rather difficult. The ranges were 800 yds, 000 yds, and 1000 yds, seven shots at each range. The competition was won by Rifleman G. W. Logan, with a score of 97. The best score from scratch was th..t of Rifleman H. Ward, who registered 92 points. The following were the scores: —-

800 000 1000 yds. yds. yds. Hp. Tl. j G. \V. Ix)gan .. 24 32 26 10 97 H. Ward .. . . 34 32 24 2 02 A. J. Hahn .. 32 34 21 4 91 E. H. Powell .. XI 27 24 g .SO E. F. Sandford .. 33 30 26 HO H. Reynolds . . 31 29 29 89 H. Dockcry .. 26 31 27 4 XX P. Morgan .. .. 31 31 20 _ 88 I. Nelson .. . . 30 27 20 4 87 J. Chapman .. 2IS 2!) 16 8 80 \V. Ross .. .. 32 27 23 3 85 B. Shaw .. . . 30 20 25 2 83 J. A. Davison .. 21 24 21 15 81 J. Hunter .. 27 21 21 6 81 E. H. Jackson .'. 27 18 28 4 J. Biggs .. 25 29 21 2 77 R. Caughley '.'. 28 22 2.2 "* 75 H. N. Eiby .. 31 20 24 — 75 E. Glover .. . . 30 22 17 (i 7 5 A. Halinshaw .. 20 31 22 7.3 W. M. Tyers .. 30 30 12 . 72 R. Piper .. .. 32 10 20 71 J. Henry .. .. 30 21 10 — 70 H. Harris .. .. 31 Hi 19 3 00 W. S. Whartc in 25 25 9 10 00 .1. A. Lummis . . 20 14 13 <; 02 H. E. Otloy .. 28 13 10 10 01 L. W. White .. 31 20 15 .— 00 L De la Mai •e 28 8 5 15 50 At the cone lusion of tl ie c< nnpetit ion the president, Mr J. A. Lu minis, niadi ! a presentation to Mr H. Dock* TV V t'ho rep ■resentcd the clul i at the Minim ture Rifle M iSltciatii■■•> c nnp est ; .te etitions, scorer. and was the hi gh-