NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORGES RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12483, 9 March 1909, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORGES RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

. if > ... THE TRENTHAM MEETING. [United Pbess Association.] Trentham, March 8. Shooting commenced at eight: o'clock this morning, the weather was fine, but a rear wind proved tricky. the afternoon the wind freshened, and there was a decided falling off in the marksmanship. The Wellington match of 500 and 600 ;yards, the 800 yards of the Otago match, 7 and "two extra matches of 500 yards and 1000 yards, was the work' got .through:today. . '-:,."" This morning, at the -500 yards in the Wellington match, Milrpy, of Nelson,.who was leading in^th«s: aggregates, cracked up badly, he only* making 36 points iii .the ten shots Tir .the afternoon he made.47 at the 600 ; yards in the Wellington match, and the. possible in the 800-. yards of the Otago match, and brought his. aggregate score up to. 278. The principal prize winners in the Wellington Match were (500 and 600 yards, ten shots at each) :— Grindell, Napier, £5, 95 points. Ching, Wellington, £4, 94. Patrick, Auckland, £4, 94. Barltrop, Feilding, £4, 93. Dodds, Dunedin, £3, 92. Feasy, Wellington, £3, 92. Jones, Dunedin, £2, 91. Magee, Newton, £2, 91. Moseley, Kaeo, £2, 91. Marenzi/ Eketahuna, £2, 91. The principal prize winners in ..the . extra match, No o, 600 yards, were :— Mcintosh, Opaki, £1, 34. Burns, Karon, £1, 34. Evans, Christchurch, £1, 34. Taylor, Blenheim, £1, 34. The other prizes ranged at 15s, 12s 6d, and 10s each. The principal "prize winners ; in the extra match, No 6, looo. yards, were:— Fisher, Stoke, £2, 34. * ■'- Higgins, Timaru, £1 10s, 33. Craw, Chorlton, £1 2s 6d, 32. Morgan , Auckland, £1 2s 6d, 32. Howe, Ngataw'a, 17s 6d, 31. The other prizes range .at 15s, 12s • 6d and 10s. There are 23 entries for the series I of teams matches, and nine entries for * the champion teams match. The highest aggregates at present are : — >" . . McKay, Dunedin, 281. . Soper, Marlborough, 280. ._..■ . Milroy, Nelson, 278. Ching, WeUington, 277. ; Shalw, Auckland, 277. • King, Linwood, 274. Winslads, Opaki, -273. Higgins; Timafu, 272r