SHOOTING AT TRENTHAM

Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1928, Page 15

SHOOTING AT TRENTHAM

KING’S HUNDRED FIRE OFF. WELLINGTON MAN THE WINNER By Telegraph. —Press Asseclation. Trentham, Last Night. The sixth annual Army Rifle Association meeting was concluded this morning, when the King's hundred fired. Ex- ’ eept for a light shower the weather con-. 1 ditions were excellent. The service regulations governing the ' shoot were similar in all parts pf the ’ British Empire, the trophy being a gold', medal presented by the King. The prac- >■ trees are: Rapid 300 yards, ten time limit 40 seconds; ’’ yards, ten rounds, 3 seconds exposure at irregular intervals during the period of two minutes; deliberate 600 yards, ten rounds; fire with movement, 60 to 100 yards, five to 45 seconds; possible 200.

The shooting throughout was very. ■ good. An official stated that collectively 7 it was the highest standard) attained. ■■ since the meeting was inaugurated. Dur-;{| ing the snap-shooting practice, T. Den-’: ton (Air Force) and J. Jameson (Puke-.; kolie) secured 45 out of a possible of i 50. The winner, a member of the machine-gun section of the Ist Wellington Regiment, is a civil servant recently transferred from Whangarei. The present is the first occasion he has taken part at the meeting. Lieutenant Denton (Christchurch) won the medal last year with a score of 145. The highest score of the match was obtained then by Petty Officer Griffiths, of H.M.S. Renown (150), but he was not eligible. Private Catheart (Johnsonville) tied for fourth place, but lost on the count back.

Colonel Sinclair Burgess, chief executive officer, who presented the prizes In the unavoidable absence of the Minister, stated that next year it was intended . to increase the Vie.ke.rs and light auto- •. matic gun matches. He stated that the mechanisation of armed warfare was going ahead in leaps and bounds. Tjjia did not mean a curtailment of rifle matches, as the final decision in land warfare in the future rested with the individual with the rifle arid bayonet, Results are:— 120 s and gold medal—Lance-Corporal S. W. Bernet (Wellington), 158. 80s—Lieutenant T. W. Denton (Air Force), 157. 80s—Trooper J. M. Jamieson (Pukekohe), 150. 40s —Lieutenant I. C. Maclaine (Air Force), 148. The following take 20s each.—T. E. Cathcart (Johnsonville) 146, Lieutenant Kenning (Wanganui), Staff-Sergeant Thomson (Palmerston North) 145, LanceCorporal Carmichael (Hastings) 142, Trooper Brown (Canvastown) 141. The following take 10s each.—Corporal Ellis (Napier) 141, Private Jepson (Johnsonville) 138, Private Poul•sen (Christchurch), Lance-Corporal Parker (New Plymouth) 137, C. C. M. Osmond (New Plymouth) 136, Driver Hall (Auckland) i 35, Cadet Pilot Watt (Auckland), Lieutenant Duncan (Auckland) 134, Lieutenant Poolman (Wliangare!) 133, Captain Poppelwell (Gore), Lieutenant Hepburn (Hamilton) 132, Sergeant Linton (Seddon), Staff-Ser-geant-Major Carney (Napier) 131, Sergeant MacKey (Auckland), Lnnce-Cor-poral Symons (Hastings) 130, Trooper Davidson (Christchurch), Private Ammoore (Wellington) 129, Sergeant Shepherd (Rahotu', Corporal Kcnward (Dunedin) 128.