CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOTING

Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1929, Page 11

CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOTING

NORTH ISLAND COMPETITION MEETING OPENS AT WANGANUI HAWERA SECOND IN ONE MATCH.

By Telegraph. —Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night, A strona north-east wind provided difficult conditions for shooting at the North Island championship meeting which opened at the Putiki range today Three matches of the service series and the Putiki aggregate were decided. . , ■ Captain A. Nielson (Napier), the present holder of the North Island championship belt, won the Putiki aggregate with 142. Rifleman J. Patterson, Wanganui, was runner-up with 138. * The Wanganui match, ten shpts at 300 yards, was won by Rifleman -W. H. Ballingter/ Petone, with the score of 48. Rifleman Johnson, Featherston, . was runner-up with 47, he gaining that position in a count back in which three others figured. : Rifleman T. W. Warburton, Petone, headed the list in the Taranaki match, ten shots at 500 yards. His score was 47. The award was made on a count back. Rifleman J. C. Cunningham, Hawera, was runner-up. The best scoring of the day was registered in the Masterton match, ten shots ’at 300 yards. , Rifleman C.II. Gower;' Wanganui, gained one short of the possible and won the match on a count back. Rifleman E. Wrigley also ■scored 49. His sighted was a four, which he discarded. He broke on his fourth shot, registered a four, and thus- losina the major position. ■Rifleman J. Patterson, Wanganui, reached 49 in the Wellington match. Captain Nielson was runner-up with 48 and Rifleman- -J. Turnbull, -New Plymouth, came third with 47. In the service match, Rifleman; r. D. Hamilton, Wanganui, and Captain F. Bolton, Opaki, both' scored 32 of a possible 40. Rifleman Berry, Tararua, made 31.