RIFLE CHALLENGE SHIELD

Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1931, Page 4

RIFLE CHALLENGE SHIELD

OKATO TEAM DEFEATS HAWERA. WIND "KEEPS SCORES DOWN. A team from the Okato Defence. RifiS Club went to Hawera during the week-end and won the coveted Taranaki Rifle Club’s challenge shield. The conditions were anything but good, a strong wind of variable force making accurate shooting very difficult.

GOOD CONDITIONS AT OKATO. ROEBUCK WINS JOHN PUTT CUP. In perfect weather the final for the John Putt Cup was fired on fie Okato range on Saturday. After consistent shooting the trophy was won by Pres. S. Roebuck with 469, the club’s veteran, Rflm. Geo. Benton, being runner Up with 457. De-

Aggregate.—Pres. S. Roebuck, 459; Rflm. Geo. Benton, 457; Rflm. R. N. Rook, 456; Rflm. C. Benton, 448; Rflm. C. J. Benton, 445; Rflm. R. Benton, 442; Rflm. E. Beriton, 437; Rflm. C. A. Putt* 431, ,

The scores -were:— . Okato. 400 500 600 Tl. Rflm. C. Humphrey ..... 31 33 30 94 Pres. S. Roebuck ...... 30 32 30 92 Rflm. Geo. Benton .... 33 28 27 88 Rflm. Ron. Benton ..... 27 33 27 87 Rflm. C. J. Benton ..... 30 30 27 87 Rflm. 0. B. Benton ... 28 30 28 86 Rflm. R. Rook 27 29 27 83 Rflm. E. Benton ........ 29 24 28 81 Hawera. 235 239 224 698 400 500 600 Tl. Rflm. R, Evans ...» 29 31 29 89 Rflm. E. Booth 29 29 28 86 Rflm. E. Uttinger 30 31 24 85 Rflm. F. Ching 30 29 23 82 Rflm. F. Vinten >. 31 23 81 Pres. A. G. Robertson 27 30 20 77 Rflm. G. Cross 21 30 25 76 Rflm. W. Groff 20 28 20 68 213 239 192 644

tails of scores are:— Saturday’s Match. Hdcp. Rifle. Total. Pres. S. Roebuck . •.. . • • scr. 100 100 Rflm. R. N. Rook ... ... 2 95 97 Rflm. C. Putt ... 2 92 94 Rflm. Geo. Benton .. ... 6 88 94 Rflm. C. J. Benton ... ... Scr. 91 91 Rflm. R. Benton .... ... 3 87 90 Rflm. C. Benton .... ... scr. 89 89