NEW ZEALAND BISLEY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 2 May 1925, Page 10

NEW ZEALAND BISLEY.

RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING

OPENS AT TRENTHAM. \ By Telegraph—Tress . Association. TitExNTHAM, May 1. The National xvmo nas niaue a good wituits mnp meeting, ' m sp-ie; or me mioi t tvoiKing udy -tiud to- uie • lateness or trie season, llie wnole-of tne service senes was disposeq oi, \utn tne result tiiac captain simmuuus emergcit as winner or tne ciiaiiip.o..smp oy u goon margin, alDtiougn no dm nut a un_x any liia.vitiuai inaleii., iihst year ne won i\os. i and z, anu ; Carried on tne diampionsnip with an aggregate or lid. Atter iunca a start uas made witu the B series, two : Tanges <,200 and 3UJ yards) of tne dpiehiiig match, whien does i not count for tne Belt, be.ng taken. Failing light just alter tour o'clock caused a cessation of snooting, the. third range, bUUyds, being heid over till to-morrow. Some very good scores were recorded. Simmonds (’Wanganui) and Turnbull (New Plymouth) got on possibles at 30u yards; a tyro mado 35 and 34, and there are many very close to VO, but tne tyro, whose identity 'could not he tiaced, should be able to hold his own. Boon (Karon) and lVlunro (.Wyndnamj made possibles at SUO yards, and have good totais. , • due following is the prize list;— , iijiii oitiviES. , J A°- i 1 —ten snots 300yds (possible ou). £4, j. L. unhstenseii iwinana) - 4p.j r .£z iOs, F., R; Cnapinan f-vvairoa) m; £2 xus, .Captain u. t>oiton (Masterton) 4i. x ho following take At eacn —Soier 4U, .moss -id, 4U, Jack 4U, Williams 39, Robertson Bryden 39, Frank . 38, ivicndli 38. No. J Match. — Bnapsnootihg, <j.sc target, 300yds (possible ou). —£4 j bcoit (Petone) ed; £3, li. W. heast taeytown) 39; - Jbs, p. Hamilton Vanganui) 3/; 265, Captain Simmonds (Wanganui) 37 - 2bs, J. Ball (Kaiapoi) v,;. ..M™ following take £1 eacn.— Clliott 3b, Russell 36, Iliscock (HTU.S Philomel) 35. . : v ‘ No 3 Match.—Tile shooting competii.■in,.(fV6nhM’ 2Uoi ' ds (Possmle 20).ii 10=’ x )*' -, Chn, S (.Karori) 25; h t 1 w!i - . (Greytowh) 25. •fj 16 foljowingwjth scores of 20 take Wo u d OMh.—Aicholl, Blackburn, Wansbrough, Boon, Greeni Solei, Davis, Clark, l'eas.t, Bolton, D. PowSrOrn' COneS> Cha P man i Feary, No. 4 Match.—Moving figure tanret to-hots,at 200yds (possible 30) -£4 W ~l clveJvle ( y cqfs College Cadets ■( Ta kalest**s- 26 ( . ; o % los - L Hitchcock (iakaka) 2o; £2 10s, AV. Mclver fPe tone) 25. The following take £l eachPage 24, Kells 22, AVhiteman 22, SwanT^h^ ntoa 2i ’ S °P e f' 21, Hogg 21 It. Nieholl 21, Ball 21, Crbmie 21 SERVICE CHAMPIONSHIP 1 ' Aggregate scores in matches 1 2 3, and 4—£lo, gold medal and KyAoch Cup. Captain H. Simmonds (AVanand silver medal, 11. H. Nieholl (Petone) 103: and bronze s?a da l’ r\ c^,Ta t>h (Danhevirke) 101; o i A - yevore (Akafana) 98; £2 Lt Soler (Marton) 96; £2, J. Ball Ovaiapoi) 95. The-following take £1 each rori I ) o^'^' 18101^0 /1 u[' Swalls <>» (Ka-' low.- r ° t P ,e ( Ashburton) 93, Jack (Christchurch) 92, Sandfoj-.j (Christchurch)9l, Feast (Grey town) 91 (K™) !, 0> Frank (Permanent " 8 <ol .» rV > 85 >

Champion Service Teams Match For teams of five men, counting scores % ™“V h T S ’V’ 'T nd 4 ' k d i 363-£2 t ° l Ai- 366 5 Karori 'No 1> opo, £2, Akarana, 364. . J