MINIATURE RIFLES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19569, 16 August 1933, Page 12

MINIATURE RIFLES

TIMARU CLUB. Forty members of the Tlmaru Miniature Rifle Club fired in No. 16 match >n Monday, and 17 of them with handicaps included tied with the possible and will shoot'off next week. The 17 members who tied for the previous week's match were reduced to two after two shootsoff. The tie for last week's silver rifle between A. Agnew, W. Duncan and W. Malcolm was shot off. and each scored 78. Duncan and Malcolm fired off but again tied so the finish was adjourned till next week. Bradshaw and Falloon tied for the rifle this week, and will fire off next Monday. The lead-

Leading scores for the Club championship are:—Bradshaw 947, C. Blackwood 945. W. Duncan 942. Falloon 937, Agnew 936. Malcolm 933. Foden 930. The leading B grade aggregates are; C. Johnson 906. R. Holland 901. O'Connor 900. Dawson 889. McKessar 884, Worthington 881, S. Rodgers 877. PLEASANT POINT CLUB. The Pleasant Point Club fired the seventeenth official shoot on Monday night, when 33 members competed for a trophy given by Mr P. J. Bowman. H. D. Roberts proved the winner in the fourth round, finishing with two consecutive possibles and he also won the Bowman weekly button. Miss MacBean was runner-up. W. T. Taylor won the Wilson bullet for the highest score off the rifle with a possible. The official scores were:—W. T. Taylor 80. Miss M. Wall 79, K. Hammond' 79. C. Halkett 79, J. Wooffindin 79. Mrs W. T. Taylor 78, C. Thoreau 78, A. Thoreau 78, M. Patrick 78, F. Malcolmson 78, H. D. Roberts 77, D. Doake 77. F. B. Wilson 77, D. Gillespie 77. G. Henderson 77, R. Mcllwrick 77. H. Elms 76, N. McLeod 76. J. Stevenson 76, D. Brightwell 76. R. Turnbull 75, Miss Macßean 75, V. McMurtrie 75. M. Roberts 75. For the Club championship the scores are:—W. T. Taylor 1025, K. Hammond 1019. C. Thoreau 1019, M. Patrick 1018, G. Henderson 1016, H. Roberts 1012. In the B grade championship the leading scores are:—J. Wooffindin 910, C. Halkett 909, D. Doake 908, V. McMurtrie 907, A. Oborn 903. In the women’s championship. Mrs -V. T. Taylor holds the lead with 895 while Miss M. Wall is next with 888. WINCHESTER CLUB. On Monday night, the Winchester Men’s Miniature Rifle Club fired for Mr T. H. Baker's trophy. A. Archibald proved the winner with 77 off the rifle. W. Priddle won the button with a possible. Following were the scores—W. Priddle 80. W. R. Pearce 79, P. Hewson 79, John Cripps 78, O. S. Priest 78, J. Smith 77, W. Waple 77, N. Priddle 77, A. H. Cripps 77, W. Gudsell 77, C. Higginbottom 77, C. Louden 76, H. Hicks 76, D. Scammell 76, H. J. Hopkins 75, W. Jackson 75. GLEN-ITI CLUB. On Monday night, the thirteenth championship shoot was concluded. The following were the highest scores off the rifle:—W. J. Brehaut 79. J. Hull 78, O. Wilson 78, R. Tate 78, T. Marshall 78, A. Bone 77, V. Hicks 77, R. Winnington 77, Mrs Morse 76, T. Currie 76, C. Paine 76, Miss DeJoux 75, J. Blamires 75, G. Beckingham 75. The winner of the buttons were Mrs Morse and W. J. Brehaut. ORARI CLUB. At the Orari Ladies’ Miniature Rifle Club’s shoot the trophy given by Mrs W. Quirke was won by Mrs F. Priddle with 78 off the rifle. The trophy presented by Mrs Macdonald was won by Miss M. Mason, with 76 off the rifle. The best scores were—Mrs P. Priddle 78, Mrs W. Watson 77. Miss M. Mason 76, Mrs A. Wright 75. Miss M. Stever.s 75, Mrs A. Rysdale 73. Miss E. Gould 71. At the men's shoot the best scores were—L. Wood 79. A. Quirke 77. A. Earl 77. A. England 77, E. R. O'Neill 76, J. A. Henderson 75. FOUR PEAKS CLUB. There was a good attendance at the weekly practice of the Men s Miniature Rifle Club. The following were the best scores:—J. Robinson 79, W. Mallinson 78, R. Ford 78, R. Wooding 78. A trophy presented by Mr L. Orr, was won by R. Ford with 78 off the rifle. GERALDINE ASSOCIATION. In the shoot for the Burnett Challenge Cup between Hilton and Winchester, the following scores were registered: — Hilton—A. Cornelius 80, R. Meredith 80, L. Beattie 79. W. Ferguson 78, R. A. Scott; total 395. Winchester.—S. Priest 80. J. Cripps 79, W. Pierce 79. W. Priddle 78, H. Hopkins 75; totaj 391.

ing scores for the match were: W. Bradshaw 80 0 £o W. Falloon 80 0 80 I. Blackwood 78 2 80 G. Brehaut 78 3 80 G. Carmichael 18 3 80 R. Holland 78 7 80 C. John.son 78 2 80 A. Brassell 77 4 80 W. Rennie 77 3 80 M. K. Taylor 77 4 80 G. Drew* 76 9 80 A. McBeath 76 6 P0 G. E. Ford » 75 8 SO H. Welford 75 12 80 W. H. Heads 74 10 SO W. Falconer 72 11 80 W. Thomas 71 9 80 C. Blackwood 79 0. S. Kimber 75 4 r <9 T. Hubbard 73 6 79 L. Loader 73 6 79 A. Agnew 78 0 r -8 W. Duncan 78 0 78 W. Malcolm 78 0 78 J. Murphy 75 3 78 H. Barbour 74 4 78 W. Dawson 73 5 78 M. O’Connor 73 5 78 R. Worthington 72 6 78 R. Kimber 71 7 78