MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19587, 6 September 1933, Page 8

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

TIMARU CLUB W. BRADSHAW SECURES CHAMPIONSHIP No. 19 match was fired on Monday evening. This was the final shoot for the Club Championship Silver Rifle, Burns Cup and S. H. Parker Cup. Bradshaw registered 79 and C. Blackwood 68. which gave him the tie for last week’s silver rifle, and placed them level for the silver rifle trophy with four wins each. Bradshaw won the Club championship by two points with an aggregate of 952 out of a possible 960 for 12 matches. C. H. Johnson won the B grade championship by six points from R. Holland, who shot consistently. The final shoot-off for No. 17 match was won by D. J. Bennington, while a tie for No. 18 was reduced to G. Drew and W. H. Head, who will fire off next week. Some of the competitions cannot be definitely listed until after the official checking of the Hayhurst Shield targets. The second round of the Hayhurst Shield will be fired in conjunction with No. 20 match next Monday, the prize for which has been presented by Mr J. F. Lewis. Leading scores in Monday’s match were as follows: P. A. Foden 80-1-80; T. Green 79-1-80; G. Marra 79-2-80; R. Holland 78-2-80; H. Barbour 77-4-80; W. Thomas 77-9-80; A. Mcßeath 75-7 80; M. O’Connor 75-5-80; R. Worthington 75-6-80; D. Bennington 74-11-80; W. H. Heads 74-10-80; L. Loader 74-7-80; G. Drew 73-9-80; H. Welford 73-12-80; W. Bradshaw 79-0-79; W. Falloon 79-0-79; G. Brehaut 77-2-79; C. H. Johnson 77-2-79; L. McKessar 77-2-79. The following teams have been entered for the championship meeting at Waimate:—A team: Bradshaw, Blackwood, Duncan, Foden and Agnew. B. team: Malcolm, Falloon, Marra, I. Blackwood and Johnson. CAVE CLUB. At the weekly shoot of the Cave Miniature Rifle Club, the best scores we re—H. Green 79, Miss B. Hunter 78, Miss A. Gray 78, John Gray 78, A. Hawthorne 77, F. Taylor 77, R. Butterworth 77, H. Gray 76, R. Karst 76, A. Young 75, J. Sullivan 75, G. Sargission 71. The gold button was by H. Green and the silver button by R. Karst. Mr H. Taylor’s trophy was won by G. Sargission. GLEN-ITI CLUB. The championship of the Glen-iti Miniature Rifle Club was concluded on Monday night. In the A. Grade championship J. Hull had a lead of two points from C. Paine, who had possibles to his credit in the last two shoots. Paine shot first and secured practically a perfect possible. Hull had a big task in front of him, but he also secured the possible. In the shoot off for the button Hull again secured the possible, following this with a 79. The following are the placings in the different competitions: — Ladies’ championship.—Miss J. Taylor 913; runner up, Mrs W. Brehaut 906; bulls eye competition, Miss J. Taylor 60; runner-up, Mrs W. Brehaut 55, Miss A. O’Brien 55. A. Grade championship, J. Hull 939; runner-up, C. Paine 937; bulls-eye competition, J. Hull 91, R. Tate 91; shoot-off, J. Hull, winner. B. Grade championship, T. Marshall 916; runner-up, G. Becknigham 914. The following were the highest scores off the rifle at Monday’s shoots—J. Hull 80. C. Paine 80, L. Murray 79, R. Tate 79, J. McArthur 79, C. Wilson 78, J. Blamires 78, H. Currie 78, W. Hodgen 79, G. Beckingham 77, Mrs Brehaut 76, Mrs Hull 76, Miss B. McKenzie 76, R. Winnington 76. Mrs Stevens 75, Miss D. Jackson 75, Miss E. De Joux 75, Miss J. Taylor 75. The men's button was won by J. Hull, and the ladies by Mrs Brehaut. PLEASANT POINT CLUB. The Pleasant Point Miniature Rifle Club fired the final shoot of the championship series on Monday night. The Bowman weekly button and a trophy given by Mr R. Doake were won by M. Roberts, with 74 (6), 75 (5), 76 (4). Miss A. Macßean was runner-up with 73, 76, 75. E. Chapman and W. T. Taylor tied for the Wilson bullet each with 80. In the shoot off Taylor made a second possible. Scores off the rifle were—W. T. Taylor 80, E. Chapman 80, M. Patrick 79, J. Stevenson 79, R. Mcllwrick 79, C. Thoreau 78, K. Hammond 78, A. Obcrn 78, C. Halkett 78, V. McMurtrie 78, H. Elms 77, G. Henderson 77, J. Wooffindin 77, N. McLeod 77, A. Thoreau 77, C. Gould 76. Mrs Gillespie 76, F. Wilson 76, E. Waugh 75, S. Wooffindin 75, R. Gliddon 75, F. Malcolmson 75, M. Roberts 74, N. Brightwell 74, Miss A. Macßean 73, H. Tont • F. B, Wilson 72, N. Doake 71. In the Club championship 15 shoots out of 20 are counted. The winner was W. T. Taylor with a score of 1187. Next in order were—C. Thoreau 1178, G. Henderson and K. Hammond equal with 1176, M. Patrick 1174, R. Mcllwrick 1173, H. Roberts and H. Elms equal with 1169. J. Wooffindin was the winner of the B. grade with 1143, followed by C. Halkett 1138, D. Doake 1136, A. Oborn 1136 and V. McMurtrie 1135. The ladies’ championship will be completed next week. For the Bowman weekly button, 20 competitors tied with one win each.