RIFLE SHOOTING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19942, 29 October 1934, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING

TIMARU DEFENCE CLUB On Saturday afternoon the Timaru Defence Rifle Club fired the second match of the season, the conditions being seven shots at 500, 600 and 800 yards. At 500 the light was very bad, and the shooting was not up to the

mark, 31 being the top score. At 600 yards the light was slightly better, but the wind came up from the south-west and blew stronger as the afternoon advanced. At this range W. E. Jones and C. K. Paine each scored 32. At 800 yards the wind was very strong, there being from 11 to 14 degrees right wind. H. A. Currie and B. J. Jefferson each scored 32. The day’s match was won by W. G. Heslop with 97, T. Currie being second with 95, and B. Jefferson third with 94. The gold rifle was won by W. G. Heslop, a first year shot, with 91 off the rifle. Scores:—

500 600 800 Hep. Tl. W. G. Heslop . 31 30 30 6 97 T. Currie . . . 29 29 29 8 95 B. J. Jefferson . 31 26 32 4 94 J. Green . . . 29 30 29 5 93 J. Hull . . . . 30 30 28 5 93 A. McBeath . . 29 30 28 6 93 M. Headley . . 31 27 28 7 93 W. E. Jones . . 31 32 28 0 91 W. Malcolm . . 32 31 23 0 86 A. R. Agnew . . 28 30 24 4 86 L. Murray . . 25 30 30 0 85 H. A. Currie . 27 20 32 6 85 C. K. Paine . . 28 32 24 0 84 W. Duncan . 27 21 29 5 82 J. M. Smith . 25 24 28 6 82 M. Johnston 28 28 24 0 80 R. Jefferson . 24 21 19 14 78 E. W. Brehaut 29 23 20 6 78 W. Wood . . 10 23 16 75 F. J. Black . 31 26 12 2 a The leading scores for the silver rifle are:— 500 600 800 n. G. W. Heslop 31 30 30 91 W. E. Jones . 31 32 28 91 B. J. Jefferson 31 26 32 89 J. Hull . . . 30 30 28 88 J. Green . . . 29 30 29 88 T. Currie . . 29 29 29 87 A. McBeath 29 30 28 87