Miniature Rifle Notes

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17879, 22 June 1926, Page 13

Miniature Rifle Notes

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“TRIGGER"

FIXTURES. July 31—-Canterbury Miniature Rifle Championship, at Christchurch. Last week's results at a glance:— Seniors. Sydenham 268 v. Brighton 266. Cashmere 266 v. W.M. Club 265. Sumner 263 v. Railway 262. Juniors. Cashmere 265 v. Heathcote 246 W. H. Harris, Ltd. 265 v. Kaiapoi Woollen 252. R ilway 262 v. Sydenham 255. R.S.A. 259 v. W.M. Club 247. Bur wood 246 v. Lyttelton 222. Presidents. Brighton Ladies 246 v. Lvttelton 202. Railway 240 v. Burwood 228. *c a tc This week’s matches are as follow :—- Seniors. Sumner v. Sydenham. W.M. Club v. New Brighton. Cashmere v. Railway. Juniors. Cashmere v. Railway. W.M. Club v. Lyttelton. W- If- Harris, Ltd. v. Burwood. K iapoi Woollen v. Sydenham. R.S.A. v. Heathcote. Presidents. Lyttelton v. Burwood. Brighton Ladies v. Railway. The positions of the teams are as foi-

« k SENIOR GRADE MATCHES. Surprises and keen contests were the order of last week’s matches. The-, greatest surprise was the defeat of last year’s champions by Sumner, the latter winning by one point, on the Railway Club’s range. Both of the other senior matches were equally exciting, and the return to form of New Brighton was very pleasing to their supporters. It is not very often that only one or two points separate teams in the whole of one week’s shooting in the senior grade. t: New Brighton (266) sprang a surprise on Sydenham and were very unlucky indeed in not storing a win, for several of their most promising scores were spoilt by bad finishes of “threes'* and '’fours.” No doubt the members of the team were pleased with their excellent performance, and it is to be hoped the}- will retain their present form. Sydenham’s score of 268 was the same as that of the previous week, but not up to what a supporter of. their club would expect when looking through the personnel of the team. They are not yet shooting up to practice form, but may settle down later in the season. One exception is the evergreen L- C. Pimm, who has put on a possible in both of the opening matches and looks like again recording his name on the Goodhart Aggregate Cup. New Brighton opened with two thirtyfours, Sydenham replying with a 35 and 33, The next four down for the seaside team failed badly and this cost them the match. Their last four men added 34, 33, 33, 34, a good finish. Sydenham, on the other hand, were shooting consistently, if not brilliantly, and just managed to keep in front by two points. For the winners, Pimm 35, S. D. Hay 34, W. 11. Cockroft 34, VV. 11. Barrett 34; and for Brighton. V. Tims 34, G. Catton 34, E. B. Deill 34 and G. Hobbs 34, secured the honours of the match. « K « Sumner were not expected to be at their best on the Railway range, but evidently they rattled the Railway side by their great finish and won by one point in a very exciting contest. Neither of the totals was quite up to senior form, but the match was always full of interest. The return to form of those two good shots J. Edmonds and C. Timbrell was a most pleasing feature of the contest, and their scores of 34 each at the closing stages put their side one point to the good. Also worthy cf mention was a possible by the well-known “ Charlie '* Peagram and a 34 by J. Barr. Railway commenced well, but, having to count in three thirty-ones in a teams score would lose any senior grade match. With the exception of W. Sullivan 35, P. Hill 34, W. Cook 34 and F. Turner 34 the remaining members shot very poorly. On the Cashmere range another equally exciting and close contest was fired between the local club and the Christchurch Working Men's Club’s team, the former scoring 266 to 266. On the night range conditions were hard and worried roost of the riflemen out of good scores. This was more noticeable in the early stages of the match. Cashmere opened with four thirty-threes, to which the " Club ” replied with 33. 33, 32, 32. Cashmere crashed then with a 31, to which F. Simpson, for the visitors, replied with a 34, thus making things level, but. Cashmere were not to be denied and rattled on two thirty-fours and two thirty-threes to finish with, the “ Club ’’ replying with 33, 31, 33. 35. For the losers R. Piper had the. honour of scoring the only possible of the match, while B. Holland and H. Haworth were top scorers for the winners with 34 each, which went a long way in enabling the Hills club to annex the win. 8 8 8 JUNIOR NOTES. Railway (262) gained an unexpected win over Sydenham (258), as the previous week they could only manage 350 against Kaiapoi Woollen, while Sydenham scored 258 in their match. Scores of outstanding merit were:-—J. Kean 35, W. Blood 34, P. Jack, jun., 34 for Railway, and 11. Baker 34 for Sydenham. ik a v Returned Soldiers (259) are to be congratulated on their win against the Christchurch Working Men’s Club (247). In the previous week's contest they only put on 246, and their improvement speaks well for their coach and captain. D. Harries, R. Stringer 34, J. Bassett 33 and D. Harries 33 were top scorers for the winners. The Working Men’s Club team are not shooting well at. all, and showed no improvement on their opening match total. E. Simpson 34 was quite the best card « Kaiapoi Woollen were very unlucky to have to count in a 26 in their match which thus spoils a promising total. J Green’s possible and F. Burgoync’s 34 were good exhibitions of shooting. The winners, W. 11. Harris, Ltd., put on the fine tally of 265, which is very promising so early in the season. Though no possibles were included, W. Henry, J. Golds tone and W. M’Causland put on 34 each.

k Cashmere made the journey down to Heathcote Valley, and defeated the Heathcote team by 19 points. The winners equalled W. H. Harris’s team’s total of 265, which was a really good effort, when a 31 was included in the scores. Two mistakes on th? winners’ part during the evening no doubt cost them three points, but their experience should make them more carteful in future contests. Heathcote shot g jH|i|i|tti^^

( night, and are finding the longer range a trifle harder than the short one that was in use last season. For the winners. G. Alexander a possible, G. Naylor 34, 11. Large 34 and P. Waring 33 tor Heathcote were the top scorers. Burwood met the Lyttelton team at the Lyttelton range, and won by the good margin of 24 points. Both clubs have only been formed this season, and the winners have so far shown the greatest improvement in team shooting. They may have to pay for experience by having a series of defeats during the competition, but if so it should spur them on to better scores next year. It last week’s match, J. Partridge 34 for Burwood and A. Burberry 32 lor Lyttelton were top scorers. PRESIDENTS CUP. New Brighton ladies are still undefeated with two matches gone, and their meeting with Railway this evening should prove interesting. Last week they defeated Lyttelton bv 44 points. Mrs Ball 33, Mrs M’Clelland 32, Mrs Moses 32 all shot well. The highest cards for Lyttelton were 29 by F. Mills and E. Gorkin. Railway put on a* total of 240 in defeating Burwood, who annexed 228. D. Joblin 33 was top scorer for the winners, and E. Emmett 32 for Burwood. 8 8 « CANTERBURY MINIATURE RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIPS. The Canterbury championships will take place on Saturday, July 31. At a meeting of the Christchurch Miniature Rifle Association last week the following programme was drawn up:— No. I.—Canterbury Match (ten shots, 1 one compulsory sighter not to count); entry fee 3s. First prize £3, second prize £2, five prizes of £1 each, eight prizes of 10s each; total £l4. No. 2.—Canterbury Champion Teams’ Match (of five men teams); entrance fee 10s per team; seven shots, one op>ft on a 1 sigh ter, with forty minutes’ time limit). First prize £7 10s, second prize £5, third prize £2 10s. No. 3.—Canterbury Championship Grand Aggregate (.scores in Matches 1 and 2 to count; entrance fee 5s per man). First prize gold medal and £5, second prize £4, third prize £3, fourth prize £2, two prizes of £1 each, and four prizes of 10s each; total £lB. Any competitor may shoot in grand aggregate by paying his entry money of ss. WARD'S LADIES’* CLUB v. CASHMERE. A most enjoyable match was fired on Saturday evening last between the Ward’s Ladies’ Club and a junior team of the Cashmere Chib, the former making a particularly fine showing. After the match the Ladies’ Club entertained the visitors to supper. The scores were as follows; Ward's Ladies—Mrs Buchanan 34, Miss L. Falgar 33, Mrs Fuller 32, Mrs Pimm 31, Miss R. Falgar 30, Miss Best 30, Mrs Wilson 30, Mrs Smith 29; total 249. Cashmere—R. Neill 33. H. Large 32, C. Carrell 32, F. Milne 32, W. Gabb 32, S. Clark 31, J. Chapman 31, W. Guy 29; total 252. CLUB NOTES. Sydenham Club fired off the ties of its service competition which was fired. the previous week, the winner turning up in a junior member, V. Major, who won after three shoots in which he put on 33 each time. This is good shooting without the sling, but the best scoring in the competition was two 34’s by S. D. Hay. The best scores in the weekly aggregate were:—W. Barrett 35, R. Harrison 35, J’l Davison 35, A. Barker 35, W. Wilson 35, R. S. Carter 34—2—35, J. Left, jun. 32—4—35, C. Jessop 34, L. Pimm 34. Pegler 32 2—34. At the weekly practice of Ward’s Ladies’ Rifle Club, Mrs Pimm 33. holds the pendant for the week, and Miss R. Falgar 32, the gold button. Other scores were: Miss Best 31—30 w Mrs Smith 31, Mrs Harper 34, Mrs Fuller 30, and Mrs Weston 30. Miss L. Falgar, 25, made the highest score for the junior trophy. On Saturday at the practice of the Brighton Ladies’ Club the senior pendant was won by Miss Park, the junior -'endant by Miss Bickefton, and the Tisdall Brooch by Miss E. Diehl with 32. The best scores were: Miss Park 34 Mrs Buschl 33—32, Mrs Stokes 31—30. Mrs Burmeist-er 30, Miss E. Diehl 32. 8 8 8 The Returned Soldiers’ Club held a sealed handicap sweepstake last week, which resulted in a tie between C. Farle’»’ 31—4—35, and R. Mallock 32—3 35. In the shoot off Farley won with 35 3—35, Mallock 29—3—32. In the bull’s-eye competition J. Bassett leads with 20 bulls. For the Guy Farrell Cup J. Bassett and D. Harries are leading with 65 each, H. Fleck being next : with 64. The Tisdall Hotty Button was won bv D. Harries with 33. 8 8 8 W. H. Harris, Ltd., fired another of the series for the Hotty Button competition which resulted in a tie between A. Halmshaw and C. M’Callum with 34 each. The June competition consists of teams of three men each and up to date the shooting has been very keen. Two new members have joined up. 8 8 8 The Cashmere Club fired its eleventh Hotty shoot of the season last evenin" the winner being R. Gcddes with a possible after a shoot off. For the Haworth trophy P. Cole, I. Elliott and W. Guy tied and will shoot off next week. During the evening possibles were put on by E. Oopplcstone, R. Geddes, H. Judkins, G. Naylor, A. Mar- I tin, H. Haworth. Next week the fifth club competition will take place.

lows:— M. w. Jj. r>. pts. Cashmere No. 1 .. 2 2 0 0 2 Sydenham No. I . . 2 2 0 0 2 Oh'oh. W.M.C. No. 12 110 1 Sumner 2 1 1 0 1 New Brighton 2 0 2 0 0 Railv/ay No. 1 .. 2 0 2 0 0