MINIATURE RIFLE

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19134, 29 July 1930, Page 13

MINIATURE RIFLE

NEWS AND NOTES

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“TRIGGER”

FIXTURES. August 2—South Island Miniature Rifle Championship Meeting at Timaru. :: k Winter Tournament Matches. '•"he third and final rounds of the r>-iiior grade matches were commenced last week. Sydenham, who at present t’-Ve in the lead equal with Cashmere, in their match against Sumner put. up ri*.e exceptional total of 556, which is only four points off the possible for t-ignt men. Only once has this been beaten in the history of miniature rifle shooting in Christchurch. Sydenham i. five possibles, these being put on , fi. Barker. R. Hay. S. O. llay, W. R. Barrett and O. Jessop. while C. Thom end A. Barker had 69 each. The team - lo be congratulated on its fine shooting. Sumner did not do so well as in •iTtner matches. C. Hart a possible, ai.fl * E Alexander 69 were the only outstanding performances in the total of New Brighton secured the first win the season at the expense of Cashmere B after a very exciting match. The totals, which were 543 and 542. v. e j-e n<-'t high for senior matches. V. Tims, with a possible, was top scorer r.-r the winners, for whom D. Turner >69) also shot well. With the except- on of R. Walker (69) Cashmere did j. shoot ui» to -their earlier form. Cashmere A defeated Railway by 54 8 tu 545. The hills team was always in a timing position, though the Railway team pulled up towards the finish. For Cashmere; R. E. Taylor showed a return To form with 7u. and L. Ragg (69). C. K. Naylor (69) and H. Haworth (69) also were prominent. F. Hodge (70), T. Duckworth (69), W. Crossen (69) ;-nd F. Sullivan (69) were top for RailZrZ tl •» The leaders in the junior competition. Returned Soldiers A, were lucky to continue their unbeaten record. With a total of 541 they narrowly defeated Lyttelton by three points, this being their lowest total of the sea Son. Nevertheless they look to be in an unassailable position, being two and a half points in thu lead with six matches to be tired. F. Hiscock (70), J. Comer (69), and C. Farley (69) were those that shot best for R.S.A.. F. Coleman (69) and S. W. Burberv (69) shot well for Lyttelton, who were unfortunate in having to count in a 65 card.

Heathcote travelled with a man short and this gave Sydenham a walk over. "Neither side had any large scores. J. *'raig (68) and L. Green (68) were the best for Sydenham, and J. .Evans (6S) for Heathcote. Returned Soldiers’ B team put on one of their best performances for the season in notching 545 against Kaiapoi Woollen. Several targets would have •lone credit to senior shots. I refer to Ihillen 7f*. R. Shaw 69, R. Erickson 69 and R. Litten 69. Kaiapoi Woollen, who put on 535, also had several good scorers. 'These were Olin 69, .Marriott 69 and J. Burness 68. Cashmere went to the pack against Larwood last week, putting on the ver3* moderate total of 526. Burwood, on the other hand, shot well, running up ■'44 points, one of the best junior totals for the week. T. Hay a. possible, L. dulholland 69. A. 00.-dhind 69 and E. J >elemain 69 were the leading scorers for the winners, and IT. S. Pnrves *6B, r. Haworth 68 and R. Milne 6S for the losers. Christchurch Working Men’s Club v. ere caught napping by W. IT. Harris. Ltd. The club members were a point a man down below their usuel form, and after a very exciting finish in which the association checkers decided a target in favour of W. H. Harris. Ltd., the result was a draw. F. Williamson 69, and Glue 69 were two of the W.M.C. i embers who retained their best form. >T. Bbia.sda.le 69 and S. Stephens 69 were the best of the W. 11. Karris, Ltd., team, i*: ? Very few of the President’s grade matches provided close contests. Cashmere. who up to last week were in the running for the championship, were ettsily defeated by Ford Motors. L. Willis «69), A. Hughes (68) and C. Priest (6S> were the outstanding scorers for the motor firms’ team, and W. Guy c 69) and I'. Bell (.68) for Cashmere. The New Brighton Ladies’ team, 1 hough defeated, were not disgraced in putting up r. 3 2 to W. 11, Harris, Ltd.’s 5 34. Out of the ten teams competing in this grade only four teams exceeded the ladles’ total. J. Simpson (69), F. Falmshaw (69), C. Pitt <6S) and W. .Jackson (58) were the best cards for ri.e winners. Mrs A. Moses was top for the losers with 68. :: :: The leaders. Returned Soldiers, hod an easy win over Marist B, by 538 to 530. f>. Burgess 69, H. Brake 6 8 and Cowper 68 were the Lest for R.S.A. For Marist, G. I-'aigar (OS) shot well. Marist A were too good for Ward’s Ladies by 542 to 529. L». Higgins 469), L- Blackler '59), J. MCarthy (68), J. O’Loughlin (68» shot well for the winners. Two scores stood out well fox* j Ward's Ladies. These were a 69 put* on by Miss Smith and a 6S by Mrs f Hobbs. Railway defeated Lyttelton by 532 to 525. A. Jack 68 and E. Lowe 68, for Railway, and T. Mills 68 for Lyttelton were the best scores. This week's draw: Senior—Cashmere A v. Sumner; Syd- j eft ham v. Cashmere B; Brighton v. Railway. Juniors—Sydenham v. W. 11. Harris. J.td.; Cashmere v. Lyttelton; Heathcote v Burwood: Christchurch Working Men’s ‘ lub v. Kaiapoi Woollen: Returned Sol«.iers A v. Returned Soidiers B. President’s—Railway v. Ward’s Tadics: Brighton Ladies v. Cashmere; Ford Motors v. Returned Soidiers; Marst B v. Marist A; W. 11. Harris, Ltd.. v - Lyttelton. All the foregoing matches will be fired on the range of the firstmentioned team. CLUB NOTES. The Cashmere Club fired its seventeenth hotty competition for the season last evening. The winner was F. Haworth with two possibles, and V. Guy was runni=r-un with 70 and 66. In the I snoot-off for the L>iack Trophy R. Neill , and L. Ra*g tied with 69 each and will Shoot off: next week. >7r w Brighton Ladies held their I . weekly practice last Saturday. The ! , ■coring’ was; Mrs Ball 79-66; Mrs i Busehl, 69-69; Miss Turner. 69-63: Mrs I Ragg, 68-61; Miss Park, 6 7-fifi; Miss;, Tilley short, 67-65; Miss Moses, 66-64; ! Mrs Moses, 66-63: Mrs stokes, 65. The c,u!» will enter two teams for the junior ' meeting on Saturday next. 1 The weekly shoot of Ward's Ladies was held on Saturday evening, the high- ***■ S‘~or*-s being: Mrs Buchanan 69, Mrs fuller 64 , Mrs Smith 67. Mrs Harper < 6,, Miss B. Johnson 68, Miss Smith 67, }

Miss C. Johnson 67, Mrs Hobbs 66, Mrs Erridge 66. Airs Caaldwell 66. Mrs Buchanan won the hotty button for the week. Before starting the match Mar-, ist A v. Ward’s Ladies, Mrs Fuller moved a motion of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr A. Burbery, both teams standing in silence. ■JOTTING'S. South Island Miniature Rifle Championships at Timaru next Saturday. Several teams are going down from Christchurch clubs. The local junior and president’s championships, which were to be held next Saturday, have been postponed. They will very likely be held on August 16. Another lady rifle shot who is expected to become a champion is Mi-;s Mary Ward, of the United States. She was one of the team which defeated Great. Britain last year for the Dewar Cup being considered one of the. be~t . r,f twenty leading rifle shots in l .S.A. Miss Ward, who is only ninefit «0 yards, _ and 73 at' * a total of 395 points out of 100. ss tz :: FITNESS IN RIFLE SHOOTING. Earl Grey, speaking at the annual meeting of the London League of Riflemen last month, said that when lie looked hack over forty years he found that there were not nearly so many attractions for young men then as there are to-day. "I am afraid,’’ he said, ’•that there is a great tendency in the present day to follow pursuits that rjo not lead to physical fitness.” He said that he looked upon rifle shooting as one of the things which tended to good physical condition. It needed steadiness of hand and a clear eye, and men who cared about it had a strong inducement to keep fit and were so much the better men for it.

KAIAPOI ASSOCIATION FIRES FURTHER SERIES. Following are the results of the sixth and seventh series of matches held by the Kaiapoi Miniature Rifle Association : Jones Rose Bowl. K.W.M.C.—F. Young 70, 11. Edwards 70, H. Trustrum 69, J. Johnston 68, F. Richards 6S, G. Stark 67, J. Ball 67, S. Richards 63; total 542; -v. Rangiora— T. Thompson 69, C, Butters 6S, J. Arnett 67, J. Thompson 67, W. J. ileney 66. D. Patterson 65, D. Mehrtens 64, J. Cook 64; total 530. Southbrook—R. Withers 68, C. James 67, G. Lowe 66, R. Doggett 66, M. Shepperd 66, C. Archer 65, B. Dench 65, R. Hughes 65: total 525; v. Hawarden— J. Morris 69, T. R. Smellie 68, T. T. Smellie 66, J. Lowe 66, G. Tiplady 66, L. Smellie 66, J. Shelly 64, G. D. Scott 62: total 527. Southbrook—M. Shepperd 68, R. Withers 68, R. Hughes 68, R. Doggett 68, C. Archer 66. B. Dench 65. C. James 65, G. Lowe 63; total 531: v. Rangiora—T. Thompson 67. W. J. Heney 66, J. Cook 66, A. Judson 64. C. Butters 64, D. Mehrtens 64. J. Arnott 62, D. Patterson 60; total 514. Hawarden—J. IT. Wright 70, G. Tiplady 69, .T. Shelly 63. T. Smellie G 7, F. Barker 67, J. Morris 65, G. Scott 65, J. Lowe 64; total 535; v. Waiau (scores not to hand). Little Cup. Iv.W.M.C.—p. Clarke 67, G. T. M’Nally 67, If. Moyna 68, A. Munn 68, D. Herd 69, W. Williams 67. R. Ogilvie 65, J. Burnip 63; total 534; v. Waiau—R. Bunz 68, T. Smith 68, L. Whitham 67, A. Smale 67, S. Beaven 67, C. Finlayson -I’ **• -Duncan 66, J. Oldman 60; total

Southbrook—F. M’lntosh 63 A. Campbell *>B, B. Ross 68, F. LofEhagen 66, I. Morris 66, If. Brj»wn 66, J. Laskey 65, L. Dench 63; total 531; v. Waikuku— F. Stokes 69, J. Wesley 69, L. Whitlow 68, S. Stokes 67, A. Lovegrove 67, R. Ellis 66. p. M’Millan 66, D. Morris 43; total 515. Sefton—A. Forbes 70, J. Lillev C 9. H. It. Ford 68, J. Mathers 68, 3\ Topp • >B, A. Ashwprth 67, F. 11. Ford 67, A. Mathers 62; total 539; v. Hawarden —F. Rydings 66, L. Smellle 65, C. Blake 65, W. Doak 63, (?. Burt 62, G. R. Birney C2, P. O’Connor 56, R. Michael 53; total 4 92. Waikuku—A. L’ovegrove 69, P. M’Millan 69, S. Stokes 67, J., Wesley C 7, L. Whitlow 67, F. Stokes 67, G. Lovegrove 63, Tt. Ellisr 63; total 532; v. Sefton— R. Topp 69, A. Forbes 69, A. Ashworth 67, J. Lilley 66, H. R. Ford 62. J. Uommock 61, A. Mathers 59: total 522. Waiau—T. Smith 69, O. Davies 67, T. Harland 65, J. Fitzgerald K 4, A. Smile 63. J. Oldman 62, J. Williams 62. W. shields 61: total 513; v. Hawarden— W. Mason 67. F. J. Rydings 67, F. Birney 66, \V. Doak 65, H. Fisher 63. G. Mason 63, P. O’Connor 62, J. Morrison 56: total 509. Southbrook—F, LofEhagen 68. I. Morris 68, H. Brown 68, L. Dench 65, L<\ M’lntosli 67, B. Row 66, J. Laskey 63, A. Campbell 61; total 52.9; v. Rangiora —S; Thompson 67, A. Judson 65, J. Thompson 66, L. Wilson 64, B. Ilinks 63, J>. Milne 64, A. Ambrose 63, W. Mitchell 56; total SCB. Position, of Teams.

Association Shield. K.W.M.C.—II. Edwards 70. F. Youn • II . Trust rum 69, J. Ball 67, G. stark 6i; total 3 43; v. Southbrook—M. Shepherd 69, R. Withers 69. C. Archer fiis C. James 66, R. Boggeit 64; total 336.’ LAV .M.C.—H. Edwards 68, H. Trusfrum 68, G. Stark 67. J. Johnston 37 F. Young 65; total 335; v. Rangiora— J. Cook 68, I». Mehrtens 66, D. Paterson 66, D. Milne 62, T. Thompson 62; total 324. Position of Teams. M. W. L. Pf S K. W.M.C 5 5 0 5 Southbrook 4 22 •» Rangiora 5 o 5 o SSSIESSSS!SI®SiII!HHiIia®aSIE

M. W. Tj. PCs. Southbroolc 6 « n g K.W.M.C. G 5 ;i f. Waikuku 6 1 *» 4 Itangiora G 2 4 2 Sef ton •> 2 4 Waiau g 2 4 Hawarden 6 o g o Buddo Cup Aggregate. Counting the best five scores in the junior competitions:— F. Stokes (Waikuku) 240 I. Herd ( K.W.M.C.) ;M2 JJ. Iloss (Southbrook) :: n. i'. M'Intosh (Southbrook; .... ; i f. Morris (Southbrook) U* A. Murm (K.W.M.C!.) ;:4 0 C. T. M'Nally (K.W.M.C.) A. Lovegrove (Waikuku) .... A. Forbes (Sefton) :;.;:) Wesley (Waikuku) J*. ‘ larke (K.W.M.C.) :;27 S. Stokes (WaiktSku) 2,2 7 II. Moyna (K.W.M.C.) : - 1.. Whitlow (Waikuku) T». Milne (Rangiora) 2:: 1 T. Smith (Waiau) 224 F. Coffhagen (Southbrook ) .. : i Thompson (Rangiora) .... I’. M'Millun (Waikuku) H. Brown (Southbrook) •};;•> .1. ITurnip (K.W.M.C.) 1.. Dench (Southbrook) 220 A. Judson (Rangiora) 2 20