RIFLE SHOOTING

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19270, 6 January 1931, Page 11

RIFLE SHOOTING

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PDCTUBES. January 10—Christchurch I).II. Club's fifth short range competition, 500 and 600 yards. January 10 —Sydenham D.R. Club’s short range competition, 500 and 600 yards. January 10—Kaiapoi D.R. Club's third Ashby Cup competition at 300 and 500 yards. January 10—Rangiora D.R. Club’s first service competition. January 10—Timaru D.R. Club’s long range competition, 800 and 90u yards. January 10 —Ashburton D.R. Club’s short range competition. February 2S—Canterbury Rifle Association’s Jack Shield competition. March 4 to 7—National Rifle Meeting at Trent ham. :: Southland. Championships. The Southland Rifle Association held tiieir annual championship meeting on January 1 and 2. The meeting was based on an entry of seventy-five, but the total number who attended was seventy. Amongst the entrants was C. Blackwood, of Timaru, who annexed the Canterbury Championship the previous week. Blackwood was not very successful and, with the exception of a minor prize in the opening match, did not collect any other prize-money. This was in strong contrast to his outstanding performance the previous week at Christchurch. The winner of the championship was A. R. Wills, of Invercargill , with 274 points out of a possible 500. an average of just on 46 per match. The leading nine men were as folPoints. A R. Wills (Invercargill) .... 271 W. E. Diack (Invercargill) . . 272 A. Ford (City Guards) 272 W. Jones (Kiwi, Dunedin) .... 271 W. Mllby ( Invercargill) .... 270 F. Silvius (Kiwi, Dunedin) .. 270 II- W. Moss (Invercargill) . . 270 E. J. M’Laughlin (City Guards) 270 J. Gansly (City Guards) ... 270 tz :: Canterbury Bifle Championships. In last week’s notes I promised to publish the Fox Cup Aggregate and the Champion Teams’ Match scores. The Fox Cup Aggregate was a runaway victory .for W. E. Jones, of Timaru. -Jones owed his win to his meritorious shoot in the Service Match. Most competitors’ scores were very poor in »his match, and as the aggregate counted in all matches the majority liad very little chance from the outset. Leading scores were as follows: Points. - E. Jones (Timaru) , .. 20S H. Mason (Chorlton) 195 W. Oakley (Christchurch) .... 190 J. Eryden (Kaiapoi) 11*0 F- Hodge (Sydenham) 182 Major 11. V. Searle (Nelson) .. IS2 Blackwood (Timaru* 180 V. Tims (Sydenham) 180 H. Cromie (Ashburton) I7J F. Judkins (Christchurch) .. 17-S W- R. Barrett (Sydenham) .. J 73 L. C. Pinmi (Sydenham) ... 171 j Paat Winners. Past winners of the Fox Cup are as follows: 1923 Captain W. H. Masefield (Blenheim). 1924 Captain H. V. Searle (Nelson). 1920 11. Reynolds (Christchurch). 1926 H. Judkins (Christchurch). 1927 A. Halmshaw (ChriHtc.hurfhl 1928 J>. F. Keir (Ashburton* 3 929—W. Honey (Rangiora) 1920—\\\ E. Jones (Timaru).

History of Fox Cup. The Fox Cup. which was first presented in 1923 by the widow of the late Mr John Fox as a memorial cup, was originally the Canterbury Cup, first presented by Mr J. Blake in 1572 for competition at volunteer rifle meetings. The first winner was Sergeant Gulliver in 1572. Up to 1579, when Q.M. Sergeant J. Fox won the trophy outright, the following were the winners, and their names, which are on the cup, will prove interesting to the older riflemen: 1873, Dixon; 1874, Gunner Paton; 1875, Sergeant Beattie; 1876, Jolm Cameron; 1577, Corporal Campbell; IS7S, Gunner Houston. Champion Teams Match. The finish of the champion teams match was close and exciting, Timaru winning narrowly by one point from the Christchurch Club’s No. 1 team. The latter were very unfortunate, owing to one of their members putting four points on the wrong target; this, undoubtedly, cost them the match. The totals and scores of the various teams are as follow:

New Brighton Ladies. The New Brighton Ladies' Outdoor Miniature Rifle Club shot the first round in the second trophy competition on Saturday. The next shoot will take place ©n January ,10. Scores were as follows:

SOUTHLAND TITLE. Per Press? Association. INVERCARGILL, January 5. At the Southland Rifle Association’s annual shoot, the championship was won bv A. R. Wills, of the Invercargill Club, with a. score of 274. W. E. Eiaok (Invercargill) and A. Ford (City Guards, Invercargill) tied for second place with

Timar u D.R. :;oo Club—1. 500 60.0 yds. yds. 41 4S 4 3 45 4 4 46 33 41 36 3S Tl. 134 132 128 118 111 208 197 218 623 Christchurcl D.R. Club No. 1— 2. FT. Harries G. Crimp 300 •■7f 500 600 yds. yds. II Si Tl. If? Sr S,n 14s .. :: si U it ill W. Oakley . 41 39 39 119 202 210 210 622 Ashburton D.R. Club No. 2— 300 500 600 yds. Tl. k :: : IS 39 4 4 127 J- Clayton 125 A. Don 11 41 - 42 35 114 211 211 1S4 616 Ashburton D.R. Club No. 1— 3S. #1 %S. Tl. H. Cromie .... . 41 JS In 45 39 4 6 34 nt 120 HS : m . 4 0 D. F. Keir . 36 46 37 1 06 224 193 613 ChristchuiT.h D.R. Club, No. 2500 600 yds. vds. vds. Tl. D. Ha rries . . +2 126 J. Chapman F. Judkins R. Neill O. W. Sandfo ..41 . 30 4 0 59 it ill 35 39 120 a 1 1 6 205 203 194 G02 “9T 500 600 yds. yds. Tl. n. A. Kingsbury 4* x “s y ..:: 5? 10 41 41 40 2 8 39 Ill 117 :;s 115 1 96 196 205 3 97

Sydenham X>.R. Club No. 1 — 7. 300 500 600 FV Ilodge W. K. Barrett yds. yds. yds. Tl. • 1 1! 1 m . 36 41 33 110 101 21S 185 597 A. Barker A. Webb J. Bub'chl Sydenham D.R. Club NO. 2 — 8. 300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Tj. C. Pimm . 47 43 41 131 m n i m J-'cTrthV; <\ Thorn 4 3 3S 2S 10*9 207 211 ITS 596 S. O. Hay . . . n D.R.. Club — 9. 300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Tl. II. . . . 38 47 3 8 123 r" Craw 41 4 2 38 121 4 3 4 0 37 120 39 41 36 3 16 39 30 4 1 110 200 200 190 590 '■ cra " Rangiora. D.R. Club also entered, but did not complete their scores.

50 75 yds. yds. Ilep. Tl. W. Horner 29 32 S 69 Mrs Caldwell 31 29 9 69 W. Guy 32 32 4 68 Ia llagg: 3 3 31 4 6S R. Turner 30 32 5 67 Miss Corser 31 3.2 5 68 Miss Park 28 29 10 67 Mrs Ball 26 2S 11 65 C. Walker 27 32 4 63 Mrs Buschl 30 25 S 63 Mrs M’Clelland .. 26 21 13 60 Mrs Chapman .... 25 22 10 57