RIFLE SHOOTING

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 189, 11 August 1931, Page 13

RIFLE SHOOTING

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FIXTURES. August 22—Christchurch v. Ellesmere, at Christchurch. August 24-Septeniber s—Whiteombe and Caldwell Cup Competitions. I.ast Week’s Results. Seniors —Cashmere 54 9, Sydenham 549; Returned Soldiers 549, Cashmere B 548; Sumner 547, New Brighton 529; Railway a bye. Juniors—Burwood 554. Sydenham 536; Returned Soldiers 548, Harris, Ltd., 542; Christchurch Working Men’s Club 545, Kaiapoi Woollen 528; Lyttelton a bye. President’s—Cashmere 546, New Brighton Ladies 540; Ford Motors 542, Heathcote 541; Returned Soldiers 542, Ward’s Ladies 539; Railway 539, Christchurch Working Men’s Club 4 53; Marist A 534, Marist B 527; Lyttelton a bye. WINTER TOURNAMENT. Senior Matches. It was anticipated that the meeting for the third time of Cashmere and Sydenham would provide a close contest. This proved to be correct, the result being a draw, both teams scoring 54 9. The leaders of the competition (Cashmere) opened badly with two scores of 67 to Sydenham’s possible and a 07. Cashmere made a good recovery, putting on two possibles and a 69. Both teams then had their bad scores, and, with two men to go, Cashmere were two points up on Sydenham. However, the latter finished well with a possible and a 69, and made a draw. H. Barker (70), C. Jessop (70), A. Barker (69), S. O. Hay (69) and W. R. Barrett (69) for Sydenham, and S. Loader (70), R. E. Taylor (70) W. Guide (69), H. Haworth (69) and G. E. Naylor (69) for Cashmere were excellent shoots. Returned Soldiers and Cashmere B had a good match, which resulted in a win for the Soldiers’ team by one point. Casnmere B appeared to have the match well in hand at the commencement, as their opening men shot well, but the last two or three failed badly. With the last four men shooting well up to form, Returned Soldiers were able to win by 549 to 548. Both totals were good ones, and C. Farley (69), J. Bassett (69), P. Riches (69), D. Harries (69) for R.S.A., and A. Purves (70), W. Guy, jun. (69), J. Chapman (69) and E. Grafton (69) for Cashmere all shot well. Sumner had an easy win over New Brighton by eighteen points. The latter are making a poor showing this season, and, up to the present, have not registered a win. Sumner, in putting on 547, shot well, the members mainly responsible being J. Edmonds, J. Ellison and S. Craw, who all scored possibles. H. Ragg (New Brighton), with 69, easily outshone his team mates. Junior Notes. Burwood, in scoring 554, easily put up a record for this grade for the present season. It was a great total, in which V. Major (70), Haffenden (70), Rogers (70) L. Mulholland (69), B. Goodhind (6'9), E. Emmett (69) and C. Delamain (69) were prominent. Sydenham, their opponents, scored 536, J. Craig (70) and Dawson (69) being the best targets. Returned Soldiers’ 548 was the second best total in this series. They proved too good for W. H. Harris, Ltd., by six points. R. Weston (70), S. Clarke (69), R. Erickson (70) and C. Wear (69) were well in front for the R.S.A. W. H. Haris, Ltd, who scored 542, shot consistently, if not brilliantly. C. M’Callum, with 69, was top scorer. Christchurch Working Men’s Club put on the good total of 545. to which Kaiapoi Woollen ' replied with a moderate 528. G. Crimp (70), W. Glue (69). H. Biggins (70) and R. Hollows (69) were good scorers for the Club. With the exception of Boon’s 68, Kaiapoi Woollen had no outstanding scores. President’s Cup. Ward’s Ladies gave the leaders. Returned Soldiars, a good match, in which the totals were 542 and 539 in favour of R.S.A. E. Peach (69) for the winners and*Mrs Erridge (a possible). Mrs A. B. L. Smith (69) and Miss C. Johnson (69) for the ladies were excellent scores. The Marist A-Marist B match resulted in low scores. The total of 534 in favour of the former was much below recent form, L, Blaekler and W. M’Connell, with 68 each, easily the best. Lawson, with 68, was top score for the B team, whose total was 527.

Cashmere, who are shooting well, put on the top total in this series last week in notching 546. Their opponents. New Brighton Ladies, also shot well in totalling 540. For the winners V. Guy (70), W. Ragg (69) and L. Millar (69) were mainly responsible for Cashmere’s excellent total. Miss Corser (69), Miss Turner (69), Miss Park (68) and Mrs Moses (68) shot well for New Brighton Ford Motors, who did not have much luck in the early part of the season after putting up good shoots, have at last had several wins, which their excellent totals have warranted. Their latest, against Heathcote, was an exciting contest and, with good shooting, they managed to remain in front by 542 to 541. Vincent (69), Cochrane (69). S. Brunning (68), Etwell (68) and Willis (68) were scores worthy of mention. Heathare also shooting well and put up an excellent fight. C. Deavoll (69). L. Gamblin (69), H. Deavoll (68). Reed (68) and R. Williams (68) shot well for Heathcote. Railway had a runaway victory owing to Christchurcl) Working Men’s Club failing to muster a full team. In Railway’s total of 539 Fanning with 69 was a good shoot. This Week’s Draw. The draw for this week’s matches is as follows: Senior —Returned Soldiers v. New Brighton, Cashmere B v. Cashmere A, Railway v. Sydenham, Sumner a bye. Junior—Lyttelton v. Christchurch Working Men’s Club, Returned Soldiers v. Kaiapoi Woollen, VV. H. Harris. Ltd. v. Sydenham. Burwood a bye. President’s—Railway v. Marist A, Ward’s Ladies v. New Brighton Ladies, Returned Soldiers v. CasJiraeref Ford Motors v. Christchurch Working Men’s Club, Marist B v. Lyttelton. Heathcote a bye. The matches will be fired on the range of the first mentioned team in each case. Championship Meeting. The Christchurch Miniature Rifle Association conducted its annual championship meeting for competitors in the local junior and president’s grade competitions last Saturday night. The entries in the junior section were small, several clubs failing to enter teams. In ttLe president’s grade the reverse was the case and a large number of teams competed. , The shooting was keen in the teams’ match and the th_ree teams. W. H. Harris, Ltd.. Burwood No. 1 and Burwood No. 2 tied with 313 each in the junior section. T. Hay (Burwood), who won the Individual Championship in the junior grade put on the fine score of sixteen bullseyes. E. Corkin. from the same club, won the Aggregate Cup with 158, two off the possible. The president’s section also had several excellent performances. Ford Motors won the teams’ championship with a total of 312. Returned Soldiers were second with 311 and Cashmere and Marist tied foe third place with 310 each. W. Tabley, a youthful shooter from the Cashmere Club, was successful in the Individual Championship with nine consecutive bullseyes. He also won a fine cup presented by Mr A. Jack for the highest scorer. Three competitors, P. Bell (Cashmere), K. Prichard (Railway) and A. Brunning (Ford Motors) tied for the Grand Aggregate. In the shoot-off Brunning won with 79 points. The ladies’ prize for the highest in the aggregate was won by Mrs Bowley (Ward’s Ladies), who narrowly defeated Miss Corser (New Brighton) in a shoot-off by 77 to 76. The association officials are to be congratulated on their good work in bringing the meeting to such a successful issue. Ellesmere v. Christchurch. The following team has been selected to represent the Christchurch Association against the Ellesmere Association at Christchurch on Saturday. August 22:—S. O. Hay, C. Jessop, L. C. Pimm, W. R. Barrett, H. Barker. J. Craig (Sydenham), D. M’Donald. S. Loader. H. Haworth, W. Guy, G. Naylor. R. Taylor, C. Walker (Cashmere), W. Crossen (Railway), J. Edmonds. G. Alexander (Sumner). J. Comer, C. Farley, R. Weston (R.S.A.), T. Hay (Burwood). Emergencies: C. Thom and R. Neill. The following are the officials appointed:— Captain, D. M’Donald; checker. W. R. Barrett; coaches, L. Pimm and D. HarWellington v. Christchurch. The match between the Wellington and Christchurch Miniature Rifle Associations was won by Wellington by eight points. Scores were as follows: — Christchurch—C. Farley 99, D. M’Don-

ald 99. W. R. Barrett 99, R. Weston 99. I J. Craig 99, L. C. Pimm 99. C. Naylor ! 99. H. Haworth 99. C. Thom 99. W. Cros- ; sen 99. W. Guy, sen 98. C. Jessop 9S. J. Conner 98, J. Edmonds 98. C. Alexander 97. R. Neill 97. R. Dobson 96, F. Haworth 96; total. 1768. Wellington—C. C. Lambert 100. J. Ross 100, R. Congreve 100. W. J. H. Haase 100, D. Robertson 99. L. Rush 99, *

L. Hare 99, F. W. Ching 99. F. Kershaw 99. Ft. H. Nieholl 98. W. M’Bain 98. W. A. Nicholson 98, P. Congreve 98. S. Neilson 98. J. Pitt 98. R. Tomlin 98. R. Slade 98. H. Frankland 97; total. 1776.