PETONE’S SUCCESS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 365, 5 March 1932, Page 27 (Supplement)

PETONE’S SUCCESS.

National Rifle Meeting at Trentham. ASHBURTON DOES WELL. Per Press Association. TRENTHAM. March 4. Petone’s success in providing: the winner of two Championship Matches and two Aggregates decided during the day was the outstanding feature of today’s shooting at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association at Trentham. Three matches and a half have now been fired for the King’s Prize, and, with the completion of these, R. H. Xicholl (Petone) is in the lead with a score of 332 out of a possible 350. Five points behind him is .1. C. Feast (Greytown), and lying third is the 1920 Belt winner, 11. V. Croxton (Karori), with •>26. These three are followed by T W. Warburton (Petone) '324, H. Cromie (Ashburton) 322, W. H. Ballinger (Petone) 322 and C. Glassey (Ashburton) 322. First thing in the morning competitors went to the firing points at 500yds to complete the unfinished two range ,V ellington Match, one range of which had been fired on the previous day The n ,? r^ n , A Gradfi of this match' was u. H. Ballinger (Petone), who finished land> a SC ? rR j 6 ’ Simmonds (AuckThe B Grade of the Wellington Match was won by C. J. M. Clark (Auckland) rakei) 1G TyFO Grade R- Kronast (WaiAfter the completion of the Wellington Match the Trentham Aggregate was compiled. This is in the nature of a prize-list for the highest aggregate scores in the two short range matches in the Championship Belt series The winner of this was Niclioll, who finished with a score of 191 out of a possible -00. Second place went to J. C. Feast with 190. while third and fourth positions were filled by Ballinger and P. B. Goldfinch (Ivnrori), respectively. With the short range matches disnosed of the marksmen moved back to long ranges for tlie Taranaki Match, ten rounds at SOOvds and OOOvds. The winner of this event was T. 'W. Warbnrton (Petone) with 97. TT. King (Opaki) was runner-np and TT. Cromie (Ashburton) came third, each having a score of 9fi. The R Grade of the Taranaki Match was won by another Ashburton competitor, C. Glassev, and in the Tyro Grade. W. TT. Thompson (Auckland) filled first Warburton and Niohol] tied with 32f each in the Australian Aggregate, and al < hough the former cniiPotc the first nrize rrjonev. a shoot-off will bp r ,ece«:sarv to dot ermine +ho holder of the trophv allocated. The aggregate is oiva»-dPrl for fl.p highp=t =forp« in the WpUington and Taranaki Matches, plus the score over the ?.nnyds range. Tn the Canterburv Match, throughout morning and afternoon, comnetitors bad to contend with a fresh but variable wind blowing from the left, and frenuent alterations in elevations were