MINIATURE RIFLE

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 521, 2 August 1932, Page 4

MINIATURE RIFLE

NEWS AND NOTES.

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FIXTURES. August 6—Christchurch junior and president’s grade championships. August 20—Wellington v. Christchurch. August 22 to September 3—Witcombe and Caldwell Cup competition. Last Week’s Results. Juniors—Burwood 545, Returned Soldiers 545; Sydenham 543, Kaiapoi Woollen 536. President’s—JTeatheote 549,. New Brighton Ladies 537; Lyttelton 543, Blackwell Motors 514; Ford Motors 542, Railway 534; Ward’s Ladies 540, Cashmere 537; Marist Old Boys 534, Christchurch Working Men’s Club 529; Returned Soldiers, a bye. R.S.A. Cup. The Canterbury team is to be congratulated on its splendid shoot in the B.S.A. Cup competition. This was Canterbury’s first appearance in the competition, and although ten points below Wellington’s record shoot of a few weeks ago, they scored 3926 points, which is three points better than the score with which Surrey (England) won last year. Wellington (New Zealand) were second on that occasion, with a total of 3919, and Sussex third with 3904. Canterbury were unlucky in that' three men dropped 19 points among them. ■ As the teams are allowed to shoot in Great Britain and Canada up to September 30. the final result will not be known for some time. The match in Christchurch was well organised and reflected great credit on the selection committee, coaches and offieJunlor Notes. The meeting of the two leading teams in the junior grade created a great deal of interest. The match resulted in a draw, both teams scoring 545 each. Burwood, however, still lead by one point in the championship table. Both teams have yet to meet in a further round, so a great deal of interest is still retained in this competition. T. O. Flay (70), E. Emmett (69) and E. Corkin (69) shot well for Burwood, while R. Erickson (70). H. Graeie (69) and F. Matthews (69) also returned good cards for Returned Soldiers. Sydenham were too good for Kaiapoi Woollen, scoring 543 to the latter’s 536. J. Craig (69) and T. Halmshaw (69) were good scorers for the winners, and F. Burgoyne (69) was easily the best for Kaiapoi Woollen. President’s Cup. Heathcote, with 544 V, headed the totals scored in last week's president’s grade matches. New Brighton Ladies, whom they defeated, scored 537. Heathcote have again struck form and should make it hard for some of the leading teams in future matches. R Nicholl (70), C. Deavoll (69) and Miller (69) were good scores for Heathcote. Mrs Ragg, Miss Oorser, Mrs Stokes, Mrs Ball and Mrs Moses, with 68 each, shot consistently for the ladies' .team. The surprise of the week was the defeat of Cashmere by Ward’s Ladies. The latter have been shooting well of late, and deserved their win. Cashmere were one point a man below recent form, and lost by three points, the totals being 540 and 537 espectively. Mrs Hobbs and Mrs Erridge scored splendid possibles for the winners, Mrs Crocke;- (69) and Mrs Smith (68) also returning good cards. P. Bell, A. Herne, L. Miller, R. Tabley and L. Woodsford scored 6S each for Cashmere. With the defeat of Cashmere, Ford Motors are agaift in the lead with a two points advantage. Ford Motors had little difficulty in defeating Railway by 542 to 534. If Ford Motors retain their present form they should win this season’s competition. L. Willis (70), J. Haworth (69), M’Callum (69) shot well for the winners. Coburn, with 69, was top scorer for Railway. Although Marist Old Boys defeated Christchurch Working Men’s Club, they failed to reach their standard of earlierin the season. Their total was 534, which was a great deal lower than was

expected. Lawson, with 69, was top scorer for Marisi 0.8., whilst Ashworth, with a possible, was outstanding in the Club’s small total of 529. Lyttelton (543) shot well. against Blackwell Motors, S. Winter (69), L. Symonds (69), St John (69) and T. Mills (68) being mainly responsible for the good total. Blackwell Motors are improving under the coaching of Mr R. Buchanan. Mangin, with 69, was top scorer in the motor team’s total of 514. This Week’s Matches. The draw for this week's matches is as follows: Seniors—Sydenham v. Cashmere A; Railway v. Returned Soldiers; Lyttelton v. Sumner; New Brighton v. Working Men’s Club; Cashmere B a bye. Juniors: —Burwood v. Sydenham; Kaiapoi Woollen v. Returned Soldiers. President’s—Marist v. Heathcote; Ford Motors v. Returned Soldiers; Railway v. Cashmere; Ward’s Ladies v. New Brighton Ladies; Christchurch Working Men’s Club v. Blackwell Motors; LyttelAll the foregoing matches will be fired on the range of the first-mentioned team in each case. Cashmere v. Glenmark. The Cashmere Club journeyed to Glenmark on Saturday and fired a match against the local team, the visitors win-ning-by twelve points. Scores were: Cashmere—S. Loader 70, W. Tabley 70, L. Miller 70, G. Clark 70, C. R. Walker 70, L. Woodsford 69, L. Duncan 67, H. Large 67, A. Herne 66, R. Tabley 65; total, 684. Glenmark—J. Cummock 70, G. M. Hare 69, J. Harris 68, L. Yelland 68, G. Williams 67, S. Wilson 67, C. Wilson 66, L. Doak 06, A. Croft 66, C. Robinson 65; total 672. Club Notes. At the New Brighton Ladies’ Club’s practice shoot on Saturday scores were: Mrs Buschl 70, Miss % Corser 70, Mrs Ragg 68, Mrs Ball 68, Mrs Bishop 67, Miss Beardsley 66, Mrs M’Clelland 65, Mrs Stokes 64, Mrs Nicholls 62. Mrs Buschl ami Miss Corser each gained a point for the senior pendant, Mrs Bishop a point for the junior pendant, and Miss Beardsley a point for the tyro brooch. The Burwood Club entered two teams in the New Zealand Association’s teams championship, which were fired last week, with the following result:—No. 1 team: E. Corkin 98—98; A. Gapes, 98— 100; L. Mulholland, 99—97-99; T. Hay, 100—100; total, 790-1-2. No. 2 team: E. Emmett, 99—100; C. Delamain, 95—99; IJ. Rowse, 95—97; D. Jlaffenden, 97—97; total, 779. At the Working Men’s Club range last week the highest scorers in the final shoot for Mr F. Egan’s trophy were: J. Armstrong 70, A. Halmshaw 70, G. Crirnp 69, J. E. Hollow.s 69, R. Davidson 68, R. Smith 68, W. Glue 67, F. Simpson 67, F. Williamson 67. W. Glue and F. Simpson, with equal scores of 69i, 70, 6Si (handicaps included) will shoot off for the trophy. In the competition for the cup for most bullseyes, the leaders are: (4. Crimp 60, H. Harries 57, F. Williamson 56, R. Davidson 50, A. Halmshaw 50, H. O’Connor 4S, R. Smith 4S, W. Glue 46, F. Simpson 43, L. Ashworth 42. This week the club will commence shooting for a trophy presented by Mr W. Loader. The Sydenha-m Club concluded its competition for the Barker Trophy last evening. The conditions included the limiting of the handicap to two points. The winner was J. Clark. First shoot: C. Jessop 69—1 —70, W. R. Barrett 69 1—70: C. Thom 69—1 —70; S. O. Hay 70 —l—7o: .T. Craig 69—2—70: J. Clark 69—2—70: J. Scofield 69—2—70; A. Barker 69—2—70; R. Hay 68—2—70; D. M’Pherson 68—2—70; J. Davison 69—2 70; W. Taylor 69—2—70. Second shoot: Thom 70—scr—70; Clark 70—1 —70.: Scofield 69—1 —70: R. Hay 70—1—70. Third shoot: Clark 69—1 70. Final: Clark 70—scr—70; Scofield 66—scr—66.