MINIATURE RIFLE

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 829, 1 August 1933, Page 11

MINIATURE RIFLE

NEWS AND NOTES.

By

“TRIGGER”

FIXTURES. August 1 to August 12—New Zealand miniature rifle championships. August s—South Island miniature rifle championships, at Timaru. Winter Tournament. Last week’s senior matches were the most interesting and also provided the closest finishes so far this season. The teams were separated by three points in their respective totals. United, who, so far. have not yet been defeated on their home range, drew with Christchurch Working Men’s Club. The latter, who were equal i n the lead with Sydenham and Christchurch, are now half a point behind. Both teams registered the fair totals of 547, and S. O. Hay and T. Hay (United) and R. Davidson (Working Mens Club) scored possibles. F\ Simpson (69), G. Crimp (69) and R. Hollows (69) for the Club, and C. Thom (United) also shot well. Sydenham (548) and Sumner (547) also had a close contest. Sumner who were without C. Timbrell and C. ’ Peagram, shot well, and with their best team might have had a win. The. southern ‘suburb's team owed their victory to S'. Nelson and H. Barker, who -both scored possibles, and D. M’Donald, S. Clarke and L. Pimm, with 69 each. Although Sumner did not have any possibles, Edmonds, C. Hart J Fox and L. Sharp shot well for 69 each. Cashmere and Lyttelton also had a ma.tch with a one-point margin. Lyttelton were always two or three points up on their opponents until their last man went down, hut he failed badly with a 66 % Cashmere won by 547 points to 546. R. Taylor, a possible, R. Neill (69) R. Weston (69) and H. Haworth (69) shot well for Cashmere. A' 2?I 1 r, b , ury A, 703 - R - Sowden (69) and E. Wh.tford (69 were best for Lyttelton. Christchurch defeated New Brighton by 549 points to 54 7, after an interesting contest. The only possible of the match was scored by f. Whitley (New Biighton). Both teams had a number of 69 cards (one off). These were: R. Shaw, D. Murray, R. Hartley and D. Burgess, for Christchurch, and P. Miller. V. Tims and R. Mauger, for New Brighton. With seven weeks to go, the senior competition is at a most interesting stage. A margin of two points separates the first six teams. T £ e^ eetin& of M arist Old Boys and Ford Motors in the junior grade was centre of attraction, for Marist, with a lead of one point over Ford Motors, required a win to assure them of championship honours. Both teams were evidently influenced by this fact, and shot much below form. Ford Motors managed to draw level a~nin by defeating Marist by 542 to 539. A. Hughes (70), A. Purves (69) and C. Cochrane (69) were mainly responsible for Ford Motors’ victory. R. Grant (69) was the only Marist member to shoot up to form. Kaiapoi Woollen and Heatheote drew with 536 each. F. Burgoyne, who scored a possible for Kaiapoi W r oollen, was top scorer for the match. Cashmere easilv defeated Sydenham by 545 points to 539. L. Miller (Cash-

mere) and T. Halmshaw (Sydenham) I scored possibles. Cashmere shot coni sistently, and had no fewer than six ! scores of 6S. D. Mawer (69) and W. i Tritt (69) shot for i In the president’s grade, Railway shot | much better than they did the previous week and defeated Blackwell Motors by fourteen points. C. Sturrock, who scored a possible for Railway, was top I for the match. H. Todd and A. Mant gin, with 69 each, were good scores for i Blackwell Motors. Celtic Ladies registered the good total of 529 against Cashmere. Miss Wheeler, (69) shot excellently for the ladies’ team, who were defeated by four points. F. Cornwell and CJ. Pierson, with 69 each, were top for Cashmere. Ward’s Ladies were unexpectedly defeated by Christchurch, the totals being 53S and 534 respectively. Mrs A. B L. Smith (69) was top scorer. Marist. Old Boys defeated New Brighton Ladies by the narrow margin of two points. The top scorer for the match was Miss Corser (New Brighton), who scored 69. Jottings. The entry in the junior championship last Saturday was not up to expectations. Nevertheless, it was much better than that of last year, and the shooting in both the team and individual matches was good. Ford Motors, in winning the teams’ match in the junior section, were only two points behind the winning total in the recent open championship. Members of the Ford Motors’ team also won the championship aggregate and the individual match. C. Priest and C. Witty tied in the aggregate, but Priest won in the shoot-off. A. Hughes won the Individual Match with eleven bull’s-eyes. He shot very consistently during the meeting. Mrs A. B. L. Smith (Ward’s Ladies) is to be congratulated on winning the president’s grade championship tor the second year in succession. She had the fine total of 157 out of a possiole 160. Last year Mrs Smith's aggregate total was 158. Miss Corser (New Brighton Ladies) won the Individual Match in this grade with the good score of ten bull’S^yes. Miss Hallins (Celtic Ladies) won tne cup for, first-year shots from about twenty male competitors, so the ladies, who accounted for the three principal prizes, certainly had a successful day. This Week’s Draw. The draw for this week’s matches is as follows: Seniors —Sumner v. Christchurch W.M. Club: Christchurch v. Cashmere; Returned Soldiers v. New Brighton; United v. Sydenham; Lyttelton a bye. Juniors—Heathcote v. Cashmere; Ford Motors v. Sydenham; Christchurch v. Kaiapoi Woollen; Marist Old Boys a bye. President’s—Christchurch v. Sydenham; Christchurch W.M. Club v. Ward’s Ladies; Marist Old Boys v. Celtic Ladies; Cashmere v. Railway; Blackwell Motors v. Lyttelton; New Brighton Ladies a bye.