RIFLE AND RANGE

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20537, 12 February 1935, Page 11

RIFLE AND RANGE

WITH THE .303 s: By “

TRIGGER.”

FIXTURES. February 16—Christchurch Defence Rifle Club's final two-range comFebruary lo !'*.—Rangiora Defence Rifle Club’s ninth club competition. February 16—Timaru Defence Club's long-range competition. March 1 to 6—National meeting and King’s Prize match at Trentham. Kelson Rifle Meeting. The Nelson Rifle Association held a successful meeting last week. The shooting was of a fairly high standard and there was a good attendance. The championship was won by T. Carter, who narrowly defeated F. Sharland, who is also well known to South island riflemen. The totals were 230 and 229 respeetivelv out of a possible 245. Other good scores off the rifle were: B. B. Jones 224, R. M. Inwood 222 and J. Vi tel la 221. Possibles were registered by T. Carter (300yds and 500yds), W. Sutherland (500yds) and R. Inwood (60Oyds). The first match (300yds and 600yds) was won by H. L. Frank (69). B. B. Jones was second with 67. The 300yds and 5003-ds was won by T. Carter with a double possible. F. Sharland was second with 68 out of a possible of 70. In the 300yds, 500yds and 600yds match H. Day won with 97, In wood being second with 96—a close finish. Auckland Championship. Captain H. Simmonds put up a record when he won the Auckland championship last week. His aggregate points were 196 out of a possible 200 (four matches). Captain Simmonds is one of the Dominion's most brilliant shots and lias had many successes at Trentham. His scores for his recent success, when he won every match on the programme, were:—President's Match (ten shots at 200yds), 49 out of 50; Whangarei Match (ten shots at 300yds), 49; Auckland Match (ten shots at 500yds), 50, the possible; and the Onehunga Match (ten shots at GOOyds), 48. Each of these matches was worth £2 10s to the winner. The placings in the optional aggregate were:—Captain Simmonds 97, £3: F. Bowes, 96, £2; J. H. Ashton, 95, £1 10s. Bowes, who with Captain Simmonds shoots for the City Club, Auckland, had the unique experience of being runner-up in four matches. The final placings for the championship were: Captain Simmonds, 196, £3 10s; F. Bowes, 188, £2 10s; C. Roebuck, IS6, £2; J. R. Draffin, 185, £l.

West Coast Match. A match which gives promise of becoming an annual one was fired during the week-end at Greymouth between the Christchurch Defence Rifle Club and a combined team representing the Greymouth and Brunner Clubs. The first of the series was held last year. The visitors were entertained by the West Coast clubs during their stay in Greymouth, the arrangements being in the capable hands of Messrs G. Joyce (president) and M. Garth (secretary) of the Greymouth Club. The match, which was keenly contested, was won by Christchurch by six points. D. Harries 95 and R. Neill 95 were topscorers for Christchurch, and G. Smith 94. T. Garth 94 and T. Prendergast 94 returned the best cards for the Coast team. Scores:—

GREYMOUTH AND BULLER. 300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Tl. G. Smith 31 31 32 94 T. Prendergast .... 31 32 31 94 T. Garth 32 31 31 94 J. Burkina n 29 31 33 93 C. Richardson .... 31 32 28 91 S. Davy 29 28 30 S 7 G. Nimmo 30 31 26 87 A. Harper 31 30 25 86 W. Coates 3 0 3 0 25 8 5 W. Garth 24 33 27 84 A return match will be fired in Christchurch next month providing suitable arrangements can be made. Watson Cup. The following are the leaders for the Watson Cup in the Christchurch Defence Rifle Club’s 500yds competitions, with two more shoots to go:—D. Harries 242, D. Murray 239. F. Htscock 236, R. Neill 236. R. Bundle 236. W. Oakley 236, G. Crimp 233. A. Gibb 233, H. Harries 233, D. F. Keir 233, E. Truman 231, A. Halmshaw^23o. Christchurch Club. The Christchurch Defence Rifle Club fired the fourth three-range competition at Tai Tapu on Saturday afternoon. The weather was warm, with a nor’easterly wind, which was inclined to be tricky. The winner was D. Harries, who shot, well, putting on 101 off the rifle. G. Hepburn was second, with 95 plus a handicap of 5 points. Scores were as follows: 300 500 600

City Outdoor Club. Miss M. Fleming shot well beyond expectations to win the first series of the City Outdoor Club championship, fired on Saturday afternoon at Garland’s range. W. Tritt scored! a very good possible at 50yds. He was again run-ner-up. Results:—

A trophy donatec? by W. Barrett will be fired for next Saturday over 50yds and 100yds. A special invitation is extended to members of other clubs who are competing at the New Zealand small-bore championship at Trentham.

CHRISTCH U RCH. 300 500 ytl.s. yds. D. Harries 30 34 • fiOO yds. 31 % 92 ?J H. Harries A. Rruning: ::: 3? 11 ::: ii SX 1? 32 l) 30 i tS" ::::: ... 30 33 ii Is 90 S7 1 SSir haw .::: 22 8« 81

yds. yds. yds. Hop. Tl. T>. Harries .... 33 34 34 2 103 G. Hepburn .. 33 33 29 5 100 H. Mason 33 32 33 1 Oft I>. Murry 33 34 32 scr 00 F. Judkins ....31 33 31 4 90 F. Hiscock .... 32 33 30 4 99 S. Crimp 33 34 31 scr 98 R. Neill 30 33 34 scr 97 1>. F. Keir 35 32 30 scr 97 H. Brake 32 31 29 5 97 J. Chapman . . 30 32 32 2 96 W. Oakley .... 32 34 20 1 96 A. JTalmshaw .. 31 33 31 scr 05 K. Truman .,..30 34 30 scr 94 O. W. Sandford 32 31 29 2 9 4 J. Willocks 30 3 2 28 4 0 4 A. Bruiting .... 20 32 27 6 94 J. KeoRhau 31 34 26 3 94 R. Bundle .... 27 31 32 3 93 H. Harries .... 29 32 32 scr 03 H. Reynolds .. 33 29 31 scr 03 F. Matthews .. 26 32 30 4 02 W. S. Wharton 25 26 28 12 01 J. .Sugg 10 28 29 9 85 The club will fire a two-range competition over 300yds and 600yds at Tai Tapu next Saturday.

50 100 yds. yds. Hop. Tl. Miss M. Fleming: .. 67 50 20 140 W. Tritt 70 65 4 139 C. Walker 6 7 6 4 4 135 Miss V. Fleming . . 65 60 8 133 H. Gillum 69 60 5 134 Mrs Gaul dwell 66 61 5 132 Mrs M’Keever 61 6 4 5 130 E. Cork in 6 4 6 5 scr 129 R. M’Kenzie 64 62 3 1 29 L Hager 64 63 2 1 29 R. Bailey 64 63 2 129 W Barrett 62 66 scr 128 A Sherratt 53 61 12 126 F. Nicholls 62 61 2 125 W. Weeks 62 56 7 1 25 R. Ball 63 54 4 121 G. Tonp 63 55 1 115 P. Lloyd? 46 64 3 113 F. Gaynor 63 61 5 129