RIFLE AND RANGE

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20625, 28 May 1935, Page 6

RIFLE AND RANGE

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FIXTURES. .June 3—Wellington championships. June 3 to 15—Winchester Cup ccmpeliJuly 13—Canterbury championships, at Christchurch. July 18—Empire B.S.A. Cup competition. July 29—New ’Wellington Championships. The programme for the Wellington championships will be issued to clubs lliis week. It caters for every class <<f small-bore rifle shot. There will be the usual three matches and aggregate in I the A and B grade, and the C grade has been extended to include three matches. Visiting riflemen from Canterbury have always been at a disadvantage owing to no marking being allowed after the first two shots. This year, however, permission to use telescopes for spotting will no doubt be welcomed by many. The greatest innovation is a system of proportional distribution of the prizemoney. In the A grade all 98’s and over will participate: in the B grade all 97’s and over: in the C grade all 9 s’s and over; in the ladies’ match all 96’s and over. This has been accomplished by a system of valuation of the scores, and by allocation of the total prize-money for the grade not. to the individual matches hut to the total number of scores which have reached the minimum for the grade. The basis of valuation for the other grades is: B 6:3:2:!, C 8:4:3:21. The ladies’ is the same as the B. Tt is possible for a score of 99 in the C grade to obtain a higher prize than a 100 would in the A grade. I New Zealand Association. The New Zealand Miniature Rifle Association is now accepting entries for the Winchester Cup competition, which will he held between June 3 and 15 inclusive. Entry fee is 5s per team of five riflemen. This is a 20-shot competition. The present holders are United (Christchurch), who put up the record score of 993 out of a 1000 last year. There was a record entry of 48 teams for the Tisdall Cup competition, which was completed last week. The entry for the season’s aggregate has exceeded expectations and now stands at 170—a record. Empire Cities’ Match. The Wellington Association is competing for the -first time in the Empire Cities’ Match. This is the first occasion on which an entry has been sent from New Zealand. Th* l match was won last year by London with a score of 2949 out of 3000. Belfast (Ireland) 2929, were second, and Montreal (Canada) 2920. third. Perhaps the Christchurch Association could take this matter up and enter a team for 1936. Winter Tournament Notes. Cashmere won with the best score of the week, 554. This was two points over a 69 average for eight men—a good shoot. A change of ammunition was a Christchurch, after a poor display the previous week, went to New Brighton with a new rifle and improved a point per man, totalling 553. D. Murray and F. Matthews are to be congratulated on two fine possibles.

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New Brighton improved on their previous week's total. C. Priest and X. Newman were the top scorers with possibles. P. Miller and L. Duncan were only one j>oint down. W. Taylor, of the Lyttelton team, is the only man with the possible aggregate in the Pimm Cup. He has now two possibles to his credit. Senior grade shooting was very much improved last week. The totals of seven teams averaged 550 points ea< h. United have not yet been defeated on their own range. The senior matches contributed fifteen possibles, juniors four and the President's grade only two. Each grade has 100 shooters. G. Crimp (Christchurch Working Men's Club) and C. Thom (United), the senior aggregate winners in 1933 and 1934 respectively, scored the modest total of 67 out of 70. J. M’Car thy, of Marist Old Boys, is again shooting well, and is one of the three leaders for the Ashby Cup aggregate. The surprise of last week’s junior grade matches was the excellent total put up by the City Rifle Club—s4S was a splendid effort for a first year team. F. Pierson, who is only in his second season with the miniature rifle, is doing well with the Cashmere Club. His possible for the junior team was a good effort last week. Mrs Caldwell, of New Brighton Ladles, is shooting well. Her 69, one off the possible, last week puts her in front for the Reece Cup. L. Rowlands, of the Christchurch president’s team, is shooting well. Two matches and two possibles is his record. This puts him two points in front for the Tisdall Cup aggregate. Jottings. A Wellington provincial ladies’ team has challenged a Canterbury ladies’ team to a match. Tt will take place early next month. The Christchurch Association selectors have been approached to select the local team. The West Melton Club, which lost its range and rifles in the fire that destroyed the local hall, would be pleased to arrange matches with city clubs during the winter. This would enable the club to keep its members together. This Week’s Matches. The draw for this week’s matches is as follows: Seniors—Christchurch v. Ford Motors, Christchurch Working Men’s Club V. Cashmere, Lyttelton v. United, Sumner v. Returned Soldiers, Sydenham v. New Brighton. Juniors—United v. Cashmere, Lyttelton v. Christchurch, Heathcote v. Marist Old Boys, Railway v. Christchurch Working Men’s Club, Sydenham v. City Rifle Club. President’s—Christchurch Gas Company v. City Rifle Club, Marist Old Boys v. Dominion Motors, Ward’s Ladies v. Brighton Ladies, Railway v. Cashmere, Christchurch v. Celtic Ladies. All the foregoing matches will be fired on the range of the first mentioned team in eaclv case.