CLAY BIRD SHOOTING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20648, 24 June 1935, Page 9

CLAY BIRD SHOOTING.

South Island Championship Match. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, June 23. A large number of visitors, some from other centres, attended the South Island clay pigeon championship tpeeting held at the Dunedin Gun Club's ground. Green Island, on Saturday. Conditions were favourable except for fading light. The first match was a twenty-five open handicap, ten shooters obtaining the possible number of birds (21), and the prize money was divided equally between them. Following- were the individual scores in the handicap event:— First Second barrel barrel Tl. G. E. Turner (15yds) 21 0 Zl L. P. Hayes (143’ds) ..20 2 22 S. F. Aburn (11yds) ..20 2 22 J. Stiven (14yds) .... 19 2 21 G. V. Edge (14yds) ..19 2 2i J. R. Roy (14yds) .... 20 1 21 T. A. Clouston (15yds) 20 1 21 E. P. Graham (16yds) 20 1 21 V. Walker (12yds) ..19 2 21 C. F. Hasler (11yds) ..16 5 21 Nine competitors followed with twenty birds each. The event for the South Island championship was also held, the number of birds being twenty-one shot from the 18yds mark. Four competitors tied for first place, a slioot-off being necessarv. Scores:— First Second T , T , „ barrel barrel Tl. E. D. Lansdell 18 3 21 L. P. Hayes 19 2 21 H. Collins 17 4 21 G. E. Turner IS 3 21 R. McDonald 19 1 20 T. A. Clouston ........ 19 l 20 H. W. Brookes 17 3 f*- £ rah am 20 0 20 J. R. Roy 19 1 22 G. V. Edge 18 2 20 I>. Campbell 19 1 20 i; IS 1 19 S. Aburn .„• 13 6 1<» J * R oy 13 5 18 Thirteen other competitors who wore more than two birds down at the 2nd of the fourth round asked to stand down on account of the shortage of time. In the shoot-off between the four top G -, E- Turner missed his first a n d third birds, H. Collins missed his eleventh and L. P. Hayes his twenlyfirst, leaving E. D. Lansdell the winner with forty-two breaks to his credit.