The Coleman Shield.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 4277, 12 November 1901, Page 4

The Coleman Shield.

Splendid weather favored th» volunteers for their annual “ shoot ” for the shield presented by Mr J. H Coleman, which took place on the local corps’ range, on the King’s Birthday. Additional interest was added to the competition this year owing to the fact that Mr Coleman had still further shown his interest in volunteering by presenting a champion "belt, to be held from year to year, by the highest individual scorer. Twelve teams entered this year as against nine last year, and in order to meet the increased entries the executive had had the trench length ened, and thus enabled all the teams to get through their shooting at the different ranges at the same time, and also allowed of the whole of the shooting being finished at a much earlier hour than formerly. The shooting all round showed a distinct improvement on previous years, the score of the winners of the shield, the Napier Guards, being 1017 as against 941 made by last year’s winners, the Napier Rifles. In the individual scoring Color-Sergeant Humphries (Hastings Rifles) headed the list last year with a score of 94, but this was beaten on Saturday by Private Mole (Napier Rifles) who put on the fine score of 97 out of a possible 105. Private Howard, (Napier Guards) put on the possible at 500 yards, and no less than 11 competitors put on scores of over 90. Very complete arrangements had been made by the members of the local corps for the success of the “ shoot,” and the visitors were loud in their praise of their efforts. Mr J. Watts had charge of the catering department and needless to say, provided an excellent luncheon for his many patrons. Messrs F. W. Williams (Napier) and W. H. Nelson (Woodville) fulfilled the duties of range officers in a very capable manner. At the conclusion of the shooting, the shield and cash prizes were presented to the winners by Mr Coleman, who congratulated the recipients in a few well chosen remarks. The following are the scores : NAPIER GUARDS.

Last year’s score—Bß 4. Napier Rifles.—Total 978 ; last year’s score, 941. Woodville Rifles.—Total 9G9 ; last year’s score, 862. Hastings Rifles.—Total 964 ; last year’s score, 839. Danevirke Rifles.—Total 868; last year’s score, 634. Hawke’s Bay Mounted Rifles.— Total 844 : last year’s score 672. Fahiatua Mounted Rifles.—Total 838. Waipawa Rifles.—Total 810; last year’s score, 658. Ruahine Mounted Rifles.—Total 805 ; last year’s score, 534. Ahuriri Mounted Rifles.—Total 772 ; last year’s score 615. Hurumua [Wairoa] Mounted Rifles. —Total 756. Ranfurly Rifles.—Total 663. Aggregate Scores.—Napier Guards, 1017, 1 ; Napier Rifles, 978, 2; Woodville Rifles, 969, 3; Hastings Rifles, 964, 4; Danevirke Rifles, 868, 5 ; Hawke’s Bay Mounted Rifles, 844, 6 ; Pahiatua Mounted Rifles, 838, 7; Waipawa Rifles, 810, 8; Ruahine Mounted Rifles, 805, 9 ; Ahuriri Mounted Rifles, 772, 10 ; Hurumua Mounted Rifles, 756, 11 ; Ranfurly Rifles, 663, 12. PRIZE WINNERS. Prize Mole, Napier Rifles, ' 97, champion belt, and.£s. Color-Sergeant Gleadow,. Napier Rifles 94, £3. Private Howard, Napier Guards, 94, £2 10s. Private Williams, Napier Rifles, D 3, £2. Sergeant Hobbs, Hastings Rifles, 93, £1 10s. Private Thompson, Ruahine Mounted Rifles, 92, £l. PREVIOUS WINNERS. 1895 Napier Rifles. 1896 Hastings Rifles. » 1897 Napier Rifles. 1898— Woodville Rifles. 1899 Napier Rifles. 1900— Napier Rifles. 1901— Napier Guards. Proposed Hawke’s Bay Association. A meeting of those interested in

forming a Hawke’s Bay Rifle Association was held on the range at Waipawa on Saturday, when it was decided to circulate a note stating that it was proposed to form an' association for Hawke’s Bay, to include volunteer corps and rifle clubs, and to oall a meeting at an early date, when it will be decided what date would be most likely to suit the majority of shots for a meeting. The following were appointed a committee : Major Chicken, Major Stevenson,. Mr F. W. Williams, Captains Sandtmann, Kettle, Rathbone, - Halpin, hnd J. A. Fraser, and Mr W. H. Nelson. With regard to the Coleman Shield competition it was agreed that each company contribute £5 towards the expenses of running the meeting.

300 yds If 000 yds Tl. Private Howard .. 32 35 27 — 94 Captain Kettle .. 34 30 28 — 92 Sergeant Dugleby .. Sergeant Cullen .. 28 .. 28 34 33 28 — 90 28 — 89 Color-Sergeant Blorn .. 30 34 23 — 87 Private Arroll .. 28 33 25 — 80 Private Thawley .. .. 28 30 28 - 80 Private Pocock .. 30 21 — 80 Private Balfour 28 23 — 80 Private Bate 28 27 24 — 79 Private Wilson .. 28 25 25 — 78 Private Soundy .. 31 352 27 305 18 — 70 298 1017