EKETAHUNA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 April 1938, Page 5

EKETAHUNA

RIFLE SHOOTING. (“Times-Age” Special.) The second of a series of three shoots for the Bush Cup was held on the Tararua range last Saturday. The visibility was poor and the scores were not as high as in the first match. The three teams, Kaipororo, Alfredton and Tararua scored 755, 755 and 748 respectively. The scores were:

The third and final competition is looked forward to with the keenest interest as the score totals now are:— Kaipororo 1519 Tararua .... 1519 Alfredton 1516 The'leaders for the Kebbell Cup to be awarded to the highest scorer are: Rfmn. A. Edmonds and J. P. Petersen both-having the high total of 199. INTER-CLUB MATCH. PETONE VERSUS MASTERTONOPAKI. A strong contingent of Petone Rifle Club members visited Masterton over the weekend, and, after a very close and enjoyable contest, defeated the home club by 3 points. The , teams consisted of fifteen men aside, Owing to the Masterton-Opaki Club only being able to muster this number, and by squad totals Opaki No. 1 scored 452 against Petone’s 448. Opaki No. 2 squad scored 432 and Petone 431, but Petone No. 3 reversed the order by 415 to Opaki No. 3’s 407. The full scores were:—

Total i 1294 Also shot: J. Sherwin, 41-40—81; H. Pelting. 43-38—81: F. Priest, 41-39— 80; G. Weeds, 47-33—80; W. Scambary. 41-37 —78; O. Pedersen, 43-35 — 78; B. Dickson, 35-40 —75: —. McDonald. 33-41—74; C. Lusty, 40-33—73; R. E. Flaws 35-32—67. MASTERTON-OPAKI.

HOOD MEMORIAL CUP. MASON WINS FROM KUMMER. The shoot-off between Mason and Kummer, who tied for the Hood Memorial Cup last week, was decided at 900 yards under conditions of 2 compulsory sighters, 5 shots to count, and resulted in Mason winning, scoring 23 to Kummer's 20. Mason has also won the Wrigley Cup for the highest score at the two field days and Service class firing with a total of 583. SEASON CONCLUDED. The match with Petone concludes the programme for the season of the Masterton-Opaki Rifle Club. i .. .

KAIPORORO. 300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. TH. A. Hansen .. 34 32 32 98 J. C. McAnulty . .. 32 33 32 97 J. Torrey .. 30 33 33 96 C. Welch .. 31 32 32 95 R. Henson .. 30 33 31 94 D. J. Dick .. 30 34 30 94 0. Walton .. 28 32 31 91 K. Henson 23 33 ALFREDTON. 34 90 755 A. Edmonds .. 33 35 33 101 H. Seymour .. 31 31 34 96 J. H. McDonald . .. 31 33 32 96 A. Weston .. 33 33 29 95 L. Duckett .. 31 32 31 94 H. Duckett .. 32 34 28 94 H. Percy .. 28 32 30 90 D. Johansen 34 TARARUA. 32 23 89 755 L. J. Sigvertsen ... 33 35 32 100 J. P. Petersen ... 33 33 33 99 C. Rasmussen .... ... 31 33 34 98 C. Sigvertsen ... 30 33 30 93 P. Benny ... 30 30 32 92 J. P. Sigvertsen ... 32 31 27 90 N C. Petersen ... 31 28 30 89 W. Manser .. 32 30 25 87 748

PETONE. H. Nickless 800 .... 47 900 Total 46 93 D. Cameron .... 45 47 92 T. McNab .... 42 46 88 R. H. nicholl .... 43 45 88 P. Stewart .... 42 45 87 S. Nicholl .... 43 44 87 P. McGrath .... 45 42 87 W. .Hogg .... 41 45 86 F. Gilder .... 43 43 86 J. Ashman .... 43 42 35 W. M. Jackson ... .... 43 42 85 W. Curry .... 43 41 84 R. Hayston .... 44 39 83 J. Badland .... 42 40 82 K. MacDowell .... 38 43 81

R. V. Mason 800 47 900 Total. 46 93 II. King 47 44 91 J. W. Curtin 47 43 90 G. W. Vennell 44 46 90 D. P. Donald 45 43 88 H. K. Smith 43 44 87 D. E. Richards 44 43 87 W. Dornan 44 42 86 J. McKenzie, Senr. 45 41 86 W. N. Kummer 46 40 86 V. E. Donald 43 42 85 H. H. Mawley 44 41 85 P. Russell 38 44 82 J. D. McKenzie 41 41 82 J. Bouzaid 37 36 73 Total 1291