RIFLE SHOOTING

Wanganui Chronicle, 29 December 1947, Page 2

RIFLE SHOOTING

N.I. CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PUTIKI BELT WON BY H. PEDERSEN. After a shoot-off with G, Bates (Patea) H. Pedersen, of Napier) won the North Island rifle championship hel<j on the Putiki rifle range, Wanganui, on Saturday. The fixture was held under the control of the Wanganui West-Coast Rifle Association. The B grade championship was won by K. Feast (Featherston) after a shoot-off with G. Bretherton (Wanganui). G. Bretherton was sucressful in winning the Putiki Aggregate. and F. C. White (Napier) won the J I rybank Aggregate. Wanganui No. 2 team, won the Teams Match, with Opaki runner-up. Good organisation enabled the meeting to be carried through with a minimum of delay. The trophies and prize money were presented to the winners at the end of the day by Mr. J. B. F. Cotterin, M.P. for Wanganui. Detailed results are as foilowl: A GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP. H. Pedersen (Napier) 141, £l5, 1; G. Bates (Patea) 141, £lO, 2; A. H. O’Donnell (Petone) 140, £5, 3; I. Ford (Wanganui) 139, £3, 4. The following won £1: I. Sutherland ((jpaki) 139; R Shaw (Wanganui) 139; G. Pickering (Opaki) 139; Churches (Cheltenham) 139; G. Rhodes (Featherston) 13,8; J. W. Johnston (Featherston) 138; D. V. Henderson (V.P.C.), H. King (Cpaki) R. Roots (Patea), A. S. Berry (N.P.) 138; G. C. Cronin (Wanganui) 137. The following won 10s: H. Keene (Karori), F. C. White (Napier), J. Carter (Opaki), R. H. Whiteman (Upper Hutt), F. J. Soler (Wanganui), O. L. Whiteman (Upper Hutt) 137; S. L. Lumsden (Levin), A. Linney (Upper Hutt), W. Howard )Wanganui), R. Barrow (Cheltenham), N. Nix (Featherston), J. Pritchard (Karori) 136; B. George (Karori), J. Brunton (Patea), J. G. Horn, senr. (Levin) 135. B. GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP. K. Feast (Featherston) 139, £5, 1; G. Bretherton (Wanganui), 139, £4, 2; L. Garner (Wanganui) 136, £3, 3. The following won £1: F. Lovell (Wanganui) 136; A. C. Bowen (Upper Hutt), B. Williams (Featherston) 134: A. Harrison (Wanganui) 133; M. Feek (New Plymouth) 132. The following won 10s: I. M. Henderson (V.P.C.) 132; A. Hill (Petone) 131; C. Blackmur (Apiti)) 128; Gregory (Upper Hutt) 126; S. Le Quesne (Apiti) 125. TEAMS MATCH. Wanganui No. 2, 682, £lO. Opaki, 681, £B. Wanganui No. 1, 678, £4. Patea, 677, £2. PAIRS MATCH. H. King and C. Pickering (Opaki) 184, £3 10s, 1; G. Rhodes and J. Johnson (Featherston) 183, £1 2s 6d, 2; J. Bouzaid and L. Laird (Opaki), 183, £1 2s 6d, 3. NO. 1 OPT7JNAL. F. C. White (Napier) 95, £7, 1; I. Ford (Wanganui) 94, £5, 2; J. Johnsten (Feat'.rrston) 94, £3, 3. The following won £2: G. C. Cronin (Wanganui) 94, G. Sutherland (Opaki) 9b. The following won £1: A. H. O’Donnell (Petone), G. Rhodes (Featherston), S. L. Lumsden (Levin), C. B. Benton (New Plymouth), G. Bates (Patea). The following won 10s: H. Pederson (Napier), I. Brunton (Patent), tl. George (Karori), D. Roots (Patea), F. J. Soler (Wanganui), K. Shaw (Wanganui) 92; D. V. Henderson (V.U.C.), R. H. Whiteman (Upper Hutt), A. Linney (Upper Hutt), J. G. Horn sen. (Levin), W. Howard (Wanganui), K. Barrow (Cheltenham), P. Martel (Opaki) P. Churcher (Cheltenham) 91. NO. 1. OPTIONAL. G. Brethertcn (Wanganui) 97, £7, 1; C. M. Pickering (Opaki), 97, £5, 2; R. Shaw (Wanganub, 96, £3, 3. J. Bates (Patea) 96, and A. S. Berry (New Plymouth) 95 each, )won £2. The following won £1: O. I. Whiteman (Upper Hutt) 95; F. J. Soler (Wanganui), D. Roots (Patea), M Hausmann (Ashhurst), P. Churcher (Cheltenham) 94. The following won 10s:—M. Pedersen (Napier), 94; F. Lovell (Wanganui), I. Sutherland (Opaki), E. Farley (Wanganui), J. Huston (Patea), H. King (Opaki) 93; I. Ford (Wanganui), N. J. Burton (Gisborne), D. riov ard Wanganui), N. Nix (Featherston), F. S. Pritchard (Karori), R. H. Whiteman (Upper Hutt), A. O'Donnell (Petone), D. V. Henderson (V.U.C.t 92. EXTRA MATCH. A. H. Russell (Opaki) 34, £3, 1; O. L. Whiteman (Upper Hutt) 34, £3, 2. The following won £1: L. Soler (Wanganui), P. Caftjse (Petone), W. H. Nickless (Petone), I. Ford (Wanganui), D, V. Henderson (V.U.C.), 33. The following won 10s: W. Howard Wanganui), 33; B. H. George (Karori), S. Aarronsen (Levin), P. Martell (Opaki), J. Bates (Patea), J. Huston (Patea), N. Nix (Featherston), D. Roots (Patea), 32. WANGANUI MATCH. A Grade 300yds. O. L. Whiteman (Upper Hutt) 49, £5, 1; H. Pedersen (Napier) 49, £4, 2; C. M. Pickering (Opaki) 49, £3. 3. The following won £2. A. R. Elgar (Rangitikei) 4, H. Kink (Opaki) 48. The rollowing won £1: P. Churcher (Cheltenham), J. Bates (Patea), 48; D. V. Henderson (V.U.C.), R. J. Shaw (Wanganui), L. H. Carter (Opaki), A. S. Berry (Okato), J. Houston (Patea), A. H. O’Donnell Petone), H. K. Smith (Opaki), H. R. Keene (Karori), 47. The following won 10s: M. Hooseman (Ashhurst), 47; R. H. Whiteman (Upper Hutt), W. J. Burton (Gisborne, D. Roots (Patea), N. M. Nix (Featherston), E. Farley (Wanganui), D. A. Howard (Wanuanui), Harcourt King (Karori), T. Pritchard (Karori), G. Su(berland (Opaki), G. Rhodes (Featherston), W. H. Nickless (Petone), F. J. Soler (Wanganui), G. Ford (Wanganui), G. Ford (Wanganui), A. Linney (Upper Hutt), 45. WANGANUI MATCH. B Grade, 300yds. G. Bretherton (Wanganui) 48, £3, 1; L. Garner (Wanganui: 46, £2, 2; I. M. Henderson (V.U.C.) 46, £1 10s, 3. The following won £1: K. Feist (Featherston), R. Hargreaves (Linton), A. E. Harrison (vVanganui), F. Lovell (Wanganui), M. Feck (New Plymouyi), 45. The following won 10s: A. C. Bowen (Upper Hutt), B. Williams (Featherston), A. Hill (Petone), 44; E. Blackmur (Apiti), H. W. Russell New Plymouth), 42. TARANAKI MATCH. B Grade, 500yds. G. Bretherton (Wanganui) 49, £3, 1; F. Lovell (Wanganui) 48, £2, 2; R. Cole (Levin) 47, £1 10s, 3d. The following won £1: E. Blackmur (Apiti), K. Feist (Featherston), 47; A. Harrison Wanganui), F. Bur-