RIFLE SHOOTING

Wairarapa Daily Times, 5 March 1934, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING

MASTERTON-OPAKI CLUB. There was a good muster of members of the Mastcrton-Opaki Rifle Club on Saturday afternoon, when a trophy competition took place. This consisted of 7 shots, with 2 optional siglitcrs, at the 300, 500, 800 and 900 yards ranges. As a cold southerly wind was blowing all the afternoon, the scoring was remarkably high. It is just a question as to what the scores would have been had the weather been more pleasant. At the final count-up, It. A. Wilton and W. N. Hummer tied for first place with a score of 136 points each off the rifle out of a possible 140. Pride of place went to R. A. Wilton on the count back, W. N. Masefield was in third place. The following are the scores, conditions being 7 shots and 2 optional sighters at every range. The figures are, respectively, the scores at 300, 500, 800 and 900 V ar< l s ; handicap (where any), and total: — R. A. Wilton, 34, 35, 33, 34, —, 136; W. N. Kummer, 34, 35, 33, 34, —, 136 j W. N. Masefield (visitor), 34, 34, 35, 32, —, 135; Jim McKenzie, 29, 32, 34, 31, 8, 134; T. Oakly, 31, 33, 32, 30, 8, 134; E. M. Wrigley, 32, 32, 33, 34, —, 131; R. J. King, 33, 33, 32, 33, —, 131; PI. H. Mawley, 32, 32, 32, 34, —, 130; Jack McKenzie (junior), 29, 33, 29, 32, 7, 130; 11. King, 30, 34, 33, 32, —, 129; C. Pickering, 34, 33, 31, 31, —, 129; J. Whiteman, 29, 32, 29, 28, 11, 129; P. Russell, 28, 31, 32, 27, 11, 129; N. 11. Kummer, 32, 32, 35, 25, 5, 129; V. L. Donald, 31, 31, 34, 31, —, 127; 11. Donald, 24, 27, 30, 29, 17, 127; G. 11. Murdoch, 28, 29, 33, 27, 9, 126; J. Dean, 20, 33, 27, 23, 12, 120; K. McCalmont, 30, 25, 27, 24, 11, 117.