CLAY BIRD SHOOTING

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20783, 18 April 1939, Page 11

CLAY BIRD SHOOTING

MATAMATA GUN CLUB W. MCLEAN EXCELS (Special to Times) MATAMATA, Monday The Matamata Gun Club held an open -hoot during the week-end, when large number; of visiting shooters competed. The main event, a £SO handicap match, was a triumph for the local club, two members or which <E. Green and W. Me-L-ur.. were the only ones to score the possible. McLeon was the most successful 'hooter or the day, winning Tour events while his possible in the big match was ibtained entirely off the first barrel Following are details:— Eye opener. 6 birds.—w. McLean. I. Me'"eady. F. J. Cole. F. MeFarlane. o. Brown W. semmens. P. Carter and R. Maher shot •he possible. Handleap shoot for Mr G. Brown’s trophy nine birds.—L McCready. F. H. MeFarlane F Green. B. Maher. .T. Wiske. j. otwav! md J. Dob-on shot the posible, E. Green vlnntnsr the shnot-ofT. £SO Handicap Shoot. ?1 bfrds.—w. Mc•*nn and F Green, hoth or Matamata. shot •he possible and divided the prize money, f. Dob c on. Otway. V Webster, e. Monmith and L. Mnjier each broke 90 targets. March for Mr< Barr Brown’s and Mr R r stone’s trophies, -pi turds.—w. McLean! Green and J. MeMullfn broke the pns- - hie. MeMuUin winning the shoot off with Handicap «hoot for Mrs M. J. Green’s trophv. 9 hfrd«—H. E. Davis. F. Wilson. Tl. Garter. .T. Wl=ke and E. Green shot the possible. H. F.. Garter (Otorohanga) winning the shoot-ofT. Gimerark Tor trophies presented bv J v. Whitney and W. Ayr on. 7 birds.—\v mm ean. P. Garter. G. Rrnwn and H. e! Garter broke The possible. W. McLean 'v’nn'mr the ihnot-nff. with r. Garter runner up Double rise. 5 pa rs —w. MM can broke < targets to win outright with J. Spencer. •\ target':, second. Rox shoot, 5 bird". W. Mel ean and A. Wright each shot 4 and divided.

KIA ORA GUN CLUB The K!a Ora Gun Club held a «boot at the week-end, which was well attended. A feature of the afternoon’s sport was thp number of first barrel birds shot in the gold watch trophy shoot, the winner T Hall, of Te Awamutu, gamed 31 out of 33 first-barrel birds and the second trophy winner, s. Otway, gained 29. Following are the results:— Six-bird Eveopener.—T. Hall (14vds) shot the posible: E. Duncan (14yds) "and T. Henry (16yds) shot five birds and divided. 15 Birds. £lO Shoot (17 shooters).—E. Duncan (13yds). Doug. Mitchell (12yds), E. Bogun (12yds), L. Zimmerman" (12 yds) each shot the possible and divided, Duncan. Mitchell. Zimmerman all gaining first-barrel possible. 15 Bird Match, for £5 gold watch trophy. —T. Hall (13yds), S. Otway (15yds) and L. Zimmerman (13yds) each shot the possible. In the shoot-ofT T. Hall won on the 3 3rd bird rrom S. Otway and Zimmerman. who were second and third re- 1 spectiveiy. 10 Bird American Shoot off 12 and 16 ! yards).—W. Brinkworth (I,6yds), S. Ot- , way (16yds) and W. Percival (16yds) ; shot the possible and divided. Six Bird Box Shoot toff 2 4yds).—E. ' Duncan. S. Otway, C. Swarthferger shot ! the possible and divided. Six Bird Special Shoot (off 3oyds).—S. Otway shot the possible, W. Brinkworth, T. Henry five birds each.