Clay Bird Shooting

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 42, 23 September 1949, Page 5

Clay Bird Shooting

GOOD PERFORMANCES AT PRACTICE SHOOT There were some good performances by members of the Whakatane County Rod and Gun Club at a practice shoot on the range last weekend in spite of rain. The shoot was held more as a try out for the Club teams taking part in the Jenkin’s Cup competition at Rotorua on Sunday. Results:— Eye Opener, 5 birds: W. Davies, A. Mitchell, J. Butler, J. Hayward, W. Mayo and P. Mayo shot the possible and divided the stake. Sweepstake, 5 birds: W. Davies and A. Mitchell 5 equal. Sweepstake,- 5 birds: J. Butler 1, W. Davies, J. Hayward and A. W. Jones 2 equal. Sweepstake, 5 birds: J. ,D. Rivett 1, W. Davies, W. Kenyon, J. Hayward, R. Ricketts, W. Hume, A. W. Jones, W. Dippie 2 equal. Gimcrack, 7 birds: E. Tanner 1, W. Davies, W.‘ Hume, W. Dippie, K. Tebbutt, C. Hartley 2 equal. Trophy Shoot, 10 birds: W. Hume 1, W. Tippie and C. Hartley 2 equal. Trophy Shoot, 10 birds: W. Davies 1, C. Hartley 2 after a shoot off. J. D. Rivett buttons, team shoot: A. Mitchell (Capt), G. Pulis, J. B. Rivett, J. Butler and P. Mayo 1, W. Hume (Capt), W. Kenyon, A. Jones, W. Dippie and J. Hayward 2. Quail Drive, Sweepstake, 5 birds: W. Kenyon, A. W. Jones and E. Tanner 1 eqqal.