Beginners Have First Shoot
This year’s junior beginners in the Legion Miniature Rifle Club on Wednesday night had their first shoot, firing directly off the elbows with no sandbag rest, such as they have been accustomed to. Some of their scores dropped considerably, but P. Needham and R. Spong, 45 and 40 respectively, did very well, and with a little more practice some of the others should soon be scoring as well.
Mr D. Dufty won the senior silver spoon trophy on handicap, and P. Needham the junior pennant The evening’s scores follow: Seniors, possible score 100: B. Grant 96, S. Stubbs 92, L. G. Attwood 91, Mrs J. Critchley 91, ' D. Dufty 91, Miss A. Bathe 90, E. 'R. Hunt 87, C. T. Bathe 86, J. Goile 85, A. Wiggins 84, A. Bradshaw 83, R. Goile 82, W. P. Tyssen 77, Mrs J. Bradshaw 74, D. McCarthy 74, A. Judd 73, W. Addison 70, G. Hope 65, D. Furze 62, H. Andrews 61. Juniors, possible score 50: P. Needham 45, R. Spong 40, T. Reid 36, L. G. Attwood 33, N. Reid 30, J. Syme 28, G. Bell 26, T. McCarthy 26, C. Kingsley-Smith 21, RReid 20.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 7, 13 October 1950, Page 5
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198Beginners Have First Shoot Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 7, 13 October 1950, Page 5
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