RIFLE SHOOTING

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22516, 26 September 1938, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING

OUTDOOR SEASON OPENS GOOD SCORING AT REDCLIFFS [By BULLSEYE] Full-bore (.303) rifle shooting officially opened in Christchurch on Saturday, when two local clubs, the Christchurch Defence Rifle Club and the Sydenham Defence Rifle Club, held three-range competition shoots at the Redcliffs rifle range. Ideal weather prevailed, although at 600 yards a ta j^ g - light and a variable wind made ?£ ld it ions difficult and was responsible ior some low scoring. , n S .l v „ e "J, new competitors who took part i n at the .Chnstchurch Miniature Rifle Asso♦i « s Wlnte r tournament, in having their first experience with the .303 and rS«rt- S * ln i§ le arm sling - P ut U P some very ♦Et* *i ble ? cores . Proving beyond doubt ni?B h=t,P llni 2 ture range Provides a defiai; J ba? i S a u d 3 valuable insight in the tt?£ #,? sh .°°ting on the outdoor ranges. The following are the results:—

31 32-i mP b 32 wf' - 3 °-? l; M " Judkins, 31, oi d<s—a4, D . Harries, 32, 34, 28—94- D 31 «• t?\ 3 \ 2 ?~ 93 < F - Judkins, 30. 3°; M^'b!?^ 33^ 3 , 1 - W oo- S -S' • rx — 93 « s - Nelson, 29, 32 31 bourn?," fo y 30 ld i^2 31 H 31 iT 92; - *•>'<*- 34 qi.' a ' „"', • 3 *-~ 3z - H - Harries, 26, 31. Rundle 29 20 to 8 t 27 = 33 ' 3 ° l - 90 » 81; 5 Fraslr' lE~II' ai S 7 U „ g W 29 ' 23 ~ 25. 23-76; KF^:£^F\ is ?stj Mm - 28 ' SYDENHAM DEFENCE CLUB

31 K bo ß^ b a 31 E «• 5 T 98: P- Riches 31. 2-S5; R Kildkv~w ; £ om ' 29 - 33 East. 28, 30. 29T 7-S4- I' £°V 28, n 5 =T 95: R- - 5-93: S. O Hay 33 £ ton - 2 5- 32, 31, Dempsey, 28, 26 in V 01 30, 27, 5-Iql. I ~ ?0 ' ,7 — 9 1: C. Poulsen 29 R' BaU?tt.V» °*77?WV£ 25 "~82; 21, 7—69. ' 77 ' H - Gillum, 15, 26,

Tho * " ™ nter Tournament w °ns winter The following are the results:-

PRESIDENT'S GRADE UnftedMofworWn^^ 111 - 0 " , Ladi « 543 453; New C l ub 538 . Atlas Gough. Gougn and w=« Company 525; Assemblies 532} Maris? 5w* A 534> Uot °r and Hamer Bhvi.»- 5 ' Gough. Gough 539 beat e sh?is?c^cTT y ° d e?a r u?t" erSme "

President's Grade Notes totaHn B th^ h g t ?a n de l l2 , d eS b e , l? d TT t, Jf hji * hest Points. Misf Marriott 7 0 a lrF ni^ d b y 13 and Mrs Rage 6 9 hart ?£' Mlss Mason 69. for the womfn's tetm the T lead ing scores and L. Hutton 69 lv,VP\. „ J * Cha Pman 69 A Working Men's rhJh W S U for Uni tedAtlas, -R Smith 70 j «XS? h e i!? 11 y fr °™ Kennard 68 havine th~ ?i"i tn 70 ' and H. the match navlng the leading scores for 70 and S. Bultitude II Hh S ;u R - w *ston scores f or the Winning + lad the leading stick 70 and A Coi SqJL* team J J " CaPfor Motor AssemWils returned good cards th^le R a o di^ re s e corerrih^n B^ OWn D 69 wer * beat Gas Company T n G S m ßr 'S hton Co m p G a r n a y ham 68 Was B fired^ a S? a^n OU match°^ h -L a '5 d Hamer and F: Howard"a? navta*' th^TU- 69 scores for the match g e leadln & teJmf to? I S?^,gSS>SS. p ?5 ,t10 ? 1 » ,2 f th *

Jottings thf' H^i, who won the championship of pL/w hai 2 Defence Club fast season, sMf«l 01 ?? the rlfle at Redcliffs on f a IS? score card read : 300 yards y3rdS ' *- 5555555 : 600 ytrds!

! t . R - J£j n .esbury won the opening shoot of C £ ns 4 c l ur S h D efence Club at Redcliffs on Saturday. After registering r? at each of the 300 and SM-ya?f ranged hi was unfortunate enough to score a magpil for his final shot at 600 yards. His total ?^J?=^ a f m^ de up as follows:—300 yards yards ' **~ 4554555 - - 600 yards)

.K? h^u annl i al ""mature match between 0% Cnwstchurch and Sydenham Defence Rifle Clubs, fired on the association range last week, was Won by Sydenham by 3 points. ' Following is the result:— Capstick 70, S. Parks 70, S. Hay 70, F. Hodge 70, C. Thorn 70. W. Tritt 69, J. McCarthy 69, H. Barker 69, W. Barrett 69, R. Ball 69, H. Gillum 69, A. Barker 68. P. Riches 68, A. Nicholl 68, R. Poulsen 67, R. Kilday 66—total 1101. Christchurch—H. Haworth 70, G. Crimp 70, R. Rundle 70, J. Edmonds 70, D. Murray 69. M. Judkins 69. R. Weston 69. R. Neill 69, J. Chapman 69rD. Baker 69, D. Harries 68. S. Nelson 68. C. Malzard 68 E. Truman 67. C. Wear 67, H. Harries 66 total 1098,

The Celtic Ladies' Club concluded the competition for the Ryan handicap trophy last week. Mrs C. Fraser and Miss M. Wail tied with a total of 240 points each. 'The shoot-off resulted: Mrs C. Fraser 69, I—7o, 1; Miss M. Will. 67, 2—69, 2. The. following will represent the club in a match with Public Service to-morrow evening:—Mesdames Crooks, Fraser, Whitaker. Nicholls, Jackson, Misses M. Smith, M. Wall, E. Daff, M. Trewern, and H. Wheller.

The following are the individual scores of West End and Cashmere, the winning team and runner-up respectively in the recent Palma Cup competition:—West End —F. Wakefield 199, J. McKay 198, J. Ewing 199. H. Currie 196, R. Tate 195—total 987. Cashmere—G. Naylor 198, R. Taylor 198, D. McDonald 197, C. Walker 197, H. Haworth 196—total 986. B.S.A. Cup Competition The Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs has announced the official scores of the Canterbury team in the recent Empire B.S.A. Cup competition. They are as follows:—T. Graham (Working Men's Club) 200. H. Haworth (Cashmere) 200, L. Ryan (Marist) 200, C. Farley (Returned Soldiers) 199, R. Shaw (Christchurch) 199, C. Thorn (United) 199, L. Walklin (Marist) 199, W. Barrett (Sydenham) 198, W. Lennie (Marist) 198. R. Taylor (Cashmere) 198, S. O. Hay (United) 197, F. Hodge (United) 197, D. McDonald (Cashmere) 197, C. Timbrell (Sumner) 197, W. Tritt (Sydenham) 197, W. Glue (Working Men's Club) 196. J. Bills (Returned Soldiers) 195. G. Crimp (Working Men's Club) 195, D. Murray

(Christchurch) 195. E. Truman (Christchurch) 194—total 3950. This Week's Draw This week's draw in the Christchurch Miniature Rifle Association's winter tournament is as follows: President's Grade—Section B: New Brighton v. Gough, Gough, and Hamer A, Gough, Gough, and Hamer B v. Legion of Frontiersmen. Atlas v. Motor Assemblies, Marist v. Working Men's Club, United v. Gas Company, New Brighton Ladies win from Christchurch by default. Fixtures September 19-October I—Witcombe and Caldwell Cup competition. October I—Christchurch Defence. Club's practice competition, at Tai Tapu. Octobbr 22—Sydenham Defence Club's i first three-range competition, at Red- i cliffs.

CHRISTCHURCH DEFENCE CLUB R. Kingsbury H. Jones D. Murray F. Bryden A. Bruning J. Chapman D. Keir R. Weston J. Biggs E. Truman 300yds .. 33 .. 34 .. 33 .. 30 .. 30 .. 32 .. 31 .. 32 .. 31 .. 33 500yds 33 30 32 33 33 32 34 34 33 33 600yds Tl. 33 99 33 97 32 97 34 97 33 90 32 96 31 96 30 96 32 96 29 95

v -, 300yds v. Brown .. 28 500yds 600yds Hep Tl. S. Parks .. 34 35 33 34 6 101 R. Poulsen .. 34 32 scr 101 J. Capstiok 30 A. Ross .. 31 35 33 31 30 2 5 100 100 D. Ramsay .. 32 31 4 99 F. Hodge .'. 31 32 33 35 34 31 7 99 H. Barker .. 32 35 scr 98 A. Barker .. 31 33 scr 98 J. McCarthy 34 32 30 scr scr 98 98