ANNUAL TRAP SHOOTING

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31111, 14 July 1966, Page 20

ANNUAL TRAP SHOOTING

Ellesmere And Methven Draw Jn th« annual trap rtiootlng contest for the Methven Cup, between teams representing the Methven and Ellesmere Gun Clubs, held at Leeston, the scores were even, each side gaining 193 points. Each shooter fired at 10 targets and the individual scores were.— Methven: H. J. Harrison IS, S. H. Anderson 13, D. Dalton 14, W. E. Maw 13, S. G. Holmes 15, D. S. Harrison 12. T. D. Harrison 15, H. J. Stevens 9, J. Weir 12, B. Shanks 11, J- Brightling 14, G. M. Scott 10, K. S. Chambers 14, R H. Washbourne 14, B. Uliey 14. Ellesmere: E. G. Amyes 13, C. C. Skinner 14, W. R Ford 14, N. A. Howson 14, P. G. Washbourne 10, W. Lemon 13, G. Lemon 13, E. L. F. Donald 12, A. A. Greenwood 14, W. L. Gabbie 13, G. M. Doyle 14, W. D. M. West 11, W. E. Moorhead 11. Shooters with possibles shared the major prizes and an accompanying sweep, the remainder going to those with 14 on. L. H. Greenwood, A. A. Peterson, W. E. Moorhead, G. M. Scott, N. A. Howson, P. G. Washbourne and W. R. Ford were allon in a 15 target trophy event, Greenwood winning the shoot off from Howson on the sixteenth target. Possibles in a gimcrack sweep were scored by W. G. Maw, S. G. Holmes, W. E. Moorhead, R. H. Washbourne. D. S. Harrison, B. Shanks and P. G. Washbourne. Top scorers in a novelty event, five siparrow clays and a five-pair double-rise, with 14 breaks, were S. G. Holmes and C. C. Skinner. With 13 on were D. Dalton, J. Brightililng and P. G. Washbourne. Possibles in a Ifl-round slingterise were registered by D. Dalton, C. C. Skinner, G. M. Scott and D. S. Harrison. The alil-ons in a 10-target eyeopener were A. A. Peterson, T. D. Harrison, J. Weir, W. L. Gabbie, G. M. Doyle, E. E. Moorhead, E. L. F. Donald, H. J. Harrison, S. H. Anderson and S. G. Holmes. D. Dalton won a first-miss-out from C. C. Skinner.