RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 407, 16 January 1909, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING.

TO-DAY'S ARRANGEMENTS, [When these.linc's, were written, - the weather'did'not look at'all promising for a comfortable afternoon's shooting at Tren-tham'to-day. A vilo, southerly blefr last Saturday, and a' viler one ;howled through the city-last night, and gavo every promise of sustaining its." energies for another /lay. at least. The usual week-end competitions : will be carried out this afternoon, the allocation of targets being as follows:— Seddan Rango, 800 aiid '900 yards.—Hiitt Valley. Rifles, 1 and 2. ' ; Sommervillo Range, 500 and (500 yards.— Civil Service Rifles, 3, .4; ; and 5; College RifleSj 6 and 7;/Zcalandia ;liifles, 8 and 9; Permanojrt Force Riflo Club, 10: Engineers, 11 and 12; Heretaunga Mounted Rifles, 13; City Rifles, 14 to, 16;' Guards, 17 to." 19.; • Collins Range, 200j 500, and 600 yards.— Karon Rine C1ub,.12 to 15; Highland Rifles,. 16 to 21. , ~ , . ' t An interesting contest should bo the teams match between the Highland. Rifles : arid H.M.S. Cambrian: . The . conditions are:— Teams of 10 men and two officers; three ranges—2oo, 500,. and- 600 . yards; seven shots' at each; ' ... ' - Captain Turner, secretary of tho Range Committee, has kiqdly placed at the dis- ! posal of tho teams extra target ; accommodation iii order to remove the difficulties which arise from tho time being so limited for a three range match. _ The naval men have just'beeli victorious in a match against the, Taranalti Rifles at New Plymouth, fired under similar conditions, in which ilieir average was 88.4 per man. .' Following ai'o tho representative teams:— H.M.S. Cambrian—Lieutenants Down and Vincent; O.P.O's. Wingett and Allen; P.O's; Jones and Lynch; Sergeant Briggs, Privates Robihson and Stono; Ord. Edmond- . son.' L. S. Burns, and L.R.A. Tope: _ Highlanders—Captain M'Diarmid, LieuMortou, Col.-Sergeant M'Donald, Sergeant Gardinor, ■ M'Millah, MArsdon, and Connibear, Corp. Dobson, Piper; Stanilon, Pli. Eves, M'Lcan,- and Corbett;