RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 2

RIFLE SHOOTING.

m A feature ; of . the . twefth;-annual, shooting meetmg.of the Nelson.Kifle'vAssociation, ,reoentlrneld; at; Brightwater.-'n-astha-success-of. Defence His scores read as under:fe 8 ! 10,1 ' 200yd5.,.10-shots,'46; Nelson. ■?H?&.'ffi*>.,, .10 shots,. 50;, Defence' Club ™ \t' 10 # «;"■ SMS Matoh! andGOOyds. 93;: Service-.Match, 500 yds., COsep;' '.shots, 27;.Grpd Aggregate,'l.77, one.p.bint-be-hind, the ex-champion, J.;ft\v7 ; MUrcy/ ■.■- Two' other ex-chauipions-Sergt.::'j.'W..Ching and Lieut Irvme-also competed at 'the meeting,Z 1 - f Zl st s 'H or< ! ek shots of ; the. Nelson dis- . trict. The highest.pnze given was 255), and young Kenning pocketed ,£6 10s..for 'his" day's shoot! Amongst the other principal scorers wore J. fW thing and Corp. -JV Sharlandj lV eacll , at 205 yds.; :Mr. o:.> Smallbone, Corp Alborpugh, and ,Vol. F.Manssen; 48 at 500 yds Penning being first -with'y the- possible; , Sergt. 45, at.-GOOyds.; ;Sergt. Guy • 45 a Vof V C v P - Alho *™s, Sergtr.Jaiuieso'n, and 7 shots;. Vol. C!. Papp5,,66'.at..200 and 500 yds!. In the-teams', matches.,the ':highest .scores y Kenning (Defence :Eifle Club^K * In M d °-).- 9i '' -?vt.. Alborbngh (Nelson Rifles) 93; Corp. Buschl (Waimea Bines),. »2j. vol. C. Papps Stoke Eifles), -91. _ In the Citizens'. Match, 200, ,500,/ an- 600 yds., 7,lhS£ we lirst sa spores ranged.from -98 to 00,.with-. out including handicaps,'and the nest: thirteen uiandicaps not. given) ranged from 90 to 92.. .uf " M competitors made 90.0r over, including starts. Nelson-has ..always-been, a great shoot" ing province, and, ns-is.well: known, supplied tiiree nUe champions" in;, consecutive. years in drMessrs...Ching (who' scored 101 at. Bislejv -in Eolapore Cup), ■ Milroyr and Irvine., Great enthusiasm is shown, and there will ..-be a formidable team; of. first-class- shots' to uphold the honour.of Nelson at theineit annual meeting at Trentham.--■ , V- *■ •"" ..The; year ,1909: will be remembered that m which the "Doom of the Bulls-eye" was ; pronounced, says the "Military .'Mai/in a retrospeotive review. :3?or some ;tirad.there was ani-' m c l A d , lscu ssion as to how.the.pronouncement of the Army Council should.be. received.. The National Kiflo Association'Svere' conoe™jd, and .they could do .hardly anything but :what v they; d d j( lo-stick to'the Stationary target, ,but..include a few. more competitions at : movmg objects. The Army Eifle 'Association turned their programme inside out, and at Eifbright adapted, themselves'.to fhe'.. new''condif}SuS^cT- 1 ? ns «' f , e r sh i d^/li ' ctf first-time the.Hythe School of Musketry were barred from competing m tho various events'. -Thd Kine's ■pme o winner,;,vas::Pte..Grayj; sth-Scottish Eifles, not 21 years-of age, and..tlio .outstauding -feature of t),e 1908 National Ejfle'Assbciatibn was the way in which youth came to:tho front.'The shooting m the Olympic gatries./whieh preceded tho JS.B.A. meotins;, saw-::a triumph for tho Americans, who. undoubtedly possessed the best nfle ,in the new .Springfield, in.' the team shoot, but in the individual match,'a.veteran, in:Gol. J._ K. Milner, put the United Kingdom /ahead, ine King s n pnze .of the National. Artillery Association .firing, for this year at Lydd, instead of Shoeburyfless, was won by Hull There were some difficulties for the gunners' to encounter,, as they had but little training with the weapon they were called upon to handle. : bhooting for tho South Canterbury Baltnlion shield at M aimato" on Thursday last,' the Waimato Rifles put up a score -for a team of 1»men whi9h probably constitutes a record for the Dominion, if not for, Australasia: ■ The ranges were 200 yds., 500vd5.,, and Cooyds., : and the maximum number; of points'obtainable was 105. .four men scored 100 or over, and fhe aver-' age for. the team was almost 97, the total points' being UCO. The .Timaru Port Guards, whu lind -held the shield for two years, were beatoh by 103 points, though they stood next highest in the-'five teams compoting. -"'• ■•'■■'• '>*■ . . . Theoontingent of Opaki Eifle'Club members to visit the championship meeting, next month will number.about twenty. Champion G. Hyde .will bo amongst,the number, while a number of; the olub'a youugor-ahota will .'.lab-bo In. .eluded. ■ : ...:...... ■■ -. 'V; .■