LOCAL RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 450, 8 March 1909, Page 5

LOCAL RIFLE SHOOTING.

HIGHLANDERS AT POLHILL GULLY. Oe Saturday afternoon members of the Highlanders assembled at Polhill Gully to lire •the final shoot for the stag's head presented by Mr. W. M Kenzie Forbes, of Wanganui. Scores also counted for the Ballantyno shield and trophies presented by the Wellington Pipe Band and Lieutenant Willis. The honour of winning tfys head fell to Private Thompson, the company s colt ot this season, who has only latelv been promoted from the B Class ranks. Following are somo of the leading competitors' positions:— 1. Private Thompson 222 245 2. Private Eves ... ■ 242 0 242 3. Sergeant M'Millan 233 0 242 Saturday's scores are appended:— , 500 GOO _ . , „ yds. yds. H'p. T'l., Private Eves 33 31 0 64 Sergeant M'Millan 30 33 o 63 Lieutenant Morton 31 29 3 63 Corporal Shannon 31 29 3 G3 Private Thompson 28 29 3 G3 Col.-Sereeant M'Donald ... 29 - 30 3 62 Corporal Dobsoa 2G 28 4 58 Private M'Lean 29 28 0 07 Sergeant Marsden- 31 24 0 55 HERETAUNGA MOUNTED RIFLES. Heretaunga Mounted Rifles fired at Polhill Gully on Saturday with the following results:— 500 COO yds. vds. T'l. Trooper Trevcthick 23 32 55 Sergeant-Major Dement 27 22 49 Trooper Tobin 21 22 43 Trooper Baker 17 n 28 Trumpeter Chote IS 4 22 The final for the Nudds Cup and Lieutenant Logan's trophy for runner-up resulted as follows:— T'l. Trooper Trevethick ... 50 45 ,55 156 •Sergeant-Major Dement S3 35 52 140 •Trooper Tobin 49 44 46 139 'Received G points handicap in tho final. The final for Sergeant-Major Dement's medal for long-distance shooting was won by Trooper Trevethick, 95 points. Trooper Tobin, 90 points, was runner-up.