TRENTHAM 1909.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 450, 8 March 1909, Page 6

TRENTHAM 1909.

CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. : PEOPLE'S DAY AT THE RANGE. SERVICE MATCHES. SNAP-SHOOTING iND. BAPID-FIEING. Cold, freezing cold nights, and clear torrid , days; that is Trentham weather at presont. Never baa the annual rifle championship carnival been so, favoured by the elements, ; and if the lino autumn weather continues Saturday next j will bring to a close the most successful gathering of riflemen in the history of 'New Zealand'rifle' i championship •: meetings. Saturday was ; "People's Day" at the range, and a fair nxun- ■ ber of interested' spectators assembled to witness the service matches—snap-shooting, rapidfiring, cover-sniping, and attack-firing. For the nonce, bull's-eye shooting was laid aside, and the marksmen an opportunity of .par-. ■ ticipating in a series of evonti into which' was introduced a slight flavouring essence of active' service. Disappearing figure targets bobbed up ' at intervals, drawing from the mounds rattling / , volleys of. musketry, the echoes of which echoed and reverberated among the hills. There. 1 is only another sound in the world that hits • the ear like it—the beating of the surf on a. i long shore beach. At least that is. what it most nearly resembles. All . the events were successfully completed by about five, o'clock in the i ■ late afternoon; two hours later the camp was practically,deserted; almost the entire'company went to town for a woll-earned relaxation. Y ' SYNOPSIS OF RESULTS. First Day : Volunteer Match.—Won by Sergt.-Major A. iHyde, Hawke's Bay Mounted Rifles; aggregate score, 98 points: ' Rifle C,lub Match.—Won by Rifleman C. H. I Speck, Stratford; aggregate score,,lo2 points. ! Carbine Cup.—Won by Rifleman C. H. Speck, I Stratford, whose score, 102 points, was the ; highest compiled in matches.l 9 and 20 (volun- ! tcers and riflemen). • Extra Match-(No. I).—Won by Rifloman J. A. Franklin, Weber; score, 35 points (the "posj sible"). | Extra Match (No. 2). —Won by Pte. Drumi mond, Denniston Rifles; score, 34 points. " I Second Day: I Nelson Match.—Won by Pte. W. H. Boys,' ' ; Newton Rifles; aggregate score, 98. Runner- ! up: Pte. J. A. Duley, Dannevirke Rifles; ag- ■ gregate score, 97. I Extra Match, No. 3.—Pte. W. E. Boys, i Timaru; score, 33. Runner-up, G. Howe, I Ngatiawa, 33. i Extra Match, No. 4.—Sergt. Sountag, Dunei din, 34. Rifleman W. J. Henry, Opaki, 34. ( Leading Aggregates.—Rifleman J. W. Milroy, , Nelson, and Col.-Sergt. Higgins r Timaru, 145 . points each; Pte. Duley, Dannevirke Rifles, 144 > points.. Three matches and one range of the ; "Auckland" have still to be fired. i Third Day:' i Snap-Shooting Match.—l2s "possible" scorers awaraed prizes of Bs. each. Rapid-Firing Match.—Won by Rifleman J. L. Turner, Petone; score, 46 points. i Attack Match.—Won by Sergt. J. Peck, Waikato Mounted Rifles; score, 9 points. Cover Match.—T,wenty-five "possible" scorers awarded prizes of £2 6s. each. 1 j Kynosh Cup, awarded to highest aggregate ' scorer in the "snap-shooting" and . "cover" ! matches.—Thirteen competitors tied 'with _ ag- | gregate "possibles"—7o points. To be decided 1 Tuesday, March 9.