RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 462, 22 March 1909, Page 9

RIFLE SHOOTING.

:■■'"' 1 MATCHES AT TRENTHAM.- ] .;■ BATTALION SHIELD COMPETITION. ; Ifter, the unwonted stir and bustlo of the j recent championship meoting, the range at 1 Treritham presented a very modest appearance i on the occasion of the resumption of tho week- j end matches of the Wellington men. The sea- i rapidly drawing to a close, and about two more Saturdays shonld see the end of/the, : most successful season yet experienced. : "i There was a fair muster of riflemen on Sat- 1 urd&y.'for the annual volunteer teams compe- • titionfor tho First Rifle Battalion Shield. I his competition excited keen interest Tho teams . consisted of twelve men each, the scores of ' the best ten in each being taken for the com- j parisoib of the aggregate scores of the teams; ; the ranges wore 500 and-600 yards, ten shots j at-each range. A strong rear fish-tail wind ' blew down the range, and high scoring was t conspicuous by its absence, the best effort be- j ing\B9 (42-47), scored by Sergt. Tinnoy, of the Guards.: « The result was a win for the Guards, whose iteady scoring gave them a lead of twelve ] points from the ranncrs-up (Post and Telegraph , Bines).': The aggregate -scores were:— 1. Wellington Guards ... 787 i 2. Prist and Telegraph Rifles 775 i S.' Highland Rifles .' 764 < 4. City Kides ... 756 i 5.; Civil Service Rifles 657 i 6. Zealandia Rifles , Cl 6 The Shield, which is now in its fourth year of competition, was first won'by the Guards; , the Post and Telegraph Rifles then scored two ] successive wins, and tho Guards have now recovered it from them. Being a challenge trophy, it cannot bo won outright. V KARORI RIFLE CLUB. Concluding match of the third series, deciding the club championship and all trophy contests for the season. Scores:— v'.-.-... --■..■-. > 500 600 yds. yds. H'p. T'l. J. .Burns ... ... ... 3-t 29 0 63 G.v Halliday ... ... 31 3J 0 62 P. C. M'Laren 32 20 3 61 > C. Hbdder ..:... - 31 29 0 60 W.-Aston ..: ... v 32 27 0 59 E:' Chapman ... V 26 30 3 59 { E. -O;.Lower (29-29-scr.), 58; W. Tarr (31-24-s'cr.), 55; V. Moore (28-23-3), 54; W. E. Jackson (27-26-ser.), 53; W. Harris (28-24-scr;), 52; A. France (2-1—27-scr.), 51; A. C. Maisey (19-29-3). 51; W. Judd (28-22-scr.), 50; -B. Raridell (29-20-scr.), 40; J. Rabe (25-23-fcr.), 43; H. Bulford (29-16-scr.), 45; H. Ingiis (23-21-scr.), 44; G. P. Brown (17—14— .•■•^', v ' WNAt, AGGREGATES.- ' Club championship— G. Halliday, 618; J. ( Rabe,'6ll; J. Burns, 599. , Kolapere aggregate—.T. Burns, 518; C. Hod- ■ der.'.SOl; G. Halliday, 500. I Handicap, aggregate-P. C. M'Laren, 585; A. < C. Maisey, 582; V. Moore, 578. Long-range aggregate—J. Rabe, 236; G. Halli- ' day, 234; H. Bulford, 231. "Owen Daley" trophies:— 200, 500, and 600 yards—J. Burns, 246; J. . Ralie,'- 231. ! All ranges-J. Rabe, 316; J.-Burns, 339. '. i Third series—P. C. M'Laren, 236; J. Burns, J 235; J. Rabe, 230. ' ( , ZEALANDIA RIFLES. Competition for belt and trophies, 500 and ' 600 yards, 10 shots'. 500 600 yds. yds. H'p. T'l. Pie. Greenslade ... ... 36 29 17 82 Lce.-Sergt. Bunckenbnrg ... 41 38 0 79 Pte. Hunt ... 34 35 9 78 Pte.'White ... 28 24 25 77 Pte..iElsley ... 34 30 10 74 ■ Corpl. Barcham ' 40 29 4 73 Pte. C. Hugo (29-30-14), 73;' Pte. Dalton (31 -31-10), 72; Sergt. Renkin (34-2G-11), 71; Sergt. Hugo (30-39-ecr.). 69; Pte. M. Hugo (30-21-16), 67; Pie. F. Rowherrv. (30-24-12), , 66; Capt. Corrigan (41-20-scr.), 61; Col.-Sergt. Frandi (30-7-12), 49; Pte. M'Cutcheon (6-0-K), 31,, ~ - .: ■~-.-.,; WELLINGTON NAVALS. The Wellington Navals closed their shooting •eason on Saturday with a match .between the married v. single members of the company, for the Robin Shield, and a very-enjoyable afternoon was spent, notwithstanding the rough weather, that prevailed. The single men were the dinners this year by a margin of 19 points, their total being 776, and the married men's tftsij 757. Four teams entered for the Martin .Challenge Badges, the totals being.—Gunner BawßS'-teaw, 295; C.P.O. Martin's team, 284; P.O. ■Jaffary's team, 263; Gunner F. E. Martin's team, 2SO. Gnnner Boon's team will, therefore, be: thei holders of the badges during .the vacation, which will last until September. The following are the detailed scores of the match . Warned v. Single:— ■':■,' . SINGLE. • 200 500. - _.., yds. yds. T'l. Gunner Gibbes 43 38 81 P.O. Bishop :.. ... ~...]. 49' 33 73 P.O. Williamson ... ... ... 39 34 73 Gunner Boon ~ 42 3j 73 ' Gunner Forsyth ... ... "" 35 34 ca OanneY J. H. Williams 33 it 69 P.0..M Kay -. 40 23 68 Gunner Day ... 33 23 gg P.O. Jaffary 83 25 58 Gunner Murphy ... .. 30 ot ►« Gunner Tilley « f, f Garner Tolled Z Z Z % % MARRIED. .™ 200 500 P.O. Calnan T l .- C.P.O. Martin •" | S . ■ SS P.O.Johnson " 43 S ij P.O. Sparke ... ." "' 30 -2J I* Gunner A. Burns ... . "' 3? % - ™ ' Gunner Stevens - ' •" 30 3 mP.O. Steel ".. - 'it 11,I 1 , 11 P.O. Francis ... " Z '" 35 27 % Gunner F. E. Martin (snb.) Z. 37 21 58 &Ur '-» Gunner Barber ... Z Z 33 7 40 ■ 757 ' HERETAUNGA MOUNTED RIFLES Squadron Championship Competition. . 500 600 ' Trumpeter Chote ... m .. '£ T SO Trooper Tobin ... " " 27 Ift 43 Trooper Trevethick " Z 19 16 35 Tob ''V econ(l; Chote is in tho leau for the junior championship. D BATTERY. Competition for belt and trophies. - A CLASS. 500 600 !«st.Wickens y( H-*frVk Gunner Focke 40 34 5 79 (innner I'hromer 4"; qi n A c 41 32 Q.M.S. Ivmg ... 37 34 0 71 B CLASS. Gunner Cotterill ... ... 34 35 0 69 Lieut. Glendinning 32 29 7 G8 Bombardier Simmons ... 35 26 0 61 Gunner Leggett ... ;.. 18 • 13 20 51 PERMANENT FORCE. Practice match at 900 and 1000 yards. SOO 1000 „ v yds. yds. T'l. Gunner I'arr 35 33 gjj Gunner Williams 32 31 63 Gunner May 30 31 61 Gunner Otton 29 30 59 Gunner Moore 27 29 56 Sergt, Barker (Engineers) ' ... 32 28 60 MATCH AT POLHILL GULLY. At Polhill Gully on Saturday, the Electric Light Company lired a match for a trophy presented by Lieut.-Col. Campbell. Scores:— 300 500 „ , „ , yds. yds. H'p. T'l. Corpl. Coleman 24 28 11 63 Gunner Devine 34 17 7 58 Capt. Hume 32 25 0 57 Bombardier Faulkner ... 23 22 10 55 Lieut. Brown 23 21 10 54 Gunner Dunn 22 22 10 54 Corpl. Noedl (30-12-10), 52; Sergt. Wilson (26-14-12), 52; Gnnner Mulholland (19-12-18), 49; Gunner Coleman (17—15—15), 47; Gunner Lusk (24-12-10), 46; Gunner Henderson (12-12-18), 42. ' , PONGAROA RIFLE CLUB. On Wednesday last members of tho Pongaroa Rifle Club competed for Mr. Bolton's cup, which carries with it the club championship', the conditions being seven shots each at 300, 500, and 700 yards, without a sighting-shot. The competition was exceedingly keen, and on .the completion of the first two ranges only four points divided the leading six men, all of whom had competed at the reoent champion-

ship meeting at Trentham. Mr. E. Poole presented a trophy to •be 'competed for concurrently with the championship, with handicap points added, the winner of the championship being barred. The conditions wero not too favourable, the light at times being very bad, and a fmo rain falling blurred the (argots considerably, but there was very littlo wind. Tho shooting on tho whole was very satisfactory, as the 300 and 700 yards ranges are only used onco during the year. Tho competition resulted in a tio between H. Coo and R. Reed, and, on the shoot-off, H Coo won the championship with 13 points to 7, I!. Peed taking Mr. Poole's trophy. Following are (ho scores:— ,100 500 700 yds. yds. yds. T'l. H'p. H. Coe ... ... 25 31 32 88 0 U. Reed ... ... 26 32 30 88 0 A. Herbert ... ... 28 32 27 87 0 F. Brenton 25 34 22 81 0 F. Herbert 26 31 22 (9 7 G. Atkins 26 31 21 78 3 J. Allen 22 " 24 25 71 10 T. Boardman 23 27 20 70 7 E. Davics 28 22 18 68 1 G. Haines 21 25 20 66 IS A. M'Donald 13 25 22 60 16 E. M'lntyre 19 24 17 60 16 Tie shots at 700 yds.: H. Coe, 541—13; R. Seed, 304-7. The club was represented at Trentham by the first six men of the above list, each member getting into the prize-list on tiro or moro occasions. R. Reed was unfortunately recalled to Pongaroa owing to a death, and the remaining five fired in the teams' championship match, finishing twentieth out of a total of forty-six teams with an average of 92 per man. . The Post and Telegraph Rifles will fire a match with the Upper Hutt Eiflo Club at tho latter's private range on Saturday next.