RIFLE CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1368, 20 February 1912, Page 6

RIFLE CLUB.

THE FEATHERSTON CLUB. On Saturday last the Featherstou Rifle Club held its first, match in connection with tho Matthew* Trophv. Scores were: — " " 500 COO TOO ... . , J" (Is - yJs. yds. H - p. T'l. Wakely 3,'. 85 2» 0 99 Benfon 31 ,14 ;io 0 98 F.verton 2'J ?,i 18 Iβ 07 Williiinis 35 32 2fl o % W. Nix, 34 in 31 fl <H Saundors 2S 30 1!) 1G n.'t C Nix 35 •32 24 fl <n I'arker :;5 i>B 2-1 3 SO Bowring 2!) 25 IS 16 S3 Handicaps for next match,. over 200 300. 700 yards, are:—Bidwill, Benton Nix (2), Williams, Wakely (scr.), Parker (4), Balfour (6). Everton (15), Saunders and Bowring (1G). NGATIAWA CLUB. Following are the .-cores registered bv the Ngatiawa Rifle Club in the interclub contest for the Fresh-Food and Ice Company's Cup on Saturday last. Although the weather conditions were not by any means good at 500 and GOO yards (the wind varying from 1 or 2 degrees left to 7 right), Rifleman ,1. Stubfiings scored tho coveted 100. This is the secontl time that he has scored the century when firing for the cup:— 200 500 600 ' yds. yds. yds. T'l. Rflmn J. Stubbing?... 34 34 32 100 Rflmn R: Stubbings... 33 3t 2S 95 Rflmn G. A. Monk ... 34 32 27 !« Rtlmn F. H. Monk ... 29 32 31 92 Rflmn J.' Monk 31 29 30 90 Rflmn G. Howe 30 30' 28 88 Rtlmn H. D. Bennett 31 SO 25 SG Rilmn A'. Clifton ... 30 30 21 ■ 84 252 251 225 728 Whareroa, Ngatiawa, Hautcre, Levin, and Shannon Rdfie Clubs compete for this cup, and each team fires on its own range. There are two competitions per year for it, tho team with the highest aggregate for the two competitions being the winner. In the first competition this season tho Ngatiawa Club scored 723. They won the cup last year.