RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1577, 22 October 1912, Page 7

RIFLE SHOOTING.

A seven-shot practice match was fired at ' Trentham on Saturday afternoon by :i H/und from A Squadron of tho Sixth . Aew Zealand Mounted Rifles. I'ho scores 300 oflO yds. yds. H'p. Tl, •Trooper Baumgreen... 27 27 !) 63 Rugler Wilson 23 24- .12 59 Forricr-Corpl. Hartley 20 2a i 57 Lieut. Hastings, 27—28—50r.—55; Trooper Wilson, 22-21-12-55; Trooper Paki, 20 — ' 23-10-53; Trooper Lowrys, 18-20-13-51; Tiooper Lovatt, 16—19—15—50; Trooper Millen, 19—16—15—50. Tho next competition will be held on Saturday, November 2, when the first match for the squadron championship belt and trophies will be fired; ranges, 500 and COO yanl3.

WELLINGTON DISTRICT ASSOCIATION CUP. Tho Executive. Committee of the Wellington Rifle .Association met last night, and drew':up the programme- for tho annual shooting mooting, to bo held at Trentham oh January 1 and 2 next. President H.'Marshall (Karori Club) presided, and

was appointed chairman of the Executive Committee. The programme decided upon is a most liberal one, .£204 being distributed in cash prizes amongst the various events. Six individual matches, each of ten shots, will be fired, one each at 300, 500, COO, 800, 900, and 1000 yards. There will he 87 prizes in each, match, the cash value'being ■JJ33. The first prize in each event; will bo JM, and a valuable trophy; second, «E), three of .£2, tirelve of .El, ami twenty of 10s. Of these eight will be allotted to tyros, ono prize of .111 anil seven of 10s. I Tho championship aggregate has been fixed on a scale never previously iillempfeil, .£55 being allocated to the list, without any extra entrance fee being asked. The first prize will be £V> and a y.s>:,l medal; sKond, Jill); ihird, 03; fourth, £A; two'at'JL'2, eiyilt at X\, and I wordy tit 105.- . In addition t>, tyro aggregate has bt-en fixed, five trophies and J.'s beiuj; nilocntai to this event. Aα iimnvntion is to bo (nei! wilh tho team's , 'match,' thoconipetitiirs to bo split, into two clns-'es, one for seniors and one for juniors. Yhe entrance fee for the seniors will be 10s. per team, and for the junior tennis ss. There will be .£lO split into prizes for 1 the seniors, and £i for the juniors. The distances will be 30,0, 500, and GOO yards, seven" shots'at each range, live men to a team. In order to encourage ritle snooting among the Senior Cadets, matches have been provided for them. There will be a niateli at 200 yds. and one at 300 yds., the entrance fee being fixed at the nominal sum of Is. per match, 'there will also be a champion team match, open lo tennis of five from any cadet company. Each competitor in the winning team will be presented with a silver arm badge, valued at (Os., . A more comprehensive programme lias never been submitted at any local or district meeting before. It is absolutely the best programme outside the D.h.A. championship meeting. The execut-vo expect that over 20(| competitors from, all parts of tho Dominion will take part. Major ■ Jlathespn (Wellington College Cadets) has been appointed'chief range officer, and will make all arrangements for the staff to carry out the range and trench duties. SQUADRON MATCH. tftiATJAWA. EIFIiE CLUB. On Saturday last, members of the Nsatiawa Club fired'the first contention.tor Mr". A. Honk's trophy and ammunition prizes. The conditions were seven shots at 600 anil 700' yards. On the whole, riflemen were favoured with fair conditions for shooting, although at tiin.es the wind and light'(rave' trouble. 'The veteran shot, Eifleman Geo. Howe, easily topped tho list with a fine score of. 65. including a "possible" at 600 'yards. Following nro the scores:— 600 700 yds. ycls. H'p. T'l. Rfimn. fleo.'Hoivo ... '35 30 fcr. 05 ■Rfliiin. E'. Stubbings ...32 2? ecr. til Kflmn. A. 'Clifton .„ 2? .28 2 a 8 'Bflmn. J. Field, 28—27—3—58; President ff. A! "Jfonk', 28-27-scr.-55; Bflmn. H. W Bear, 2ij—2C—2—s3; Pflnin. Vt. D. Bennett, 28-20-3-51; .Bflmn. F. H. Monk, 23—2'2—scr.—50; Efliim. J. Stubbings, 22—2 C—2—so; Eflnin. A. Monk, 23 —18—G—47; Bflmn. S. Moiik. 19-8-8-35.!