RIFLE SHOOTING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 104, 27 January 1919, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING

THE SUBURBS CLUB The Suburbs Rifle Club opened the first 6hoot of the third series in anything but pleasant weather, a howling northerly prevailing through the afternoon, and was the' cause of many 'breakdowns in the scoring. The highest 6core, , with the aid of 3 poin's handicap, was made by Rifleman Gray, whose total was 91. The club has started teams' shoot- 1 ing amongst the club members, four men a-side. The idea is to bring along the younger shots and iniprove their shooting, a scratch man being in char*o of each team. The winning team on Saturday was Captain Boss's, with a total of 344 points, Deputy-President Smart's second with 330 points, and Rifleman Harris's third with" 322 points. The following are Saturday's scores (ranges 300 and 500 yards, 21 shots):— :

300 500 yds.yds.HpTl Rflmn. R. Gray 40 48 3 91 nflma. W. Cox 40 42 7 89 Eflmn. J. Longman 35 46 8 89 Dep.-Pres. Smart 44 44 ecr. 88 Rflmn. AV. Spencer 40 44 4 88 Bflmn. A. u3rown 33 39 16 88 Kflinn. A. Milroy ..' 43 43 scr. 86 Eflmn. A. Bellamore 44 42 scr. 86 Rflmn. W. Staples 38 39 8 85 J?flmn. W. Cropp „-. 2S 41 16 85 Rflmn. A'. Harris 42 41 scr. 83 Rflmn. \V. Homer 39 43 sex. 82 Pres. Fellingham 40 - 40 scr. SO Dep.-Pres. Boon 36 43 scr. 79 Oapt.J. Ross -39 40 sen 79 Ttflmn. H. Gnwith '89 34 5 78 Eflmn. G. Winchcombe . 35 32 11 78 Rflmn. G. Mathews 27 34 17 78 Eflmn. G. Emms .-... 31 20 22 73 Rflmn. A. Barnes 34 34 scr. 68 The leading scores for the club's championship, with two shoots dropped, are as follow,:—Dep-P,res. Smart, 756 points; Eflmn. A. Harris, 744 points; Rflmn. A. Bellamore, 741 points; President Tellinehnm, 739 points; Cant. J. Boss, 72fi points; Eflmn. W. Spencer, . 722 points. There are still three shoots-to be fired. SUBURBS "DAILY MAli" SHOOT. The Suburbs Club's -'Daily Mail" Cup shoot was fired on Anniversary Day under conditions that were easily the worst since the competition vas first fired. A glance at the scores will show that the elements had the best if the deal. The riflemen had a howling wind and misty ram to contend with; nevertheless, everyone made the best of it and went home thinking out their chances for next year's, shoot. The "Daily Mail" Cup was won this year by Rflmn. J. L. Turner, with a score of 168 points. Rflmn. H. Gawith was rnnner-irp with 167 points. The competition was shot over six ranges, from 200 to 800 yards. It was also divided into two aggregates. .The shortrange aggregate was won by Dep.-Pres. Boon, with a total of. 94, and the lon?range aggregate was won by H. Gawith. with a total (plus handicap) of 183 points. The following are the scores :- I'M' 300 500 GOO 700 800 „„ „ yds yds yds yds yds yds Tl. Rfln. Turner ... 30 32 28 19 27 32 168 Efln. Gawith ... 30 29 25 20 25 29 167 Dep.-Pres. Smart 26 82 28 21 21 32 160 Rfln. Cox 23 30 .21 24 23 31 157 Efln. Sponeer ... 31 27 29 26 17 24 154 Rfln. Bellamore 27 27 29 19 22 29 153 Rfln. - Harris .... 28 31 29 18 18 26 150 Efln. Gray SO 29 21 21 19 27 147 Capt. Ross 31 28 31 16 20 18 VA Bfln. Staples ... 27 30 25 19 17 25 143 PresFellingham 82 29 S7 16 22 17 143 Dep.-Pres. Boon 31 31 30 24 13 13 142 Rfln. Longman 28 27 S2' 23 20 26 136 Rfln. Boniface . 24 21 ;7 20 18 19 119 Rfln. Cropp ...... 22. 23 26 26 12 10 119 Run. Mathews . 20 16 20 21 23 18 118 Rfln. G. Harris . 24 22 17 16 20 18 117 Rfln. ■ wincli- \ combe 25 28 22 24 J8 0 117 Rfln. Emms 24 21 24 £0 6 18 113 Kiln. Brown ... 26 21 23 12 23 0 105 Rfln. Thompson 23 18 22 20 18 3 104 Rfln. Graham'.. 20 23 21 9 13 3 95 The 1 following also won trophies :—H. Gawith ■ 167-16-183; W. Cox, 157-14-l<1; \V. Spencer, 154—10—164; J. Longman, 136-26-162; R. J. Gray, 147-14-161; Dep.-Pres. Smart, 160-scr-100. Short-range Aggregate-Dep.-Pres. Boon (handicap 2), 94;.Eflmn. G. Winchcombe (handicap 17), 92; Rflmn. T7. Spencei (handicap 5), 92. . ' If'f-range Aggrevato-Rflmn. H. Gawith (handicap 10); 93; Rflmn. W. Cox (handicap 8), 86; Rflmn. Gr Mathews (handicap 20), 82. KARORI CLUB. . .-■The Karori Defence Rifle Club fired the iourth match of its second series on Saturday at ranges of 300 and 500 yards. Jiflmn. l'.-Ching. was winner of the sories, with Rflmn. R. Randall second. In the handicap class Rflmn. W. Clank won first place, with R.flmh.- E. Daniel second, ihe following are. the best scores:300 500 ■aa n Ti , yds. yds. H. Tl. Kflmn. C. E. Morrison ... 25 38 15 88 Sa ■ £•• £. hing il 42 0 83 Kttinn. H.' Preston .'. 41 30 12 83 Rflmn. R. Randall sg 44 <j 82 Rflmn. W. I. Clark 40 42 0 82 Pres. W. Judd 41 40 0 81 Kftmn. S. Dix 29 31 °0 80 Rflmn. A. Caldwell J2 3C "o 78 Kflmn. E. Daniel 33 42 3 78 Rflmn. S. Batten 42 35 0 77 KHmn. G. linney 40 36 0 '76 Ine best scores for the second series of four matches is as follow —Scratch: £fl mn -/- Chihg, 261; Rflmn. R. Randall, 240; Rflmn. S. Batten, 237; Pres. W Judd, 235. Handicap: Kflran. W. I. Clark, 253; Rflmn. E. Daniel, 249; Rflmn. H Preston, 241; Rflmn. S. Dix, 238. . Ihe ranges for Saturday next will be 200, 500, and 600 yards, teven shots at .each. ' ; OLD NAVALS CLUB. ' The Old Navals Rifle Club fired the fourth match of their second caries on the Miramar range on Saturday. The conditions were ten shots and siehter at each 300 and 500 yards. The following are the best scores:— ' 300 500 _„ yds. yds. H. Tl. Rflmn. P. E. FranWyn ... 44 42 sc. 86 Dep. Pres. AV. Harris 40 36 9 85 Rflmn. A. Fellows 42 42 sc. 84 Hflmn. E. Pringle 42 42 sc.. 84 Rflmn. R. C. Collins 37 38 8 83 Rflmn. A. Guise 38 35 10 83 Pres. J. Rabe 43 ,39 sc. 82 Rflmn. R. Sneddon .'. 43 39 sc. 82 Rflmn. ,T. Moye 37 37 8 82 Rflmn. J. Alexander' 36 33 12 81 Rflmn. T. Del! 40 40 sc. 80 Rflmn. F. Standidgo 38 « so. , 79 Rflmn. C. Burdett .-. 84 29 16 79 Rflmn. W. J. Coriibear ... 39 37 ' sc. 76 Rflmn. J. Evans 33 37 G 7fi Rflmn. J. Hogan '30 32 J2 74 .The club also fired four teams matches for .the C. W. Martin challenge badges, which resulted in Pres. Babe's team being defeated by 31 point?, Dep. Pres. Harris's team winning with scores as follow:-Rflmn. F. E. Pranklyn,, 86; Rflmn. R. Pringle, 81 j Dep. Pres. W. Harris, 76; R/lmn. A. Guise, 73; total, 319. Rflmn Staudidge's team was second with -307 points. Next Saturday will conclude the second series. The ranges will be 200, .500, and 600 yards, seven shots and sighter at each distance.

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THE WEATHER

DISTRICT REPORTS. (From our Special Correspondents.) Feathereton, January. 26.—Bright and calm.