RIFLE SHOOTING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 156, 27 March 1919, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING

_———•&-- —• THE GROUP 5 MEETING. The number of entries for the Group 5 : (Wellington City and Suburbs) nHo ' mee nK, to bo Keld Ht Trentham on bat . urday, is definitely a record for the Dominion. Tho total exceeds llaO. luo fuel that 900 entries have been received from Cadets . is interesting nmny people in the meeting, and the Group Com-, riiandcr has arranged for tea to be sup- • plied on the ground to visitors as we 1 ■as competitors on Saturday. ( fl«> Mln : • ister of Defence (Sir James Allen) and the Commandant (Mnjor-tienernl bn ; Alfred Eobin) arc to be pruscnt. : Tho Group Commander (Captain Bell) ; mentioned yesterday that many eraploy- • ere had responded readily to his request that facilities should bo given to Urtets to compete at the meeting. Arrangements have been made for a motor lorry to take Johnsonville competitors to lrentliatn on Saturday morning, and return . them after the shooting. The Suburbs Rifle Club fired the first 1 "shoot" iinthe fourth series in anything but mild weather. During the "shoot at 1 800 yards a hailstorm was experienced which had the .effect of causing several ■ competitors to pack up and get home, 1 not waiting to finish their shoot. • Several poor scores were registered by 1 thoso who braved the elements, lho lol- ' lowing are the scores (ranges GOO and 1 800 yards, 21 shots) :— . 600 800 t yds. yds. H'p. T'l. ■ Eflmn. A. Bellamore .... 36 47 0 83 ' Hflmn. A. B. Brown ... 30 34 16 80 Bfimn. W. J. Spencer ... 34 41 4 <9 Capt. J. Boss 33 45 0 <8 Minn. J. M'Kinley ... 35 i, IS i* Rflmn. C. Milroy 35 36 0 (1 Dep.-Pres. .1. Smart ... 38 31 0 69 Kllmn. A. Boniface 28 28 15 69 . Whim. A. Harris 33 3a 0 f Rflmn. G. Winchcombe 24 23 18 6. KHmn. W. Cox 39 8 7- 01 ' Kflmn. J. W. Longman 37 22 2 bl ' R.flmn. G. Mathcws 15 21 18 j>l I *Kilmn. W. Cropv 36 - W 5- ' *]Jflmn. C. Cheyne 2< - l- >» ■ *Dep-Pres. Boon 33 - 0 33 "Did not compete at 800 yards.