RIFLE SHOOTING

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 157, 29 March 1920, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING

PETONB CLUB. Members of the Petone Hide Club held another competition for the championship and prizes on Saturday. A very tricky front wind blew tho whole afternoon! causing many shots to go wide of the mark. Notwithstanding these drawls,™ Oartor and J. Scott manned to battle with the elements fairly well. A Baumgren was the winner of the spoon. Scores over SO points:500 600 tic G'd yds yds T'l h'p Tl. *Mmn. J. Carter 4j ■« 85 16 101 "Rflmn. A. Baunigren.. 34 « 76 24 100 •Rflmn. li. Wakelyn ... 35 32 67 Hi s*. Rflmn. W. Ryan ...... 42 0 S2 161 98 Rflmn. W. .T. Johnston 40 40,8(1 W 985 Rflmn. J. Scott « 42 85 124 9" Rflmn. A. Weir 39 31 70 23* . Jrt Rflmn. T. Warburton 39 38 77 16} 931 *Prizo-winnora, SUBURBS CLUB. The SuburVs Club re-fired "the third match in the second series. at ranges ow and 600 yards, 21 shots, thereby eompletine the second eerie? of competitions. A tricky wind upset calculations badly. The hest score off the gun was made by Dep.Pres. Boon (84) but after the adjustment of the automatic handicap A. O. Bellamore proved the winner of the match, closely followed by Pres. FelUneh.am. The club also completed the champion pair match Riflemen Harris ,»nd Ncal being the winners with 657 points. The winner of the second sericrf was R for A class and Nat Sherbrooko in B class. Tho scores are:— A CLASS * Autonia--500 600 tic G'd yds yds T'l h'n Tl. A. 0. Bellamore' 35 44 79 18} 97* Pros. Fellineham 41 39 80 163 96? P. M'Donald 40 41 81 14$ %i T,. Orimstone 37 37 74 21J 951 Dep.-Pres. Boon 42 42 84 10* 94j A Harris 37 35 72 2W. 93? J. L. Turner 37 39 76 16{.9# H. Hunt :... 34 42 76 14 90 Ti. Cotterill 33 40 73 163 89? W. Longman 38 32 70 19* 89* R. O. Barkle 42 35 77 .12} 89} V. Ross 36 34 70 JB* 88} Capt. Robs ; 34 36 .70 .17) 87} Dcp.-Pres. Smart 35 27 62 22$ 845 B CLASS. L. Lewis 41 35 76 19 95 TV. ,T. Speifcer 32 42 74 19* 93* O. Brown „. 42 35 77 16} 93} T. N. Cox 17 28 45 45 90 A. Sherbrooke 37 28 65 W 84? C. V. Bcegan 34 28 62 22 84 W. JT.' Cox 19 17 36 32} 68} A. Toford .". 33 17 50 - 50 W. Wilson 14 36 .50 - 50 S. Skinner 33 27 60 - 60 CHAMPION TEAMS' MATCH. Rflmn. Harris and, Neal, 657pts :1 Rflmn. Cotterill and Lewis, 656pts 2 Rflmn. Bellamore «nd Loiifftnan, 616pts. 3 The following is the result of the second series:—A Class: R, C. Barkle. 315} points, 1; V. Ross, 3125 points, 2; F. M'Bonald, 310} points, 3; .T. Cotterill, 310} points, 4. B Class: A. Sherbrooke, 31'H points, 1: O, T. Beegan, 309 points, 2:0. Brown, 308} points 3; L. Lewis, 2993 points, 4. The"'following members, will represent t,he"club"at the Kawke's Bay Mcctine at Knster:—Bep'.-Pres. ' Smart and Boon, Rflmn: Harris, Hunt, Whitenian, M'Donfld,: Turner, BarkTe, Dunn, Brown, and Beegan. OLD NAVALS CLUB. ' The Old Navals Defence Rifle Club completed their season's matches for tho championship and the third series on the Trentham. rifle range on Saturday afternoon over ranges of 500 and 600 yards, 10 shotß and sightcrs at each distance. Tho best scores are as follow:— 600 600 yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Rflmn. C. Prince 43 32 9 84 , Dep.-Presdt. W. Harriß... 37 39 5 81 Rflmn. F. 'B. Franklyn ... 39 40 0 79 Rflmn.' T. Dell .'. 40 -37 0 77 I Rflmn. H. Whytehead ... 33 20 20 73 Rflmn. J. Alexander 31 27 14 72 Rflmn. C. Burdett 32 20 20 72 Rflmn. R. Sneddon '39 32 0 71 Rflmn. R. Prindo 39 23 8 70 Rflmn. 0. M'Donald 27 38 0 65 Rflmn. F. Standjdge 31' 28 0 59 Rflmn. R. C. Collinß 30 15 ,8 63 Rflmn. W. J. Conibcar ... 32 19 0 51 Rflmn. J. Hogan 18 13 16 47 Championship Aggregate. Shoot/ off. Rflmn. P. E. Franklyn 6?3 19 642 1 Rflmn.. R. Sneddon (23 1f'640 2 Rflmn. F. Standidge ............. '600 - «0 3 Rflmn. T. Dell 574 - 5?4 4 Handicap Aggregate. Dep.-Pres. \V. Harris, 605; Riflemen O. Prince, SK; R. O. Collinß, £621 R. Pringle, 557. By the above results Itifleman Franklyn win's the Championship Cup outright, he having previously won the flame cup. The cup was presented by Mr. O. Hodfler, of Auckland. ' Rifleman R. Sneddon wins the Hugo Memorial Challenge Cup. and is entitled to hold it for one year. This cup J was presented by Mrs. Hugo and family in memory of Lieutenant Hugo, killed on Gallipoli. The other name» in tho aggregate are -winners of trophieß presented by club patrons. Third Series Aggregate Results. Points. Rflmn. F. Fi. Franklyn ... ■- 0 334 1 Dcp.-Pres. W. Harris 301 29 SiO 2 Rflmn.. R. Sneddon - 0 323 3 Rflmn. F. Standidge ......... — 0 . 317 4 Rflmn. ?j Dell :... - 0 317 5 Rflmn. R. Pringle 273 31 304 6 Pres. J. Rabe - 0 293 7 Tho special trophy presented by Pres. Rabe for the best handicap score in the last two matches was won by Dep.-Pres. Harris, with 172 pointE. and Rifleman Standidge's special trophy for bestr pcore off? the rifle waß won by Rifleman F. E. Franklyn, with 164 nojnts. All competitors in the above lists are winners of prizes also donated by club patrons. The club is endeavouring to arrange a match with the Upper Hutt Rifle Club, to be fired on Good Friday, oth-jrwiio the club's season is practfcally, concluded. . . KARORI CLUB. The members of the- Karori Rifle Club fired the third matoh 'of the third series at the Trentham range on Saturday, at. ranges of 500 and 600 yards, 10 shots and sighter at each range. Weather conditions were by no means good, a very ,vnrlablo "fish-tail" wind prevailing, scoring consequently being low. The following are the best scores:— 500 600 yds. yds. H'p. T'l. Rflmn. H. Caldwell 38 38 6 82 Rflmn. W. J. Crouton ... 33 36 10 • 79 Rflmn. O. Morrison 37 35 6 78 Rflmn. H. Preston 38 33 7 78 Rflmn. J. Burns 41 36 0 77 Rflmn. E. Daniel' 41 28 8 77 Rflmn. W. Judd 41 35 0 76 Rflmn. A. Caldwell 38 35 0 73 Hf.mii, A. C. Crossan 42 29 0 71 Dep.-Pres. J. Bertram 37 32 ' 0 69 Pres. H. Marshall 39 30 0 69 Rflmn. R. Randall ..,, 35 33 0 (8 Rflmn. G. Jones 35 27 6 68 Rflmn. F. Richardson 36 20 12 68 Rflmn. J. Low 37 30 0 67 Rflmn. J. Fraser 3.5 23 10 66 Rflmn. W. Skcgg 25 34 4 63 Rflmn W". Farquhar 36 26 0 62 Rflmn. It. V. Oroxton ....:. 35 25 & 60 Rflmn. G. Cowio 28 22 9 59