RIFLE SHOOTING

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 120, 14 February 1921, Page 9

RIFLE SHOOTING

OLD NAVALS CLUB The Old Navals Defence Rifle Club fired the final match of their championship aggregate and tho last match of the second series on the Trentham range on Saturday afternoon, the conditions being ten shots and sighters at each 560 and GOO yards. The championship aggregate’con.sisted«nf ten matches fired over distances of 300, 500, 600, 800, 900, and 1000 yards, the scores of one long and one short range match being dropped. Rifleman F. E. Franklyn (last year s winner of the club championship) was again successful in winning the championship by a margin of 22 points, with a total aggregate, of 676 points, Rifleman R. Sneddon being second with 654 points. The results of Saturday’s shooting are

The aggregates for the second series j ust completed are ae follow: — SECOND SERIES. Hp. Pts.

CHAMPIONSHIP AGGREGATE. Pts. Rflmn. F. E. Franklyn 676 Rflmn. R. Sneddon 6j4 Rflmn. T. Dell Rflmn. AIL J. Conibear 614 HANDICAP AGGREGATE. ' Hp. Pts. Rflmn. E. Rees 579 77 656 Rflmn. R. Pringle 609 4-1 603 Rflmn. J. Moye 567 68 630 Rflmn. J. Alexander 509 95 604 DUNCAN MEMORIAL CUP. A special aggregate was fired for the memorial challenge cup presented by the family of the late Colonel John Duncan, who for many years took an active interest in the Old Naval (Volunteer Company, and who was also firsti patron of the present rifle club. Rifleman .R. Sneddon wins the cup, and is entitled to hold it for one year, when it will again be competed for. HODDER CUP. ‘ The Hodder Cup, presented by Mr. C. Hodder (an Old Naval, now resident in Auckland) has been won by Rifleman 1. E. Franklvn, in the championship aggregate. This is a new cup, presented, by Mr. Hodder, the previous cup having been won outright by Rifleman Franklyn. The present cup will lie held for one year by the winner, when it will again bo competed for. HUGO MEMORIAL CUP. Rifleman R. Sneddon wins his cup by securing second place in the championship, and he is entitled to hold it for one year, when it will again be fired for. Rifleman Sneddon was winner of this cup last year also. Next Saturday the annual shield matches will lie fired, and the following teams will represent the. club:— Senior Team—Riflemen Franklyn, Sneddon, Aston, Conibear, M'Donald, Pitt, Standidge, Dell. Pringle, Rees, Emergencies: Moye and Alabaster.' Junior ’Team. President J. Rabe, Riflemen Moye, Harris, Howe, Evans, Alabaster, Collins, Guise, Prince, Carney. Emergencies: Alexander, Burdett, and Renkin.

KARORI CLUB

The Karori/Rifle Club fired the second stage of its C.A.C. Cup competition on Saturday afternoon, at ranges of 800, 90L and 1000 yards, 7 shots nt each range. The south-earterly breeze blowing up the range, sometimes from tho right and sometimes from t'he left, and occasionally both ways at the game time, provided marksmen with sqme of tho most baffling conditions it is possible to got at Trentham. In fact, some of tho older riflemen looked back many years to recall similar conditions. It was Trentham at its worst. Range scores of less than 20 out of 35 were the most frequent among those registered, and in no fewei than seven cases did competitors register a “duck.” President H. Marshall’s score of 72 was, in the circumstances, u very creditable s'hoot, and this score, together with that of Rifleman R. Randall, stood out conspicuously above the rest. Rifleman C. Alorrison,. a handicap man, put up a good performance with fourth highest- score off the rille. The best range scores were 30 at 800 yards, by Rifleman A. S. Butler, 28 at 800 yards, by President H. Marshall, and 23 at 1000 yards, by Rifleman 11. Randall. Trophies for this stage of the competition were won by President IL Marshall in the senior section (club trophy dll Is.), and Rifleman C. Alorrison in the handicap section (club trophy .tl Is.). The following are the highest scores: — 800 900 1000

*Did not shoot at 1000 yards. SUBURBS CLUB. The Suburbs Club continued theii shooting at Trentham on Saturday al 500 and GOO yards. A bright and changeable light and a fish-tail, that bus not been experienced at 'Trentham for some time, were the causes of the shooting not being up to tho standard of this club. C. Alilroy got the best score oil tho rifle, this being his third successive win, and P. Barc'ham topped the list foi the day, closely followed by B. Burn. In the pairs match J. Ross and Stewart, 160 points, Dunn and Becgan, 159, C. Alilroy and Emms, 158, were the winners. 500 600

as follow: — 500 yd: 600 s. vds. Hp. Tl. W. J. Conibear .... 44 38 4 86 c. Burdett .... 38 19 25 82 E .1a CCS .... 40 36 4 80 c. Prince .... 37 36 7 80 c. M'Donald .... 32 41 6 79 R. Sneddon .... 39 39 0 78 R. Pringle .... 40 34 4 78 J. Moye .... 37 33 7 77 F. E. Franklyn .... 36 39 0 i i) A. Guise .... 35 28 12 ’ 75 E. Aston .... 43 32 0 74 J. Alexander .... 34 27 12 73 B. Alabaster .... 34 34 4 W. Harris .... 27 36 7 <0 T. Bell .... 39 30 0 69 J. Javans .... 32 29 8 . 69 J. Rabe .... 33 33 0 66 J. Carney .... 3 27 6 36

Rflmn. E. Aston . 335 0 335 Rflmn. F. E. Franklyn ... 332 0 332 Rflmn. R. Sneddon . 330 0 330 Bflmn. E. Rees 311 18 327 Rflmn. ,T. Moye — . 292 25 317 Rflmn. A. Guise , 270 44 314 Rflmn. T. Dell . 309 0 309

yds. yds. yds. Hp. Tl. H. Marshall 24 28 20 0 72 C. Morrison 24 28 8 8 66 11. Bandall 17 27 23 0 G7 G. S. Taylor 20 21 16 10 67 W. 11. Cox 20 21 14 12 G7 H. V. White 9‘> 21 10 3 66 H. Preston MO 17 15 10 G4 D. F. Mason 29 5 16 14 64 (1. Bagley 21 It °5 61 W. N. Matthews 14 15 8 ' 62 H. V. Croxton ... 28 15 17 0 66 F. Smith 13 13 20 11 57 F. tilling 23 33 7 0 5A S. Butler 30 21 0 0 51 T. Payne It 10 0 46 J. Dayman 18 17 13 0 4b’ J. C. Low 26 12 10 0 48 B. Daniel 24 10 (j 8 4b J. Burns 15 20 11 0 4G *11. Caldwell 12 wW — 8 42 W. Stanton 21 5 0 13 32 ,T. Fraser 7 13 11 5 36 W. Farquhar 3 13 11 5 31 N. F. Willoughby 0 23 0 0 25 J. Grove 0 4 9 10 A. Caldwell 0 15 5 0 2f. II. Hutton 10 6 0 0 16

yds. yds. lip. Tl. P. Barchain 42 35 5 82 B. Dn nn 40 34 8 82 ('. Stewart 36 8 81 C. Milroy 41 3!) 0 81 W Haase 44 31 5 SC J C"*' r i zii yto ix t* 39 36 r» 8G Dep.-Prcsdt. Hunt . 40 39 0 71