RIFLE SHOOTING

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 140, 11 December 1930, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING

NATIONAL MEETING

'&.■ MODIFIED PROGRAMME

Owing .tp the Government having with'drawri.its grant o£ £1000 to the National Eifle Association, the programme- ior the 1931 K.EI, meeting has been modified. With only a small bank balance,- the executive of the association was faced with, a serious problem, but it was felt that it . would be better to hold a modified meeting than to hold no meeting at all. No alteration has been made in entry fees. The meeting will commence on Wednesday, 4th March, and conclude on Saturday, 7th March, while the range will be '.open for practice aa usual on the day "prior to the start o£ the meeting. A programme based on 200 entries has been drawn up, and shooting will take place on tlie Collins Range with 25 targets, instead of over two ranges with 50 targets as has been the case in the past. RAILWAY RATES. ■ The free railway warrants previously available have this year been cancelled, but the Railway Department is, prepared"to meet riflemen travelling to the meeting to the extent of allowing them excursion rates. The Defence Department is also assisting, and has agreed to supply ; the association with range officers and a 'statistical staff. " In the service shooting the' two repeat practices, tile competition and_ snap shooting, have been deleted, and in the amended programme the tile competition and mov.jngrtarget practice will constitute one'match. There will therefore be three service matches, and the prizes for each of them will be as follow:—One ■ prize of £3, one prize of £2, ten prizes of £1, ten prizes of 10s. ' The prizes for the service championship, which _ comprises the aggregate ol! an application practice! and the. three service matches already mentioned, will be one of £5, one of £4, one of £3, one of £2, eight of £1, sixteen' of 10s. Prizes allocated for the • service teams' match are one of £4, one :of £3, one of £2, and one of £1. The B series of matches, which, do not count for the championship belt, will •• consist of three matches—seven shots at :300, 500, and COO yards, ten shots at 800 yards, and ten shots 'at' 900 yards— ■instead o£ four matches as in the past. The C series will be the same as last year, ; with the exception of the Auckland Match, ! -which has been deleted. 1' With the exception of the service ■'-matches there will b.s .58 prizes, totalling £60 for each match. The prize money 'will be allocated as follows: — A grade, one prize ot £5, one prize of '£4, one of £3, two of £2, twenty-three :«f £i. ; B grade: One pri;;e of £2, four prizes . sof £1, ten prizes of 10s. : Tyros: Five prizes o£ £1, ten prizes of VlOs. ■ Fifty prizes amounting to £07 will be b warded to the successful competitors in i 1 the Imperial Aggregate, which is for the highest aggregate scorers in the B grade matches. They are allocated as follow: One prize of £7, one of £5, one of £4, two of £3, five o£ £2, thirty o£ £1, ten of 10s. THE KING'S FORTY. The final match for the King's Prize las been narrowed down slightly by reducing the King's Fifty down to forty, and giving forty prizes* totalling £110, instead of fifty prizes, totalling £200. The King's Prizeman . will receive £80-in cash,'the i championship belt, a gold medal, and badge of the. National Rifle Association. The runner-up will receive £15, a silver star, and N.R.A. badge, and the third man £10, silver star, and N.R.A. badge. The fourth placed man will receive £7 in ;cash, and following that there will be sis prizes of £3, and thirty of £1. Other prizes will be awarded as follow: .' !B grade and tyro aggregates, one prize of '£3, one of £2, three of £1, four of 10s; Bisley and Trentham aggregates, one . 'prize of £4, one of £3, three of £2, twelve of £1, ten of. 10s; Australian aggregate, one1 of £7, one of £5, one of £4, two of £3, five of £2, six of £1, and ten of 10s; championship teams' match X'four men), one of £5, and four silver cups, one of £4, one of £3, and two of [£2. A saving will also be made by cutting but the official programme, and the adi.vance programme issued prior to the Ineeting will constitute the official programme. Ammunition will bo free and liitro cellulose or cordite will be optional. Challenge shots will be a shilling, and for iauy challenge lor the value of spotter a charge of 2s 6d will be made. The red itepotter will be used at the short, ranges, •tin hat targets, and the black and white fepotter at the long range targets. Hours of shooting will be from t) a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, and scoring will be reverted back to the 1929 programme. The challenge C.I. cup will go to the highest, scorer, in the snap-shooting and will be held for one year. The Dawson Challenge Shield will go to the winner of the No. 1 match in the A series. The meeting which drew up the progvanime yesterday was presided over by the chairman of the executive, Dep.-Pres. H. T. Marshall, Wellington. The others present were: President W. G. Fellingham (secretary), Wellington; Capt. R. J. D. Davis, N.Z.S.C. (representing the military authorities); Capt. H. Simmonds, Auckland; President F. .T. Silvina, Dun?tlin; and President W. M'Bain, Welling"toD.