PETONE CLUB

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 83, 5 October 1931, Page 3

PETONE CLUB

The Petone Rifle Club fired a practice match at Trentham on Saturday, ranges 300 and 500 yards. The club deputy-presi-dents, W. J. M'lver and W. Jackson, picked teams, and added interest to the afternoon's shooting. There was a good attendance, and as the conditions were ideal, the scoring was o£ a high standard. At 300 yards K. C. Barkle registered a good 49 out of the possible 50—missing the bull's-eye with his seventh shot; A. BaHinger was next with 48; W. Sanders, a new member last season, also recorded a good 48, followed by R, H. Nicholl 47, N". E. Solomon 4G. At 500 yards the shooting was of a very high standard, and R H. Nicholl topped the scoring here with the possible 50, followed by J. Carter and W. Johnston 48 each, and six members—A. Ballinger, N. B. Solomon, W M'lver, W. Jackson, T. Chapman, A. O'Donnell—47 each. The best aggregate off the gun for the day was secured by R. H. Nicholl, with a total of 97 out of the possible 100; A. Ballinger was second with 95, followed by R. C. Barkle 94, J. Carter 93, N. E. Solomon 93, W. M'lver 91. The teams' match resulted in a win for Deputy-President W. J. M'lver's team, which scored 897, against W. Jackson's team with SBO. ..-. Opportunity is being taken by members to try out rifles, and experiment with different ammuni-. tion, and a further practice will be fired next Saturday over ,the 500 and 600 yards ranges. The club championship and other series competitions will commence on Saturday, 17th October; The following are the scores:— 300 500 yds. yds. Ttl. R. H. Nicholl 47 50 97 A. Ballinger 48 47 95 R. C. Barkle 49 45 94 J. Carter 45 48 93 N. E. Solomon, 46, 47—93; W. M'lver, 44, 47—91; A. O'Donnell, 43, 47—90; W. Jackson, 43, 47—90; H. L. Rule, 45, 45— 90; P. Stewart, 43, 46-89; W. Sanders, 48, 41—89; W. Johnston, 40, 48—88; T. Warburton, 43, 44^87; F. Harris, 43, 44— 87; J. Hunter, 41/45—86.; J. Braid, 45, 41 —86; W. Scambary, 42, 43—85; L. Wales, 43, 41—84; T. Chapman, 36, 47—83; N. Craig, 39, 43-82; C. Lusty, 36, 45—81; A. Weir, 38, 43—81; F. T.- Cooper, 41, 39— 80; A. Scott, 42, 38—80; W. Currie, 39, 40—79; O. Pedersen. 43, 36—79; E. Purcell,. 38, 37—75; J. Witsey, 37, 36—73.