SMALL-BORE RIFLE SHOOTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1937, Page 18

SMALL-BORE RIFLE SHOOTING

A AND C GRADES

NOTES FROM THE CLUBS

The following are the fixtures for the season:— June ■ s—.Chrlstchurch Ladles' Postal Match. June . 7-19—Winchester Cup (X.Z.M.H.A.). June 12 —Match with Wairarapa. Juue 2b' —B.S.A. match. July 12-24—K.Z.M.8. A. championship. July 17—W..UH.A. championship. Aug. 23, Sept. 4—Palma Cup (X.Z.M.K.A.). Aug. 30, Sept. 10 —Osmond' and Ladies' Shields. Sept. Li—New South Wales Postal Match. Sept. 22, Oct. 2—Witcombe and Caldweil Cup (N.Z.M.R.A.). FIXTURES FOR NEXT WEEK. A GKADE (Second. Round). Slay 31, Monaay—Harbour Hoard v. Fetone Central. . ■ ■ June 1, 'luesday—Public Service v. "Evening June I°' Tuesday—W.W.M.C. v. P.W.M.C. June 1, Tuesday—South v. Hutt. s June 2, Wednesday—Aotea v. Brooklyn. C GRADE (Second Round). SECTION 1. May 31, Monday—Hutt v. Municipal. , ■ Juue 3, Thursday—unslow v. "JSvemug Post. June 3. Thursday—mone Central v. Aotea. June 3, Taursuay—l'UDiio Service v. BrooKou 1. SECTION 2. June 1,-Tuesday—Brooklyn i v. H.V. FrontiersJune i, 'Tuesday— Petone Ladles v. Kiverbank. June a, Wednesday—V.W.M.C. V. bouth. Juue 2, Weanesuay—Kauway t. P.2n. ladies. Match to be fired on range of first-named club. A GRADE RESULTS. Brooklyn 47» -v. "Hutt' 464. bourn 467 v. Aotea 466. '"iivenlng Post" *uj v. Petone Central 434. Baruour Board 4bo v. P.W.iU.C. *jU. "• public Service 4i3 v. W.U..U.U. » U 3. The urst ■ round of the lmer-ciuu matches was cpnunenc.su last.weeK, ami tue lnamaual lower than tue nrst round last year, uu.93. Brooklyn, (last years cnainpionsj liave started "we" season ■ well uy putunt; un the nne score 68 43 tor the ttam. Xne uesi -coinb»neu tcoce was the Biooko" v./hutt.match, wito a total Inero .were Jour possibles, six 69's, and fourteen tiij's stored this rouuu. Scores or l>s aud unuer totalled 23, whleu is about one-third of the A : Kvaue niemoeia. Tne possiuius were scored by H. ioie and P. Chanuier (BrooKlyn) and li. JuacDowall anu A. alacuoivall VivemnK Post"). Xne loilowiug are the scores:— Brooklyn.—h. Uore iU, P. (Jliandler iO, E. Buntuiß b9, V. Abbott 68, C. . wnuama 6d, A. J. Westwood 67, li. Jensen 67. Hutt —Ij. Hare 6S, H. fa. b.ias b7. F.. Cropp 67, U Lambert 67, H. Keene I>j, A. U. Bro»n uo' k'. China 1)5. Harbour .board.—M. Reid 69, A. Stewart b9, X H Mchoil 67, JJ. Pniipou 65, h. JKusn bo, it. -Williams 65, R. Marshall 65. . P.W-.AI.C:—C. Lusty bS, 0. Burt 6,. A. Doran bd, W. Hogs bj, G. iJawson bo, A. Tooie M"E:venWK'post.';—K. MacDowall 70, A. Mac-. DoWail <v! H. Mekiess bs, O. Oldliam 6b, K. Uipes 65, K. JenKms U3, L. Hougluon 63. f-etone Central.—H. Way 6S, J. Asnman 6b, W. Johnston 66, J. i'inlay 65, A. E. i'trost 64, W. Warrmgton 63, J. Uolquhoun b2. "south.-W. Creswell 6S, C. Nyberg 6S, C. Teal (iii P. Congreve 67, K. Boddy b6, 0. Vtes"&*N. Grace 67, J. Pitt 67 \V Scambary 67, R. Uawson 66. f. Stewart "te?°Ssrtc£-A. V. Wilson 69. J. Beld 69 W A. Nicholson 69, E. Lavey 68, F. Field 68 L. B. Poutawera 65, H.• V. Woxton 60. g W\V M.C.—F. Waterworth 68, H. Koberts 68. D 66, K. J. Stewart 66, B. Pailon 66, C. Saul 6.6, B. Pattison 65.

C GRADE RESULTS. SECTION 1. "Evening Post" 443 v. Public Service 442. ' Onslow 428 v. Municipal 389. mone Central 441 v. tiutt 3SO. Brooklyn " won from Aotea. SECTION 2. Petone Ladies 424 v. Brooklyn .Ladles 410. ' RaiKvav 458-v. P.W.M.C'4I7. •■ ?.N ladies 391 v. Biverbank 381 H V I'rontiersmen 458 v. houtu 430. The shooting in the C grade was not up to list year's average, the individual average belue only 60 23. HV. Frontiersmen ana Rallwaywere th<top scorers, with US.- The best Finlay (Petoue Central). TvenCtolt^! =s7 6S, ■«£ J EHon 65i A Butt 62 J. Dudgeon 60, A. W. ■ lTunSa.% CCo DrrH s Ander ß on 62 K. WaS P6l, G. Heney 60, .Mrs. Lrew 54, :^eto«nt 4r«. "IKafeo G Thomp-'S-S 6T4 NeT y ans ' 6 0Kp.X hlS l s t' *' Hutt-TA Brown 6S, D. Willis 67, C. Allan 6»f I. Wllila 6I!V Green li 3. 8.. H. Brown 63 port Nicholson Ladies.—Miss Melndoe 65, Miss Shaw 59, Miss Cameron 06, doe 54, Mrs. Neilson 54, Sirs.. Harioot bi, MEivfrbank^-Mrs. Johnston 64, Miss Boutley 61~ Mrs. Mason 60, Mrs. Jennisss4, Mrs. McFarlane'sl, Mrs. Brown 4T, Mrs. l'omfrey Hutt Valley /Frontiersmen.—J. McKelvle 69, P 'Harrison 67, E. Warrant 66, ■F. Davies 66, A Henderson 64, C. Bullen 63, J. PanUSouth—Miss Barber 65, J. Mihell 64, Miss T -Wright 63, Miss Stratford 61, H. Boocock 61, D. McGinnlty 60, Miss Kansley 56. _ Railway.-G. Lake 68, Mrs. Cook bl, W. Fettes 67, A. Scott 68, O. Dormer 60, C. Maddock 61, C. Garner 61. '„,... Petone- Working Men's Club.—C. Pegler JO, H. Pegler 65, C. Jiyan 63, A. Pegler 62, A.' Barlow 60, B. .Lawrence 62, A. Brown 3°" POSTAL MATCH. The lnter-provlncial match between the ■ Chrlstchurch and Wellington ladies' teams takes.place.on the association rango on baturday, June 5. The Wellington team is as follows:—Mrs. Burbush (Brooklyn), Miss B. Calder (Blverbank), .Mrs. K. Dawson (Aotea), Mrs. S. A. Fuller (P.W.M.C. Ladles), Mrs. M. Greenfield (H.V. Ladies), Miss G. Jorgenson ("Evening Post"), Mrs. N. Maitlaiid (Rlverbank), Mrs. D. May (H.V. Ladies),. Miss M.' Murray (Municipal), ■ Mrs. H. luckless ("Evening Post"), Miss B. Scott (Petone Ladles)," Mrs. J. Taylor (P.W.M.C 'Ladies). Emergencies: Mrs. Johnson (Klverbank), Miss N: Gregory (Petone Ladles), Miss V. Violich ("Evening Post"), Mrs. H. Emmett (P.W.M.C. Ladles), Mrs. Nicholas (H.V. Ladies), Mrs. H' Cook : (Railways). AOTEA CLUB. - The Inclemency of the weather last Wednesday materially affected the attendance at the Aotea Club. The scoring was not up to the usual' standard, the only good .scores being by P Stewart (69), T. Goodall and W. Scambary (67). Though the teams in the interclub competitions did not meet with much success In the first matches, good things are expected of them later on. BROOKLYN CLUB. The following scores were the best regls T tered by members of the Brooklyn Club In their competition shoots fired during the .past week:—A grade: H. Dore 69, K. Harrison, A. 3. Westwood, C. Williams, and V. Abbott 68, P Chandler 67. B grade: L. Jamleson 67, Kitchie and B. Keys 66, Miss Chalk and C. Pragnell 64. ' C grade: Ramsay 67, Woolcott, Miss-Harrington,'and Miss E. Harrison C 2. ■ The leaders In the men's ladder are P. Chandler. H. Dore, V. Abbott, and E. Bunting In. that order. In the ladles' ladder the position is Mrs. Burbush, Miss Chalk, Miss Harrington, .and Miss Richardson. MUNICIPAL CLUB.. . There was a good attendance at the Municipal -Club on Thursday evening. The best competition shoots for the evening were as fol-

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