MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

Evening Star, Issue 22451, 23 September 1936, Page 16

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING

COWIE SHIELD MATCH The Otago Miniature Rifle 'Association fired the third round for the Cowie Shield last evening, 11 teams, representing six clubs, taking part in the final. The shooting was good. T. Quinn, of Railway No. 2 team, and R. Bruce, of Dunedin No. 1 team, registered possibles, with 14 of the other competitors only one point down. T. Quinn (of Railway) and G. Wyllie (of Arthur Barnett’s) tied for the highest individual score with 239 points out of the possible 240 points. In the first shoot-off both of these marksmen again tied, and in the second shoot G. Wyllie proved the winner. W. Graham (of Arthur Barnett’s) was only one point away with 238. In the teams, Railway No. 2 put on the fine score of 395 points out of the possible 400, an average of 79 per man. The competition was won by the Dunedin Railway No. 2 team, which shot well over the three series of matches for the shield, scoring 1,177 points out of the possible 1)200 points. They are to be congratulated on their win. Arthur Barnett’s No. 1 team was close up. with 1,174 points. Dunedin, D.S.A., and C.F.H. Clubs supervised the shoot for the final round, and are to be congratulated on the efficient manner in which the shoot was conducted for this coveted trophy. The following are the results: —• TEAM SCORES. Railway No. 2: T. Quinn 80, E. Pearce, A. Thompson, A. Peterson 79, A. Gillespie 78—total, 395. Railway No. 1: G. Adams, W. Burt 79, D. Campbell, W. Aitken 78, J. Porteous 77—total, 391. Arthur Barnett No. 1: G, Wyllie, W. Graham, J. Pullin 79, C. Gamble 78, J. Armstrong 75—total, 390. Dunedin No. 1: R. Bruce 80, G. H. Smith, R. Gillick 79, R. Johnston 77, H. Fortune 74—total, 389. Arthur Barnett’s, No. 2: A. Robson, K, Millar 79, V. Fenby, R. Souter, C. M'Nish 77—total. 389. R.S.A. No. 3: R, Bowie 79, D. Marr 78, O. Holden 77, C. James 76, J. Judaon 75—total, 885. Speight’s No. 1: H. Pettet 78, A. M’Donald, G. M'Donald 77, S. M'Donald, J. Malcolmson 76 —total, 384. R.S.A. No. 2: J. Harrison 79, W. Goudie, Dodds, H. Edmonds 76, Wilson 75—total, 382. Dunedin No. 3: H. Tattersfield 77, R. Bruce, P. Fennessy, A. Baker 76, F. Marks 75-—total, 380. R.S.A. No. 1: Beck 78, Burgess, Moir 77, W. Meikle 76, Sinclair 71—total, 379. L.N.R.: Mrs Bradley. Mrs Esplin 76, Miss Knowles 75, Mrs Hoad, Miss Bain 74—-total, 875. COMPLETE SCORES. The following are the results of the teams for the three rounds fired, with the final scores:—

Dunedin Railway, No. 2 g 1st round. g 2nd round. r d a a g nS u S95 Total. Arthur Barnett’s, No. 1 393 391 390 1,174 Arthur Barnett’s, No. 2 390 886 889 1.165 Dunedin, No. 1 Dunedin Railway, No. 1 388 386 389 1,163 384 388 891 1,163 Speight's. No. 1 387 384 384 1,155 R.S.A., No. 3 ... 380 388 385 1,153 Dunedin, No. 2 383 383 380 1,146 L.N.R 378 384 375 1,137 R.S.A., No. 2 ... 366 369 382 1,117 R.S.A., No. 1 ... 350 158 879 887