RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1400, 10 March 1905, Page 2

RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

(Per Press Association.) Trontham, last night. The following arc the totals of the teams in the Champion Teams Match (omitting the prizes of the winning teams already sent) : Potone Rifle Club, No. 1 ... 462 Wairoa Mounted Rifles ... 461 Wanganui Riflea 459 Timaru Fort Guards ... 457 Victoria Rifles ... ... 456 Dunedin City Guards ... 455 Karori Riflo Club, No. 2 ... 454 Opaki Riflo Club, No. 2 ... 453 Timaru Rifles ... ... 453 Stoke Rifles ... ... 452 Taradale Rifle Club * ... 448 Weber Rifle Club, No. 1 ... 445 Petono Riflo Club, No. 2 ... 444 Manchester Riflos ... ... 442 Canterbury Engineers ... 438 Taranaki Rifles 438 Palmerston North .Rifles ... 424 Ohinemuri Rifles, No. 8 ... 422 Opaki Riflo Club. No. 3 ... 421 Weber Rifle Club, No. 2 ... 409 Karori Rifle Club, No. 3 ... 408 Wellington Guards (1 abort) 371

An extra match, 800yds, was fired in a tricky wind, which blow across the range, disturbing many of the marksmen, who appeared to bo hardly at home at the long range, notwithstanding the size of the targets, which are Bft by 6ft, with a 3ft bull’s-eye. Cole (Waimea) and P. Jack (Ohristohuroh) were the only possiblemakers, and divided the first and second prizes. There wore but three 34’s and three 33’s. The match was started at, 10, and finished shortly after 4. The prize list was open to members of the New Zealand defence forces, defence rifle clubs, and the defence forces of the Commonwealth, 800yds, 7 shots, which resulted :

Cole (Waimea), 35, £3 10s; P. Jack (Christchurch), 35, £3 10s ; Ching (Nelson) 34, £2; Perrin (Palmerston North), 34, £2. The following each take £1 : Wollaston (Mataura), 34 ; Burton (Rongomai), Irvine (Nelson), Murett (Taranaki), each 33; Earl (Mataura), King (Opaki), Melroy (Nelson), Franklin (Weber), Symonds (Hastings), Wilkie (Upper Hutt), Reid (Queenstown), Marshall (Pahiatua), Davis (Wairoa), W. Loveday (Mauriceville), Blane (Opaki), Duncan (Denniston), Maingay (Piako), each 32; Cowie (Timaru), Stewart (Wanganui), Bishop (Hastings), Marshall (Waikare), Loveday (Weber), H, Papps (Nelson), G. W. Vennell (Karori). Ingpen (Mauriceville). H. Hawthorne (Karori), MoMurray (Palmerston North), Hobbs (Hutt Valley), Marenga (Rongomai), each 31; Wickens (Wellington), J. McKenzie (Queenstown), J. G. Wilson (Woodvillo), Weavers (Weber), J. R. Franklin (Weher), 30 each. There were fiEteen countod out. The extra match, 900 yards, was started at tho close of the 800, but very few completed their shots before the firing ceaßed for the night. The volunteer match B, which started at 10 o’clock, did not close until after 6. The prize list given below is unofficial—the official list would be out too late for the wire.

Prize Volunteer match B, 600 and 700 yards, 10 shots —Parnell (Wanganui) £5, 89; Ching (Nelson) £4, 8S; Marshall (Pabiatua) £3, 87; Hyde (Hawke’s Bay) £3, 87; Cornos (Ohinemuri) £2, 86; Shaw (Ohinemuri) £2, 86 ; Brown (Waihi) £2, 85 ; Eden (Nelson) £2, 84; Smaill (Kaitangata), Irvine (Nelson), Handley (Wairoa), Nichol (Bluff), Ayson (Murihika), Gillanders (Dunedin), each 84; Kells (Denniston), Capt Nelson (Woodville), Humphries (Hawke’s Bay), Stevenson (DuntrooD), each 83; Howe (Wellington), Perrin (Palmerston North), A. McKenzie (Oamaru), Cox (Auckland),each 82; MoMurray (Palmerston North), L. T. Cox (Auckland), Baird (Dunedin),Wickens (Wellington), L. Papps (Nelson), Hardley (South Canterbury), McCormick (Hawke’s Bay), each 81, £1 each. Counted out: MeCulloch (Hastings); tyros, £1 each : Guy (Wellington), Carter (Woodville), Johnston (Kaikoura), each 80: Kerr (Auckland), Johnston (Dunedin), O. Papps (Nelson), each 79.