BRITISH BISLEY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 33, 23 February 1937, Page 15

BRITISH BISLEY

IHE CGRONAUON MEEHNG. MAN¥ OOMPETITORS EXFECfTED. AUSTRALIAN TEAM WILL BR ' THEHE ■ ! . 'V. Arrangements have been mad© by the National Rlfle Association for a Iarge influx of competitojs fpr the jCoronation Bisley meeting, which will be hbid frbm MQhday, July S, |o Baturday, July 17, 1937, A team is going from AuEtrella, and the Emt)ire match is to b* *hot, For this match, ln addition to th* Australiana and Gfqat Bfitafib tSints are certain fhom Canada ahd india, and ther© is a. posaibility of oha ''frhm Rhbdesia, These t«am« will ajlo cohtest the Koiapore ahd Mackihfion events. As well as the- big teams: a very large number pf smaU , >«*)* from the coloniea and dependeneiap is expfected. ■ y'X ° A • specia! Competition to dbitl' memorata the Corbnation will be shot concurrently with the fii^t ata ge yf the King's Priie. The number of shots flred ln all th4 important single-range competitioni, which were reduoed to seven shots for this year's meeting, have been restored to 10 shots. Thera ahe no changes in the targets and nSne as regards rffles, except that tMe Australian team is permitted to use the heavy barhellefl S.M-L.E,, which ls the nornial rifle plub weapon in the Gommonwealth, Considerahl* ehftngek have been made ln the arrangement of the Programme for th*' second week with the idea of ayoidlhg cohgestion, particularly on the day of the Kiug's Hriie first stag*." For some years past there has been a good deal of crltieism of the • krrangemehts for issulrig ammuhition during the meeting. Competltors complamed that the niethod employbd ihVolved oonsiderible delay ahd lnebnvenience, '-To meet -thfefce erUicisths the councU will next year try th« experiment of issuing a detachabl© munition -voueher with ©very squaddiug ticket ahd fh© necesjiary cartridges will be lssued on Ptbdufctibn pf thege voucheti in the aujjpiy .tenis. > Loveday Wliw for New Zealand. - Winners of the Hing's Pflz© *t Bisley since the Armistie^:^ ~ 1919; Sergeant L. Loveday, New Zealanfl, . ; . * „ p20; Sergeaht F, H. Morgan. South Africa. " « Sergeant J. Cunnlngham, 1922: Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Marchment, lat, JLbndoix t©r Sl tio - T * » a9™3: &Pt$in E- H- Bahinson, late after « ti*. ' - 1924: Private D. Burke, Canada. 1925; Sapper A. F, Smith. City R. 1926; Sergeant A. G, fultoh, Queen's-W. T> a9?J: Capta^ c- H. Vernon, late R.A,M. " 1928; Lance-Corporal A, G. Hall, late Klng Edward's School, Blrmlngham, 1 ' ' " _*?29: Lleutenant-ColonOi B. M, Blair, Seaforth Highlandeyg of CMiada. . * , > .y M- 8- Fwter, wmm't imt Sergeant A. (3, Fnjton, Queen's W. 1932: Colour-Sergeant-Mdjor C, H. voiunteer, 1933: Qfflce-cadet C.S-M. D. E. Woods, Nottingham Univcrsity. Captain J, A, BarlcW, west York§ Regiment, after a t|e. F- s' Frehch, late Herts Ygomanry. igss; Sergeant L. B. Burschau, South Africa. Miss Foster was the only woman vlctor. : Sergeant A. G. Fultpu also won as far back as 1812— thus giving ' him three vietprles, Only one other competitor won more than once; Captaln P0^1GS» hf Middlesex, in 1903 ahd 1906. He was. a sergeant Jn the 3rd. Glamorgan when he scored fl^st