RIFLE SHOOTING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 62, 31 March 1937, Page 10

RIFLE SHOOTING

Easter Meeting of H.B. Association

TITLE TO WANGANUI The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Hawke's Bay Rifl© Association took place during the Easter holidays. The weather conditions were far from pleasant on the first day and when firing commenced for the 600 yards match a thick drizzle set in and at timee it was almost impossible to pick up the spotters and marking discs on the targets. In consequence there were a number of disastrous crashes at this range. Visiting marksmen were present from Wellington, Wairarapa, Wanganui, Marton, Bulls, Dannevirke and. other centres. Hawke's Bay rifle clubs were weil represented and considering the adverse weather conditions the entries were the hest received for many years. The champion belt was won by Riflemen J. Paterson, of Wanganui with 146 out of a possible 150. The runnerup was his club-mate, J. E. Farley, with 143. The handicap aggregate was won by Eifleman A. S. Berry^ of Dannevirke, and the runner-up was Bruce Douglas, of the Craggy Range Club. ' Mention must- be mad© of some very meritorious performances during the meeting*. They were as follow- — H. Brehaut, of the Okawa club won the service match with 73. This brilliant young marksman also divided the first two prizes in the 300 yards match with K. Lumsden, of Bulls. Botb scored the possible of 50. Four competitors — F. H. James, J. E- Farley, J. Paterson and F. Soler- — divided the first four prizes in the 500 yard match. All scored the possible of 50. Competing in an extra match over 300, 500 and 600 yards — seven shots at each range — T. McNabb, H. Meads and W. J. Burton all scored 102 out of a possibl© of 105. The final extra match — 10 shots at 500 and 10 shots at 600 yards— was won by Staff-Sergeant Major Kearney of the Napier Club with 97 out of a possible 100. The champion teams match was won by the Okawa club team with the remarkably fine score of 399. The following are the individual scores of the various matches ; — Service match, 300 yards. Rapid: 10 rounds in 40 seconds. Snapshooting : 7 rounds, exposure 3 seconds. — H. Brehaut (Okawa) 73, £2 10/- 1 ; R. H. Nichol (Petone) 71, £1 10/- 2;' I. Ford (Wanganui) 67 £1 3; U. J« Burton (Okawa) 64 £1 4. J. E. Farley (Wanganui) 64 15/-; F. Lightoller (Dannevirke) 63, 15/-; G. Brehaut (Okawa) 62, 10/-; F. O. White (Okawa) 61, 10/-; F. Soler (Wanganui) 61, 5/- ; T. Rosenberg (Okawa) 60, 5/-; J. Munro (Napier) 59, 5/-; S.S.M. J. H. Kearney (Napier) 57, 5/-; H. C. Russell (Napier) 56, 5/-; A. R. Symons (Okawa) 56, 5/-. Welcome match, 10 shots at 300yds. — H. Brehaut (Okawa) 50, £2 10/- and K. Lumsden (Bulls) 50, £2 10/- 1st. equal. T. Rosenberg (Okawa) 49, £1, F. H. James (Napier) 49, £1; A. R. Symons (Okawa) 49, £1 ; R. B. McKenzie (Bulls) 49, £1 ; J. Paterson (Wanganui) 49, £1 ; v J. Sim (Okawa) 48, B. Douglas (Craggy Range) 48, J. E Farley (Wanganui) 48, P. B. Goldfinch (Karori) 48, A. S. Berry (Dannevirke) 48, J. F. Fletcher (Dannevirke) 48, all 10/-; F. T. White (Okawa) 48, B. Patmore (Okawa) 47£, W. J. Jenkins (Bulls) 47 J, F. R. Field (Craggy R.) 47J, J. Manssen (Napier) 47$, D. S. McLeod (Craggy R.) 47J, H. Mead (Bulls) 47^, J. Hallagan (Okawa) 47£, all 5/-. Visitors' match, 10 shots at 500yds — F. H. James (Npiaer) 50 £1 15/- ... 1 J. E. Farley (Wanganui) 50 £1 15/- 2 J. Paterson (Wanganui) 50, £1 15/- 3 F. Soler (Wanganui) 50, £1 15/- ... 4 R. B. McZenzie (Bulls) 49 £1 ; A. S. Berry (Dannevirke) 49, £1; E. Tr Haldane (Waipukurau) 49 £1; K. Lumsden (Bulls) 49, J. Sim (Okawa) 49, S. Hayhew (Cheltenham) 49, W- A. Stevenson (Bulls) 49, R- A. Wilton (Opaki) 49, J. H. Kearney (Napier) 49, all 10/-, W. J. Jenkins (Bulls) 49, I. Van Asch (Craggy Range) 49, J. Munro (Napier) 48J, F. R. Field (Craggy Range) 48£, R. Hastings (Petone) 48^, S. McNabb (Dannevirke) 481, G.- Eyles (Napier) 48J, J. Manssen (Napier) 48|, all 5/-. B. Douglas (Craggy Range) 47, £3 ... I Hastings match, 10 shots at 600yds. J. Fletcher (Dannevirke) 47, £2 2 R- K.. Campbell (Craggy Range) '47, I. Ford (Wanganui) 47, H. Mead (Bulls) 47, J. Hallagan (Okawa) 47, J. Paterson (Wanganui) 47, each £1; A. S. Berry (Dannevirke) 47, 1. Van Asch (Craggy Range) 46, F. McVicar (Waipukurau) 46, B. Patmore (Okawa) 46, W. J. Green (Okawa) 45, J. E. Farley (Wanganui) 45, each 10/-; G. Holt (Napier) 45, G. S. Campbell (Craggy Range) 45, R. B. McKenzie (Bulls) 45, M- S. Gordon (Craggy Rangie) 45, W. J. Jenkins (Bulls) 45, J. Hastings (Petone) 45, F; Burton (Okawa) 44, W. J. Burton (Okawa) each 5/-. CHAMPIONSHIP AGGREGATE J. Paterson (Wanganui) 145, £5 ... 1 J. E. Farley (Wanganui) 143, £3 ... 2 F. H. James (Napier) 141 £2 3 F. N. McVicar (Waipukurau) 140, £1, H. Meads (Bulls) 140 £1; G. SCampbell (Craggy Range) 140, £1; 1. Ford (Wanganui) 138, £lf J. Sim (Okawa) 138, £1 ; H. Brehaut (Okawa) 138, W. J. Green (Okawa) 136, R. C. Holt (Napier) 136, W. J. Burton (Okawa) 136, S. Mayhew (Cheltenham) 136, E. T. Haldane (Waipukurau) 135, each 10/-; P. B. Goldfinch (Karori) *35, F. T. White (Okawa) 135, J. H. Kearney (Napier) 134, A. - R. Symons (Okawa) 133, W. A. Stevenson (Bulls) 133, R. H. Nichol (Petone( 131, T. McNabb (Petone) 127, H. C. Russell (Napier t 126, 5/-. each." HANDICAP AGGREGATE A. S. Berry (Dannevirke) 144, £5 ... l B. Douglas (Craggy Rftngje) 143£ £8 2 J. Hallagan (Okawa) 143, £2 3 R. B. McKenzie (Bulls) 143, I- Van

Asch (Craggy Range) 142|, J. F._ Fletcher (Dannevirke) 142, B. Patmore (Okawa) 142, W.. J. Jenkins (Bulls) 141$, £1 each; M. S, Gordon (Craggy Range) 141, J. Munro (Napier) 140, G. Brehaut (Okawa) 139, R. Hastings (Petone) 138$, F. Burton (Okawa) 138$, R. K. Campbell (Craggy Range) 138, 10/- each ; F. R. Field (Oraggy Range) 138, R- A. Wilton (Opaki) 137, K. Lumsden (Bulls) 136, T. Rosenberg 134$, G. Eyles (Napier) 134, J. Kitehing (Okawa) 133$, J. Manssen (Napier) 133, S. McNabb (Dannevirke) 132$, 5/each. OPTIONAL AGGREGATE. J. Paterson (Wanganui) 97, £4 10/- 1 J. E. Farley (Wanganui) 95 £3, ... 2 F. McVicar (Waipukurau) 94, £2, . 3 I. Ford (Wanganui) 93, £2 4 H. Meads (Bulls) 93, £1, G. Sv Campbell (Oraggy Rauge) 93, £1, W. J. Burton (Okawa) 92, 10/-, W. J. Jenkins (Bulls) 92, 10/Extra match, 7 snots and 2 sighters over 300, 500 and 600 yards. — - T. McNabb (Petone) £3 10/-, 102 lj H. Meads (Bulls) £2 10/- 102, 2; W. J: Burton (Okawa) £1 10/-, 102, 3 ; A. R. Symons (Okawa) £1 10/-, 101, 4; J. E. Farley (Wangianui) £1, 101, 5; P. B. Goldfinch (Karori) £1, 100, 6. Extra match, 10 shots and two sighters at 500 and 600 yards. — S.S.M. Kearney (Napier) £2 10/-, 97, 1; H. Meads (Bulls) £1 10/-, 96, 2; J. Sim (Okawa) £1, 96, 3; H. Meads (Bulls) £ljf 96, 4. CHAMPION TEAMS MATCH

300 500 600 Ttl. W. J. Burton 35 33 34 102 A. R. Symons 34 34 33 101 H. Brehaut 33 33 33 99 J. Sim 33 33 32 97 Total 399

Okawa.

300 500 600 Ttl. J. E. Farley 34 34 33 101 J. Patersoa 32 35 33 100 I. Ford 33 31 33 97 F. J. Soler 29 34 32 96 Total 393

Wanganui.

300 500 600 Ttl. McNabb 34 34 34 102 P. B. Goldfinch 33 33 34 100 R. Barkle 34 34 28 96' R. H. Nicholl 33 32 30 95 Total ' 393

Petone

300 500. 600. Ttl. H. Meads 35 33 34 103 . K. Lumsden 31 34 33 98 W. A. Stevenson 33 33 31 97 W. J. Jenkins 32 30 30 92' Total 389

Bulls.

300 500 000 Ttl. I. Van Asch 33 32 33 98 F. R. Field 31 34 ^ 97 M. S. Gordon 31 31 32 94 D. S« McLeod 31 32 30 93 Total 882

Craggy Range.