COLEMAN SHIELD SHOOTING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 27, 26 October 1937, Page 12

COLEMAN SHIELD SHOOTING

Wairarapa Team's Success at Roy's Hill DIFFICULT CONDITIONS A Hastings mark.sman, Sergeant J. McGlashan, annesed the Coleman Belt in tlie annual rifle shooting competition held yesterday at the Roys' Hill Rifle Range, wben 12 teams from Hawke's Bay and the Wairarapa competed for the prize-money donated by the trustees of the Coleman Estate. Shooting steadily under poor conditions. McGlashan put up the fine score of 162 out of a possible 175, his nearest competitor being two points behind. The Coleman Shiekl for the best) team. was won by the team representing C Company of the Hawke's Bay Regiment, from lilasterton, who finished niiie points ahead of the Napier team. In addition to the prize money presented by the Coleman Estate, the riflemen present also competed for approximately £50 offered by the New Zealand Government, which was awarded for five match practices included in the coxrpetition. The practices were: Fire rounds application with two optiomd sighteis at 200 yards, five rounds snapshooting at 200 yards, 10 rounds rapid at 200 yards, five rounds. application with two optional sighters at 300 yards, and 10 rounds rapid at 300yds. Misty rain f'ell for the majority of the day making conditions difficujt for shooting, but there was little wind such as is usually experienced at the range. Following are the leading individua! scores TERR1TORIALS. Sgt. J. McGlashan 162, Cpl. N. Taylor 160, 2nd.-Lieut. R. J. Vaughan 154, Cpl. L. J. Smith 150, C.S.M. D. R. Graham 146, 2nd Lieut. S. K. Carswell 146, C.S.M. H. E. Coddington 146, Pte. A. L. Mason 144, Cpl. H. McDonald 143, Cpl. L. Haines 141. Tpr. W. J. Kissock 139, Pte S. M. Toms 139, Lieut L. W. Dugleby 139> Pte. B. Patmoro 138, Cpl. S. W. Elsmore 138, Pts G. Bassett 137, Cpl. A. E. Bourgeois 135, Sgt. F. Chadwiek 131, Tpr. L. Carberrv 131, Tpr. C. Wopn 130, Sgt. K. Hirtzef 130} Capt. J. W. Olphert 129, L/Cpl. A. H. Thompson 128, Pte- A. H. Meikleham 127, Pte. J. Aldridge 127, Tpr. H. Rendle 127, Sgt. I. Hendy 125, Pte. J. K. Watson 124, Sgt. C, A. Newland 122, Sqdn. Sgt. W. P. Hayes 120, L./Cpl. W. Walsli 120, Pte H. Ballantyne 119j Pte. E. L. Cushing 118, Lieut. S. W. Ellingham 118. CADETS, Cdt. B. Harding (Hastings) 150, C-. S.M. R. McVicar (Waipukurau) 144, Cdt. I. V. Brown 137, Cdt. Cdt. R. Fergusson 131, Cdt. E. W. Pope 129, Sgt. II. Lovell-Smith 128, Cdt. R. Walker 127, Cdt. D. L. Badley 122, Cdt. R. D. Stee] 122, Cdt. S. SpenceCottreli 115, Cpl. K, McMillan 113, Cdt. E. Blair 111, Cdt. IL G. Scott 111, Cdt. R. Harding 104, Cdt. It. Harding 104, Cdt. R. Davis 97, Cdt. E. HeasOmundsen 87, Q.M.S. W. Hansen 87. man 94, Cpl. W. Lino 94, Sgt. R. Fargher 90, Cdt. Whitlock 89, Cdt. E Omuudsen 87, Q.IvI.S. W. Hansen 87, The O Company team from Masterton left last evening carrying the Cole'man Shigld, winning the trophy with an aggregate of 1058, The team comprised: Cpl L. J. Smith 130, Pte. A. L. Mason 144, Cpl. H. DonaJd 143, Pte G. M. Toms 139; Pte G. Bassett 137, L/ Cpl. A. I. Thompson, 128; Sgt C A Newland 122, C. S.M. A. S. McWhiimie 95. Itunners-up were A Company, Napier, with 1049, while the Napier Boys' High School team, as the kigbest cadet team, took third money.