SHOOTING.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1920, Page 3

SHOOTING.

f PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.- COPYRIGHT.] TRENTHAM, March 9. “Chattie” and other service teams mutches occupied the morning. “Chattie” or casualty competition was fired ; at 200vds in beats of six and ten rounds per man at a falling target, and was won by Christchurch Rifle Club, No 1 taking £7 and the Islington Cup. Opaki 'No 1 came second taking £4. Permanent Staff, (Canterbury), was third tak- ' ing £2 and Nelson Regiment fourth ' taking £2.

A popular win was that of Hamilton High School cadet, team in the machine gun rescue match, in which a rifleman had to dispose of eight figure targets representing men working a machine gun 200yds away. This they accomplished in 24sees. taking £7, and the Dawson Shield. P. and T. Engineers were 2nd in 27secs, taking £4. Permanent Staff (Canterbury), were -third in 28secs, tnk- , ing £2. Dunedin Rifle Club was fourth iin 28secs, taking £2. Wellington Subi urbs and Aka tea divided the other £2, ! their time being 29secs. ! TRENT HAM, This Day. Tile morning was fine with a light, variable breeze. The service championship, filial stage, is in progress at 200 000 and 600 yards. The result whereof is to lie added to the scores in the earlier service series. The winner was O. M. Moss, (Dunedin), with an aggro. 1 gate of 223. The running man competition, also finished, was won by Wal.

lingford and an extra match at 900 yards, leaving the way clear for the King’s Prize shoot this afternoon. Croxton, the leader, whose position is almost unassailable is 34 years of age, and is employed by the Education Department, Wellington. He l>een shooting for the past eleven years, first with the Wellington Nnvals and after with the Karori Rifle Club, the championship whereof lie annexed in 1913. n 1915 he won the Hawkes Bay championship and twice previously in 1913 and 1914 has climbed into the King's Fifty at Trentham. Croxton who does not eschew the pipe, is regard as a sound, all round marksman. The quick march (running man), competition seven shots at 200 yards, possible 35.—Major Wallingford (Auckland), 24, £3: S. S. M. Gray, (Trentham) 22. The following with scores of twenty take 33s 4d eachJ. Tewhaiti (Te Ahnrangi), S. S. M. Levy (Trentham) and A. J. Devore (Akarana). Twentv-one scores down to 14 got £1

each. The gold medal for the grand aggregate in service and belt series, was Avon ’by W. H. West, (Blenheim), the runner- | up H .V. Croxton (Karori), thus reversing the positions they hold as leader and runner-up in the aggregate for the King’s prize. . ' SERVICE CH A MPTONSHIP. The prize list in the Service Championship—.£ls, Kyoch .Cup and gold medal—C. M. Moss (Dunedin) 222. £6, and silver medal to A. J. Grom (Westport) 220. £5 and bronze medal, A. 0. Devore (Akarna) 219. £4, Lance-Corporal J. R. Baird (Hamilton cadets) 218. £4,'Major J A. Wallingford (Auckland) 217.' Twenty-three prizes of £1 each went to scores ranging from 214 to 194.