RIFLE SHOOTING.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1927, Page 1

RIFLE SHOOTING.

HOKITIKA CUN CLUB. Ihe first round of tho shoot for a. trophy (gun) was shot off at the Hokitika Gun Club’s grounds yesterday, the conditions were satisfactory. I lie result was as follows (7-bird rise): — C. J . King, P. Dougherty anti J. Haile, all on with 7 each. H. T. Parry, AY. Berry and J. King with 0 each. Other scores— (L Kelly, R. Davies, E. Hacked, A. H. King,' with 5 breaks each. E. J. Lloyd, J. McCormitk, J. Ahlntosh, senr. 4 breaks. Alex. King with 2 breaks. Hie next shoot for this trophy will be October 23rd. A sweep stake was shot off, which resulted as follows (6 bird rise):—J. McCormick and J. Haile with 6 on, tied for first place. On the .shoot off J. McCormick won. Other scores:— Dougherty, King, King. Arrfntosh, 5 each. Parry, Lloyd, Davies 4 each. Hacked, Berry 3. A. King 2. The final sweepstake (6 bird rise) C. J. King and J. Kerr tied with all 6 on and divided.

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SYDNEY, Oet, 15,

Tho struggle for the King’s prize n resolved itself at an early stage into k a fight for supremacy between those with leading scores. The weather throughout was ideal and the- leaders with big aggregates they were carrying from the first and second J stages, experienced no difficulty in maintaining their positions. Between J seven and eight hundred competitors j had started shooting in the competiI tion. hut these were narrowed down to tho three placed men and Treadwell of A'ictoria. Gunn with a total I of 295 had a lead of four points over Ellis who was one ahead of Treadwell and Alnsefield. Gunn was first 1 to shoot at tho final range, 900 yards, 1 ten shots, and scored forty-four. Masefield and Treadwell could exceed Gunn’s total by gaining the possible, and Ellis needed forty-eight to tie, or 49 to win. Treadwell put himself out by scoring only 44, while Mn.sefield got on 47. Ellis then took the mound hut was unfortunate, for the sun which had boon obscured most of tho day suddenly hurst out from behind clouds, and suffused the target with a dazzling light. He dropped two points on the first shot, and a.nI other on the 4th and so narrowly forfeited his chance of winning. SYDNEY, Oet 16. Tho Now Zealand team finished

third in the Australian and New Zealand match, which was fired concurrently with tho Commonwealth match, over the three hundred, six hundred, seven hundred and nine hundred yaj'ds at the Anzae Range. ,AVilh the exception of Carter, the Now Zealanders shot splendidly and Ballinger registered the host individual aggregate with 185 (the possible being two hundred). With 1781, the winning team—New South AA'ales—broke the Australian record by twelve points. The scores were:— New South AA'ales 1781 Victoria 1769 Now Zealand 1756 Queensland 1750 AA'est Australia 1746 South Australia 1733 Tasmania i 1700 . The New Zealanders individual scores were: 4’. Ballinger 185, A'ennell 180, ATasefiold 178, H. Ballinger, Boon and Good all 177 each; Sharland 175, Turnbull 174, Queen 171, Carter 162. AVilliams (A'ictoria) with 625 won the grand championship for the A. series. New Zealanders in the King’s Prize who win £2 each are: Sharland 323, A'ennell 319, Barker 317, AA'. Ballinger 313, Goodall 311, Turnbull 310, Honey 309, Reynolds 308.

B.S.A. MINIATURE COMPETITION. LONDON, Oct. 15. Thirty-one Empire teams participated in the B.S.A. Cup Miniature Rifle Competition. Surrey won with an aggregate of 3900. The Dominion positions were:— Queensland twelfth, New South AA'ales fourteenth, AA'ellington seventeenth, i Victoria twenty-third, Tasmania twen-ty-fourth, Nelson twenty-seventh, South Australia twenty-ninth. N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY. AA'ELLINGTON, Oct. 16. The first reunion of the Second Brigade of the New Zealand Field Artillery was held on Saturday night. Liout.Colonel N. S. Falla, D. 5.0., who commanded the Brigade during the concluding stages of the Great AA'nr, presided over a large attendance. Tributes were paid to his predecessor, Lieut.-Colonel F. B. Sykes, D. 5.0.. of the Imperial Army. Cheers were given for “Bill Sykes.” as he was popularly known by all who served under him. and the gathering, amid applause, decided to dispatch a cablegram to him at the British AYar Office telling him of the Brigade’s first Reunion. and conveying tlieir bast wishes.