RIFLE SHOOTING.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5462, 16 August 1929, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING.

PAEROA’S MINIATURE CLUB. THREE-NIGHT CONTEST FINAL. The final shoot of a most interesting three-night competition was fired by the members cf the Paeroa Defence Miniature Rifle Club at the local Drill Hall on Wednesday night. Shooting has been very keen throughout the competition, and some good scores have resulted. The conditions were three separate nigh vs’ shooting with only two to count for the aggregate ; thus members could take the scores cf their two best shoots, and they could also be absent on one night and still be in the aggregate. The limit cf each shoot was 100 with the handicap. After an exciting struggle the final was not decided until after two shoots off, the winner proving to be F. Patterson, with the second prize to A. A. Jenkinson, who in the first shoot-off scored the possible off the rifle (his second possible during the competition), thus reducing his handicap to scratch in the second shoot-off. E. Turton, senr., the third man, who had been shooting well, was eliminated in the first shoot-off. Three rifles were in use, each member using the same rifle once only. T. McCormick headed the scores for the third night s shooting with a good 99. ( The following were the night s scores, with a total showing the two best out of the three shoots for each

Four members with their two best shoots reached 200, which necessitate J their shooting off, the result be-

member Score Hdcp. Tl. Ag. T. McCormick 99 9 100 196 A. Simmonds 98 3 100 196 A. A. Jenkinson 98' 2 100 200 F. Patterson 96 10 100 200 A. Mellor 96 9 100 200 E. Turton, jnr.,’ 85 20 100 185 L. Morris 94 5 99 199 Capt. Simmonds 98 Scr 98 193 F. C. Hubbard 94 2 96 196 M Simmonds , 93 3 . 96 194 E. Mead 81 8 89 189 R. W Roberts 74 7 81 181 D. Currie 70 10 80 176 E. Turton, sent., 76 3 79 200 C. Millar 63 15 78 149 J. McCormick 65 9 74 170 M. Charlesworth 53 20 73 187 H. A. Morrison — — — 187 A. Coxhead — — — 181 J. Perston — — — 131

ing Score Hdcp. Th A. A. Jenkinson 100 2 100 F. Patterson 93 10 100 E. Turton, sent., 96 3 99 A. Mellor absent In the Anol shoot -off (handicaps reduced to the difference of previous score and 100) the result was :— Score Hdcp. Tl. F. Patterson 96 7 100 A. A. Jenkinson 98 Scr 98