RIFLE SHOOTING.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5500, 13 November 1929, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING.

NO. 2 REGIMENTAL DISTRICT. MEETING AT WAIHI. The No. 2 Regimental District rifle meeting was held at the ‘Waihi rifle range on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last. Ideal shooting weather prevailed on Thursday and Friday, but Saturday turned out a terrible day, there being torrential rainfall practically without ceasing all the morning. Despite this fact, the territorials and cadets literally stuck to their guns in splendid fashion, and completed the whole programme. Aggregates. Territorial Aggregate.—lst, Cpl. F. A. Keane, Waikato Mounted Riffes, Cambridge, sugar bowl ; 2nd, Pvt. S. E. Hammond, B Coy, Ist Batt., Hauraki Regt., Tauranga, silver butterdish. Cadet Aggregate.—lst, Cdt. G. Tippett, C Coy., Ist Batt. Waikino, silver vase ; 2nd, Cdt. A. E. Simmonds, B Coy., Paeroa, set of afternoon tea cake forks. No. 1 Match : Cadets under 17 (miniature cartridge rifles), 25yds.—1st, Sergt. K. J. Fitness, Morrinsville, score 49, £1; 2nd, Cdt?M.,Haszard, 49, 15s ; 3rd, Cdt. W. Donaldson, Rotorua, 49, 7s 6d. Three prizes of ss, nine of 2s 6d. Cadet A. E. Simmonds, Paeroa, 44, 2s 6d ; Cpl. T. Marshall, Paeroa, 44, 2s 6d. No. 2 Match : Cadets under 17 (miniature cartridge rifles), 25yds.—1st, Cdt. N. Haszard, Waihi, 60, £1; 2nd, Cdt. W. Donaldson, Rotorua, 60, 15s ; 3rd, L.-Cpl. C. G. Cutter, Matamata, 58, 7s 6d. Three prizes of ss, nine of 2s 6d. Cdt. A. E. Simmonds, Paeroa, 52, 2s 6d. No. 2A Match : Cadets under 18 (miniature cartridge rifles), 25yds.— Cpl. King, Matamata; Cdt. H. W. Rowe, Te Aroha; Cdt. J. W. Martin, Rotorua ; Cdt. A. Delamore, Thames ; Sergt. K. J. Fitness, Morrinsville; Sergt. R. Gavin, Tauranga; and L.-Cpl. G. Mclntyre, Matamata, all tied with a score of 20. Prize equally divided, 6s each. No. 3 Match : Cadets under 18 (.303 inch rifles), 25yds.—1st, Cdt. C. L. Whyman, Rotorua, 63, £1; 2nd, Cdt. N. Haszard, Waihi, 55, 15s ; 3rd, Cpl. R. M. Wantle, Tauranga, 54,105; Four prizes of ss, six of 2s 6d. Cpl. T. Marshall, Paeroa, 48, 2s 6d ; Cdt. A. E. Simmonds, Paeroa, 47, 2s 6d.

No. 4 Match : Cadets under 18 (.303 inch rifles), 200yds.—1st Cdt. D. V. Geater, Cambridge, 35, £1; 2nd, L.Cpl. G. Tippett, Waikino, 33, 25s ; 3rd, Cpl. R. L. Casting, Tauranga, 30, 10s. Four prizes of ss, six of 2s 6d. Cdt. M. Charlesworth, Paeroa, 27, ss. No. 5 Match : Cadets under 18 (.303 inch rifles), 300yds.—1st, Cdt. A. E. Simmonds, Paeroa, 45, £1; 2nd, Cdt. C. F. Huon, Waihi, 28, 15s ; 3rd, Cdt. A. E. Dunn, Te Aroha, 26, 10s. Three prizes of ss, seven of 2s 6d. Cdt. M. Charlesworth, Paeroa, 20, 2s 6d ; Cpl. T. Marshall, Paeroa, 19, 2s 6d. No. 6 Match : Cadets under 18 (.303 inch rifles), 300yds.—1st, Cdt. N. Haszard, Waihi, 47, £1; 2nd, L.-Cpl. C. Tippett, Waikino, 39, 15s ; 3rd, Cpl. R. Cooper, Cambridge, 35, 10s. Four prizes of ss, six of 2s 6d. Cdt. A. E. Simmonds, Paeroa, 24, 2s 6d. No. 8 Match : Territorials, Reservists ( under 25 years), and Senior Cadets, 200yds.—1st, Cpl. F. A. Keane Waikato Mounted Rifles, Cambridge, 39, £1 5s ; Pvt. A. Lloyd, Hauraki Regt., Tauranga, 37, 17s 6d ; 3rd, Tpr. F. G. Wood, W.M.R., Cambridge, 33, 10s. One prize of 7s 6d, ten of ss. No. 9 Match : Territorials, Reservists (under 25 years), and Senior Cadets, 300yds.—1st, Pvt. T. B. Wilson, Hauraki Regt., Thames, 40, £1 ss; 2nd, Cdt. E. Wrigley, Rotorua, 39, 17s 6d; 3rd, S|S.M. G. Sanfcm, W.M.R., Taneatua, 37,105. One prize of 7s 6d, ten of ss. No. 10 Match : Reservists (under 25 years), and Senior Cadets, 500yds.—1st, Cdt. N. Haszard, Waihi 51, £1 ss; 2nd, Cpl. F. A. Keane, W.M.R., Cambridge, 49, 17s 6d; Tpr. J. Rawson, W.H.R., Taneatua, 43, 10s 6d. One prize of 7s 6d, ten of ss. No. 11 Match : Individual plate competition, Territorials and Reservists, 200yds—1st, Tpr. J. Rawson, W.M.R., Taneatua, 10, 13s 4d ; 2nd, Pvt. J. A. McDonald,'Hauraki Regt., Waihi, 10, 13s 4d ; 3rd, Pvt. A. C. Darral, Hauraki Regt., Wharepoa, 10, 13s 4d. Seven prizes of 3s. No. 13 Match : Cadet Unit Teams of 5 (under 18 years) and a commander, who may be either an officer or retained N.C.O.—lst, C.S.M. C. Rae, Waihi, Cdts. Seath, D. Tippett, W. McDonald, N. Haszard, Sergt. D. Nisbet, Waihi High School, teaspoon each. ■ No. 16 Match Vickers’ Machine-gun (team to consist of leader not above rank of sergt. and three men). —Ist, Sergt. G. Cooper, Cpl. F. A. Keane, Cpl. A. I. Fisher, Tpr. F. G. Wood, W.M.R., Cambridge, £1 each. No. 17 Match : Lewis Machine-gun (teams of three men not above rank of sergeant).—Cpl. C. V. Worrall, Pvts. R. N. Mikkelsen, W. F. Perry, Hauraki Regt., Waitoa, £1 each. No. 18 Match • Hotchkiss Gun match (teams of three men not above rank of sergeant).—Sergt. A. E. G. Stubb, Cpl. B. Tangesen, Tpr. J. Rawson, W.M.R., Taneatua, £1 each. No. 19 Match : Bunny pool target, .22 rifles, 25yds, srounds (divided into two classes (a) Cadet and (b) Territorial).— (a) Sergt. M. H. Parlane, 2, 7s ; Cpl. H. W. Hammond, 2s ; Cpl. Wintie, L.-Cpl. E. Lanning, Cdt. J. B. Bedgood, Cdt. H. Orchard, 1 each, 2s each.

(b) Pvts. B. Sangersen and E. A. .C. Stubbs, 1 each, 2s 6d each. Remarks by Captain Dittmer.

At the conclusion on Saturday at mid-day Capt. Dittmer, M.C., in presenting the handsome trophies won at the meeting, complimented the winners and runners-up in the territorial and cadet championships, remarking that their aggregates were most creditable. Corporal A. E. Simmonds, of Paeroa, was to be congratulated on his fine shooting in Match 5, in which event he secured the possible number of hits in the snap shooting practice (Figure G, 4 seconds exposure). He regretted that Waihi had not

lived up to its reputation and provided the necessary fine weather for the conclusion of the meeting, but he assured those present that better weather conditions would be arranged for- the next annual meeting, which he hoped all would attend. The num--ber of competitors, 160, that had attended the meeting showed that shooting in the regimental district was by no means a back number. Rifle shooting deserved backing because it was the best of all sport : a marksman receiving just what he earned, and nothing more, and further, it encouraged determination ; to be a good shot a mafksman must have determination. The meeting, the first of its kind held for a number of years, had been most successful, and easily came up to expectations. The cheerful and keen spirit exhibited by all competitors, even during the boisterous weather of that morning, had been splendid, and was appreciated.