KING COUNTRY RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 444, 2 March 1912, Page 3

KING COUNTRY RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

The King Country Rifle Association held its second annual meeting on Saturday and Monday, February 24th and 26th, at Matapuna, under weather conditions which were well nigh perfect, and contributed to the general enjoyment. Owing t.o various reasons the entries did not come up to those received last year. The continued Wet season in the country district, and the failure of the Trentham meeting being perhaps the chief cause. Sergt.-Major Maingay, of Te Aroha, acted a range officer, and got the matches oil* promptly and without friction.

The service targets which were used up to 600 yds, were not favourably received by marksmen, the opinion of one and all being that the adoption of these targets by the defence authorities is responsible for the absence of more than half of the usual number of competitors at Trentham this year.

The Teams' Match, with which goes the Taumarunui Tradesmen's Challenge Shield was fired on Monday. The present holders, the Ohura Defence Rifle Club, were again successful, winning by the handsome margin of 17 points from the local team. Following are the full score: — Kio Kio Match, 300 and 500 yds—- . A. A. Oliver, Upper King Country Defence Rifle Club, 66; W. K. Williams. Ohura D.R.C., 65; E. S. Lorking, Kakahi, D.R.C. 65; Sergt. A. Patrick, A Company 3rd Regiment, Auckland. 65; Rifleman J. Gardiner, Kakahi D.R.C., 63; N. Fuller, Upper King Country R.D.C., 62. Ohura Match, 500 and 600ydg.— Patrick 64; Gardiner, 63; Maingay 63; Rifleman J. O'Reilly, Upper King Country D. R.C., 62; Oliver, 61: Rifleman G. A. Stanton, Upper King Country D.R.C.. 61. Counted out—Rifleman F. Carrington, Akarana R.C., 61. Kakahi Match, 10 shots 300 yds—- . 45; Williams, 44; Rifleman C. B. Dewar, Ohura. R.C., 44; Rifleman A. Fowler, Kakahi D.R.C., 42; Carrington, 42; Lorking, 42; Maingay, 42. Taumarunui Match, ten shots at 800yds.—Rifleman C. Williams, Ohura D.R.C., 4S; Patrick, 47; Stanton, 46; Carrington, 46; Fowler, 44; Dewar, 44. Otorohanga Match, ten shots at 900yds.—O'Reilly, 4; Oliver 44; C. William", 44; Maingay, 42; Rifleman T. Wallace, Upper King Country D.R.C., 41; Gardiner, 40. Ohakune Match, ten shots at 1000yds.—Patirck, 42; C. Williams, 41; Fowler, 39; O'Reilly, 37; Gardiner, 36; Lorking, 36.