RIFLE SHOOTING
The contest for the Fresh Food ami Ice Company’s Cup was held last Saturday by rifle clubs in the district. Shooting on the local range commenced at 11.30, in the presence of two check-scorers from Levin. The wind was westerly, veering to north, very changeable and gusty. Tt had very little effect at 200 yards, but at 500 and 600 yards, especially the latter range, it greatly upset calculations, and scores were .'low. Nevertheless shooting was very good, considering the conditions, and had the wind lessened in force, or been steadier, there is every likelihood that the Cup would have been won by Foxton'. The result of the contest is tliat Ilaulere wins with a total of 701, Levin second with 698, Foxton 68S. Para pa ran lint's scores are not available. The scores of the Foxton team were as follows: —
It is hoped to arrange a friendly match with, the Rungitikei D.R.C. for next Saturday, on their range at Bulls.
Yds. Yds. Yd>. 200 500 000 Tl. S. Hen (1 34 28 28 00 ,). Hartley 31. 32 25 88 H. Hamer 32 20 27 88 A. Barnard 30 20 20 88 H. Frank la nd 32 30 23 85 W. Symons 33 31 20 84 H. Graham 20 20 2a. 83 C. Barnard - Total 20 20 27 82 088
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19210322.2.14
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2254, 22 March 1921, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
222RIFLE SHOOTING Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2254, 22 March 1921, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in