RIFLE SHOOTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19474, 8 May 1925, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING.

CLOSE OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION’S MEETING. J> J. ANDERSON WINS THE KING’S PRIZE. NEW* PLYMOUTH SUCCESSFUL IN ; TEAMS’ MATCH. (Fsa United Press Association.) TRENTHAM. May Y. Tho weather this moripng was bright and. < sunny after a frosty night. 'lhe Dominion' Match (15 shots at 600yds) was the- first fired. Among the first details down, Anderson (the Belt leader) made 71 out of a possible of 75, and no one has touched that yet. It is notable that Anderson, ' after securing fiftn place in the aggregate on the first day of the Belt series, jumped to tho lead on Alonday, and was never displaced. Tho gold medal for the best Senior Cadet aggregate in A (service snooting) and B senes was won by R. Hare (Wellington), with a score of 579. H. Judkins (Christchurch) was runner-up witn 540. The fight for the Belt was shorn of excitemenc by the leader’s 10 points advantage at the start, and Nicholl, his nearest attendant, had difficulty m opening his account. His two signters were misses, but he began business with a couple of bulls, and then sampled all kinds of hits except outers. The weather was excellent, and was the best seen for years for the King’s Alatch. The wind was light and from the right and easy to follow as a rule, but alternating brignt sunlight and clouds caused elevation troubles. Nicholl and Anderson occupied targets 12 and 13 respectively in the middle of the range. While Nicholl was struggling with unproductive sighters, Anderson got 4 and decided to keep it later. Thb two men’s cards at the end of the shoot road;— Anderson, 435346355542 48 Nicholl, 3553354534 40 • In the meantime Keir (who was sixth in the aggregate) and Guiney (eleventh) had been engaged in an interesting contest, each getting on 47 and coming up to second and third places in the final. Their tie required a shoot off as already stated. Their cards read:— Keir, 4545555545 - - 47 Guiney, 5455554455 47 Orr divided his score equally into bulls and inners, alknbing from thirteenth place to fifth. Hunt and Carter fell badly for old stagers, and. Hogg dropped to tenth place, but had the excuse that this ordeal . Was a new thing for him. Reston kept ; seventh place, while Frank moved up two *to sixth. There was a good deal of shuffling among the lower-placed men. Ching, H. Feast, and M*Kenzie were fortunate enough to compile good hits of 46 each, but they were so far behind that it could not benefit them greatly, so far, as fhd' bigger prizes were concerned. As the shadows of the flag poles began to lengthen eastward, conditions became even better than at the start, the light being steadier, but several men seemed in trouble ' nevertheless. Notable among these was the double ex-champion Roots, who notched Only 22. He certainly had not far to fall in the list, but he fell _ the whole way. Of the rest, the less said, perhaps, the better, . It is worthy of mention that the ■ King’s Fifty included eight B grade men and six tyros. So ends the 1925 New Zealand Bisley. and the camp to-night is almost deserted ■by riflemen, while all the winds that worried marksmen during the past week have, under ’Diana’s frosty gaze, gone into recess to devise new tortures for the aspiiing prize men next year. ' IMPERIAL AGGREGATE. The following is the prize-list in the Irn ■peria! Aggregate:— £lo and Club Coffee Cup—Anderson (Kaituna) 340 £10 —Whiteman (Upper Hutt) 339 £6—Devore (Akarana) ... 332 £s—Donald (Opaki) ... ... ' 332 . £5 —Simpson (Awahuri) 331 £4—»Boon. (Karori) 331 £4—Simmonds (Wangamri) 330 £4—A. Pimm (Kaiapoi) ... - 330 ,■ £3—Guiney (Petone) 3(50 J53-Mil!s (Kiwi) 330 £5—H. W. Feast (Grerytown) ... _. ... 529 £3—K. MKenzie (Featherston) 329 ‘ The following take £2 each: —Reston (Akarana) 329, (hr {Greytown) 329, Hunt r (Wellington Suburbs) 329, Sutherland (Goodwood) ,328 M. Chapman (Wairoa) 328, E. Bailey (Kiinbolton) 328. Piper Christchurch) .328, Kair (Ashburton) 527, Smith (Hawera) 386. Fifty-seven others down to 312 take £1 eaC ‘ DOMINION MATCH. 15 shots at 600 yards. ’ £ls—F. Ching (Karori) ... 74 ■ £lO—A. J. Green (Westport) 71 £8 —W. MTver (Petone) 71 : £6—D. J. Anderson (Kaituna) 71 £5—J. C. Feast (Greytown) 71 £5—A. Swanson (Karori) 71 ■-■£4»-F. James’ (Napier) 71 £4 —H. Marsh (Taihape) 71 £4—T. Orr (Greytown) ' w The following take £3 each; D. Colder (Patea) 70, M. Chapman (Wairoa) 70, J. Atkinson (Akarana) iO. G. Smith (Hawera) °The.following take £2 each: H Wilson (Rangiora) 70, R. H. Nichol (Petone) 70 D. Roots (Patea) 70, K. M Kenzie (Featherston) 70, J. Farcell (Otago Regiment) 69. S. M’Lean (Wellington Suburbs) 69 S Higgs (New Plymouth) 69. G. Peterson {Renwick) 69, R. Vennelli (Te Wharau) 69. S. M‘Kay (Opaki) 69. FiTty-severi others with scores down to 66 take £1 each. Fifteen counted out. GRAND AGGREGATE. For Highest Score in all Matches of A and B Series (including King s Match). Captain Simmonds (Wanganui) 718 R H.-Nicholl* (Petone) 713 H; L. Faruk 708 CHAMPION TEAMS’ MATCH. £2O and District Challenge Shield, i Plymouth 489 Christchurch - ™ ash ! £s—Opaki to Other 7s team:, were : Patea .474, Welling+a.) <nburbs 474 Wanganui No. 1 410. Napieb 472 Karori No. 1 472 Wanganui Nof 2 472,’ Featherston 471, Upper Hutt 471, Akarana 465. NORTH v. SOUTIf' ISLAND. Twenty men a-side; seven shots each at SCO, 500, and 6CO yards, i This match was won by the North Island W 1917 points to 1907. Outstanding scores were 102 by Holmshaw (Christchurch) and lOffby W. H. Ballinger (Petone). Centuries were also got in the Champion Teams Match bv Taylor (New Plymouth). Marett (New flymouth;, and W. Ballm„er (Petone), while Coleman (Linkwater) put 011 m KING’S PRIZE MATCH. The following are the details of the : King’s Prize Match (10 shots at 900yds) : ■ ’ Range score, n. £SO. Ballinger Belt and gold medal and badge, D. J. An-,-derson (Kaituna) - ••• 42 530 £25, silver star and badge, D. F. Keir (Ashburton) 47 u 27 £ls, silver star and badge, D. J. Guiney (Petone) 47 626 £lO, silver star and badge, R. H. Nicholl (Petone) 40 524 The following take £5 and a badge each: T Orr Greytown), 45, 523; Hergeantmajor M. H. L- Frank (Permanent Staff), 43, 523; E. J. Reston (Akarana), 41, 521; FL rrunt (Wellington Suburbs), 37, 519; W. H. Ballinger (Petone), 44, 518; F. C. Hogg (New Plymouth), 3/, 518. liie following take £4 and badge each: L C. Pimm (Christchurch), 43, 517; A. Devore (Akarana), 43, 516; 11. Donald (Opaki), 42, 516 : R. Piper (Christchurch). 43, 515; Captain W. N. Masefield (Marlborough), 36, 515. The following take £3 and badge each:— K. M'Kenzie (Featherston), 46, 514; S. Hay (Christchurch Railway), 43, 512: Captain H. Simmonds (Wanganui), 38, 512; W. Sutherland (Goodwood), 34, 512; J. C. Carter (Linton), 30, 512. The following take £2 and badge:—F. W . Ching (Karori), 46, 511; W. J. Green (Okawa), 33, 511; W. H. West (Renwick), 35, 511; Lieutenant F. J. Soler (Wanganui), 43, 510; H, Mawley (Opaki), 42, 510. The following take £l each: —W. J. Bryden (Kaiapoi), 37, 516; G. P. Harrison (Hawera), 44. 508; E. S. King (Wanganui), 30, 508; H. W. Feast (Greytown), 46, 507; J. W. Milroy (Waimea), 43, 507; IL T. Boon (Karori), 40, 507; D. M’Kenzie (Opaki), 42, 506: E. Whiteman (Upper Hutt), 27, 506; C. J. Nix (Featherston), 40, 505- S. Mayhew (Linton), 38, 505; Captain C.' J. Hollard (Opotiki), 43, 504; J. 15. Harris (Linkwater), 33, 502; A. Harris (WeLlington Suburbs), 33, 502; E. Bailey (Kiinbolton), 53, 502; A. Y, Swanson (Karori) 48, 501; M. J. Smart (Wellington Suburbs), 37, 501; W. S. Mills (Kiwi), 23, 501; H. Trotman (Greytown), 33, 500 : G. <j. Crotnie (Ashburton), 54. 439- A. G. Graham 56, 497;-F. W. Cox (Lin-

ton), 35, 497; W. C. Webb (Karori), 34, 494; L. A. Caldwell (Karori), 32, 493; A. E. Halmshaw (Christchurch), 27, 489. After the King’s Match Guiney unci Koir baa to fire five shots to decide the ownership of the Rifle Challenge Onp. the scores being;—Keir, 3,5, 3,5, 4—20; and Guiney, 3,4, 0,5, 5—17. Anderson, the Belt winner, is a farmer at Kaituna, 23 years of age. This is his fifth season with the rifle. This marks the first, occasion on which a South Islander has captured the coveted honour since 1914, when Masefield won the Belt. The runnerup. Koir, shot for three years (1906-3) with the Rangiora Rifles, winning the company championship in 1808. He shot no more for 12 years, and began again with the Wakanui Club in Ashburton in 1920. Ho then joined the Ashburton Club. Last year he won tho Midfield Aggregate at Greytown. This is his fourth trip to Trenthain, and his first appearance in the King’s Fifty He has not lost his B grade status'. The third man, Guiney, is a well-known figure on the rifle ranges, beginning in 1911 with the Christchurch Rifle Club. He attended Trentham in 1912-13, and in the latter year was a member of the Christchurch Club team that won the Champion Teams’ Match. After war service be shot at Bisley in 1919, the year that Loveday won the King’s Prize there. He had won the North Island Championship at Wanganui and Wairarapa, and tho Wairarapa Championship at Greytown. He finished fourth for the Belt in 1920, and has alsfe represented New Zealand in Victoria and New South Wales, getting into both King’s Hundreds. Anderson’s win’ was generally expected, but he was nevertheless warmly applauded and chaired in the usual way-by his clubmates. He was attended by throe very joyful sisters to the hall where Lady Rhodes presented tho prizes after brief speeches by the Minister of Defence (Sir R. Heaton Rhodes) and General Melville, G. 0.0. Several staff ■'officers and a considerable number of the public were interested spectators of the final shoot.