RIFLE SHOOTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 61, 7 March 1912, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING.

COO') CHOOTJXG €0X11X17:'• j 'UM/XTHAM. ? LOVE])AY AHEAD. (Per i'Association.) Trout-ham, March. 6. To-day was a busy one on the Trenlham 2 ifle range, as in addition to completing the preliminary stage of the cnumpionship, the Champion Teams Match, United Service Match, and an extra match at 1000 yards have been fired. It has also been a day cf aggregates, the Bisky aggregate, which carries with it the Clarkson Cup, the King’s fifty and the service aggregate having to be made np. Far more important to the majority of competitors was the varying positions of the leaders in the aggregate. Proceedings opened with ■' the Hawke’s Bay Match, at 900 yards. Lovcday, who was tieing with Atkinson in the lead, put on 49 here, and shook off his opponent, who only made 41. Masefield, Milroy and Banks were close in the running. In the match, Clark of Rangitikei, got the possible despite a mirage, four men just missed the possible, and 46’s only just got in a programme of 50 prizes. The Taranaki Match, at 1000 yards, the last in tiie King’s series, was fired immediately afterwards. Again the scores were closely watched. The light was flickering as the youthful Lovcday started in the first batch There was a crowd at his board. The weight of the lead was evidently playing uponl him, and he got 40. The word immediately went round that the shooting was difficult, and al along the mound men broke up badly. Wood (Christchurch) planked on a 49. Soon after, Roots, the 1911 champion, planked on 50, hut it was too late to bo any good to him, except to raisi him a few places in the aggregate, Atkinson only got 36, which spoilt his chance. Masefield got 47, which placed him next to Loveday, hut with a gap of six points. Guy (Kaponga) put on 49, but it did not disturb the aggregate, which left Loveday with a ten to one chance for the Belt, for it is doubtful if any man in New Zealand can give him six points in ten shots at 1000 yards. In the afternoon the Champion Teams Match urns fired. Twenty-twc teams started, but, owing to a misunderstanding a-s to the time limit at 300 yards,, by which they lost five, shofs, the .Now ,Plymouth team retir-■(-a. Other teams' suffered severely range scoring ,w;gs very good, victory resting with the Opaki team, who put up 484 and therefore win the handsome district 'challenge- shield. The highest individual scorer w r as Cliirn side (Karori), wvho put up 101. Duthie (Christchurch) and Baking (Blenheim) both scored the coveted century. Tlie Biflc Clubs’ championship,: foi teams of five men, was woh Tiy ilk Christchurch Rifle Club (Wood,. Sandford, Duthie, Henry and Reynolds), The United Service Mat(jh,i for. teams of 20 men, representing,.!riflU clubs and, territorials, at 300, ;SQO and GOO yards, \Vas fired after tin Teams Match, and was concluded ir, darkness. The Territorials won In 34 points, and are holders of tin Dawson, Shield for the year. Tin scores were: Territorials, 1715; Rifh Clubs, 1681. The best individual scorer was Masefield 98. To-morrow vniorning the Service Championship for the highest 50 ir the Service matches, will be taken and at 3 o’clock the King’s Match foi the Ballinger Champion Belt, at 100 C yards, will bo fired. The following' are the leading prizewinners ; ' HAWKE’S BAY MATCH. (Ten shots at 900 yards.) Clark (Rangitikei) 50, £5; Russell (Pet-one) 49, £4; Munro (Murihiku) 49,' £4; Loveday (Woodville) and Cawood (Apiti) 49, each £3; Neilsen (Dannevirke) 49, £3; Brydon (Kaiapoi), Hartnell (Taranaki), Gilslmar (Paten), and Potter (Auckland) 48, each £2. bisley Aggregate. (For the highest scorers at 800, 90( and 1000 yards in the championship matches.) Loveday (Woodville) £5 and Clarkson Chalknce Cup ... 234 Masefield (Sounds) £4 ... ... 233 Wilkie (Upper Hutt) £4 ... 232 Caldwell (Karori) £3 ... 231 Kenning (Nelson) £3 ... 230 Neilson (9th Regiment) £3 ... 22; Roots (Kaponga) £2 ... ... 228 Cawood (Apiti) £2 ... ... 22t Banks (Kimbolton) £2 ... 227 Hartnell (Taranaki) £2 ... 227 TARANAKI MATCH. (Ten shots at 1000 yards, Bisley targets.) Roots (Kaponga) 50, £0; Guy (Kaponga) 49, £4; Wood (Christchurch) 49, £4; Nielson (Dannevirke) 48, £3. Evans (New Plymouth) 47, £3; Brydon (Kaiapoi) 47, £3; A. H. Currie (Ohura), Masefield (Sounds), Banks (Kimbolton), and Payne (I.2th Regiment) 47, each £3. CHAMPION TEAMS MATCH. (Five men at 300, 500 and 000 yards, seven shots.) Opaki District Challenge Shield and £2O; 161—162—161 ... 48 Christchurch A, £10; 150—163 —157 ... ... ... 476 Akarana, £7 10s; 161—164—149 474 Karori A, £5; 159—163—151 ... 473 Churn, £5; 158—164—146 ... '468 CHAMPION SHIP AGGREGATE. The following are the highest aggregates in the championship series i Lovcday (9th Regiment) ... 459 Masefield (Sounds) ... ' ... 453 Banks (fvimholton) ... ... 451 Atkinson (Auckland) ... 450 Wilkie (Upper Hutt) ... 449

A. Neil soil (9th Regiment) ... 449 Hoofs (Kaponga) ... ... 448 Cawood (Apiti) ... 448 xVjiiiv.y (.Nelson) ... 448 Kenning (.Nelson) ... ... 444 no ad (wni'istcunrcii) ... ... 441 A Cl.am:-; (.L.ui a) ... ••• 442 Burns (Karori) .... 441 Caldwell (Karori) ... ... 440 Hyde (Opaki) 440 Sandford (Christchurch) ... 44.0 (L Clark (Rangitikei) ... 439 Elliott (Akarana. ... ... 438 Munro (Murihiku) ... ... 437 Brydon (Kaiapoi) ... ... 437 Mclntosh (Waitohi) ... ... 437 N. Willoughby (Karori) ... 437 Browne (Rangitikei) ...’ ... 437 James (Okawa) ... 436 Maingay (4th Regiment) ... 436 SERVICE CHAMPIONSHIP. The following are the twelve highest aggregates for the Service Championship to be fired to-morrow Simmons (Waitohi) ... 193 Russell (Petone) ... ... 190 Masefield (Sounds) ... 188 Duthie (Christchurch) ... 187 Mayhew T (Manchester) ... 186 Evans (Suburbs) ... ... 181 Guy (Kaponga) ... ... 180 Merrilies (6th Regiment) ... 176 Speck (Stratford) ... ... 175 Bulford (Karori) ... ... 174 King (Opaki) ... ••• 173 Moss (Bluff) ... ... ... 172 ; ■■ ' , ■ i ... A ; ML,; _A;, CANADA AND BISLEY MEETING. London, March 6. The National Rifle Association has cabled the Canadian Association, approving of the rifle sights submitted.