RIFLE SHOOTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 3, 28 December 1912, Page 2

RIFLE SHOOTING.

THE WANGANUI MEETING. ,

(Per Press Association:) Wanganui, December 27. The annual rille shooting meeting of the North Island Rifle Association commenced on the Putiki range today. The number of competitors is 81 as against 121 last year. The results are as follow: WANGANUI MATCH. Solcr (Wanganui Rifles) £3 ' ... 61 Mclvor (Wellington Suburbs) £1 5s 63 R. J. King (ppaki) £1 ... ••• 63 Sergeant Thompson (Ist Bt., 9th Regt.) £1 ... ... •••62 Ballinger (Petone), £1 ... ••• 61 Diehl .(Dannevirke) £1 ... ••• 61 Lance, Corpl. Mace (11th Regt.), Pvte. Drummond (Wanganui Rifles), Corporal Keene (9th Regt.), each 01 ; Batt (Te Kapua), Hodges (Opaln), Franklin (Weber), Petersen (Tarama), (JO; Shepherd (Rahotu), 59, each 10s. H. R. King (Masterton), Carey (Patea), R. C. Loveday (Woodville), Plimmer (Karori), Marrett (New Plymouth), 59, eacii ss. Tyros: E. Anderson (Taihape). Smith (0 pa lei), McNeil (Taihape), 58; Whitton (Kaponga), McGregor (Alfredton), 57, each sa. MASTERTON .MATCH. Franklin (Weber), £3 ... ... 48 Smart (Suburbs), £1 15s . ... 4t Lieut. /Hartnell (11th Regt) £1 40 ColKs (Mangawaka)', 1 £1 • ... 40 James (OpaWa),' £1 ... ••• 40 Plimmer (Karoii), £1 ... ... 45 Hunt (Suburbs), ; £1 ... ... 4o Hyde (Opaki), Meyhew (7th Regiment), 45 each 10s; McMurray (Wanganui), Ballinger (Petone), Pvte. Loveday (9th Regiment), Lieut. Mc : ,In tosh ' (4th Regiment), Thomas (Petone), N. Willoughby (Wanganui) 44, each 10s; Pvte. Diehl (9th Regiment). Gunner Dickson (Auckland), G. A. C. Batt (Taihape), Eyles (Dannevirke), Smith (Opaki), and Monk (Rangitikei) 43, each os. Tyros ; R. M. McGregor (Opaki) 40, J McDonald (Pohokura), Rutherford (Opaki), R. M. McNeill (Opaki), 39; R. M. Whitton (Kaponga), 30, all 5s each.

TARANAKI MATCH. Thurston (Tckapua), £3 _ ... 44 Loveday (9th Regt-.), £1 15s 43 Smelling (Suburbs), £1 ••• 41 Barkle (Suburbs), £1 ... -•• 41 Marrett (Now Plymouth), £1 ... 41 McCalmont (Opaki),*• £1 •■• 41 Willoughby (Karori), McMurray (Wanganui), H. R. King (9th Regiment), Monk (Rangitikei), Mclvor (Suburbs), Palmef , (Patea), Petersen (Tararua), Hodges (Opaki) 39, each 10s Eyles (Dannevirke), Meyhew (7th Regiment)', Diehl (9th Regiment), Smart (Suburbs), Plimmer (Karon), Govenlock (Linton) 39, each ss. WELLINGTON MATCH. , (Ten shots at 800yds. Bull’s eye tar- ■ : gets.)

Loveday (9th Regt.), £3 J /••• 50 McMurray (Wanganui), £l'lss 49 Keane (9th Regt.), £1 ... 48 James (Opawa), ■£! ... ... 48 R. J. King (Opaki), £1 •••48 Walker (Taraddle),':£l ... (,H|- 48 Soler (Wanganui), £1 ... ••• 48 Thomson (9th Regiment), Mclvor (Wellington Suburbs), 'Winslade (New Plymouth), 48; H. R. King (9th Regiment), N. F. Willoughby (Karon), Carey (Patea), Plimmer (Karon). Bruce (New Plymouth), 47, 10s each. Banks (Kimbolton), Eyles (Dannevirke), Smart (Suburbs), Petersen (Tararua), Diehl. (Dannevitkp) 5 , McGregor u Tyros: Barrow (6th Regiment), Snel I nig (Suburbs)., ; Dickson (Auckland), E. ! Anderson (Taihapo), 4.4; Brocklehank (Stratford) 43, each sa. HIGHEST AGGREGATES. The highest aggregates are as follows Loyeday 196, Mclvor 192, James 192, Soler 191, Franklin 191, Smart 191, McMurray 189, Diehl 189, Petersen 188, \\ illoughby 188, Moylievv 187, H. R. King 187, Eyles 186. Plimmer 186, and Ballinger 182. THE WELLINGTON MEETING. Wellington, December 27. Large entries have already been receive! for the Wellington Rifle Association’s Now Year meeting. The competitors will include many of the leading shots in the Dominion, including the Veteran Arthur Ballingei (three times champion of New Zealand), Loveday (the present champion), and Wood, of Christchurch, last year’s runner-up. Milroy, ol Nelson, and King and Hyde, the Opaki cracks, are also entered. There is as well a. good entry from the senior cadets. Much interest centre: in the Teams Match in which the cracl: Christchurch club team and other strong southern combinations will be np against some of the leading northerners. ,