RIFLE SHOOTING
CITY AND SUBURBS The City and Suburbs Rifle Club fired the final shoot for the Service (military shooting) Championship on Saturday, the practices being five shots in 25 seconds at plates, and six shots at the running man target at 200 yards, and seven shots rapid in 25 seco'ns and seven shots snap at the disc target, three seconds exposure, at 300 yards.
The shooting was of a higher standard than at any prior shoot during the season, C. J. M. Clark and P. J. Pring winning spoons. The best scores are:—
Clark won the S. J. Milne championship cup and Mr. W. H. Hudson’s trophy easily with an aggregate of 179, Pring being runner-up with 149. The club will do additional service shooting during the winter months.
C. J. M. Clark . . 20 18 26 26 — 90 P. J. Pring .... 15 20 33 16 — 84 N. D. Porritt .... 20 15 27 21 — 83 H. VV. Verrall .. 15 19 17 26 — 77 G. G. Kelly .... 10 20 21 IS — 69
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 347, 7 May 1928, Page 6
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