NEW LYNN GUN CLUB
CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOT TURNER WINS CLUB TITLE There was a large attendance at the New Lynn Gun Club’s championship meeting at the club grounds, New Lynn, yesterday. The weather conditions were fairly good, but the light was troublesome in the afternoon. No. 1 shoot, for the club championship, drew 15 competitors. W. Turner, shooting off 18yds, won the title by gaining the possible. A. E. Macredie and C. E. Hodges tied for second place, with 20 each. In the shoot-off, Macredie won. Turner’s victory was a very popular one. No. 2 shoot was a women’s trophy match of 10 birds, for a prize presented by Mr. G. Murrell. A. E. Macredie (19yds) won with nine birds, and G. E. Hodge (19yds) and D. L. Stent (15yds) tied for second place with eight birds each. Mrs. F. C. Me* Gilpan drew Macredie as her shooter, and was presented with the trophy. No. 4 shoot, a 10-bird match, was won by H. E. McKnight (15yds), with nine birds, L. Ramsay (12yds) being second with eight.
No. 5 shoot, a 10-bird match for novices, for Mr. C. A. Whitney’s trophy, resulted in a tie for first place between L. Ramsay (14yds) and P. N. Calley (17yds). with eight birds each. In the shoot-off, Calley won at the 15th bird.
At the conclusion of the shoot, the president, Dr. H. Pettit, presented the trophies.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19290130.2.127
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 575, 30 January 1929, Page 12
Word Count
233NEW LYNN GUN CLUB Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 575, 30 January 1929, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). 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