GOOD SHOOTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 626, 1 April 1929, Page 7

GOOD SHOOTING

RIFLEMEN AT WAIHI SOUTH AUCKLAND TOURNEY (From Our Own Ccrrreapondcnt .) AVAIHI. Sunday. j With an aggregate of 227 points I Rifleman A. Powell, of the Akarana J Club, won the championship of the ! 23rd annual meeting of the South ' Auckland Rifle Association on Satur- ; day. Good shooting was done on Fri- ! day and Saturday, although the earlier ! s-tages were marred by rain and poor j visibility. Details of the shooting are as follow ; Auckland Match, to shots at 200yds.— i Rifleman A. Powell (Akarana), 50l L2; ; Rifleman H. Verrall (City and Suburbs), 49, Rifleman A. Jenkinson (Paeroa) IS, Lieutenant Atkinson (Akarana), 48, £1; Rifleman A. Patrick (City and Suburbs), 4S, Rifleman Pring (City and Suburbs), 48, Rifleman W. Powell (Akarana), 48, Rifleman Christenson (Whangarei), 47, Rifleman Spry (City and Suburbs), 47, A'ice-President Calder (Akarana), 47, Rifleman Kelly (City and Suburbs), 47, President Atkin (Unitoke), 47, 15s; Rifle- \ man Grigsby (Morrinsville), 47, President. Cornes (AVaihi), 47, Captain Hubbard (..Paeroa), 47, Rifleman Colquhoun (Akarana), 47, Rifleman Scarborough (Akarana), 47, Rifleman Walker (Akarana), -17, 10s. Tyros.—Riflemen Richardson (Akarana), Wilson (Rangitaiki), Starkey (Akarana), j Trebilcock (Thames), Feather (Waihi), : Reid (Paeroa) all 46, 10s. Paeroa Match, 10 shots at 300yds.— Rifleman A. Powell (Akarana), 47, «L2; Riflemen McLean (Thames). 47, Colquhoun (Akarana), 46, Trebilcock (Thames), 44, £, 1 ; Rifleman Moore (Whakatane), 44, Rifleman W. Powell (Akarana), 44, President Atkin (Unitoke), 44, Rifleman Armstrong (Whakatane), 44, Rifleman Starkey (Akarana) 44, Rifleman Feather (Waihi), 44, Captain Hubbard (Paeroa), 43, Rifleman Watson (City and Suburbs), -to, 15s; Rifleman Oliver (Tauranga), 12, Rifleman H. YY. Verrall (City and Suburbs), 42, President Kennedy (Morrinsville), 42, Rifleman Spry (City and Suburbs), 42, Vice-Presidents Pring (City and Suburbs), 42, and Richardson (Akarana), 42 10s. Tyros.—Riflemen Johnson (Tauranga), R. J. Roberts (Paeroa), Scarborough (Akarana), Jenkinson (Paeroa), Dickey (Akarana), Snell (Akarana), 41, 10s. Service Match, five rapid and five snapshooting, 300yds.—President Joblin (Opoliki), 38, Ail; Major Merrielees (Tau- ; ranga), 37, Riflemen AV. Powell (Akarana), 37, Kiddie (Tauranga), 36. H. J. Verrall (City and Suburbs), 35, 15s; Rifleman Scarborough (Akarana), 35, Rifleman B. Johnson (Tauranga), 35; Rifleman Christenson (Whangarei), 35; Lieutenant Clark (City and Suburbs), 34, Rifleman Oliver (Tauranga), 33, Rifleman hi. W. Verrall (City and Suburbs), 33, Rifleman A. Powell (Akarana), 32, President Cornes (Waihi). 32, Vice-President Calder (Akarana), 31, 10s.

Thames Match, 10 shots at 500yds.— Vice-President Kelly (City and Suburbs), 47, £2; Rifleman B. Johnson (Tauranga), 47 President McFarland (Rangitaiki), 40, Riflemen Wells iPaeroa), 46, £1; Oliver (Tauranga), 46, McLean (Thames), 46, Patrick (City and Suburbs), 46, Vice-Pre-sident Calder (Akarana) 46, Riflemen A. Powell (Akarana). 46, W. Powell (Akarana), 45, Reid (Paeroa), 45, Floyd (Tauranga), 45, 15s; President Joblin (Opotiki), 45, Rifleman Palmer (Whangarei). 45, Rifleman H. W. Verrall (City and Suburbs), 45, Rifleman Kiddie (Tauranga), 45. Major Merrielees (Tauranga), 45 Rifleman Spry (City and Suburbs), 44, 10s. Tyros—Riflemen Richardson (Akarana), 44, Scarborough (Akarana), 44, Trebilcock (Thames), 43; Jenkinson (Paeroa), 43, Moore (Whakatane), 42, Dickey (Akarana), 42, 10s.

Tauranga Match, 10 shots at 600yds.— President Cornes (Wailii), 47, £2; Rifleman Grove (Karori), 47, President Joblin (Opotiki), 47, Rifleman Feather (Waihi), 46, £1; President McFarland (Rangitaiki), 46, Riflemen Colquhoun (Akarana), 45, Johnson (Tauranga), 44, A. Powell (Akarana), 44, Trebilcock (Thames), 43, Christenson (Whangarei), 43, Starkey (Akarana), 43, Lieutenant Clark (City and Suburbs), 43, 15s; Rifleman Birks (City and Suburbs), Rifleman IT. W. Verrall (City and Suburbs), Rifleman Armstrong (Whakatane), Vice-President Kelly (City and Suburbs), Major Merrielees (Tauranga), Lieutenant Atkinson (Akarana), all 43, 10s.

Tyros.—Riflemen A. Walker (Akarana), 43, Sinell (Akarana), 42, Floyd (Tauranga), 41, J. Walker (Akarana), 41, R. J. Roberts (Paeroa), 41, Scarborough (Akarana), 40, 10s.

Waihi Match. 10 shots at 700yds.—Rifleman Trebilcock (Thames), 44, £2; Rifleman Armstrong (Whakatane), 44, Lieut. Atkinson (Akarana), 44, Rifleman H. W. Verrall (City and Suburbs), 43, £1; Rifleman Colquhoun (Akarana), 43. Captain Hubbard (Paeroa), 42, Rifleman H. J. Verrall (City and Suburbs), 42, Rifleman Kiddie (Tauranga), 41, Rifleman Birks (City and Suburbs), 41, President McFarland (Rangitaiki), 41, Rifleman Starkey (Akarana), 40, Rifleman Morrison (Thames), 40, 15s: Riflemen A. Powell (Akarana), 40, J. Walker (Akarana), 40, Oliver (Tauranga), 39, Patrick (City and Suburbs). 39, Floyd (Tauranga), 39, President Joblin (Opotiki), 39, 10s. Tyros.—Riflemen R. J. Roberts (Paeroa), 37, Feather (Waihi), 37. Fox (Rangitaiki), 37, Wilson (Rangitaiki), 36, Jenkinson (Paeroa), 36, Dickie (Akarana), 35, 10s. Hubbard Memorial Cup.—Grand aggregate: Rifleman A. Powell, 227, £2; Rifleman Colquhoun, 225, President McFarland, 2 21, Rifleman Trebilcock, 220, £1; Rifleman H. W. Verrall, 220, Rifleman D. Calder. 217, Rifleman McLean, 217, Rifleman Patrick, 216, Lieutenant Atkinson, 215, Rifleman H. J. Verrall, 215, President Joblin. 214, Rifleman Armstrong, 213, 15s; President Cornes, 213, Rifleman Feather, 213, Rifleman Johnson, 213, Captain Hubbard, 212, Riflemen Pring, 212, Starkey, 211, Oliver, 210, Jenkinson, 207, F. Palmer, 207, Major Merrielees, 206, Rifleman Spry, 206, Rifleman Kiddie, 205, 10s. Tyros, Aggregate.—Riflemen Trebilcock, 87, £2 and trophy; Richardson, S 6, £1 10s; Moore, 86. £1 ss; Armstrong, 86, £1 ss; Scarborough, 85, £1; Jenkinson, 84, £l.

Champion Teams, 10 shots at 600yds and 700yds.—City and Suburbs A. 328, £2; Akarana A. 327, £1 :10s; Waihi. 323, Tauranga. 320. Rangitaiki, 320, City and Suburbs B, 307, Paeroa, 305, Akarana B, 303, Marsden, 295.