ARMY MARKSMEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 920, 13 March 1930, Page 9

ARMY MARKSMEN

GOOD SHOOTING SEEN AT TRENTHAM KING'S MEDAL LEADERS Press Association TEEXTHAM, Wednesday. Seldom has such ideal shooting weather prevailed at Trentham as that at the present Army meeting. This is reflected in* the marksmanship, which 1 is far in advance of that at previous j gatherings. Lance-Corporal Carmichael, the Celt j winner, has shot consistently, and it] was not until the last practice that his 1 aggregate was passed by Sergeant- ! Major Kearney. Kearney scored 41 at I snapshooting practice and Carmichael i 3E_ The possible for the Belt series is 37d points. Kearney seems likely to ’ win the King’s Medal again, but" has strong opponents within striking distance, two of whom, Sergeant-Major Moore (Wanganui) and Lieutenant Denton (Air Force) are previous winners. . Tho Vickers, Lewis and Hotchkiss guns night competitions will take place tonight. These matches create considerable interest, as practices are carried out under active service conditions. The distance for the Vickers’ match is between 600 and J.OOO yards. The team leader is permitted to place a direction post during daylight, but before firing commences all aids for finding the target are removed. The Hotchkiss and Lewis gun practices are more realistic. The competing teams, assumed to represent an outpost, are lined up behind a breastwork with gun and rifles loaded and trained on the advancing enemy, represented by life-size figures. Verev lights suddenly soar into the air, and the target must be found during the flash of brightness. The following are the leaders of the 100 who will compete for the King s Medal, which is the most coveted trophy at the meeting. It is open to members of all divisions of the New Zealand forces. The match comprises deliberate shooting, GOO yards; fire with movement, 600 to 100 yards; rapid, 300 yards; and snapshooting, 300 varde. Tho possible is 300 points. J. Kearney has scored 258, J. Carmichael 249, A. Symons 231, T. Denton 219, F. 209, G. Duff, A. Moore, 204, W. Masefield 200, W. Burton 198, A. Taylor 197. The remaining competitors have aggregates from 195 to 130. DETAILS OF RESULTS The following are the chief results:—Army Championship Aggregate, Class 1. —Sergeant-Major J. Kearney (Napier), 255, 40s; Lieutenant T. Denton (Air Force) 219, 30s;. Sergeant F. Cliing (Ordnance) 209, 20s; Lieutenant A. Moore (Staff Corps), 204: Captain W. Alasefield, 200; Lieutenant, J. Hepburn (Waikato), 195; take 10s each. Army Championship Aggregates. Class 2. —Champion belt and gold jewel, and 40s, Lance-Corporal J. Carmichael (Hastings) 249; silver jewel and 30s, Corporal A. Symons (Hawke’s Bay), 231: bronze jewel ancl 20s, Private G. Dull (Canterbury), 204; Corporal W. Burton (Hawke’s Bay), 198, 20s. Quartermaster A.* Taylor (197), Corporal S. Loader (Southern Depot) IST, Private IT. T. Tattersfield (Otago), 182, take 10s each. Army Ch am p ionsh ip, second stage. Class J, deliberate, 600 yards, fire with movement, 600 to 100, rapid 300, snapshooting 300; possible, 175 points.—Ser-geant-Major J. Kearney, 122, 40s; Lieutenant Denton (Air Force), 11S, 30s; Captain G. Weir (Taranaki), 109, 20s. Bight with scores of 105 to 95 divide 60s. Army Championship, second stage. Class 2.—Corporal A. Symons (Hawke’s Bay), 118, 40s; Corporal K. Falvcy (Hawke’s Bay), 117, 355; Lance-Corporal J. Carmichael (Hawke’s Bay), 112, 30s; Private Duff (Canterbury), 110, G. Simpkin (Auckland), 106, Corporal W. Burton (Hawke’s Bay), 103. Quartermaster-Ser-geant A. Taylor (Southern Signallers), 101, Corporal R. Taylor (Southern Depot), Corporal S. Loader (Southern Depot), 99 each 255. Fifty-one scores of 98 to 69 divide 480 s. Regimental Teams Match, tile competition 200, snapshooting 300, rapid 300, deliberate 500 yards: Hawke’s Bay Regiment (Sergeant IT. Ellis, leader), LanceCorporals J. Carmichael, J. Esam, Corporals ‘A. Symons, W. Burton, T. Rosenberg, L. Crawford, Private IT. Barlow, 726, 3255, and Challenge Shield and spoon, each member; Permanent Force, Southern Command (Lieutenant A. Moore, leader), 640, 2405; Permanent Force, Central Command (Major L. Potter, leader), 581, 200 s; Manawatu Mounted Rifles (Lieutenant A. Ross, leader), 572, 160 s; Northern Engineers (Lieutenant T. Busck, leader) 564, 120 s: Waikato Regiment (Lieutenant J. Hepburn, leader) 553, 80s. Cadet Championship. —A. Ley land (Palmerston North), 202, champion belt and gold jewel and 60s; C. Fuller (Waitaki), 201, silver jewel and 40s; D. Sanford (Christchurch), 198, bronze jewel and 20s. Of 146 cadets competing S 6 attended for the first time. Last year the event was won by Sergeant Jane (Hawke’s Bay) with 182. Cadet Championship, second stage, possible 3 25: IT. Holloway (Hamilton), 105, 40s; J. Fuller (Waitaki), 98, 30s; G. Beattie (Hawke’s Bay) 97, 20s. Fortytwo scores of 97 to 6S divide 2705.