Auckland Rifle Association.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2087, 22 March 1898, Page 2

Auckland Rifle Association.

Shooting in connection withthe an'nual meeting of the Auckland Riflo Association was resumed on Saturday, at the Mount Eden Range. To enable the Paeroa and Te Aroha competitors'to leave for their homes that evening, the committee decided to allow them to fire the competitions they were entered for in the forenoon. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, for-it-was blowing hard and raining heavily at times, they all acquitted themselves creditably, and ' made good scores. Cornes and Hobbs ' both took prizes in the Citizens’, and Maingay in the Avondale Match. A start was made-in the afternoon with * : the 300yds range of the Star Cup. Willis and. Nutt made 30; ' Doughty, and Potter 29 ; and Maingay, Cornes, and Ooulson 28 each.. With seven shots at 600yds to com- . plete, the leading, aggregates stand n Doughty 50 ;■ Maingiay 58; Gardner $5; Bollard's 4; Cox 53 ; Skinner and Coulson 40 each. Maingay, who fired his-600yds in the-forenoon,'put on 25/ thus makiug- Itia. -aggregate,B3; and- i as tnere are 1:0 money/prizes, he is. / certain to be among the prize winners.' The 300yds to 'Complete the CitizensMatch was next proceeded with. This.. shots at 200yds and 300yds. The following take prizes :—, Captain White, Victorias £2 5s ... 6t Bombardier Wootls, *4’ Battery, £1153 '6or Petty-officer G. E. Spinley, Pousouby Navals. £1 ... ... 60* Petty-oflker Il'bert, Ponsonby Navals <£l 59 ; • Gunner Webster. ‘A ’ Battery, 15s ... 59Private Gomes, Te Aroha, 15s. ... 57 ; Lieutenant Cox, Victorias, 158'" ... 57’ Mr Poughty. Akatana.Rifle Club, 15a 57" Lieutenant Potter, Avondale, 10s ... 56: Sergeant Hobbs, Ohmemuri, 10s' .... 56; Counted out :• Mr Head, WliangareiRifle Club, 56.; Sergeant Hazard 1 A ’ Battery, 56, •

The Avondale Match, seven sh its ab, 500 and 600 yards, was'finished., i he best scores at 500 were s Spencer and; Tobin 31, Kretschmar 30, Willis, W„ Maingay, Nutt, Carlson, G. E. Spinley; 29 each. At 600 Kretschmar and; Gardner both made 28> and Maingay and Nutt 27 each. Private . Kretschmar thus becomes the winner of thetrophy presented by the residents of. Avondale, also the first money prize. The prize list is as under• Pr, Kretschmar, Victorias, £2 & trophy 5S ~- Sergeant Maingay, Te A roha, £l ,los ... 5& Mr Nutt, Akarana Rifle Club, .... 56, PrivateTebin,.Victorias, 15s ... 55. P.O. Spinley, Po.sonby Navals, 15s ... 54Corporal Carlson, Te Aroha, 10s" ... 53: Mr Buchanan, Akaraga Rifle Club, 10s -5 It P.O. Spencer, Ponsonby Navals, 10s ... 51. Lieutenant Cox, Victorirs. 10s:.. ... SQ. Counted out, P.O. Willis, Ponsonby N r 50