HAWERA GUN CLUB.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 287, 13 May 1915, Page 8

HAWERA GUN CLUB.

£SO HATCH. The chief shoot of the soa,on in connection wit!, the Hawera Gun Club was Held on luesday, on the clul/s «rouiul, -MuMwapou road, ideal weather prevailed, lherc were not as many competitors as expected, which can no clouht he accounted for iby the present unsettled statu, owing to the war, and the act that many sportsmen had joined tary (Mr. ilton J. White) had made excellent arrangements, and u, e eV( ,, lts were got off with dispatch. As u ])reliiiiinary, and to enable competitors from a distance to arrive in time for Urn -big match, two l()s sweepstakes were put on. hj, the first of t'ics, Oumlerson (a young and promising shot) secured first prize, and Messrs Hoi lard and Marsh divided second and third The second sweepstake hrought out 1!) competitors, and was won bv Harris whilst Tuck, G undersoil, and Harrison divided second and third money. The next event was the. ,Cs(i mutch (16 clays), Ist prize £3O, 2nd fli). :ird £(!, 4th £4. There were 20 nominations (first and second) for this match, and some excellent shooting was witnessed, only four separating the highest and lowest of those who finished. Messrs Whittle (shooting from the 17yds mar!;) and Harrison (shooting from l.mls), with 14 each, divided first and second money (£-(()), and Messrs Free (l-'vds) Whittle (17yds). Gunderson (15yds)' Tuck (13yds), McDonald (12 yds) ' and AVlieller (14 yds), with l.'i birds each, divided third and fourth money, taking £1 each and shooting off for the balance. Tn the shoot-off the winner turned up in Tuck.