RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1921, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING.

NORTH ISLAND MEETING. j FURTHER RESULTS. D. S. GUINEY THE CHAMPION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. The North Island rifle championship meeting was continued to-day. The champion proved to be D. S. Guiney (Petone), and the Sub-; urbs team won the Elmslie Memorial Shield. Following are the top scores in the Parrotts unatches: — Putiki ’ Aggregate.—Hone (Waverley) 173, £2 17s 3d; Guiney (Petone) 17S, £2 17s Jff; King (Wanganui) 175, £1 8s 6d. The following received 14s Gd each: Piper (Chnswchurci") 175, Ritchie 174, Ingram (Levin), Halmshaw (Christchurch) 174. Hunt (Suburos) 173. The following received Ss Gd: Swaysland (Napier) 173, Smart (Suburbs) 172, King (Okawa) 172, Nicholl (Petone) 17 2, Hamilton (Wanganui), Mayhew (Feilding), Roots (Hawera) 171, Marrett (New Plymouth), Donald (Opaki), Ball (Linton), Neilson (Third Wellington) 170, Harris (Christchurch) 169. Counted out: Rifleman R. King (Opaki), Harris (Suburbs) 169. Manawatu Match, 500 yards, ten shots and one optional sighter; fifty prizes valued at £45. —.Tames (Napier) 49, £3 18s 6d; Powe’l (Akarana) 49, £3 18s 6d; Roots (Hawera) 49, £2 3s; J. McNeill (Frankton) 49, £1 Bs. Gd; McGahey (New Plymouth) 48, £1 Is Gd. 'The following received 14s Gd; Bollard (Hamilton), Pitt (Old Navals), Piper (Christchurch), Colquhoun (Akarana), McLeary (Te Kuiti), Neil-; son (Third Wellington), King (Okawa) 48. The following received 7s each: Boon (Suburbs), Alabaster (Old Navals), Guy (Kaponga), Green (Okawa), Cross (Hawera), Linton (Wangaunahu), Ballinger, (Petone), Irvine (Waverley), v ’atkins (Waverley), Neale (Akarana), Marett (New Plymouth), Smith (Masterton), Simmonds (Wanganui), W. Salt (Wanganui), Jones (Hawera), Mayhew (Feilding), Peterson (Hawera), Hunt (Suburbs) 47 each, Rutherford (Masterton) 46. Masterton Match.—-McNeill (Frankton) 4s, £4 5s Gd; Neilson (Third Wellington) 48, £3 Ils Gd; Crossan (Hawera) 48, £1 3s; Kells (Linton) 47, £1 8s Gd; Vennell (Te Wharau) 47, £1 Is 6d. The following received 14s: Campbell (Okawa), Swayslaid (Napier), Tate junr. (Wanganui), Ingram (Levin), Colquhoun (Akarana), Guinej' (Petone), Marett (New Plymouth) each 46. The following received 7s: Jones (Hawera),

Thompson (Patea), Tagg (Bunnythorpe), ad 4G. Simmonds (Wanganui), Swanson (Suburbs), Wilton (Mauriceville), Salt (Wanganui), McGahey (New Plymouth), Roots (Hawera), J. Smith (Masterton), Jackson (Petone), Hunt (Suburbs). Harris (Suburbs), Bailey (Second Wellington), Harris (Christchurch), James (Napier), Jepson (Tahora),’ Donald (Masterton) all 45. Hawke’s Bay Match.—Nicholl (Petone) 47, £4 5s 6d; Mayhew (Feilding) 47, £3 Ils 6d; Swaysland (Napier) 46, £2 3s; Colquhoun (Akarana) 46, £1 8s 6d; Boon (Suburbs) 46, £1 is Gd. The following take 14s Gd: Braithwaite (Oka’iawa), Ballinger (Petone). -I. L. Turner (Suburbs), Pitt (Old Navals). Field- (Levin), Donald (Masterton), all 46. The following receive 7s: Bolton (Masterton), James (Napier), Watkins (Waverley), Dulcett (Opaki), King (Okawa), Smart (Suburbs), Guiney (Petone). Harris (Christchurch), Simmons (Wanganui), all 45, Tagg (Bunnythorpe), Scannell (Hawera). Harris (Suburbs), Searle (Hamilton High School), Jackson (Petone), Roots (Hawera), Strom (Hautere), Williams (Ohura), Hudson (Wanganui), all 44, Palmer (Patea) 43. Marybank Aggregate (the best aggregates in matches 5, 6 and 7). —W. Colquhopn (Akarana) 140, £3 Ils 6d; F. H. James (Napier) 139, £2 3s; R. H. Nicholl (Petone) 138, £1 8s 6d. The following take 14s Gd: Swaysland (Napier) 138, Roots (Hawera) 133, Neilson (Third Wellington) 138. Boon (Suburbs) 137, Pitt (Old Navals) 137. The following receive 8s Gd: F. King (Okaiawa) 137, Simmonds (Wanganui) 137, D. J. Guiney (Petone) 137, Ballinger ’(Petone) 137, Kells (Linton) 136, McNeill (Frankton) 136, Marett (New Plymouth) 135, Guy (Kaponga) 135, Watkins (Waverley) 135, Williams (Ohurr., 135, Thompson (Patea) 135, Vennell ( fe Wharau) 135. Results of the teams match are: —

Suburbs (Hunt, Smart, Harns, Bertram) 4GB ; Okaiawa (Braithwaite, Green, Campbell, King and Humphries) 467 ; Masterton, Opaki (King, Smith, Donald, Donald and Rutherford) 458; Hawera. (Loveday, Scannell, Ritchie, Crossan, Roots) 4-57 ; Wanganui (Hudson, Simmonds, King, Hamilton and Salt) 457 ; Petone, 455 ; Linton. 437 ; New Plymouth, 433;’ Waverley, 122; Wanganui (2), 418; Hautere. 412; Hawera (2), 406; W’anganui (3), 3»4. -

North Island Championship, 10 shots at 690 yards, winner receives Clapham Challenge Cup, championship and gold medal. —D. J. Guiney (Petone) 353, £7; It. H. Nicholl (Petone) 353. £4 17s 6d; Captain A. Neilson (Third Wellington) 351, £2 17s; H. R. Hunt (Suburbs) 350, £2 3s; R. Plp’r

(Christchurch) 349, £1 9s; F. King (Okawa) 349 ; W. J. Swaysland (Napier) 349 ; J. Smart (Suburbs) 345; D. Roots (Hawera) 348; .1. Mayhew (Linton) 346, each 17s; E. Ingram (Levin) 346; Captain H. Simmonds (Wanganui) 345; Rifleman W. A. Ball (Linton) 343; A. H. Hone (Waverley) 343; A. Harris (Suburbs) 342; W. Colquhoun (Akarana) 342; E. E. Vennell (Te Wharau) 341 ; F. H. James (Napier) 341: H. Harris (Christchurch) 341; E» Ballinger (Petone) 341 ; .1. Pitt (Old Navals) 340; R. S. Watkins (Waverley) 340; W. R. Kells (Linton) 339 ; N. Donald (Ppaki) 339; W. Williams (Ohura) 339; J. G. Rltclve (Hawera) 336; E. S. King (Wanganui) 33G; A Halmshaw (Christchurch) 335; J. Marrett (New Plymouth) 335; R. .1. King (Opaki) 328. 8s Gd each. Rifleman Guiney and Nicholl tied and shot off for the championship (five shots each), Guiney winning by a point. The scores for the five shots were: Guiney• 4,3, I, 5—21; Rifleman Nicholl, 5,4, 5,3, 3 20. Aggregate results, best tyro aggregate. Rifleman R. A. Watkins (Waverley). Returned soldiers’ aggregate Rifleman B J. Guiney (Petone).