RIFLE SHOOTING

Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1922, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING

THE TARANAKI SHIELD. NEW PLYMOUTH v. HAWERA. A team of twelve men from the New Plymouth Defence Rifle Club visited Hawera on Saturday and fired ,a match with the Hawera Club, the scores of the first eight men to count for the shield also. The visitors just failed to annex the shield by one point, but won the teams match by 19 points. The team was met at the station by President Jones and Rifleman Roots, and were entertained at luncheon, afterwards being motored to the range. The conditions for shooting were, on the whole, favorable, though the light at times was rather troublesome. Some good scores were registered, possibles being gained at 500 yards by President Jones and Rifleman Ritchie. Detailed scores are as follow:

HAWERA RIFLE CLUB. 300 500 600 Tl. Rifleman Cross « 33 31 32 96 Rifleman Seannell 33 33 30 96 Rifleman Roots ......... 30 30 33 93 Rifleman Loveday ..•«•••, 28 34 31 93 Rifleman Ritchie . 29 35 28 92 Rifleman Geary 26 31 31 88 President Jones ........ 29 35 24 88 Rifleman Blair • 26 29 27 82 Shield total 728' Rifleman Robertson 27 31 24 82 Rifleman McCormack .... 27 24 23 74 Rifleman Gorton 23 26 24 73 Rifleman Palmer ... f 20 28 17 65 Match total 1022 NEW PLYMOUTH CLUB. Rifleman Hires 31 32 33 96 Rifleman Blanchett 31 34 31 96 Rifleman Marell 31 33 30 94 Rifleman Hartnell 32 33 29 94 Rifleman Arnold 30 32 29 91 Vice-President Grover ... 28 31 27 86 Rifleman C. H. Moore .... 28 29 28 85 Rifleman McGahey 26 32 27 85 Shield total 727 Rifleman Christiansen .. 28 29 27 84 Rifleman George 27 30 22 79 President Ramson 28 24 26 78 Rifleman Reid 29 27 17 73 Match total 1011 Kaponga have challenged for the shield, and the match will take place at an early date.