NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7983, 12 March 1906, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. LIEUT. IRVJNE (NELSON) WINS THE i BELT. MONCRIEFF (CHRISTCHURCH) SECOND. GREENWOOD (UPPER HUTT) THIRD. CAMERON (OPAKI) WINS THE RIFLE CHALLENGE CUP. By Telegraph—Press Association. TRENTHAM RANGE March 10. There was a large attendance to see the championship fired this afternoon. There was a bright sun shining, with a light left wind blowing across the range. Only ten shots baa to be fired, and the resalt addud to the competitors' previous aggregate gave the champion for the ynar. The last half of the final fifty fired first and although none of these had a chance for the Belt, all the fifty outside of the maiu prizes 6ecuro a £2 prize. Rifleman Cameron, of the Opaki Rifle Club, made the highest score (37) at this rauge, and holds the Jtiifle Challenge Cup for the year. Rifleman Winslade aud Hyde, of Opaki, and Lieut. Irvine, opened badly, while Mooerieff, with 32 out of 35, bad overtaken the leaders, and louhed like winning the Belt, but missed bis eighth and ninth shots. Irvine, meanwhile, had found the "spot," and, with 30, brought up his aggregate to 431, which gave him the Championsip Belt. 1000 YARDS RANGE. The following are the leading scores at the 1000 yds Range:— Rifleman Cameron, Opaki 37 Sergeant Moncrieff, Christchurch 34 Rifleman Greenwood, Upper Hutt 33 Corporal Whitley, Kaiapoi 31 Private Burford, Timaru 31 Sergeant McOaideil, Pahiatua 31 Lieutenant Irvine, Nelson 30 Captain Masefield, Nelson 28 Trooper A. Ayson, Murihiku 26 Lieutenant BrJghting, Masterton 25 Sergeant Drummond, Dannevirke 24 Private T. Marrett, Taranaki 24 Rifleman Hyde, Opaki 23 Private Fowler, Hawera 23 Lieutenant Cox, Auckland 21 Rifleman Winslade, Opaki . 20 Sergeant Hadfield, Blenheim 20 THE CHAMpiONSHIP BELT. The following are the leading scores : Lieut. Irvine, Nelson, champion belt, gold medal (presented by the Minister of Defence) and £3O, 431 .... 1 Sergeaut Moncrieff, Christchurob, silver star and £2O, 426 ... 2 Rifleman Greenwood, UpoerHutt, silver star and £l2, 425 ... 3 Rifleman G. Hyde, Opaki, 423, and Rifleman Winslade, 423, silver star and £l2 ... tie Private T. Marrett, Taranaki, £5 417 Comoral Whitley, Kaiapoi, £5 416 Lieut Briehting, Masterton, £5 415 Private Fowler, Hawera, £5 414 Rifleman Cameron, Opaki, £5 412 Sgt Drummond, Dannevirke, £5 412 Private Burford, Timaru 411 Trooper A. Ayson, Murihiku 411 Captain Masefield, Manaroa 411 Sergeant Hadfield, Blenheim 411 Lieutenant Cox, Auckland 411 Sergeant McCardell, Pahiatua 411 ' (The last five lie for the 12«;u prize of £5). « _ , PRESENTATION OF PRIZES. At the conclusion of the meeting Miss Seddon p-esented the trophies to the {winners. Colonel Collins urged chat the next meeting be a Federal one, and that the Government grant be increased from £SOO to £IOOO, with a view to attract Australian marksmen. The Hon. BallJones thought a permanent camp should be erected here, permanent buildings being erected instead of tents. Colonel Pitt spoke of the great interest the Government took in the shooting, and tbej Volunteer movement. . 1000 YARDS MATCH. The following is the result of an extra match (1000 yards, 7 shots),— MoMurray, Palmerston N., £5, 33 Hulbert, Patea, £3, ... 32 Barker, Le Bona Bay, £2, ... 32 The following take £l:—Craw, Chorltoo, France, Karori, 31; Bamb«ry,Weber, Daley, Dannevirke,'MoElrea,Ashburton,Hadfield,Blenheim, Lieutenant Cox, Auckland, Johnston, Wairoa, Kennerd, Linton, 29; Dash, Waimate, A. Ayson, Murihiku, Stuart, Asbburton, Plimmer, Wellington, 28, W. Craw, Cborlton, Mo Hattie, Opaki, T. Manett, Taranaki, Mills, Dunedin, Drummond, Dannevirke, Adams, Cnristphuroh, Sandford, Christchurch, 27. Counted out Beauchtfmp, Marlborough, Ching, Nelson, Halliday, Karori. WINNERS OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. The following is a list of the winners of the Championship Belt:— 1861—Lieutenant [Brighton, Aucklnnd 1862—Private Holt;, Nelson 1863—Lieutenant Owen, Wanganui 1864—Lieutenant Morse, Nelson 1865—N0 competition. 1866—Sereeant Christie, Dunedin 1867—Sergeant Chisholm, Dunedin 1868 -Sergeant Taylor, Dunedin JB69—No competition 1870—Lieutenant Goldie, Duneflin 1871—Captain Wales, Dunedin 1872—Captain Wales, Dunedin 1873—Lieutenant Hoskings, Thames 1874—Captain Hamlin, Waiuku Rifles iß7s—Lieutenant akinner, Auokland 1876—Private J. Wilcocks, Clutha 1877—Lieutenant Paynter, Nelson 1878—No competition 1879—Corporal W. Ballinger, Wellington 1880—Sergeant Okey, Taranaki 1881—Lieutenant Paynter, Nelson 1882—Corporal Hutohinson, Dunedin

1883—Sergeant Kennedy, Dunedin 1884—Private W. Cburton, Wanganui 1885—Lieutenant Lucas, Thames 1886—Sergeant Remington, Wanganui 1887—Captain White, Gordon Rifles 1888—Hon. Major Purnell, N.Z. Volunteers 1889—Sergeaut Parslow, Auckland 1890—P. O. Williams, Wellington Navals 1891—Private Kruse, Wanganui Rifles 1892—Sergeant Doughty, A. Battery, Auckland 1893—Private A. Ballinger, Wellington Guards 1894—Captain E, R. Smith, Dunedin Guards 1895 W. H. Ballinger, Petone Rifle Club 1896—Sergeant Wakelyn, Christchurch 1897—Private A. Ballinger, Wellington Guards 1898—Private J. McGregor, Oamaru Queen's Rifles 1899—Bandmaster King, Oamaru Garrison 1900—No competition 1901—Rifleman W. H. Nelson, Woodvillo 1902—Rifloraan G. Hyde, Qpaki Rifle Club, Masterton 1903—Rifleman R. J. King, Opaki Rifle, Club. Maoterton 1904—Sergeant J. W. Chmg, ~ Waimea Rifles, Nelson 1905—Rifleman W. J. Milroy, Nelson Rjfle Club, Nelson 1906—Lieutenant Irvine, Nelson After the 1901 meeting, the Goverument, which had previously subsidised the old association, took over the management of the meeting under a newly-formed body, known as the New Zealand Defence Forces Rifle Association. The old association handed over the champion belt and all its trophies to the Government association. At the meeting last year Irvine was forty-fifth in the aggregate. In 1904 he was second to W. Ching, of Nelson, (542) with a score of 539. .Lieutenant Irvine is a memter of the Waimea Kifles, Nelson.