CHAMPION SHOTS.

Wairarapa Age, 10 March 1927, Page 5

CHAMPION SHOTS.

ARMY MEETING AT TRENTHAM. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. TRENTHAM, March 9. At the Army Rifle Championship meeting, continued to-day in warm dull weather, the cadet championship event was completed, the winner proving to be Corporal C. Collyer, of Hokitika, with an aggregate of 190. B. McGill (Dunedin) was runner-up with 186.

The territorial championship belt was won by Lance-Corporal Parker (Petcne) with the score of 201, W. J. Barton (Petonc) was runner-up with 183. Petty Officer Griffiths, of H.M.S. Renown, made the best score, 220, but is ineligible to take the bolt, though he lifts the money prize. The Territorial and Cadet championships awarded to the highest aggregate in the two stages resulted:— Champion belt of New Zealand Army Rifle Association: Gold jewel and £3, Corporal C. Collyer “C” Company, Ist. Battalion (C) Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Regiment (Hokitika) 94, 96, 190; silver jewel and £2, R.S.M. It. J. McGill, Otago Boys’ High School Cadets, Dunedin, 86, 100, 186; bronze jewel and £1 Cadet, H. Stevens A Coy., Ist. (C) Battalion Waikato Regiment (Hamilton) 94, 92, 186. Territorial and Cadet Championship, second stage: £2, R.S.M. R. J. McGill (Dunedin) 100; 305., Corporal C. Collyer (Hokitika) 96; 205., Sergeant K. T. Hansen (Whangarei) 94; 15s. each, Corporal W. E. Culley (Te Awamutu) 93, Corporal L. Yorke (Christchurch') 92, Corporal A. Lissetto (Hamilton) 92, Corporal J. T. Hill (Auckland) 92, n. Stevens (Hamilton) 92, Corporal B. Roekel (Blenheim) 92. ' THE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. Army Championship Belt: Gold jewel and £2, Lance Corporal G. E. Parker (Petqne) 93, 108, 201; silver jewel and 305., W. J. Burton (Hawke’s Bay) 95, 98, 183; bronze jewel and 255., R.S.M. A. W. Homes (Blenheim) 92, 90, 182; 10s. each, Sergeant E. W. Jepson (Johnsonville) 181, H. E. Ellis (Hawke’s Bay) 181, H. E. Ellis Ching (Hawera) 172. The following Calss I competitors, who were not eligible for the belt, took. money prizes: £2, P.O. P. H. Griffiths (H.M.S. <Renown) 220; 305., Staff Sergeant J. S. Thomson (Palmerston North) 208; 205., W.O. H. L. Frank (Nelson) 203; 10s., Lieutenant J. C. Hepburn (Hamilton) 198. Naval ratings from the H.M.S. Diomede and Philomel are competing with half a score from the Renown, aboard which Griffith’s performance will no doubt be popular. The Diomede and Philomel contingents’ main purpose here, however, is to win the machine gun competition to-morrow, which they feel confident can be done. Following is the prize list in the Army Championship; Class I: 405., Sergeant A. J. Howard (H.M.S. Diomede) 122; 305., Lieut. C. W. Cayzer (Dunedin) 121; 20s. each, Lieut. C. Euchmarch (Diomede) 110, P.O. P.H. Griffiths (Renown) 108, Lieut. Denton (N.Z. Air Force) 107. Class II: 405., Lance-Corporal G. E. Parker (Petone) 108; 305., K. J. Duncan (Auckland) 105; 25.3. each, Corporal G. Wallace (Southland) 103; Sergeant E. Jepson (Wellington) 99, W. J. Burton (Hawke’s Bay) 98; 20s. each, R. E. Gainsford (Blenheim) 97, F. A. Burgess (7th. Mounted Rifles) 96, Sergeant H. Williams (Hamilton) 95, Corporal F. Ching (Hawera) 94.

COMPETITORS FOB KING’S MEDAL

The following hundred men will fire off on Friday for the King’s Medal:— Griffiths 220, Thomson 208, Frank 203, Parker 201, Hepburn 198 Howard 195, Cayser 187, Kearney 186, Weir, 185, Canty 183, Burton 183, Homes 182, Jepson 181, Ellis 181, Cooper 172, F. F. Ching 172, Wildeboro 172, McCallum 171, Duncan 170 j Enchmarch 170, Bates 169, G. P. Tapper 168, Litchfield 164, Barrett 163, Cornelius 162, Williams 161, MacKenzie 160, Tantrum 160, Watt 160, McCorkiadale 158, Robertson 159, Beardmore 159, Burgess 158, Jones 157, Popplewell 156, Russell 155, Denten 155, Davies 154, Linton 153, Middlemass 153, Munford 153, Sandford 152, Cresswell 152, Carmichael 150, Gainsford 150, Beaumont 150, Ross 149, Hammond 148, Pirie 146, Moffett 145, Hellyar 145, Cowan 144, Procter 143, Duncan 143, Rogers 143, E. P. Tapper 143, Luxford 142, Bradley 142, Wallace 142, Broomfield 141, Beere 141, Rutherford 140. Inwood 140, Kenward 139, Henry 137, Tindale 137, Gentry 136, Wotherspoon 136, Tilson 136, Horton 135, McKinlay 134, Clifton 134, McGuire 134, Lee 133, Elliott 133, Jaggard 133, Lingard 132, Robertson 132, Davidson 132, Fisher 131, Selby 131, Brady 131, Campbell 131, Wallis 131, Gagliardi 130, Press 130, Goodall 30, Murcott 129, Lewis 128, Hamilton 128, Clack 127, Lyons 126, Hemming 126, Evans 125, Armstrong 125, Wilson 125, Mayhill 124, Sandford 123, Race 123, Willmott 123. The Cadet Match (application, and moving target; possible 75) was won by Lance-Corporal Keane (Hamilton) 64. W. E. Cully (Te Awamutu) was runnerup with 63, tnd Corporal Tennent (Hastings) third, 61. The night-firing competition for rifles and machine guns was held to-night. The scores will not be counted till the morning.—(P.A.)