MINIATURE RIFLES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 July 1938, Page 7

MINIATURE RIFLES

WAIRARAPA MEETING. CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY B. R. JENKINS OF MASTERTON. (“Times-Age” Special.) The annual championship meeting of the Wairarapa Miniature Rifle Association was held in the Crown Theatre. Greytown, on Saturday, and proved to be a success from every point of view One hundred shooters from Longburn, the Bush district, Wairarapa and Wellington took part. Despite the fact that decimal targets were used throughout the meeting extraordinary good marksmanship was shown especially in the concluding match when possibles and a decimal participated in the money. A new innovation in rifle shooting was an optional pairs aggregate which created. a great deal of interest. This event was in the capable hands of Mrs G. King and Mr L. G. Rasmussen. The association’s secretary (Mr C. J. DeLacey) with the assistance of Mr H. Rolls and a very capable president and executive committee had all the details well in hand and consequently the meeting was Capably managed. The scrutineers, Messrs G. W. Busby, C. J. Nix, P. A. Wilton, G. Te Whaiti and D. J. Flynn, did their work expeditiously and well and no complaints were forthcoming. The range officers, headed by Mr R. P. Wakelin, kept the shooters on the mark throughout the meeting. The target stewards, headed by Mr K. McKenzie, were efficient officers, as also were the respective markers.

The champion shot of the meeting was B. R. Jenkins, of the Masterton Club, who did remarkably good.shooting throughout the day. When he went down in the first squad of the final ten he had 300.1 to his credit. He came back from his shoot in this event with a decimal better than any of the ten competitors, his reading being 100.9 and a grand total of 401 points. Mr Jenkins is only a young shot and is to be complimented upon his fine record. At the conclusion of the meeting the president of the association, Mr Wm. Johnson, Featherston, presented the trophies won and thanked everyone for their assistance in making the gathering such a success, especially those shooters who had come long distances. He very heartily congratulated the winner of the championship,. Mr Jenkins, whom, he said, had shot consistently welj. Cheers were given for the winner of the championship. The following are the prize winners and their scores: — WAIRARAPA MATCH (10 shots with optional sighter.) A Grade. £1 10s, B. R. Jenkins (Masterton), 100.9, 1. ' £1 Is, A. Bain (South Featherston), 100.8, 2. C. McCardle (Martinborough); Harold King (Masterton), 100.6, 8s 6d each; W. Bird (Longburn), L. S. Hare (Hutt), S. Owen (Wellington), P. Russell (Masterton), 99.8, 5s each; G. Te Whaiti (Greytown), M. Hodder (South Featherston), R. Tilson (Greytown), Guy Rhodes (Greytown), R. V. Mason (Masterton), .L. Heyans (Mangamutu), 99.7, Is each. B Grade. B. Keys (Brooklyn), 99.7, 10s; J. Kemp (Harbour Bpard), 99.6, ss; E. McKenzie (Featherston), A. Hodder (Featherston), P. Gain (South Featherston), ' L. Jamieson (Brooklyn), H. Gray (Greytown), Mrs F. Burt (South Featherston), D. Fenwick (South Featherston), 2s 6d each. WELLINGTON MATCH (10 shots and optional sighter.) A Grade. £1 ss, M. Hodder (South Featherlion), 100.8. £1 ss, H. Dore (Brooklyn), 100.8, J. A. Westwood (Brooklyn), L. Anderson (Wellington), 8s 6d each; R. Congreve (Wellington South), A. Gain (South Featherston), B. Williams (Featherston), D. J. Flynn (Martinborough), V. E. Donald (Masterton), 5s each; L. Hodder (South Featherston), F. Cropp (Hutt), K. Harrison (Brooklyn), Guy Rhodes (Greytown), Miss Fisher (Carterton), K. McDowell (Evening Post), Is each. B Grade. P. Gain (South Featherston), 99.8, 10s; B. Keys (Brooklyn), 99.5, ss; D. Fenwick (South Featherston), C. Pragnell (Brooklyn), Miss P. Nix (Featherston), Miss Chalk (Brooklyn), H. Ebbett (Mako Mako), 2s 6d each. BUSH MATCH (with optional sighter). A Grade. £l, R. Congreve (Wellington South), 101. £l, L. S. Hare (Hutt), 101. £l, H. Dore (Brooklyn), 101. D. J. Flynn (Martinborough), Hope Cross (Masterton), S. Owen (Wellington), K. McDowell (Harbour Board), 100.9, 6s 6d each; L. G. Rasmussen (South Featherston), C. Bain (South Featherston), 100.8, 3s 6d each; Miss Dixon (Masterton), H. Mickless (Evening Post), 100.7, 2s 6d each; K. McKenzie (Featherston), Mrs G. King, 100.5, Is each. B Grade. B. Willis (South Featherston), 100.6, 10s; L. Jamieson (Brooklyn), ss; A. Hodder (Featherston), Miss J. Brash (Featherston), H. Ebbett (Mako Mako), Miss J. Burt (South Featherston), 2s 6d; P. Gain (South Featherston), M. Fuge (South Featherston), R. Russell (Brooklyn), R. Eaton (Greytown), 2s each. LADIES’ MATCH (7 shots optional sighter). Miss J. Brash (Featherston), 70.4, 10s; Miss Dixon (Masterton), Mrs King (Masterton), Miss P. Nix (Featherston), 69.4, 4s each. Teams match: South Featherston (A

team), 996.3, £1 10s; Brooklyn, 994.7, 18s; Masterton, 983.4, 12s. A grade optional aggregate: £3, H. Dore (Brooklyn), 201.8; £2, R. Congreve (Wellington South), 200.6; £l, L. S. Hare (Hutt), 200.5; A. Gain (South Featherston), C. Bain (South Featherston), 10s each; M. Hodder (South Featherston), K. Harrison (Brooklyn), J. A. Westwood (Brooklyn), 6s 6d each; B. R. Jenkins (Masterton), A. Robinson (Greytown), T. W. Lawton (Brooklyn), P. Stewart (Aotea), 5s each. B grade optional aggregate: P. Gain (South Featherston), gold medal and 10s, 296.6; B. Keys (Brooklyn), 295.6, 7s 6d; A. Hodder (Featherston), 295.5, ss; H. Ebbett (Mako Mako), B. Willis ’(South Featherston), ■D. Fenwick (South Featherston), L. Jamieson (Brooklyn), 2s 6d each. Optional pairs aggregate: K. McDowell and H. Nickles, 599.1, 1; L. Anderson and S. Owen, 597.8, 2; M. Hodder and L. Lumsden, 597.7, 3; C. Bain and L. G. Rasmussen, 596.9, 4. Ladies’ aggregate, miniature cup: Mrs G. King (Masterton), 296.2. Final ten: B. R. Jenkins (Masterton), General Sir Herbert Hart’s challenge shield and association’s gold medal, score, 401. C. Bain, £1 10s, score 400.5; H. Dore, £l, score 400.7; H. Nickless, £l, score 400.7; L. S. Hare, ss, score 400; D. J. Flynn, ss, score 399.9; H. Gain, ss, score 399.5; R. Congreve, ss, score 397.5; L. Anderson ss, 396.9; K. McDowell, ss, score 396.7.