RIFLE SHOOTING.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1939, Page 7

RIFLE SHOOTING.

MASTERTON-OPAKI CLU.B. COMPETITION WON BY H. KING. On the resumption of the MastertonOpaki Rifle Club’s weekly competitions a boisterous wind, varying in velocity and with occasional direction changes, made shooting on Saturday very difficult. Under such conditions the score of the winner, H. King, was an excellent one. He was the only marksman successful in coping with the wind's vagaries. Details of the shoot are as follow: —

Next Saturday’s programme, will be a double series of 10 shots at 800 yards and a single of 10 at 900 yards. Members wishing to go to Trentham on January 21 for the match with Petone are requested to hand in their names by January 14. «

ALFREDTON CLUB. OPENING COMPETITION. (“Times-Age” Special.) The Alfredton Rifle Club opened their season with a trophy competition on Saturday. A strong gusty wind from the left required careful watching, but under the conditions some excellent scores were registered. Rifleman H. Duckett made top score with 141, while the best range total was a good 49 by President Edmonds. Scores: —

H. King 300 48 600 600 Hp. Tl. 46 48 0 142 P. Russell 47 44 42 6 139 W. N. Kummer 46 42 46 4 138 E. M. Wrigley . 47 45 45 0 137 J. W. Curtin 47 44 44 2 137 D. P. Donald 47 45 44 0 136 R. J. King 46 41 46 0 133 H. K. Smith 46 40 46 0 132 I. Sutherland 42 41 41 7 131 W. Doman 45 40 41 5 131 H. H. Mawley 44 41 45 0 130 H. G. Pickering 39 39 40 9 127 R. A. Wilton 41 39 41 5 126 C. G. Monro 41 31 40 11 123 G. W. Vennell 40 36 39 8 123 J. Laing 38 30 37 13 118 T. Oakly 40 25 36 5 106

300 300 300 Hp. Tl. H. Duckett 48 48 45 0 141 A. C. Edmonds 47 49 43 0 139 J. Evans 45 40 42 7 139 R. Leach 42 47 39 9 137 G. J. Godinagh 41 44 44 7 136 H. C. Percy 47 45 43 0 135 H. Leach 40 39 40 12 131 L. Duckett 42 41 42 0 125 R. Dagg 36 39 37 o 120 W. Leach 30 35 32 18 115