Rifle Shooting.
The weather for'the second day of the South; .Canterbury Rifle Association meeting in 'TimariT oik Friday was excellent,; and some first class shooting was recorded, About twenty ■possibles were put on at 500 yards, and 34 was rather a common score. The Waimate representatives did well, two-of the important matches falling to members of the Studholmp Mounted ■Rifles with'tho excellent’score of 07 points each, while another . member secured a third. ThuToilovring aye. the chief, scores pf Coyer ...Match-Fixed-a)Head :.and Shoulders ; 150 yards ; seven shots. I’iviJr - crouching 1 behind dover, momentarily exposes himself sufficiently to fire n, rapid- shot without necessarily aligning the sights ; four seconds .allowed for 'exposure, fire, and complete return to cover, tho time allowed to firo the seven shots being 28sec. Pts Trooper Maindonald, S.M.R., 8s 9d 6 Corporal W.Lindsay, S.'M.Tv.,-Is 6d : 4 Private Bennington, W.R.. Is 6d... 4 Private Goldstono, W.R., Is 6d ... 4 Private Jameson, W.R.. Is Od ... 4 South Canterbury Match —300 yards, seven shots; 500 yards, seven shots. 300 500 yds yds T 1 Trooper S'. Lindsay, S.M.E, • ' £S 32 35 67 Corporal W,Lindsay, S.M.R. 10s 23 35 63 Q.M.S. Wain, S.M,R m 55... 25 35 GO More- than 100 men fired in this match, and Trooper Lindsay’s' win was meritorious. The three Studholme Rifles men got on the possible at 500 yards., - .■ . Tijiaru Match,. 200 yards kneeling; 500 yards any position'; seven shots ; nineteen prizes. " 200 500 T 1 ;• > yds yds Q.M.S: Wain, S.M.R., £2 10 s ... ....m 34 67 Corporal W, Lindsay, S.M.R. 5s ■ n... ... *lO 32 62; Trooper Lindsay, S.M.R., 5s 20 32 61! The meeting cbtffcliidefl'oh Saturday morning with the. Harbour Board Match. The 'Studhblme Mounted Rifles secured another'-win, Corporal Lindsay putting on the record scoro of ■ 68 at 600 and 700 yurfls. Harbour Board Match, 600 yards, 7 shots ; 700 yards, 7 shots ; 19 prizes r —1 at £2,105,,1 at £2,2 ajjXl.,,3 at 10s, 12 at ss. . a»D .600 700- V yds yds T’l.k Corp. W. Lindsay. S.M.R*. £2105... ...35 33 . 68 Private>Goldstone, W.K., • • JBD.I 5s 34 24 58 The following is the amount won by different companies, and th® names of individual prize wixherst-r; ~hl J l * Prize Amount. 4 /.h .jL 1 winners' u Won ; £ s. d. Pord Guards ~ 12 14 13 10 City Rifles •• 9 12 9 6 StudholmeAmounted RiflesA pi jlO 5 6 Timaru Rifles .V' V. 9 815 8 High School Cadets .. 13 517 6 TemukA Rifles 1 •• 5 3 13; Ashburton Mounted Rifles 4 2 19 6 SoUfcffiGantefhufy M.R. 1 2 5 0 Waimate Rifles 4 2 4 6 Geraldine Rifles - .. 4-2 3 0 -'A-' x h --‘t ‘f 6 S.C. Infantry Bat’n Staff :2 0 13 6 ■ Mackenzie Mounted Rifles 2: . 0 10. 0 Ashburton Guards 1 0 ,1; 6 I?■ The. following won the most money nt the meeting :—Trooper Lindsay-, £4 ss; .Sergeant AV Boys, £5,- 15s, i\j. Corporal Lindsay, £3 6s 6d ; Priyatg A. ; :BnrlQr<i, £3; Corporal , Martin, £sg Sfergeant J. Beokingham;*£2 T6s : w { 'Private Pear,.son, |£2.- 10s;' Q,M. S. Wain;t *£2 10s 1 ; Trooper Wederell, £2,5s J. D, Rojoertson,'3s' Od”; Lance-Corporal , McGon'nell l tl £l' 16s hdfl'Setge'ant Waugh, ■£l M lia 6d; Private South, £l-ss; ‘ G6rporai I '-Mb'Nafa l . £l’ ‘3s'-4d ; ‘Sergeant Holdgate and Private Goldstonei -£l ,ls
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 179, 18 March 1902, Page 3
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543Rifle Shooting. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 179, 18 March 1902, Page 3
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