CLAY BIRD SHOOTING

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19894, 25 May 1936, Page 11

CLAY BIRD SHOOTING

PROVINCIAL CONTEST. l ‘ EVENTS AT MORRINBVILLE. A. .\ITKIZX \\'INS TROPHY. _ MORRINSVILLE, Friday. Tim provincial clay—bird sweetistulm illltl hundicnp events were con—ciudwl ul tho .\lurrinsviiin Gun Club's .Ll'ronni! on Saturday. Shooting condi—|ions were not in i'nVuur ot‘ the coin— I'rlitnl's a brisk \vind making shooting‘ difilcnlt. in the afternoon the principal event was a 15~birtl handicap for a linnd—} some mnntelpicce clock, with a set of carvers tor the runner—up. ’i‘hls competilion was held. immediately aftcr lunch, and, following the decision of the provincial claybird champion—ship, which had been won in the morning by u. Seddon, it brought out a splendid field of ‘25 shooters and resulted in n win for .\. Milieu, with \\'i Sharp runner—up. Results—- ; Trophy shoot, 15 birds—The fol‘lowing shot the possible: J. Donnelly ‘(Auckland), 15 yards; A. Aitken (Morriusville), 14 yards; W. J. Mailliken (Hamilton), 13: yards; G. ‘Bretherton (Tuumarunui), 16 yards; \\’. Sharp (.\lorrinsyiilci, 13 yards; G. \\'ebber (.\iorrinsvillc;, 1": yards; lt. 11. Burtley (Auckland), 14 yards; 11. Knight t'i‘ulmupna), 11 yards. Also competed: \\‘. Elliott, G. Brown, ‘Bryenton, J. .\lxrllullun, 14;. Begun «all ‘l4 birds), M. Pratt, .\inlcolin (13 thirds), Cartwright. (.lU hirdsi, in the shoot~off Aitlnm, Sharp and Knight were left in after they had each broken i 5 Clays. Knight then dropped his next, Sharp dropped his 47th bird, and Aitken. got. his to win the trophy. The winner is the son of the president of the Morrinsville Gun Club (.\lr \\'. J. Aitken) and elder brother of A. J. Aithen, the Waikatu Rugby and cricket captain. His win was very popular, as he was one o! the yodngest competitors. Second iO—bird handicap—W. Tilsley (.\lorrinsville), 11 yards; J. .\lc—.\lullan (.\lorrinsville), 13 yards: Mailer, ii yards; C. Seddon (Hamilton), 19 yards, all shot the possible and divided. Gimcrack, '7 birds—The following shot the possible and divided: )1, Pratt (14 to 26 yards), J. .\'[cMullan (10 to 22 yards), Maher (9 to 21 yards). Dobson (‘J to ‘2l yards), \\'ebber (12 to ‘2"; yardsi.