CLAY BIRD SHOOTING
WAIPA GUN CLUB (Foeclal to Times) TE AWAMUTU. Wednesday. Results or the Waipa Gun Club’s s-lioot last week-end are:— Murray Pratt (Otorohanga) shot the possible to take the sweep in the eyeopener. A seven-bird sweepstake was divided by Pratt, M. Otway and M. Boswell, all shooting the possible. In the Drysdale Cup match, S. Parish and T. McMillan shot the possible for the cup, and McMillan won the sweep. M. Otway met further success in taking the possible in a io-bird sweep, R. Trimble toeing second with 9 birds. > Shooting the possible, iM. Pratt won the seven-bird gimcrack event. J. Casey, John Pollard arid IL Trimble tier! Tor second with six birds each. M. Parish and J. Te Kanawa each took the possible oi five birds in the novice shoot for Mr F. de Malmanche’s trophy. A six-bird sweep was divided by M. Otway and R. Trimble, each shooting the possible. A
semi-skeet shoot or six birds was won by J. Casey with the possible, M. Otway being second with five. In a walk-up shoot R. Trimble won with five out of seven birds, and the same competitor tied with M. Otway (five each) in -a box shoot or six birds and they divided the sweepstake.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21210, 5 September 1940, Page 11
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209CLAY BIRD SHOOTING Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21210, 5 September 1940, Page 11
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