RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 358, 7 March 1902, Page 2

RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

By Telegraph—Press Association. Trcntham, last night. The weather is again fine. There is no wind. The shooting is good. Tho Teams Match has concluded, 27 competing. Tho Pctoue Rifle Club aro first with a splendid average of 92 potman. Tho conditions are seven shots, 200, 500, and 600 yards, and the scores: Petone Riflo Club, 420 and district challenge shield, 4GO ; Opaki Riflo Club, 415, 458; Wellington Guards, £lO, 450; Ixaitangata No. 1, 45, 449; Canterbury Engineers 449, Karori Rifle Club No. 1, 45, 448; Karori No. 2, 45, 442. The Nursery Match is proceeding. The Championship will be fired at 5 p.m. HYDE WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. By Telegraph: —Press Association. Trcntham, last night. Later. —The fifty competitors who made the highest aggregate scores in the principal matches fired off the final stago this afternoon, 10 shots at 700 yards. Hawthorne, who was second, only gained one point on Hyde, who won the championship, tho Opaki champion rifle belt, the gold medal given in deference to the Minister, and 425, his score being 500. The other scores were: —- _•. Hawthorne, Karori, silver star and 420 496 W. Loveday, Woodville, £ls ... 486 King, Oatnaru, £lO 478 Anderson, Kaitangata ... ... 477

A. Ballinger, Wellington 476 Carlson, Auckland 475 Maingay, Piako 475 King, Opaki 474 R. Randell, Karori ... ... ... 474 Anderson, of Kaitangata, the highest scorer in the Champion Match, wins tbo rifle challenge cup with a score of 46 out of a possible 50, seven shots at 700yds. Nursery Match, open to members who have never won a prize over £2, any New Zealand Rifle Association winnings not to exceed £5 at this meeting.—O’Malley, Amuri, £5, 50 ; Gee, Linwood, £i, 50; Arroll, Napier, Henry, Opaki, £2 10s each; Bickerstaff, Napier, 49; Griffen, Christchurch, Speck, Stratford, Aitcheson, Clevedon, £2 each, 48.