NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2448, 12 March 1909, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

THE TRENTB AAI MEETING. • (Prois AMoeiat'on.) " ‘ Tit ENT i 1 AM-. A 1 arch IT. • The final stage- of the' ehamp7emh;p ’series, out of which the SO highest, o"gi’Ogates hag?-- bc-en ..sejecegd tor the if&x’s Prize Mymphtitilon; c-ononuk-d to-day with the 1000 yards/ vent oi the Canterbury match; '1 he VMutlMr- way excel lent, but a. filmy Irtze- mmg over the targets in the earlier stages?and -a somewhat variable- bfeTT blew later, The shooting ins.- cm the uVffok*, good: and come creditable score**-two registered thou‘/h no one- managed toirteciire the. possible (50).’ Needham (Palmersdon North) put np 45, whxch brought him nil from. 2oru portion u )Mh, mt’i •an aggregate of HO. - Kmg (Luiwood) maintained the leading position «mc.i he attained yesterday; tuough-he- crapped a couple of -paints. , Cguung vc:r with an aggregate-of 364,a. score of 47 made in the .first stage % lie added .11 to the final aggregate,,, ninch g*ye him 452 to his credit. He was -.nniortunate in his fifth shot, ss lie faded to catch the marker?-; eye, iter getting four bulls-eyw in suec-e-sion. D-uucan (Millerton) and P-it-reic (.-.ucukind) did not do very wo:! at the, range registering 43 am! il but they retained their former ,p.os>t:ons as second and third, with, a total Oi 4-51 each. Shaw .(Amok: and) wno started out holding rouith p.c-..y. en. down one -and Guy! ‘who -was liramed:- : «t<dv below liim. sfcured Ins position, with an aggregate 'of:MAS', four- points in advance of. Sliatr. ivho ..frn.y zccv.tp*. a range rc-giettr of -39.AfcCcnned went in) from Bih place-to .it:-,.supersed-ing Tarr (Karorii:-who is mow ranked 10th in the aggregate-.. Clung (Nelson) climbed five steps. __ end got Jntp seventh rank, from which "eper (iaujnarina) fell to lOtlr iMacertThim Cihing (Lyttelton) went up- one n -'nr 14tn to 13th position. Belk (FMMingL' who started with 390. to Ids cr-cracked up a! to get her, and' only on his ra n go-c a2 d. r I h r*. cl2?. ngc h a :o 1d 0 - scopic throughout, and sevym. men have now to fire- off for’"the T?si’ two places

in the fifty. . ’- . 5 , ~ In the range scoring.'M'cE'iry put up an all-bur. Aliu nhv .(AuakYfid) and' Anderson (Auckland) were t re'only scorers of 48. and Kehbeil (Atucdtcn)- the

onlv 47. " . Alurpliv wan the Canrc: r-iv ruatcii with a total of Vo. Needham-(Palmers-ton North) being' ruTinor-up with 94. Turner (Linton) with 93 was'third : u conm : ::cn with the vis—‘s mutch. Moslem (Kay>) won the. Kynocii C’up in ihe firing off of ilfe lirtr-lozen ties. In the champion t'canis s rbvntch,' one of the important ''events vi the programme. 4u teams, took T.r.iz r for the District C'ii iiieifge Sliicdd.' y I team put nr- a 4 rentham r- y ;f, winning ihe nut eh. vrich the r ,y_r-g?.te 0~. Ivg. ,-Ut M r po---db?r V, ‘r". i)- '■ teams consist c'l five -men >... and thy aver.)uoint 7 per ‘•hot wowys'.out n litre ever ij it oi a y ‘ - r ' -a. _ iiwshooting was the most brunant of the* meeting, no fewer' ihanj' 22 Pp r: '.‘ J y i-eing recorded. The h-M. iiidwiciu.al score*-were made, by Me.'' ivy (Opaki.) H-idfield, (BlcnkeinO;’ ” rind' Hawthorne i \Vellingtong. each liil.-Ciit_oih.:v por.sib e 1 tiff; “ a;h>. iroryr.evn.;- (Neyrtoii Ucs), Y-:-o (Auc-Mand); HTd Ale'.lor (Pc-to lie's each aggregatvd 2<iK). Haliir day (Ivarari) and He.i y , ; p.ak?4. ago aggregate 7! 190.. Fnronsag .scored tlie possible at Lot it • the. tUA an a ranges. A i: .; tie; able u,.ar..'‘ r T .cf Opakl'is’win was the scoring" ol.]>N-.?ib]cs. at each of tin- r..;ee rang s '.Lffirout ir.emU'-'.’s or toe team oa.. : i '. In the ruitiiihg inau'compviviian .four made 71. Black (Orepuki)..Ye-o (Auckland). Turner (.WeJlingtc-hL/.rsiJ Irvine. (Nek-on) taku 5 £2 Ids A large numlior v.on from £1 to .5 v. The fallow lug are the. hartiig ,aggregates for ah t.ams matchday— £d, ki. 66*2 (champion teaim.i.-sfT, Tiunvu Pert Guards. 6>?;£3, -A ;et .;.c.;c jlulkc A .team. Cdl;..£2, yitaak ‘.--G.-ua i,ds. 64 'Z: - £2. Oi)ik : lUtl- Club B tcMv ...639-; £2. Dunedin Bines. 637; £l. c »juuds Rule C’mh. 637; Al-, • Napier. K.:hrk v .p36. The folowiiig. are the .?.-gc :.egat>-s for the ervirv- cLinrpionship.—A-s\, Alcl.ea (Opakif. lt e; £4. Eden yYY.Auwa). ,58c-: £-3. Alarshad .JKorori). 182 : -I'. Peak.. rtYa ; k',t ;i. Lsl :• £2. K’t ; hwort JEnpor Fnitt). 180; .£2.- I'lc-der’--k . yMartcrA, ! 78 ; £l. C'raw t l.inton)--! 7-7.-.; £‘i, Barjtroo (.Feilding), ,176. Colonial Ammunition C -mpanyY ALatcli (fired on. Wednosduv'. GHev curvalue £7O. 800 yards.—£s. Lhiton Rifi-' Club. IS: £3. Nelson ltirh?, 16; £2. AYaikito Mounted Rrtlc-s. he: TaranakiGuards and Newton tied. Canterhurv Match, 8(M j?-.-:),.• ljoo<}yd«. —£•!. Alarphy i. .:y,5 : .£-4, No-'d-hah (PalmersvoH North). -i-..- Turner (Linton), 93; £.3, -Gjoyeh ’yßiversdalo). 92: £"3, 8o))ei'-f\Vp5te nnui), 91: £-3.. Hadne’.d (Blen’liehn). .91 : £2 f-.aclij, Xeslson (Dauiicvirke).’’’ l>mfrs.-x iHcrß- -- Bn-Mher -(Dh>»i<li4rYsrti3y-S y : V T

Champion Teams Mutch. AGO. due. and 803 yards; prize?.: iSJ." Op.i!;' R lie Club A team. IS-"-: T-0, Karorl IJ iffc Club A U-ah. -<-?Q:" £7 7 Napier Rifle Club. 473: £d, Opaki Hide Club B team, 4<3: £*>. Port Chain-*':-* XawV, -’72; -£b. Oimara Rifle CMC 1-GO: £4. \ i cion a Rifles, 460. HE KING'S PRIZE COMPETITORS The following will Are h r the King's Prize : —-Ivu:g (Limvood) 4-72, Duncan (MillertcnV 4 VI. Patrick :A mk’cmii -'•M. Guv (Kauai:ga) 4*B. "law ( A”--- 1 --- hmd) 444. McConneß (Chru- ' Vu-A 444. Clung (AVaimea) 142. Haim Vi "'(Blenheim) 4.1*2, S-bprv (Tim ?v a: Ini') 4*/. Needham (Puimerst-on Nv.:th> 4-id', Ching (Lyttelton) 439. 1.0-v-;k v (01 mrai 439 ,Atkins >n (Auckland* -'3B. ilollor, (Petono). 31cKay (Dum-GLV Dodds (Port Chalmers) 437. K (NelsonV Mayhew (Fending), Butrko : - Dunedin) “•36, McJiurriy (Tavada ■•-)". Hailiday (Karori) 43d, Skeliy (Weliingt-o-a), Cox. (Auckland), and Hawthorn (Welling--ton) 434 egciw Clyde OYCkarQ. WaSirf ("Waikato), Higgins (Tina-.;).' Roots. ( E-apanga), Holland (Hui-tl. Marenzie (Eketahuna), Whig (Martin). Andersen (Auckland), and F.anhliu > p'ober) 433 each. Henry (Opaki). Kells hCalmcicdotv North.), and Milroy (V-isp) 432-each, ; (■"’lodorick "(Alarinn).' Jafi-O {Narvibr).So’er (Wanganui), Bain tcv- '{Opnki)3 Fian Idm (Weber), and Nt : 3,-P (Danne-i virke) 431 each. Sea rip (tihilv. y Pion-c-cp|)v Wins!mie (Opaki). " Yates (Napier) ,430 each,.. Kbiighara (Timafu)-