RIFLE SHOOTING.
MAN-OF-WARSMEN V. VOLUNTEERS. A pleasant time was spent yesterday afternoon on the Kaiti range, when a rifle-shooting match took place between teams from H.M.S. Prometheus, .the Mounted Rifles, and the Gisborne Rifles. The conditions were seven shots and a sighter at 200 yards and 600 yards. The match resulted in a win for the Gisborne Rifles bv 8 points from the Prometheus team, while the latter were 48 points ahead of the Mounted Rifles. The following were the scores: GISBORNE RIFLES. 200 600 ydsyds.Ttl.
Range total ... 209 155 <364 H.M.S. PROMETHEUS.
200 600
yds yds.Ttl.
Petty-Office r Nminerly ... 33 24 57 Warrant Officer McDairmid 31 25 56 Chief Petty Officer Stevens 32 24 56 Private McLeod ... 27 25 52 Private Hall ... ••• 27 23 50 Petty Officer Figgins ... 20 24 44 Private Gillet ... ••• 27 14 41
Range total ... ... 197 159 356 MOUNTED RIFLES. 200 600 yds yds.Ttl.
Sergeant Bait ... 33 32 65 Private Barker ... 31 32 63 Sergeant Breingan ... 34 27 61 Private Allan ... 34 20 54 Captain Beere ... 26 IS 44 Corporal Hay ... 24 17 41 Corporal Higkam ... ... 27 9 36
Corporal Boatson ... 34 31 65 Sergeant-Major Kinder ... 33 17 50 Trooper Tietjen ... ... 28 19 47 Jiieutenant Poynter 25 18 43 Trooper Higgs ... 29 13 42 '1 rooper Forsyth ... 23 12 35 Trooper Ciimmins ... 24 2 26 Range total ... 3.96 no 308
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Gisborne Times, 1 October 1909, Page 6
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224RIFLE SHOOTING. Gisborne Times, 1 October 1909, Page 6
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