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COMMONWEALTH
SPARROW
TITLE SHOOT
By "ITHACA"
A big muster of shooters is
expected at headquarters tomorrow
(Show Day) for the
Commonwealth sparrow championship.
Conditions of the
•event are 21 birds from 23 yards
in the event of ties, otherwise
three misses will eliminate.
COMB shooters are under the Impression
that the elimination rule had been deleted
and that a conditional retirement
rule was now In operation. That Is not the
case, for the old rule stands.
Shooting will start at IOJO sharp, and
the champloiuhln will be followed by an
open handicap of £20 at starlings or sparrows.
On Saturday the Victorian sparrow cham.
lenshlp will be the big attraction and wll
Es shot under similar conditions to the
Commonwealth event. Shooting will start
^The Victorian and Blackburn dubs anttd.
pate a record attendance of clay target
shots at Bentleigh tomorrow for the big
ooen handicap Ming promoted conjointly
by those clubs. Conditions are 20 targets
tram htr-f—r -nutka and prise money
amounting to <40 has been allotted. In the
event of there being over GO-entries the
prise money will M increased prof
Uonataly, shooting will start at 10 o'cl
" larp-
GODUnnN VA1XKY INTtJUST
Great Interest, la being shown In. trapshooting
In the Goulbum VaUey and keen
•hooting for *ed>rjses is the: rule at
most open m»»8nB. Th» Shepparton club,
wMch had a most successful meeting last
ml has arranged an attractive prommc
for October 19 as its contribution
, the Shtpparton Oantcnary celebrations.
Main event will be the Centenary starling
trophy at 10 birds from handicap marks.
hree line trophies will be provided and,
n addition, there will be substantial cash
The Nathalla club has been allotted the
Goulbum Valley sparrow championship for
October 7. Bill itionipson, the club secretary.
who scored such a popular win In
the Goulbum Valley stai
One selection of. trophies
place-getters In the championship.
A feature of the shooting In the Goulbum
Valley starling champtonnlp was the capital
work of the winner, Bill Thompson. At
no stags did he look like missing. All his
birds were well centred despite being
fine lot snd decidedly tricky, '
only competitor to-stx
slble ten In a field of 27 of the tots
in the State. George Crosse, who Is to live
at Colac after a number ot years In Uerrtgum.
was second, and third place went
to the consistent "Harrison."
There was Some fine shooting In the sparrow
handicap. . star performers being
"Benslla" and R- Tlnjay. of Avenel. Each
For the second time In succession In the
dub championship, Fred McKevit haa had
to take second place at the Field Shooters'
Club. He tied with Harold Tuck In the
sparrow championship and in the Shoot-off
ntoed his second bird, leaving Tuck the
winner with 11-12. The best foim was
shown by "Toby" Newton. J. M. Allan.
"Harrison" and the club president, L. D.
McDonald, who each secured three dlvl-
Oood shooting by Cyril Elements, of
rootsersy, was a feature at ~" —
Be took the break
getting through both handicaps, "glen "Slenara'
alio took money (rom both handicaps. saps, and
ftnWted the day with the good score seor of
27-29. 11 " ... , N.S.W., "'
alio was
i for* and finished tlie
day with 27*42.
» ™ « l l l AGAIN HIGH GUN
:iub secretary. Bob Methehlgh
guh at his club on
Jog la bia usual consistent
atyle. he wen tlx auin trophy event and
was aueoeastul In several hmuHiIii events,
goaae good shooting also was done by Walter
Wfldasop and frank Bwfrlay. who each
bad twe suoifei.
Qui an dill ih*t'lng by "Snowy X" was r&-
apSKe fmhUwinntog the three nuln
fruits at OOburg Ciiib. Be started by
tekinc the cash ^ptf'-fir ef Jhre Mrds with
ll.ttT than won ts* prints shoot at 10
Mrds with lfi-20, and finished his fuccess-
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