Nottingham Evening Post, Tuesday, 27 April, 1909

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING.

THE NOTTINGHAM ALLIANCE.

The following are the rules proposed for the new Nottingham Alliance to compose the second teams of clubs already in the Nottingham League:–
The Alliance shall be called "The Nottingham Miniature Rifle Clubs Alliance", and shall be composed of second teams of clubs who are members of the Nottingham Miniature Rifle League.
The objects shall be to promote interest and improve the shooting of members second teams.
The affairs of the alliance shall be conducted by a committee, consisting of the chairman and secretary of the Nottingham Miniature Rifle League as ex officio members, and a representative from each of the clubs competing. This committee will elect its own officers.
The annual subscription shall be 5s.
Teams shall consist of ten members, eight to count.
Each club must register its members at least seven days before the date fixed for the firing of the first match, in the following manner:– Class A, six members who regularly shoot for the first team; Class B, six members who occasionally shoot for the first team; Class C, any other members.
A member shall not be eligible to shoot in an alliance match - if in Class A, until three weeks' notice in writing has been given to the alliance secretary that he shall not shoot in the first team during that period: if in Class B, if he has shot for the first team in either of the two league matches immediately preceding the date of such match: and if in Class C, if he has shot for the first team in the league match immediately preceding the date of such alliance match.
Targets shall be Roberts No. 1 duplicate.
Subject to the foregoing, the rules and penalties of the Nottingham Miniature Rifle League – the word "alliance" being substituted for the word "League" – shall govern the competition where they apply.

BOOTS INTERNAL LEAGUE.

The interdepartmental league in connection with Boots Athletic has now been completed, and the following is the final table:–

Dept.	Fired.	Won.	Lost.	Drawn.	Points.
Art	8	6	2	0	12
Island-street	8	5	2	1	11
Building	8	5	2	1	11
Printing	8	3	4	0	6
Offices	8	0	8	0	0

Notes on miniature rifle shooting and the official intelligence of the Nottinghamshire Association and the Nottingham League appear in the Nottingham Guardian every Tuesday. Secretaries are invited to send promptly news of their clubs for this column.

Nottingham Evening Post, Tuesday, 27 April , 1909

ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

The first ladies' miniature rifle match in Nottingham will be fired in Friday, when, under postal conditions, ten shots on decimal targets, teams of ten, eight to count, St. Thomas's ladies will shoot against the ladies of Charlbury, Oxfordshire.

Nottingham Evening Post, Saturday, 1 May, 1909

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING.

INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

WIN FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM.

An international miniature rifle match has just been concluded between teams of 50 representing the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. The following are the official scores:–

United Kingdom	14583
United States	14179
Australia	14160

The shooting of the United Kingdom's team was very fine, the average being 97.6 per target for 150 targets, each man having three targets and firing 10 shots at each, the distance being 25 yards. The United Kingdom individual scores included the following:–
Allen, Derby, 299; H. Parker, Buxton, 298; M.K. Matthews, Mansfield, 297; J. Dodson, Derby, 295; O. Laywood, Market Rasen,291; W.H. Marsden, Sleaford, 291; E.C. Matthews, Mansfield, 290; D. Briggs, Brigg, 289.

CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB v. JARDINE'S.

A league match was fired yesterday on the Constitutional R.C. range, Nottingham, between Constitutional and Jardine's resulting in a tie. The conditions were 10 shots at 25 yards' distance on decimal targets, teams of 10, eight to count. F.W. Perry and S.H. Page tied for the S.M.R.C. spoon, and will have to shoot off. Scores:–

CONSTITUTIONAL		JARDINE'S
F.W. Perry	99	G. Allen	98
S.R. Page	99	J. Smart	98
F.O. Wright	98	J. Billard	97
R.W. Davis	96	H. Montgomery	97
H.C. Sheldon	96	T.L. Birks	97
D. Oubridge	96	W.A. Barrow	97
H. Wood	96	R.W. Barker	96
F.B. Johnson	95	H. Morrell	96
K.W. Stocker	94	J.C. Hendry	93
H.C. Wright	93	W. Wallis	89
	962		957
Counted out	187	Counted out	182
Total	775	Total	775

Nottingham Evening Post, Wednesday, 5 May, 1909

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING.

NOTTM. LADIES MATCH.

The first ladies' match in Nottingham has just been brought off, St. Thomas's Ladies' Rifle Club firing a post match with Charlbury Ladies' R.C., Oxon. St. Thomas's ladies are to be congratulated on their capital start. They won by four points, Mrs. Smith making a capital 91. Mrs. Mayrick, of Charlbury, with a fine score of 93, won the silver spoon offered by the S.M.R.C. The conditions of the match were ten to shoot, eight to count, ten shots, 25 yards, on Roberts' decimal targets. Scores:–

St. Thomas Ladies		Charlbury Ladies
Mrs. Smith	91	Mrs. Meyrick	93
Miss Severns	89	Miss Fellows	89
Mrs. Honor	89	Miss Doran	85
Miss Hopkins	84	Mrs. Geach	84
Miss Taylor	84	Miss Kitching	82
Miss Fox	70	Miss Shilean	78
Miss Morris	65	Miss Middleton	62
Miss Grundy	61	Miss Mudge	56
Miss Phillips	60	Miss Alsaham	49
Miss Prowse	57	Miss O. Alsaham	44
	730		722
Counted out	117	Counted out	93
Total	633	Total	629

Another ladies' match is to be fired, Friday evening, on the George-street range, to which ladies interested in the movement are invited.

Nottingham Evening Post, Saturday, 8 May, 1909

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING.

NOTTS. INSTITUTES' SCROLL LEAGUE.

The positions in the competition for the championship scroll presented by the Institutes Association, to be competed for by teams of four members from clubs affiliated to the Nottingham and Notts. Institutes' Association Rifle Club, are:–

	Shot.	Won.	Lost.	For.	Agst.	Pts.
Mapperley A	2	2	0	745	663	4
St. Augustine's	3	2	1	1086	1095	4
Carrington	1	1	0	363	291	2
Lenton	1	0	1	365	380	0
Mapperley B	3	0	3	956	1094	0

Nottingham Evening Post, Monday, 7 June, 1909

BRIGADIER ROLLESTON ON RIFLE CLUBS

ARNOLD & DAYBROOK MINIATURE RANGE OPENED

Although the function was somewhat spoiled by wet weather the new miniature rifle club for Arnold and Daybrook had a very successful inauguration on Saturday evening. Brigadier Rolleston, D.S.O., who fired the first shot, obtained a "bull" well in, and Lord Osbourne Beauclerk, the president, opened with three "bulls", and scored 90 out of a possible 100 at 25 yards.

Brigadier Rolleston, in declaring the range open, remarked that some people thought that those who were engaged in the work of the territorial army ought not to support rifle ranges on the ground that the clubs diverted people from the real business - from enrolling in the territorial army - and stood in the way of more useful things. He yielded to no one in keenness to make the territorial army as good as possible, but he entirely disagreed with those who considered rifle ranges had a bad effect. Some, however, had a hopelessly exaggerated idea of the good to be derived from rifle clubs. No sensible man would believe belonging to a rifle club would do instead of enrolment in the territorial army. A man would no more qualify himself to be one of the defenders of his country by becoming a skilled shot than by going out hunting and so learning horsemanship. The man skilled in rifle shooting or in horsemanship was but the raw material from which the territorial army could be developed. But while he wished to emphasise the point that the rifle club could not do instead of the territorial army, he believed that rifle shooting was most useful, and that it was an excellent idea that in these clubs the older hands should instruct the younger men. He therefore congratulated them upon their range, and wished the club every success. (Applause.)

Nottingham Evening Post, Saturday, 12 June, 1909

MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING.

NOTTS. ASTOR CUP COMPETITION.

FIRED TO-DAY.

Favoured with much more pleasant weather than that experienced during the past year or two on the same occasion, the sixth annual competition for the Astor Cup, open to N.R.A. clubs in the county of Notts., was fired on the Mapperley Range this afternoon. Seventeen clubs had entered, compared with 15 last year, but three were unable to put teams in the field, namely, the Constitutional Club (who suffered from similar disability last year), Burton Joyce, and Arnold and Daybrook, compared with the one absentee on the previous occasion.

The conditions were teams of eight, all civilians, seven shots and a sighter at 25 and 50 yards, under N.R.A. rules, open sights, the only fresh instruction being that no competitor was allowed more than 15 minutes for each series of eight shots. The victors have the option of going to Bisley and competing in the national competition for winners of the county cups. Mapperley have held the trophy for two years by reason of sterling marksmanship, and the competition to-day was waged with much keenness.

The range officers were Major P.M. Payne (instructor of musketry), Captain W.H. Newham, Lieut. J. Jardine, Messrs. P.T. Winfield, A. Emerson, H. Tomkins, and W.A. Barrow, and Mr. T.F. Revell and Quartermaster-Sergeant Briscoe acted as statistical officers. Scores:–

	25yds.	50yds.	Total.
Carrington	506	506	1012
Lowdham	487	499	986
Radcliffe	492	493	985
Southwell	492	491	983
Stanley Works	502	479	981
Municipal Officers	468	466	934
NOTTS. CIVILIANS.
W. Comery	67	58	125
H. Tomkins	64	59	123
-. Elborne	57	66	123
R. Vickerstaffe	63	64	127
A.E. Sutton	65	67	132
T. Warsop	60	61	121
J.H. Briggs	64	52	116
C. Marshall	67	59	136
	507	486	993
MAPPERLEY.
T. Caunt	64	58	122
P.J. Smith	62	60	122
H. Barnsdale	61	63	124
J. Hayes	68	64	132
H.G. Laker	66	65	131
W. Ashby	61	65	126
L. Duckett	68	65	133
F. Caunt	62	54	116
	512	494	1006